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| | Address | | 3900 Harney Street, 1st Floor | | San Diego, California 92110-2825 | | (San Diego Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 619-293-7000 | | Fax: 619-293-7362 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.mgfllp.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Year Established: 1987 | Firm Profile:
The firm caters to the construction industry. Its practice includes construction law, business/commercial litigation, business/commercial transactions, labor and employment law, insurance defense, insurance coverage, government and regulatory law, real estate, trusts and estates, intellectual property and personal injury. The firm serves as general counsel to many of its clients. | | Firm Size: 24 | | —————————— | | Robert J. Marks (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, Virginia; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1983, California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.S.C.E., 1973); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1976). Member: Virginia Bar Association, 1976-1995; U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, 1993. [U.S. Army, JAGC, Captain, 1976-1982]. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Government Contracts; Business Law. Email: Robert J. Marks | | Davide Golia (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, California, U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: Chaminade University (B.S., 1981); University of San Diego (J.D., 1984). Member, University of San Diego Law Review. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Eminent Domain; Business Law. Email: Davide Golia | | Phillip R. Finch, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of San Diego (B.B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. Email: Phillip R. Finch, Jr. | | Jason R. Thornton (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1993); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member, Order of the Coif; Moot Court Board. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards, Real Property and Evidence. Member: San Diego County Bar Association (Member, Construction Section). Reported Cases: San Diego Unified Port District v. Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc. 95 Cal.App.4th 1400 (2002); Wagner Construction Co. v. Pacific Mechanical Corp. 41 Cal.App. 4th 19 (2007). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Jason R. Thornton | | Jeffrey B. Baird (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1999, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1995); University of San Diego (J.D., 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. Email: Jeffrey B. Baird | | Chad T. Wishchuk (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2001, California. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1993); Temple University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member: San Diego, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Construction Law. Email: Chad T. Wishchuk | | —————————— | | Stephen J. Schultz (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1969, Florida; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1979, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, Colorado; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Practice Areas: ERISA; Labor and Employment. Email: Stephen J. Schultz | | Mark T. Bennett (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1979, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of Maine (B.S., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Miami (J.D., 1979). Practice Areas: ERISA; Labor and Employment. Email: Mark T. Bennett | | Jon F. Gauthier (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1987, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., with honors, 1977); University of San Diego (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Business Law; Construction Law. Email: Jon F. Gauthier | | —————————— | | Louis J. Blum (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1997); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Order of the Coif. Member, University of San Diego Law Review, 2001-2002. Author: "Mixed Signals: Comparative Analysis in Constitutional Adjudication," San Diego Law Review Vol. 39, Winter 2002. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. Email: Louis J. Blum | | Christina M. Rimkus (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Truman State University (B.A., 1997); Willamette University (J.D., 2000). Member, Cal Western Law Review. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Personal Injury. Email: Christina M. Rimkus | | David S. Demian (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Harvard University (B.A., 1997); University of San Diego (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Business Law; Construction Law. Email: David S. Demian | | David W. Smiley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Colorado; 2001, Nebraska; 2003, California. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1997); Creighton University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Assistant Editor, Creighton Law Review, 1999-2000. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Law. Email: David W. Smiley | | Rachel F. Tait (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: University of San Diego (B.A., magna cum laude, 2000); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, San Diego Law Review, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Construction Law. Email: Rachel F. Tait | | Bernard King, III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: Creighton University (B.S., B.A., 2001); University of San Diego (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi. Member, San Diego Law Review. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Bernard King, III | | Nowell A. Lantz (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., cum laude, 2000); University of San Diego (J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Member, San Diego Law Review. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. Email: Nowell A. Lantz | | Justin M. Stoger (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New York, U.S. District Court Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 2005, California. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of Miami (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Construction Law. | | Andrea L. Petray (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., 2002); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Business Law; Construction Law. Email: Andrea L. Petray | | Allison B. Cooper (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 2002); University of San Diego (J.D., 2005). Order of Omega. Member, Marshall Business Scholar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. Email: Allison B. Cooper | | Danielle C. Humphries (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, California; 2002, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1997); University of San Diego (J.D., 2000; LL.M., Taxation, 2000). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Planning; Trust Administration; Taxation. | | Christopher Sillari (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: James Madison University (B.S., 2002); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Member, University of San Diego Law Review, 2007. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Christopher Sillari | | Dustin Jones (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Economics and Legal Studies, 2003); University of San Diego (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Dustin Jones | | Laura Beatty (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Duke University (B.A., 2004); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Construction Law; Business Litigation. Email: Laura Beatty | | Andrew M. Gibson (Associate) born Arlington, Texas, February 18, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Political Science, 2001; B.A., History, 2001); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. |
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