McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP offers the entire range of legal services and business counseling needed in today's evolving economic, technological and political climate. Our commitment to clients is the continual enhancement of our capacity to deliver effective service. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, growth companies, manufacturing companies, defense contractors, regulated utilities, financial institutions, consumer products, leisure and hospitality, transportation, communications, chemical, insurance companies, and a variety of bioscience ventures. The firm serves a number of governmental and nonprofit organizations as well.

Statement of Practice

General Litigation and Appellate Practice before Federal and State Courts and Regulatory Agencies, Government Contracts, White Collar Crime, Toxic Tort, Products Liability, Antitrust, Public Utilities, Natural Gas and Electric Power, Federal and State Taxation, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial, Securities, Finance, Real Property and Land Use, Environmental, Immigration, Government Relations, Communications, Healthcare, Financial Restructurings and Bankruptcy, Transportation, Intellectual Property and Patent Law, International Law and Transactions, Technology, Public Finance, Sports and Entertainment, Estate Planning and Administration, Employee Benefits, Human Resources.

Address

Symphony Towers
750 B Street, Suite 3300
San Diego, CA 92101, (San Diego Co.)

Phone

Phone: 619-595-5400
Telecopy: 619-595-5450
URL: http://www.mckennalong.com

Website

http://www.mckennalong.com/pj.html

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For Biographical Data on other Firm Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Denver, Colorado, Devon, Pennsylvania, Albany and New York, New York and Brussels, Belgium)

RESIDENT PARTNERS

Mark G. Budwig (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: University of Colorado (B.S.C.E., with honors, 1978); Stanford University (M.S.C.E., 1980); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1986). Professional Civil Engineer, State of California, 1981. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Architect Malpractice; Engineer Malpractice; Construction Bid Disputes.Email: Mark G. Budwig

Robert A. Cocchia (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education: Babson College (B.S., summa cum laude, 1991); University of San Diego (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Robert A. Cocchia

Christian D. Humphreys (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1987); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Member, San Diego Chapter). Practice Areas: Litigation; Shareholder Disputes; Securities; White Collar Crime.Email: Christian D. Humphreys

Ross H. Hyslop (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Lawrence University (B.A., 1985); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D.,1990). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; False Claims Act; Health Care Litigation; Fraud; RICO; Torts; Intellectual Property Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Ross H. Hyslop

Peter J. Ippolito (Partner) admitted to bar, 1966, New Jersey; 1974, District of Columbia; 1976, California. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A., 1963); University of Notre Dame (LL.B., 1966); George Washington University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1975). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Government Contracts; Contract Claims and Disputes; Design Professionals Malpractice; Mediation; Arbitration.Email: Peter J. Ippolito

Robert J. Lauchlan, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1981, Missouri; 1985, California and District of Columbia; 1989, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., 1978); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1981). (Also at Los Angeles Office). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Robert J. Lauchlan, Jr.

James S. McNeill (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: San Diego State University (B.S., 1994; M.S., 1996); California Western School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense Law; Insurance Law.Email: James S. McNeill

Laurence R. Phillips (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1993); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1997). Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Litigation; Real Estate.Email: Laurence R. Phillips

Rupa G. Singh (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, New York; 2001, California and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1996); New York University (J.D., 1999). Member: Federal Bar Association (Vice-President); South Asian Bar Association of San Diego (Immediate Past President, San Diego Chapter); National South Asian Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors). Languages: Hindi. Practice Areas: Business Litigation.Email: Rupa G. Singh

RESIDENT OF COUNSEL

Leslie J. Girard (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982, District of Columbia. Education: San Diego State University (B.A., 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., 1981). Member: San Diego County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Government Affairs.Email: Leslie J. Girard

RESIDENT ASSOCIATES

Gary K. Brucker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California at San Diego (B.A., cum laude, 2002); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employee Benefits Litigation; Securities; White Collar Crime.Email: Gary K. Brucker

Timothy A. Horton (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, California. Education: University of California, San Diego; University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Timothy A. Horton

Megan D. Meacham (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: St. Mary's University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2003); California Western School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: San Diego and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Business Litigation.Email: Megan D. Meacham

Jae Park (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1997); University of San Diego (J.D., 2004). Member: San Diego County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego; San Diego Defense Lawyers. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Litigation.