Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Law Firm in Sacramento, California
 
Address
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350
Sacramento, California 95814-4428
(Sacramento Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 916-448-0159  
Facsimile: 916-558-4839
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http://www.seyfarth.com
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Advertising and Marketing; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Class Actions; Commercial Law; Commercial Real Estate; Communications and Media; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Construction Law; Contracts; Copyrights; Corporate Law; Debtor and Creditor; Employee Benefits; Entertainment and the Arts; Environmental Law; Finance; Franchises and Franchising; Government Contracts; Health Care; Immigration and Naturalization; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Internet Law; Investments; Labor and Employment; Leases and Leasing; Litigation; Media Law; Divestitures; Occupational Safety and Health; Patents; Products Liability; Real Estate; Securities; Taxation; Toxic Torts; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Trusts and Estates; Unfair Competition; White Collar Crime; Workers Compensation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.
Year Established: 1990
Firm Size: 736

Other Office Locations of Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Brussels, Belgium
PARTNERS
William M. Brown (Partner) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1983); DePaul University (J.D., 1986). Member: State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Section); American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section, EEO Committee); Rotary Club of Sacramento; Society of Human Resource Management. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law. Email: William M. Brown
Mark P. Grajski (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, California. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1985); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1995). [Captain, U.S. Air Force, 1985-1991]. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Mark P. Grajski
Kurt A. Kappes (Partner) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas; 1989, District of Columbia; 1990, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California. Education: Butler University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Northwestern University (J.D., 1986). Author: "Trade Secrets - Protection Begins With an Audit," Executive Counsel, July/August 2006; "Border Dispute," The Recorder, Practice Center Section, April 23, 2003. Reported Cases: American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, Inc. v. Medical Board of California, et al. (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 534; Funcat Leisure Craft, Inc. v. Johnson Outdoors, Inc. 2007 WL 273949 (ED Cal. 2007); Gordon v. La-Z-Boy, Inc., WL 1101456 (E.D. Cal. 2007) ; Wilson v. Sunsweet Growers, Inc., WL 2418736 (E.D. Cal. 2007); Teachers' Retirement Bd. v. Genest, 154 Cal. App. 4th 1012 (2007); Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation 39 Cal.4th 1164 (2006); Williams v. Bank of America, US Dist Lexis 33989 (E.D. Cal. 2006); Cervantes v. MetLife 388 F Supp. 2d 1164 (E.D. Cal. 2005); Flynn v. Paul Revere (9th Cir. 2001) 2 Fed.Appx. 885, 2001 WL 80408; Kennedy v. Baxter (1996) 43 Cal.App.4th 799; A.H.Belo v. Southern Methodist University (1987) 734 S.W.2d 720. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Trade Secrets; Insurance. Email: Kurt A. Kappes
Samuel T. McAdam (Partner) born 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with honors, 1987); Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (M.P.P., 1991); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1996). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Samuel T. McAdam
James M. Nelson (Partner) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Arizona; 1984, California; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., 1979); University of Arizona (J.D., 1981). Member: State Bar of California; State Bar of Arizona; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment Law. Email: James M. Nelson
Alfred L. Sanderson, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2000, U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California. Education: University of the Pacific (B.S.); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1996). Member: State Bar of California. [Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1993—]. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Alfred L. Sanderson, Jr.
Mark H. Van Brussel (Partner) born 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with distinction, 1973); University of Chicago (M.A., 1974); University of Southern California (J.D., 1977). Member, Hale Moot Court Honors Program, 1977. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, 1976. Co-Author: Chapter 5, "Age As the Basis of Discrimination," Lindemann, B., et al., Age Discrimination in Employment Law (BNA 2003). Member: Sacramento County and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: O'Quinn v. Teel, 127 Fed. Appx. 324 (9th Cir. 2005); Salter v. Washington Township Healthcare District, 260 F.Supp.2d 919 (N.D. Cal. 2003); Richards v. CH2M Hill, Inc., 26 Cal.4th 798 (2001); Kirk v. Source One Mortgage Services Corp., 46 Cal.App.4th 483 (1996); Sierra Publishing Company v. NLRB, 889 F.2d 210 (9th Cir. 1989); Northern California Newspaper Guild v. The Sacramento Union, 856 F.2d 1381 (9th Cir. 1989); Boler v. Superior Court, 201 Cal.App.3d 467 (1987); Cleary v. American Airlines, Inc., 111 Cal.App.3d 443 (1980); Sanders v. Ford Motor Co., 96 Cal.App.3d Supp. 43 (1979). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Business Law. Email: Mark H. Van Brussel
ASSOCIATES
William D. Bishop, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2007, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Missouri State University (B.S., 1990); University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2004). Deans List; Traynor Honor Society; Mock Trial; Witkin Award (Intellectual Property & Unfair Competition); Editor-in-Chief, 2003-2004, Staff Writer 2002-2003, Transnational Lawyer. Who's Who Among American Law Students. Member, Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court. Member: Sacramento County and American Bar Associations; Wiley W. Manuel Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(75%); Litigation(25%). Email: William D. Bishop, Jr.
Jason T. Cooksey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1997); University of California, Davis (J.D., 2000). Chair, Legal and Legislative Committee, Sacramento Area Human Resource Association. Member: Sacramento County Bar Association (Co-Chair, Diversity Hiring and Retention Committee). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Jason T. Cooksey
Lindsay Fitch (Associate) born Sacramento, California; admitted to bar, 2005, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., high honors, 2002); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with great distinction, 2005). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Lindsay Fitch
Jason D. Glenn (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Languages: Tagalog. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Jason D. Glenn
Kristina M. Launey (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1999); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Kristina M. Launey
Brandon R. McKelvey (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, California. Education: Wayne State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); University of California, Davis (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Comment: Financial Institutions' Duty of Confidentiality to Keep Customer's Personal Information Secure from the Threat of Identity Theft, U.C. Davis Law Review, Vol. 34, No.4 Summer, 2001. Practice Areas: Class Action; Litigation; Personal Injury; Consumer. Email: Brandon R. McKelvey
James D. McNairy (Associate) born 1970; admitted to bar, 2004, California; U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. Education: California State University, Sacramento (B.A., 1995); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Intellectual Property Law). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: James D. McNairy
Joel M. Van Parys (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California (B.A., 2000); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2003). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Joel M. Van Parys
Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices


Atlanta, Georgia Office: 1545 Peachtree Street, N.E., One Peachtree Pointe, Suite 700. Telephone: 404-885-1500. Facsimile: 404-892-7056.

Boston, Massachusetts Office: Two Seaport Lane, Suite 300. Telephone: 617-946-4800. Facsimile: 617-946-4801.

Chicago, Illinois Office: 131 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 2400. Telephone: 312-460-5000. Facsimile: 312-460-7000.

Houston, Texas Office: 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 3700. Telephone: 713-225-2300. Facsimile: 713-225-2340.

Los Angeles, California Office: 2029 Century Park East. Telephone: 310-277-7200. Facsimile: 310-201-5219.

New York, N.Y. Office: 620 Eighth Avenue. Telephone: 212-218-5500. Facsimile: 212-218-5526.

San Francisco, California Office: 560 Mission Street, Suite 3100. Telephone: 415-397-2823. Facsimile: 415-397-8549.

Washington, D.C. Office: 815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Telephone: 202-463-2400. Facsimile: 202-828-5393.

Brussels, Belgium Office: Boulevard du Souverain 280. Telephone: (32) (2) 647.60.25. Fax: (32) (20 640.70.71.

(For complete biographical data on personnel at Chicago, Illinois, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, California, New York, New York, San Francisco, California, Houston, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts, and Brussels, Belgium, see Professional Biographies at those locations)

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