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Large Firms


ATTORNEY COMPLETES YEAR WITH INTERLAW AWARD

Dec. 18, 2001
By Stefanie Knapp

Interlaw Ltd. named Los Angeles' Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro partner William Capps "Interlawyer of the Year." Capps re...


Law Practice


Making Amends

Dec. 18, 2001
By Contributing Writer

In the evening, those who commute from Los Angeles north to Santa Clarita by train have several departures to choose from. On ...


Large Firms


Terence Floyd Cuff, partner at the Century City office of Los Angeles' Loeb & Loeb, received the V. Judson Klein Award for...


Menlo Park's Venture Law Group has taken another bold step, this time decreasing all associate base salaries by $20,000 to $30...


Transactions


San Francisco's Avolent Inc. announced Dec. 3 that it received $40 million in its latest round of financing. New York's Rho Ve...


Transactions


London-based Cable & Wireless announced Nov. 30 the acquisition of certain assets from Santa Clara's Exodus Communications...


Transactions


Playing Around With Figures in Toyland

Dec. 18, 2001
By Stefanie Knapp

Victor Hsu, partner at Los Angeles' Fulbright & Jaworski, worked the deal of his career recently, according to his 5-year-...


Litigation


Bicycle Racer Pays Attention to Detail

Dec. 18, 2001
By Liz Valsamis

Whizzing around a circular track on a bike without brakes at speeds up to 40 mph sounds nuts. But Luce Forward Hamilton & ...


Large Firms


The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County recently installed Rita Gunasekaran as president. She will se...


Los Angeles' Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro is moving from the posh Fox Plaza Tower in Century City back to the nearby hi...


Paring partners and veteran attorneys from one Los Angeles firm and merging with a San Francisco boutique, Philadelphia's Drin...


Large Firms


WOMAN ADVOCATE GROUP NAMES LITIGATOR CO-CHAIR

Dec. 18, 2001
By Stefanie Knapp

The litigation section of the American Bar Association appointed Yuri Mikulka to the board of the bar's Woman Advocate Committ...


Transactions


OSI Pharmaceuticals will acquire Gilead Sciences' assets from its oncology business. OSI will acquire Gilead's clinical candid...


Intellectual Property


Work and Play

Dec. 18, 2001
By Marisa Navarro

The end of 2001 is nearing and the weather is beginning to chill. And with more advertisements for sales than actual news in y...


A series of departures has left Haight Brown & Bonesteel's San Diego office operating at bare-bones capacity. The two most...


State Bar & Bar Associations


Birthday Gala

Dec. 18, 2001
By Toni Vranjes

The big 7-0 has arrived for the Beverly Hills Bar Association. But the group isn't fretting about the extra candles on its bir...


Large Firms


NEW PARTNER GARNERS YMCA VOLUNTEER AWARD

Dec. 18, 2001
By Stefanie Knapp

The YMCA of San Francisco announced James Colopy, a new partner at San Francisco's Farella Braun & Martel, as its Mission ...


Large Firms


The San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program honored Timothy Pestotnik, a partner at San Diego's Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps...


Transactions


San Francisco's Finaplex Inc. closed its second round of financing on Nov. 28, this time bringing in $17.1 million. The lead i...


Calabasas-based The Right Start Inc. acquired certain assets of FAO Schwarz in a deal closed Nov. 19. The Right Start will acq...


Transactions


La Jolla's Global Renewable Energy Partners Inc. created a joint venture with Dallas-based The Mesa Group to create PowerStar....


Real Estate/Development


Real People

Dec. 18, 2001
By Tanya Rothman

Each year, California Law Business takes a peek at the world of real estate law. This year, we present 12 real estate lawyers ...


Criminal


Big Trouble at the Big Top

Dec. 18, 2001
By Craiq Anderson

SAN JOSE - The circus goes on trial today. Mark Oliver Gebel, a senior animal trainer with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bai...


Law Practice


Back to Back

Dec. 18, 2001
By Robbie Story

LOS ANGELES - Monique McCord of Geragos & Geragos took mighty swings during the Landau Lawyers Coed Division championship ...


Judges and Judiciary


Judge Likes Practical Solutions

Dec. 18, 2001
By Tamara Scott

LOS ANGELES - Judge Catherine Anne Gallagher presides over one of the most difficult courtrooms in Santa Clara County. She mak...


Intellectual Property


Arguments Weren't Bad for a 3rd-Year Student

Dec. 18, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - Last Monday, Contra Costa County Court Commissioner Judith Sanders ruled that a defendant in an Internet libel...


Criminal


Teen's Confession Spurs Dispute in Murder Case

Dec. 18, 2001
By Matthew Heller

FONTANA - Christy Phillips' confession to the murder of an elderly Rialto woman was enough to chill even the most hardened of ...


Civil Rights


Oakland to Settle with Rogue Cop's Detainee

Dec. 18, 2001
By Matthew King

SAN FRANCISCO - The city of Oakland has tentatively agreed to pay $195,000 to settle one of dozens of police malfeasance suits...


Military Law


As the war on terrorism enters another phase, government lawyers will be taking a detour from fighting terrorists to deciding ...


Military Law


Privilege Snatchers

Dec. 17, 2001
By Columnist

The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the privileges for confidential communications known to the common law. The pri...