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| | Location | | 555 South Flower Street, 31st Floor | | Los Angeles, California 90071 | | (Los Angeles Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 213-624-2500 | | Fax: 213-623-4581 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ssd.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Aviation & Aerospace, Banking Law, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Business Law, Chemicals, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction and Engineering Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Debtor & Creditor, E-Commerce, Education Law, Election, Campaign & Political, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Entertainment & Sports, Environmental Law, Financial Institutions & Services, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care and Hospitals, Immigration, Indians & Native Populations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Dispute Resolution, International Law, International Trade, Internet Law, Investments, Labor & Employment, Life Sciences, Litigation, Manufacturing, Media Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety & Health, Private Equity, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology & Science, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Trusts & Estates, Wills & Probate, White Collar Crime, Workers Compensation, Utilities and Zoning, Planning & Land Use. | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has lawyers in 32 offices and 15 countries around the world. With one of the strongest integrated global platforms and our longstanding one-firm philosophy, Squire Sanders provides sophisticated seamless legal counsel worldwide. Active as a full-service legal provider with an emphasis on intellectual property, corporate law, litigation, immigration and employment matters, the Los Angeles office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is well known for representing clients from the United States, Asia and others with multinational interests in Southern California, across the Pacific and beyond. The office serves a wide array of legal needs with a thriving practice that encompasses the local community, the U.S. West Coast, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The Los Angeles Asia practice, an important part of the firm's larger Asia practice, focuses on a range of issues from foreign investment, corporate structuring and tax planning, to telecommunications, high tech and intellectual property. | | Firm Size: 850 | Languages:
Arabic, Bangali, Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese. |
Other Office Locations of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Tysons Corner, Virginia, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
Prague, Czech Republic
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
London, England
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Budapest, Hungary
Tokyo, Japan
Warsaw, Poland
Moscow, Russia
Bratislava, Slovakia
Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
Caracas, Venezuela
| | PARTNERS | | LOS ANGELES OFFICE | | Alexandra A. Bodnar (Partner) born Ogden, Utah, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1991); University of Southern California (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Class Actions. Email: Alexandra A. Bodnar | | James H. Broderick, Jr. (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; U.S. Court of International Trade; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Boston University (J.D., 1979). Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 1979-1980. Co-Recipient, State Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award, 1992. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Miller v. Yokohama Tire Corp., 358 F.3d 616 (9th Cir. 2004); Rosales v. Depuy Ace Med. Co., 22 Cal. 4th 229 (2000); Henry v. Alcove Inv., 233 Cal. App, 3d 94 (1991); Kawasho Intl. v. Lakewood Pipe Serv., 152 Cal. App. 3d 785 (1983). Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Banking; Complex Commercial Litigation; International; RICO Litigation; Arbitration. Email: James H. Broderick, Jr. | | Adam R. Fox (Partner) born Queens, New York, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Ohio (inactive); U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., 1993); Cornell University (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Entertainment and the Arts; Intellectual Property; Products Liability. Email: Adam R. Fox | | Benjamin E. Goldman (Partner) born New York, New York, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, New York (inactive); 1973, District of Columbia; 1986, California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Circuits. Education: New York University (B.S., 1965); Fordham University (J.D., 1968); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1970). Member, 1966-1967 and Research and Writing Editor, 1967-1968, Fordham Law Review. Attorney Advisor to Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1968-1972. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Benjamin E. Goldman | | Randolph H. Gustafson (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1976); University of Chicago (M.B.A., 1981; J.D., 1981). Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section). Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Construction Law. Email: Randolph H. Gustafson | | Steven A. Lamb (Partner) born Bangor, Maine; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: University of Southern California (J.D., 1987); Judge Advocate General's School (LL.M., 1992). Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Steven A. Lamb | | Thomas T. Liu (Partner) born Taipei, Taiwan, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1980); University of Southern California (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Delta. Extern for the Honorable Laughlin E. Waters, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Japanese-American Bar Associations. Languages: Mandarin and Spanish. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Thomas T. Liu | | John T. Nagai (Partner) born Hiroshima, Japan, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with distinction, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business and Corporations Law; International Law; Taxation). Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; International Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation Law. Email: John T. Nagai | | Stephen T. Owens (Partner) born San Jose, California, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Université d'Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France (Diplôme de Langue et Lettres Françaises, 1973); San Jose State University (B.A., 1974); UCLA School of Law (J.D., 1978). Member, UCLA Law Review, 1976-1978. Judge Pro Tem, Municipal Court for Los Angeles County, 1989-1994. Board of Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation, 2002-2004. Board of Directors of Public Counsel, The Public Interest Law Firm of the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, 1992-1995. California Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, 1996-1998. Arbitrator for Investor Claims filed in Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Prudential Securities Inc., pursuant to Final Order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued on October 21, 1993. Special Master, State Bar of California, 1991—. Recipient, John Minor Wisdom Award for Professionalism and Public Service, American Bar Association, 1993. Co-Recipient, President's Pro Bono Service Award, State Bar of California, 1992. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association. Languages: French and Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Property Litigation; Unfair Competition; Trade Secrets; Redevelopment Litigation. Email: Stephen T. Owens | | Denis H. Oyakawa (Partner) born Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., 1971); Yale University (J.D., 1974). Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; International Trade and Investment Law. Email: Denis H. Oyakawa | | Douglas J. Rovens (Partner) born San Francisco, California, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 1978); Southwestern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982). Executive Editor, Southwestern University Law Review. Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly NASD),1986—. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Douglas J. Rovens | | Brian E. Schield (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Georgia State University (through the university, studied abroad in Dijon, France); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1979). Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Immigration Section); American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Immigration and Nationality or Naturalization Law. Email: Brian E. Schield | | Harriet M. Welch (Partner) born Bayonne, New Jersey, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey (inactive); 1979, New York (inactive); 1988, California. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1975); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1978). Member, Catholic University Law Review, 1977-1978. Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers; California Association of Bond Lawyers (Past President, Past Board Member). Practice Areas: Public Finance; Securities; Municipal Bonds. Email: Harriet M. Welch | | OF COUNSEL | | LOS ANGELES OFFICE | | Patrick J. Fields (Of Counsel) born Santa Maria, California, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., summa cum laude, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: International Business Law; Banking Law; International Trade. Email: Patrick J. Fields | | Simon Song-Jin Hong (Of Counsel) born Daegu, Korea, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1984); Georgetown University (J.D., 1988). Member: State Bar of California. (Also Member, Lee & Hong). Languages: Korean, Spanish, Portuguese. Email: Simon Song-Jin Hong | | Jonathan Y. Kang (Of Counsel) born Seoul, Korea, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and Board of Immigration Appeals; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., cum laude, 1984; M.S., 1986); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1993). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Research and Writing. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association. (Century City Office). Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright. Email: Jonathan Y. Kang | | Andrew B. Lee (Of Counsel) born Seoul, Korea, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., 1983); University of Southern California (J.D., 1986). Beta Alpha Psi. 1986 Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Family Law. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Languages: Korean, Japanese. Email: Andrew B. Lee | | Richard P. Manson (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1949; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); Northwestern University (M.A., 1973); Stanford University (J.D., 1981). Member: American Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Richard P. Manson | | Marc J. Shrake (Of Counsel) born 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; 1995, Minnesota; 2002, California. Education: University of Chicago (J.D.). Author: "The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: Standing to Bring a Civil Action," The Briefcase, May 1994. Member: American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Section: Litigation, Property Subcommittee of Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee; Past Vice-Chair, Section: General Practice, Litigation Committee). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Marc J. Shrake | | Andréa Caruso Townsend (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); The College of William & Mary (J.D., 1986). Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers. Member: ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development; Southern California Association for Non-Profit Housing. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Andréa Caruso Townsend | | COUNSEL | | LOS ANGELES OFFICE | | Edward B. Djang (Senior Counsel) born Zhenjiang, China, 1937; admitted to bar, 1976, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Columbia Union College (B.A., 1962); American University (J.D., 1964). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Law and Society. Delegate, 1961 White House Conference on Youth. Guest Lecturer, Zhongshan University, Guangzhaou, China, Summer, 1985. Guest Speaker, Shanghai Comparative Law Institute, China, Summer, 1985. Director, Counsel to Los Angeles-Jakarta Sister City Association. Languages: Chinese (Mandarin). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Edward B. Djang | | David A. Hayden (Counsel) born Rochester, Minnesota, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1960); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (LL.B., 1963). Practice Areas: Corporate. Email: David A. Hayden | | John C. Holberton (Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Oregon; 1979, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1968; M.B.A., 1972; J.D., 1972). Lecturer: School of Public Administration, University of Southern California, 1979-1984; University of California at Los Angeles, Extension, 1979-1985. Attorney-Advisor: Office of the International Tax Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department, 1976-1979; Office of the Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1975-1976. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Corporate Law. Email: John C. Holberton | | SENIOR ASSOCIATE | | LOS ANGELES OFFICE | | Anne Choi Goodwin (Senior Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Riverside (B.S., 1996); University of Southern California (M.S., 1999); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 2001). Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Entertainment Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Anne Choi Goodwin | | ASSOCIATES | | LOS ANGELES OFFICE | | Raina Bayas (Associate) born New Delhi, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 2001); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Raina Bayas | | Gabriel Colwell (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1998); University of Southern California (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Gabriel Colwell | | Helen H. Huang (Associate) born Montebello, California, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 2002); Cornell University (J.D., 2005). Associate Member, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Languages: Taiwanese. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Helen H. Huang | | Heidi C. Larson (Associate) born 1981; (Admission pending). Education: Saint Louis University (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Associate Editor, Pepperdine Law Review, 2007. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Heidi C. Larson | | Casey J.T. McCoy (Associate) born Orange, California, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, California; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1998); University of Southern California (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Casey J.T. McCoy | | Laurie E. Millar (Associate) born California, 1982; (Admission pending). Education: Santa Clara University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); René Cassin Institut International des Droits de l'Homme (Certificate, 2006); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2007). Languages: English and French. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Public Finance. Email: Laurie E. Millar | | Christpher J. Petersen (Associate) born Palo Alto, California, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 2001); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Managing Editor, Southwestern University Law Review, 2007. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Christpher J. Petersen | | Jeffrey S. Renzi (Associate) born Hollywood, Florida, 1978; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with honors, 1999); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jeffrey S. Renzi | | Esther K. Ro (Associate) born Detroit, Michigan, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Stanford University ( B.A., with highest honors, 2000); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., Specialization in Critical Race Studies, 2007);. Chief Articles Editor, Asian Pacific American Law Journal, 2007. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Esther K. Ro | | Stephanie Godsey Shepherd (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1968; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia; 2006, California. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1990); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Email: Stephanie Godsey Shepherd | | Stacie D. Yee (Associate) born Tacoma, Washington, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, Washington. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Southern California (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Stacie D. Yee | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
The Americas Offices: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Houston, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tysons Corner, Washington DC, West Palm Beach, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Santo Domingo, São Paulo.
European Offices: Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Kyiv, London, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw.
Asia Offices: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo.
Associated Offices: Bucharest, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Santiago.
| | All Members and Associates are Members of the State Bar of California except where otherwise indicated. | | (For Biographical Data on Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, Miami, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach, Florida, Houston, Texas, New York, New York, Phoenix, Arizona, Washington, D.C., Palo Alto and San Francisco, California, Tysons Corner, Virginia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Brussels, Belgium, Budapest, Hungary, Caracas, Venezuela, London, England, Moscow, Russian Federation, Prague, Czech Republic, Warsaw, Poland, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China and Tokyo, Japan Personnel, see Professional Biographies at those Points Respectively). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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