PARTNERS OF FIRM
Marcello F. De Frenza (Partner) born Upland, California; admitted to bar, 1988, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 1985); University of Southern California (J.D., 1988). Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008. Staff Member, 1986-1987, and Senior Staff Member, 1987-1988, University of Southern California Law Review. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); California Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); State Bar of California (Member, Real Property Law Section); South Coast Metro Alliance. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Marcello F. De Frenza
Henry R. Stiepel (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., cum laude, 1978); University of Southern California (J.D., 1981). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008; California Super Lawyers, 2005. Staff Member, 1979-1980 and Note & Article Editor, University of Southern California Law Review. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); State Bar of California (Member, Real Property Law Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Sales.Email: Henry R. Stiepel
Kenneth A. Ryder (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., with high honors, 1979); New York University (J.D., 1982). Member, New York University Review of Law and Social Change, 1981. Member, Super Lawyers, 2006-2008. Member: Orange County (Member, Real Property Law Section), Los Angeles County (Member, Real Property Law Section) and California (Member, Real Property Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Leasing.Email: Kenneth A. Ryder
Daniel H. Cho (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1995); University of Southern California (J.D., 1998). Named, Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2005-2008. Staff Member, 1996-1997, and Articles Editor, 1997-1998, University of Southern California Law Review. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Daniel H. Cho
Michael A. Hill (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: Westmont College (B.A., 1990); Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1995); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1998). Named, Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2005-2007. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Construction Law); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Construction Contracts; Business Law.Email: Michael A. Hill
Thomas F. Morrison (Partner) born Fort Eustis, Virginia, March 15, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., with high honors, 1991); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1998). Editor, University of California, Davis Law Review. Trial Practice Honor Board, 1997-1998. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: General Business Advice; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Reorganization; Business Transactions; Joint Ventures; Corporate Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Formation; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Incorporation.Email: Thomas F. Morrison
ASSOCIATES
Allyssa J. Holcomb (Associate) born Eugene, Oregon, November 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon; 2008, California. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2004). Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Allyssa J. Holcomb
Carolyn V. Luong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Anthropology, 1997); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2000). Named, Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2007-2008. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Carolyn V. Luong
James P. Mullen (Associate) born San Diego, California, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, California. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1996; J.D., 1999). Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Sales.
Margaret Ng (Associate) born Monterey Park, California, December 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: Duke University; University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2006). Pi Sigma Alpha. Articles and Notes Editor, North Carolina Banking Journal, 2004-2005. Member: Riverside County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Languages: Mandarin. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Tax Law.Email: Margaret Ng
COUNSEL
John C. Garrett (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1966, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1961); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1966). Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 1994-2008; Super Lawyers, 2002-2008. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); California Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: John C. Garrett
Donald P. Hickman (Counsel) born San Rafael, California; admitted to bar, 1974, California. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.S., 1968); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1974); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1976). Member: Orange County, California Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Restructuring; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Taxation.Email: Donald P. Hickman