| | Address | | 695 Town Center Drive | | Costa Mesa, California 92626 | | (Orange Co.) | | | |
| | | Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Affordable Housing and Tax Credits, Aircraft Finance and Leasing, Antitrust and Competition, Appellate Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Asset Securitization and Structured Finance, Bank Regulatory, Bankruptcy Litigation, Base Realignment and Closures, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Class Actions, Commercial Leasing and Sales Leaseback, Copyright, Counseling and Preventive Advice, Development and Construction, Disaster Mitigation, E-Discovery, Employment Class Actions, Employment Litigation, Energy, Environmental Law, ERISA, Estate Planning and Probate, Finance and Restructuring, Financial Litigation, Financial Services, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Franchise and Distribution, Government Affairs, Government Contracts Litigation, Healthcare, Hotels and Resorts, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Employment Law, International Trade and Export Controls, Investment Management, IP Transactions and Licensing, IT/eCommerce, Labor/Management Relations, Land Use, Latin America, Leveraged Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, OSHA, Patent Litigation, Patent Preparation and Prosecution, Payment Systems, Political Risk and International Trade Credit Insurance, Private Equity, Private Investment Funds, Product Liability and Toxic Tort, Project Development and Finance, Purchase and Sale of Non-Performing Loans, Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions, Real Estate Equity Investments and Joint Ventures, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Restructuring and Reorganization, Regulatory Compliance, Restructuring, Securities Finance and Capital Markets, Securities Litigation and Enforcement, Subprime Mortgage Group, Tax Advisory, Telecommunications and Media, Trade Secrets, Trademark, White Collar, Internal Investigations and Corporate Governance. | Firm Profile:
Paul Hastings, founded in 1951, is a leading international law firm with 1,200 attorneys in 18 offices. Serving a diverse client base that includes many of the top financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, we work with clients to take their businesses through every phase, offering a full range of services in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Project Finance, Investment Management, Real Estate, Labor and Employment, and Tax Advisory Services. | | Firm Size: 1100 |
Other Office Locations of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
San Diego, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
London, England
Paris, France
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Milan, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
| | PARTNERS | | Stephen L. Berry (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, June 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: Brigham Young University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981). Order of the Barristers. Associate Editor, Utah Bar Journal, 1980-1981. Member: State Bar of California. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, 2004. Named in The Best Lawyers in America. [Captain, U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps., 1982-1985]. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law and Litigation; Trade Secrets. Email: Stephen L. Berry | | Stephen D. Cooke (Partner) born Bakersfield, California, June 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: University of California at Davis (A.B., with honors, 1980); University of California at Los Angeles (M.B.A., 1985; J.D., 1985). Board of Directors, Executive Committee and General Counsel, Orange County Chapter, American Red Cross. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital. Email: Stephen D. Cooke | | Glenn D. Dassoff (Office Chair, Litigation Department) born Santa Monica, California, February 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., magna cum laude, 1976); University of California, Boalt Hall (J.D., 1980). Named to Orange County SuperLawyers. Practice Areas: General Commercial Litigation; Insolvency; Bankruptcy; Banking Litigation; Construction Litigation; Contracts Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Insurance; Estate Matters; High-Tech Litigation. Email: Glenn D. Dassoff | | John F. Della Grotta (Partner) born New York, New York, July 17, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1984, District of Columbia. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1978); Georgetown University (M.L.T., 1980). Lead Articles Editor, Pepperdine University Law Review, 1977-1978. Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1978-1981. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Board and Board Committee Counseling and Governance; Corporate Restructuring. Email: John F. Della Grotta | | Renee Gabbard (Partner) born Los Alamitos, California; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1989); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Author, Estate Planning Magazine, Vol. 27 No. 2 and Vol. 25 No. 5. Adjunct Professor of Tax, Chapman University School of Law, Federal Gift and Estate Tax and Taxation of Business Organizations, 1998—. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Complex Estate and High Net Worth Tax; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation. Email: Renee Gabbard | | Jay C. Gandhi (Partner) born Huntington Park, California, August 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, California; 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of California; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: California State University, Fullerton (B.A., with Honors, 1994); University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Named Rising Star Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine, 2004, 2005, 2006. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Commercial Law and Real Estate Law. Articles Editor, Southern California Interdisplinary Law Journal. Law Clerk to Hon. Kenneth M. Hoyt, U.S. District Court, 1997-1998. Author, "Securities Law Claims: A Practical Guide" (Oceana Publishing 2004); "Quashing the Tag-Along Derivative Lawsuit," Association of Corporate Counsel Newsletter (Third Quarter 2005); "Daou II Reshapes Circuit's Securities Litigation Picture," Los Angeles Daily Journal (Aug. 2, 2005); "Perjury Trips Aside, Pitfalls Abound in Parallel Actions," Los Angeles Daily Journal (April 27, 2005); "Silicon Slippage? Ninth Circuit Shows Signs of Relaxing Pleading Standards in Fraud Claims," The Recorder (July 19, 2004); "The Clone Derivative Lawsuit," Orange County Lawyer Magazine (Vol. 46, No. 7 July 2004). Volunteer Deputy District Attorney, Orange County, California, 2004. Member: Orange County and Federal (Member, Board of Directors, 2004-2008) Bar Associations; Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: In re Mutual Fund Investment Litigation, 403 F.Supp.2d 434 (D.Md., Dec 06, 2005); In re Van Wagoner Funds, Inc. Securities Litigation, 382 F.Supp.2d 1173 (N.D.Cal., Jul 27, 2004); Ferrari v. Gisch, 225 F.R.D. 599 (C.D.Cal., May 21, 2004). Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jay C. Gandhi | | Howard C. Hay (Partner) born Portland, Maine, April 16, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, California. Education: Duke University (B.A., with distinction, 1966); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1969). Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, University of Michigan Law Review, 1968-1969. Law Clerk, Hon. Frank Coffin, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Boston, Massachusetts, 1969-1970. Attorney, Appellate Court Division, National Labor Relations Board, 1970-1971. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Management Labor Law(20%); Wage and Hour Law(5%); NLRB Elections(5%); Union Organizing Campaigns; Collective Bargaining(10%); Arbitration(5%); Wrongful Termination(30%); Employment Policies and Handbooks(10%); Employee Trade Secrets Litigation(10%); Unfair Competition; EEOC(5%). Email: Howard C. Hay | | Michael A. Hood (Partner) born Santa Ana, California, November 24, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, California. Education: University of Southern California (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, UCLA Law Review, 1974-1975. Chairman, Board of Directors, YMCA of Orange County, 1988-1990. Trustee, South Coast Repertory Theater, 1994-1997. Vice President, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County, 2007—. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Wrongful Termination; Discrimination; Union Labor Law; Employee Benefits; Sexual Harassment; Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition. Email: Michael A. Hood | | Brandon G. Howald (Partner) born Newport Beach, California; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1994); University of Southern California Law Center (J.D., 1999); University of Southern California (M.B.A., 1999). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Brandon G. Howald | | Michael G. McKinnon (Partner) born Newport Beach, California, May 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1990); Pepperdine University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Practice Areas: Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: Michael G. McKinnon | | Donald L. Morrow (Partner) born Inglewood, California, April 14, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1975). Southern California Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient: Business Litigation Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, 1998; Jurisprudence Award, Anti-Defamation League, 2007. President, 1997-1998 and Director, 1997-2000, Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Orange County. Director, Orange County Bar Association, 1991-1993. President, 1993 and Director, 1990—, Orange County Bar Foundation. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Donald L. Morrow | | David S. Phelps (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, March 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with honors, 1982); University of Southern California (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: David S. Phelps | | Douglas A. Schaaf (Partner) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, November 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1987, California. Education: St. Norbert College (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1981). Note Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1980-1981. Chair, Corporate Tax Committee, Tax Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1991-1992. Chair, Tax Section, Orange County Bar Association, 1995-1996. Member, Board of Directors: Alzheimer's Association of Orange County, 1995—; Orange County Business Committee for the Arts, 1999—. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Partnership Formation; Corporate Restructuring; Real Estate Tax; Executive Compensation Taxation. Email: Douglas A. Schaaf | | John F. Simonis (Partner) born January 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: Marquette University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Property Transactions and Finance; Real Estate Development; Commercial Leasing; Land Use; Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Infrastructure; Construction; Master Planned Communities; Privatization and Redevelopment of Military Bases. Email: John F. Simonis | | William J. Simpson (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, April 20, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high honors, 1976; J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Technology; Private Equity. Email: William J. Simpson | | Peter M. Stone (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, July 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with high distinction, 1988); University of California, Boalt Hall (J.D., 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, Hon. James L. Buckley, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1991-1992. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Health Care Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Technology Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Peter M. Stone | | Peter J. Tennyson (Partner) born Winona, Minnesota, March 18, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, California. Education: Purdue University (B.A., with highest distinction, 1968); University of Virginia (J.D., 1975). Order of the Coif. Member, 1973-1974, Executive Editor, 1974-1975, University of Virginia Law Review. Member: California Commission on the Future of the State Bar, 1995-1996; Board of Directors, Orange County High School of the Arts, 2002-2007. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Domestic and International Corporate Transactions; Business Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Tender Offers; Securities; Private Equity Funds. Email: Peter J. Tennyson | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Janet T. Davidson (Senior Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, July 25, 1939; admitted to bar, 1978, California. Education: Cornell University; George Washington University; Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., cum laude, 1977). St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Alpha Sigma Nu. Ninth Circuit Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 1976-1977. Member, Board of Visitors, Loyola Law School. Member, Board of Directors: United Way of Orange County, 1988-1994, 1996—, Chair, 2000—; Children's Hospital of Orange County, 1990—. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Partnerships. Email: Janet T. Davidson | | Oliver F. Green (Senior Counsel) born Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 17, 1924; admitted to bar, 1953, California. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1946); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1951). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Securities; Environmental; Asbestos Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Unfair Competition; General Commercial Litigation. Email: Oliver F. Green | | James W. Hamilton (Senior Counsel) born Omaha, Nebraska, September 6, 1932; admitted to bar, 1960, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1954; LL.B., 1959). Member, Board of Editors, Stanford Law Review, 1958-1959. Member, Board of Visitors, Stanford Law School, 1975-1978, 1987-1989; 1996-1998. Chairman, Business and Corporations Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1973-1974. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Securities; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: James W. Hamilton | | John E. Trinnaman (Senior Counsel) born Salt Lake City, Utah, August 17, 1942; admitted to bar, 1970, California. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1964; M.B.A., 1966); University of Virginia (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif. Treasurer, Managing Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review, 1968-1969. (Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Law; Living Trusts; Wills; Durable Powers of Attorney; Insurance Trusts; Generation-Skipping Trusts; Charitable Trusts; Gift Tax; Estate Tax; Family Limited Partnerships; Limited Liability Company. Email: John E. Trinnaman | | ASSOCIATES | | Panteha Abdollahi (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 2000); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 2003). Email: Panteha Abdollahi | | Goody T. Agahi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1998); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2001; LL.M., 2004). Practice Areas: Tax. Email: Goody T. Agahi | | Javier R. Barron (Associate) born Anaheim, California; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: California State University, Fullerton (B.A., 2000); Loyola Law School (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Javier R. Barron | | Katherine Ellen Bell (Associate) born Long Beach, California, October 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1998); Cornell University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Katherine Ellen Bell | | James P. Carter (Associate) born Provo, Utah, November 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 1987; J.D., 1990). Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: James P. Carter | | Brigham M. Cheney (Associate) born Kalamazoo, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2005, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., European Studies and German, cum laude, 2002); University of Chicago (J.D., 2005). Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; J. Reuben Clark Law Society. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Class Actions; Employment Discrimination; Harassment; Wage and Hour Law. Email: Brigham M. Cheney | | Carolyn A. Deverich (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Academic Dean Fellow, 2006-2007. Senior Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2006-2007. Intern to the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Appellate Division, 2005. Author: "Establishment Clause Jurisprudence and the Free Exercise Dilemma: A Structural Unitary-Accommodationist Argument for the Constitutionality of God in the Public Square," BYU Law Review, Winter 2006; "Saving Grace: Terrorism as a Deterrent to the Secularization of American Law," BYU PreLaw Review, 2003. Certified Mediator, Utah County Court, 2005. Practice Areas: Litigation; Securities. Email: Carolyn A. Deverich | | Sherri Fanger McInnes (Attorney) born May 25, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of Redlands (B.A., 1995); Brigham Young University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Employment Law. Email: Sherri Fanger McInnes | | Peggy Fu (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Loyola Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law). Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Peggy Fu | | James M. Herriott (Associate) born Morristown, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Duke University (B.A., 2002); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: Orange County Bar Association. Languages: German, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: James M. Herriott | | Brenna H. Kantrovitz (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Brown University (B.A. in International Relations and East Asian Studies, magna cum laude, 2003); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member, Global Studies Law Review, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Legal Intern for U.S. Congressman Adam B. Schiff, 29th District of California. Languages: Spanish, Mandarin and Dutch. Email: Brenna H. Kantrovitz | | Kimberly I. Kepler (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: St. Olaf College (B.A., cum laude, 1996); University of Wyoming (J.D., with honors, 2001). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Kimberly I. Kepler | | Lisa M. LaFourcade (Associate) born Harbor City, California, July 6, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: University of Redlands (B.S., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Southern California (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Tax. Email: Lisa M. LaFourcade | | Abigail Lloyd (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 2001); University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall Law School (J.D., 2005). Email: Abigail Lloyd | | William C. Manderson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California; 2004, British Columbia. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 1991); University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; General Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities. Email: William C. Manderson | | Erika B. Mayshar (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Pomona College (B.A., Politics, magna cum laude, 2000); Stanford University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Erika B. Mayshar | | Kevin B. Morriss (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (B.A., History, 2002); The Chapman University School of Law (J.D., Taxation, magna cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Kevin B. Morriss | | Jason M. Rednour (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., Business Administration, 1998); The Chapman University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: Orange County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Jason M. Rednour | | Julie D. Schisler (Associate) born Decatur, Illinois, January 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., with honors, magna cum laude, 1995); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1998). Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Employment Law Section). Reported Cases: Overton v. Walt Disney Company, 136 Cal.App.4th 263 (2006). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Julie D. Schisler | | Karin K. Sherr (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Miami University (B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, Spanish, 1999; M.S., Family and Child Studies, 2000); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2003). Email: Karin K. Sherr | | Scott H. Sims (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Scott H. Sims | | Lindsay R. Sparks (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1997); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 2001). Email: Lindsay R. Sparks | | Robert L. Stevenson, Jr. (Associate) born Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A. in Economics, 2000); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Executive Editor, Duke Law and Technology Review, 2004-2005. Former Member, Financial Services Practice Group, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, LLP. Member: Orange County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions(75%); Securities(25%). Email: Robert L. Stevenson, Jr. | | Joseph Swanson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Nevada, Reno (B.A., 1997); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Joseph Swanson | | ATTORNEYS | | Laura A. Forbes (Attorney) born Newport Beach, California, December 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Southern California (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Class Action Defense(10%); Unfair Competition(10%); Complex Business Litigation(70%); Civil Appeals(10%). Email: Laura A. Forbes | | Catherine P. Patton (Attorney) born Fresno, California, November 19, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois; 1993, California. Education: San Diego State University (B.A., 1987); University of Southern California (M.B.A., 1990; J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: Catherine P. Patton | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Atlanta, Georgia; Beijing, China; Brussels, Belgium; Chicago, Illinois; Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Hong Kong, China; London, England; Los Angeles, California; Milan, Italy; New York, New York; Palo Alto, California; Paris, France; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Shanghai, China; Tokyo, Japan; Washington, District of Columbia.
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