Venable LLP
Thomas Baxter
joined Venable LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Corporate practice
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Baxter is joining the firm's corporate practice, primarily advising media, entertainment and technology companies, as well as private equity firms in the media and entertainment space. He has experience in matters pertaining to the distribution, production, and finance for major films, television studios and multichannel video programming distributors. He advises clients on entertainment-related joint ventures, licensing agreements and mergers and acquisitions. Baxter has represented and advised a variety of high-net-worth individuals and companies over the years on corporate issues and business transactions. Baxter is based in Los Angeles
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Harper Batts
joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Intellectual property
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Batts is joining the firm's intellectual property practice group and has represented clients across numerous technology sectors, including streaming companies in patent litigation matters and inter partes review proceedings. Batts will be based in Palo Alto.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Robert M. Schwartz
joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment
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Quinn Emanuel is a 780+ lawyer business litigation firm--the largest in the world devoted solely to business litigation and arbitration with 22 global office locations. Firm lawyers have tried over 2,600 cases, winning 88% of them. When representing defendants, Quinn Emanuel's trial experience gets better settlements or defense verdicts. When representing plaintiffs, Quinn Emanuel lawyers have won over $60 billion in judgments and settlements. Quinn Emanuel has also obtained five 9-figure jury verdicts, thirty-four 9-figure settlements, and fifteen 10-figure settlements. FTI Consulting named Quinn Emanuel the biggest litigation firm in the world. The American Lawyer named Quinn Emanuel the top IP litigation firm in the U.S. and the firm as one of the top six commercial litigation firms in the country. Four times in the last 5 years, we were voted as one of the four "most feared" firms by General Counsels at Fortune 500 companies -- the lawyers they "least like to see" on the other side. The UK legal periodical, The Lawyer named us "International Firm of the Year." Law360 selected us as Antitrust, Appellate, Banking, Class Action, Insurance, Product Liability, IP, White Collar, and Trials "Practice Groups of the Year." Managing IP twice recognized us as having the "Best ITC Litigation Practice" and honored us with the "Patent Contentious West" award. Legal Business has named us "US Law Firm of the Year" three times, and our German offices have been named both IP Litigation and Patent Litigation Firm of the Year by JUVE, Germany's most prestigious legal publication. Global Investigations Review, a leading legal periodical covering global white collar investigations, named us the "Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year." Global Arbitration Review named us the 11th best arbitration practice in the world. Further information is available at www.quinnemanuel.com.
Address
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 2400 , CHICAGO 60654 United States
T:
(419) 309-5858
DLA Piper LLP
Noah B. Mamet joined DLA Piper LLP as strategic adviser in Los Angeles.
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Mamet worked as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina in 2013 under President Barack Obama. He worked in that role until January 2017. Based on that experience, he agreed to join DLA Piper as a strategic adviser on Latin America issues. He will advise the firm, which recently announced an agreement with Argentinian firm Cabanellas Etchebarne Kelly on the continued development of its practice in Latin America, with a specific focus on Argentina. He will focus on building connections with the U.S. and Argentina through increased trade as well as security, science, technology, energy and student exchanges. Mamet is currently based in Los Angeles and Buenos Aires
Winston & Strawn LLP

Robb Adkins C. Adkins
joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner.
Adkins has experience in complex white-collar matters across federal and state enforcement agencies. He is co-chair of its white-collar, regulatory defense and investigations practice. He focuses on internal investigations, corporate compliance, complex civil litigation, trials, government enforcement databases and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues.
Address
101 California St , San Francisco 94111
T:
(415) 591-1000
F:
(415) 591-1400
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Brett J. Rodda
joined Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
corporate transactions and securities
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Prior to going in-house in 2016, Rodda spent nearly 17 years at the firm, where he handled a variety of corporate transactions and securities matters, with a focus on representing investment funds, strategic buyers and boards of directors. His work included representing clients in their investments in Silicon Valley and technology startups, as well as advising Beats Music in its sale to Apple. As general counsel for Silver Point, an investment adviser with more than $10.5 billion in capital focused on global credit, distressed and special situations investments, Rodda oversaw all legal matters for the firm and its funds. He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
350 South Grand Avenue 50th Floor , Los Angeles 90071
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C
Brittney Turner
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C as partner in Los Angeles.
Employment law
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Turner concentrates her legal practice on the representation of employers in disputes related to employment law. She has a broad range of legal experience and has represented clients in a host of business transactions and civil disputes, handling all aspects of litigation and case management from the initial pleading stage all the way through trial and appeal. She is based in Los Angeles
Troutman Sanders LLP

Mark Payne
joined Troutman Sanders LLP as partner in Irvine.
Labor and employment
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Payne is working in the firm's labor and employment practice. He has 26 years of experience advising and defending employers, and at Rutan & Tucker he chaired the employment law practice and worked in other leadership roles. He represents local, regional and national employers across a range of industries in all aspects of employment and labor law, with an emphasis on the challenges facing employers with operations in California. He is an adviser to employers seeking to comply with workplace rules that exist under local, state and federal laws. He is based in Irvine.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Kieran Kieckhefer
joined Shearman & Sterling LLP as partner in Menlo Park.
Intellectual property
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An intellectual property litigator and trial lawyer in the Bay Area with a track record handling complex patent cases and - in particular - trials involving antitrust, copyright, trademark and other commercial disputes, for technology-focused clients.
Tucker Ellis LLP
Marc Richard Greenberg
joined Tucker Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
He concentrates his practice on white collar criminal defense, cyber crime, environmental and workplace safety emergency response, maritime and energy issues and business litigation.
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A former federal prosecutor for the Central District of California, Greenberg has experience handling white collar criminal cases involving public corruption, tax fraud, money laundering, bribery, antitrust, theft of trade secrets, off-label marketing, importation violations, securities fraud and cyber crime. He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
515 South Flower Street, 42nd Floor , Los Angeles 90071
T:
(213) 430-3355
F:
(213) 430-3409
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C.

Lyne Richardson
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. as equity shareholder in Los Angeles.
Employmeny law, litigation and client counseling
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In her prior role, Richardson was an equity partner and practiced for almost 20 years. She served as managing partner of that Ford & Harrison's Los Angeles office for many years and as co-leader of their national employment practices liability insurance practice group. She focuses her practice on employment law, litigation and client counseling. Richardson has litigated all forms of employment law cases in both state and federal courts in California, as well as before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcementand the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is based in Los Angeles.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C.
Glendy Lau
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. as partner in Los Angeles.
Labor and employment
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Lau's practice is focused on the representation of management in labor and employment law matters. She represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation. Lau defends management in litigation involving discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation and their labor and employment related actions. She also defends management in class action litigation involving misclassification, wage and hour, and meal and rest period violations. Lau is based in Los Angeles.
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Rex Hwang
joined Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
patent litigation
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from Glaser Weil LLP Hwang has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation department and patent litigation group. His experience includes litigating complex patent, trademark and copyright disputes, handling American Invents Act proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and counseling relating to intellectual property procurement and development. Hwang's practice covers all aspects of intellectual property law, and he has handled matters covering a range of technologies and products. "JMBM offers an outstanding platform for my practice," he said. "I look forward to working with a team that has a proven track record for excellence and providing clients with desirable results." Hwang has represented a range of clients, including LG, VIZIO, British Broadcasting Corp., SHFL Entertainment, Bally Gaming, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle, and Fuji Xerox. He is a member of the board of governors for the Los Angeles Korean American Bar Association and the Big 12 LA Liaison for the KU Alumni Association. He is a member of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association and writes a quarterly article about recent decisions at the Federal Circuit in "New Matter," the official publication of the State Bar of California IP Section. He is based in Los Angeles.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C
Catherine Hazany
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Employment litigation
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She concentrates her practice on employment litigation, including Americans with Disability Act disputes, sexual harassment and wrongful termination claims. She represents companies in a variety of industries including hospitality, education, aerospace, nonprofits, service and entertainment. She also advises clients about leaves of absences, the good faith interactive process, reasonable accommodations, harassment, and responding to charges filed with agencies such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is based in Los Angeles.
Mayer Brown LLP
Michelle Gross
joined Mayer Brown LLP as partner in San Francisco.
intellectual property
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Gross advises companies on a range of intellectual property-related matters, including strategic alliances, joint ventures and licensing, as well as IP strategy and commercialization, copyright, patent and trademark matters and integration of business units and product lines in connection with mergers and acquisitions. In addition, she represents clients on large-scale, complex business process and information technology outsourcing transactions across a range of functions. Her practice also includes advising on data privacy and security matters, including cybersecurity, technology and data initiatives, the development of privacy and data security policies and product development. Gross joins partners Jennifer Carlson, Nina Flax and Rohith George, who have collectively expanded Mayer Brown's growing corporate and tech transactions capabilities. She is based in San Francisco.
Address
101 2nd St #375 , San Francisco 94105
T:
(650) 331-2066
F:
(650) 331-2060
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C.
Julianne Pinter
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Labor and employement
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Pinter has worked on more than 40 civil jury trials, as well as hundreds of mediation/arbitrations and more than 1,000 depositions. Her clients range from high-tech emerging growth companies, multibillion-dollar enterprises, venture capitalists, private investors, manufacturers, retailers, franchise owners and small business owners. She is based in Los Angeles.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
William L Coggshall III
joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP as partner in San Diego.
Coggshall joins the firm's environmental/toxic tort practice group. He rep
resents individuals and businesses ranging in size from small sole proprietorships to large international corporations. Coggshall handles cases involving professional liability claims, construction litigation and high-exposure toxic tort litigation. His clients include retailers, manufacturers, developers, general contractors and large infrastructure engineering companies. Additionally, he represents clients in all types of real estate disputes. He has been successful in representing clients asserting affirmative claims, such as unpaid contractual fee claims and lost business profit claims. He is based in San Diego.
Address
101 W. Broadway Suite 2000 , San Diego 92101
T:
(619) 696-6700
F:
(619) 696-7124
Winston & Strawn LLP

Eva Davis
joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Davis added that the firm recently expanded its private equity practice in Los Angeles with the hiring of new partners Steve Antion and Dan Peters. She is closely coordinating with them to improve service and expand work with their private equity fund, independent sponsor and family office clients in the region.
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(213) 615-1700
Yoka & Smith LLP

R. Bryan Martin
joined Yoka & Smith LLP as partner in 36 Executive Park, Suite 110, Irvine, CA 92614.
Product Liability, Business Solutions, Transportation, Business Torts/Litigation/General Liability, Employment & Labor
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In today's marketplace, high-stakes litigation is a reality for which every company must be prepared. A weak defense against a high-exposure lawsuit can be catastrophic for a company. It is essential for companies to work with a team of attorneys that has real trial experience and a history of successful defense results. At Yoka & Smith, we are nationally recognized as a Go-To defense firm. When the stakes are high and a business cannot afford to lose, we are a firm that has the experience and resources to mount a strong, efficient and effective defense for clients in California and throughout the country in product liability and catastrophic personal injury actions, commercial and business litigation, toxic exposure cases, class actions, complex tort actions and other civil litigation claims.
Address
445 South Figueroa Street, 38th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T:
(213) 427-2300
F:
(213) 427-2330
Yoka & Smith LLP

Bret R. Henry
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith LLP in 445 S Figueroa Street, 38th Floor.
Product Liability
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In today's marketplace, high-stakes litigation is a reality for which every company must be prepared. A weak defense against a high-exposure lawsuit can be catastrophic for a company. It is essential for companies to work with a team of attorneys that has real trial experience and a history of successful defense results. At Yoka & Smith, we are nationally recognized as a Go-To defense firm. When the stakes are high and a business cannot afford to lose, we are a firm that has the experience and resources to mount a strong, efficient and effective defense for clients in California and throughout the country in product liability and catastrophic personal injury actions, commercial and business litigation, toxic exposure cases, class actions, complex tort actions and other civil litigation claims.
DLA Piper LLP

Holly Lake
joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Employment
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Joining the firm's employment practice, Lake represents both private and public employers in all aspects of employment law and related litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge and wage-and-hour matters. She also advises clients on day-to-day employment issues, including trends, best practices and compliance strategies, and has significant experience in Office of Federal Contract Compliance matters, pay equity issues and affirmative action plan development. She is based in Los Angeles.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dawn Collins
joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Dawn Collins has 20 years of experience as a civil litigator, but she places an emphasis on litigation prevention measures for her corporate clients, including conducting workplace investigations, ensuring best practices related to discharge, discipline, leaves and reductions, drafting employment agreements, and complying with wage and hour laws. She is often called upon to defend clients in high-stakes wage and hour class actions alleging violations of federal and California wage and hour laws.
Collins earned her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law and her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Tae Kim
joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Tae Kim represents corporate clients in high-stakes wage and hour class and representative actions, and single plaintiff discrimination harassment claims. Her wage and hour work includes the defense of disputes involving misclassification, commissions, meal and rest breaks, off-the-clock work and piece rate compensation as well as advising clients on wage and hour compliance and conducting audits. She also regularly advises clients on best practices related to terminations, leaves of absence and accommodations, as well as conducting workplace investigations.
Kim earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and her B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles.
Rimon PC
Peng Chen
joined Rimon PC as partner in San Diego.
Chen is a member of the firm's litigation and intellectual property groups. He focuses his practice on patent prosecution and strategic counseling. He also handles the areas of patent litigation, inter parties review, reexamination, interference, opposition, and licensing.
In addition, Chen leads his biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics clients through the technical and legal challenges involved in developing and protecting their critical IP assets.
King & Spalding LLP
Torrey Jeanine McClary
joined King & Spalding LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
McClary is a member of the firm's healthcare team. She specializes in representing health systems, academic medical centers, biotech companies and technology firms in a range of corporate and transactional matters.
Nossaman LLP
Simon Adams
joined Nossaman LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Simon Adams is a partner in Nossaman's Real Estate Practice Group with more than 20 years of experience. He has handled leasing transactions and construction contract matters for a variety of commercial, retail and industrial spaces, including professional offices, technology laboratories, data centers, telecom towers, and brick and mortar stores. He also advises on acquisitions, dispositions and sale and leaseback arrangements and provides counsel on financing issues, as necessary.
Adams counts among his clients major information technology and telecommunications companies, pharmaceutical corporations, medical insurance providers, pension finance firms, and banks. He has counselled organizations on their strategic real estate investment programs as well as how to buy, build and shape a suitable headquarters for their operations.
Prior to joining Nossaman, Adams was a partner in the San Francisco office of an international law firm.
Representative Work
Negotiated the development of a $35 million call center.
Negotiated a $50 million construction contract for a new campus building on behalf of software company PeopleSoft, prior to its acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Counselled client and negotiated on its behalf the development of a campus building, keeping within its $330 million budget.
Negotiated the development of three campus buildings valued at $50 million in Hayward.
Negotiated construction contracts and an architect agreement totaling $100 million for a new cathedral.
Negotiated the lease of a 270,000 square foot headquarters for an insurance client in San Francisco.
Negotiated the Bay Area research and development headquarters of a European telecom company.
Negotiated a 273,000 square foot headquarters sublease arrangement that included three office buildings for a technology client in Sunnyvale.
Counselled clients on a $45 million technology laboratory development.
Negotiated and administered the sale of an $8 million transfer station.
Represented a Chinese public company in connection with its acquisition and concurrent entry into a joint venture with a U.S. logistics company operating in the Western United States.
Negotiated the lease with option to purchase of commercial space in Rancho Cordova.
Address
50 California Street, 34th Floor , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(414) 438-7225
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Ellen H. Ehrenpreis
joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as partner in Menlo Park.
Ehrenpreis advises companies on financings, M&A, corporate and securities matters, commercial transactions, intellectual property and litigation strategy.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Troy Zander
as managing partner
Zander is a member of the firm's Corporate Department, where he will focus on lender-side financing. He has wide-ranging experience with middle-market financing transactions, including traditional commercial leveraged debt financings, venture debt financings and bridge loans.
Zander has represented clients, including agents, lenders and participants in credit facilities totaling over $50 billon. He also devotes a large portion of his practice to debt restructuring, and has managed over $2.5 billion in federal, state and out-of-court proceedings. In addition to managing bankruptcy and out-of-court proceedings for companies, secured and unsecured creditors, committees, trustees and asset purchasers, Zander also represents lenders in forbearances, loan restructurings, amendments and modifications.
Zander earned his J.D. from the University of California San Diego School of Law and his B.A. from the University of California San Diego. He is a member of the California Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association. Zander is active in the San Diego community, having served on boards for Feeding America-San Diego, The New Children's Museum and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation.
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With more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg is one of the largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from 14 offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Indiana, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, San Diego and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com or on Twitter @BTLawNews.
Address
501 W. Broadway, Suite 800 , San Diego 92101 United States
T:
(312) 252-4108
Perkins Coie LLP

Matt Oshinsky
joined Perkins Coie LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
As a legal counselor to startups, Matt Oshinsky advises and guides emerging growth companies throughout their corporate life cycles. Matt also represents a range of private equity and venture capital investors. His business depth of counsel includes extensive experience representing well-established and market-leading technology and medical device companies in mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments.
DLA Piper LLP

Stacy Paz
was promoted to partner of DLA Piper LLP in East Palo Alto.
Transactional tax practice

Louis Lehot
was promoted to partner of DLA Piper LLP in East Palo Alto.
Emerging growth and venture capital practice
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Paz and Lehot have been named co-managing partners, succeeding Rich Scudellari, who served as managing partner and co-managing partner of the office since 2012. Prior to the appointment, Paz worked as vice office managing partner for Silicon Valley and is the co-chair of the firm's transactional tax practice. She focuses on advising clients in federal and state tax issues in mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, restructurings, limited liability companies and other pass-through entities, liquidations and other significant transactions. Lehot works as the co-chair of DLA Piper's emerging growth and venture capital practice, focusing in the areas of corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions law, advising public and emerging private companies and their venture capital and private equity investors from formation to liquidity. This includes public offers and private placements of equity, equity-linked and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs, strategic investments and joint ventures as well as corporate governance and securities compliance matters. "Stacy and I are excited to take the reins and continue to drive the growth we've seen in our Silicon Valley office, bringing our clients to a higher level from garage to global," Lehot said. "We're grateful for the opportunity to bring our complementary skill sets together to help chart out the next chapter of DLA Piper, not just a global firm, but a local firm with a team committed to serving their communities as well as their clients with a distinct voice and spirit." They are both based in East Palo Alto.
Buchalter
Peter W. McGaw
joined Buchalter as of counsel in San Francisco.
Peter McGaw will join Buchalter as of counsel in the litigation and environmental and natural resources practice, where he is an expert in environmental law. His practice includes regulatory, remediation, and property damage matters arising out of environmental legislation. McGaw also advises on legislative and regulatory drafting, and advocacy on environmental issues.
McGaw earned his J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law and his B.A. Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University.
Douglas C. Straus
joined Buchalter as shareholder in San Francisco.
Douglas Straus focuses his practice on commercial litigation in the areas of financial services, real estate development and lending, solid waste management, health care, and insurance.
Mr. Straus represents both private and public sector clients in dispute resolution in business, real estate, and public sector conflicts. As a skilled litigator, Mr. Straus has prevailed in jury trials, court trials and arbitrations involving tens of millions of dollars.
Mr. Straus earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and his B.S. highest distinction, from Northwestern University.
Benjamin C. Ellis
joined Buchalter as attorney in San Francisco.
Benjamin C. Ellis has joined Buchalter as an attorney in their litigation and environmental and natural resources practice. As a litigation attorney, Ellis' environmental law experience includes working on matters associated with water contamination, permitting disputes, CERCLA and toxic exposure. Ellis has worked alongside government groups: Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Public Utilities Commission, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California Air Resources Board, Regional Water Quality Control Boards and Caltrans.
Ellis earned his J.D. with a concentration in environmental law from Vermont Law School. Ellis received his B.A. from The Evergreen State College.
Zachary B. Young
joined Buchalter as attorney in San Francisco.
Zachary B. Young has joined Buchalter as an Attorneys in their Litigation Practice. Litigation Attorney Zachary Young advises clients on matters involving contract disputes, fraud, intellectual property rights, including trade secret misappropriation, class action matters, and other complicated business disputes. Young has been successful in cases in both federal and state court, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Young earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Young received a double major, magna cum laude, from Santa Clara University, including a B.S. in Political Science and a B.S.C. in Business Management.
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Buchalter is a full-service business law firm representing local, regional, national, and international clients in a multitude of practice areas and their subspecialties, among them: Bank and Finance, Corporate, Health Care, Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, and Tax and Estate Planning. Buchalter has offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco, Napa Valley, Sacramento, San Diego, Scottsdale, and Seattle. For more information about the firm, visit: buchalter.com.