Arnold & Porter LLP is an international law firm with an in-depth understanding of the changing business environment as it intersects with law, regulatory policy, and business. With more than 650 lawyers practicing in the US and abroad in over 25 areas of practice, the firm brings a valuable perspective and proven track record of experience in cross-border regulation, litigation, and transactional law. Arnold & Porter LLP maintains offices in Brussels, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. The firm is committed to the standard of client service established by its founders, who maintained that each client is entitled to receive and, indeed, should expect and demand legal services of the highest possible quality. The firm believes that the cornerstone of every client relationship is the partnership that exists between the client and outside counsel. Accordingly, for every matter it undertakes, Arnold & Porter LLP works closely with the client to fashion well-conceived strategies responsive to the client's objectives.

Statement of Practice

Accounting, Cost, and Pricing (Government Contracts), Accountants' Liability (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Acquisitions and Dispositions (Real Estate) Advertising Substantiation (Consumer Protection and Advertising), Advocacy Before the Congress and the Administration (Legislative and Public Policy), Airline Industry (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Anti-Money Laundering and USA Patriot Act Defense (Financial Services), Antitrust (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Antitrust (White Collar Criminal Defense), Antitrust/Competition, Antitrust and Competition (Financial Services), Antitrust Litigation (Antitrust/Competition), Antitrust Litigation (Litigation), Appellate (Litigation), Appellate Practice (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Asia Pacific Practice, Audit/Due Diligence (Product Liability Litigation), Audits and Investigations (FDA and Healthcare), Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring (Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement and Litigation), Bankruptcy and Workouts (Real Estate), Bankruptcy Representation - Other, Bid Protest Litigation, Biosecurity (FDA and Healthcare), Biotechnology Industry, Broadcast/Multichannel Video, Broker-Dealer Matters (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Broker-Dealer / Securities Industry (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Build-to-Suits (Real Estate), Business Litigation, Business Restructuring, Business Transactions and Bankruptcy Counseling (Compensation and Benefits), California Proposition 65 (Consumer Protection and Advertising), California Proposition 65 (Environmental), California Proposition 65 (Product Liability Litigation), Capital Markets Transactions (Corporate and Securities), Capital Markets Transactions (Government Contracts), Charter Assessment (Financial Services), Chemicals (Environmental), Chemicals Industry, Civil Antitrust Investigations, Claims Litigation (Government Contracts), Class Actions (Consumer Protection and Advertising), Class Actions (Litigation), Climate Change, Colleges, Universities, and Other Nonprofits (Real Estate), Commodities and Derivatives (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Compensation and Benefits, Compliance and Counseling (Employment), Compliance, Regulatory, Legislative, and Enforcement(Information Security), Congressional Investigations, Congressional Investigations (White Collar Criminal Defense), Congressional Oversight and Investigations (Legislative and Public Policy), Consolidation of Strategic Industries (National and Homeland Security), Construction (Government Contracts), Consumer Product Safety (Consumer Protection and Advertising), Consumer Product Safety (Product Liability Litigation), Consumer Products Industry, Consumer Protection and Advertising (Antitrust/Competition), Consumer Protection and Advertising, Consumer Protection/Privacy/Telemarketing (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Contaminated Sites, Contract Compliance (Government Contracts), Copyrights, Corporate and Securities, Corporate and Securities Transactions (Biotechnology Industry), Corporate Control Contests and Corporate Governance (Financial Services), Corporate Governance, SEC Reporting, and Compliance, Corporate Real Estate (Real Estate), Corporate, Securities, Banking, and Finance (Tax, Trusts, and Estates), Corporate Transactions (Employment), Corporate Transactions (Government Contracts), Coverage and Reimbursement (FDA and Healthcare), Creditors' and Equity Committees, Criminal Antitrust/Cartel Investigations, Crisis Management (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure Protection, and E-Commerce (National and Homeland Security), Development (Real Estate), Dispute Resolution (Litigation), District of Columbia Government Relations (Real Estate), E-Commerce and Technology (Privacy), Economic Recovery and the Changing Regulatory Landscape, Electronic Discovery (Litigation), Employee Benefits (Tax, Trusts, and Estates), Employment, Employment (Government Contracts), Employment Litigation, Energy and Utilities Industry, Enforcement Counseling and Defense (Financial Services), Environmental, Environmental (White Collar Criminal Defense), Environmental Enforcement, Environmental - International, Environmental Litigation, Environmental Project Development, Environmental Regulatory Counseling, Environmental Risk Management, Equipment Authorizations/Enforcement (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), ERISA and Employee Benefit Plan Litigation, ERISA and Fiduciary Duty and Plan Investment, Europe Practice, European Practice (FDA and Healthcare), European Antitrust Practice, European Intellectual Property, European Product Liability, Executive Compensation, Export and Trade (White Collar Criminal Defense), Export Control (Government Contracts), Export Control, Economic Sanctions, and Trade Regulations(National and Homeland Security), FDA and Healthcare, FDA Strategy and Compliance, Federal Transactions (Real Estate), Financial Institutions (White Collar Criminal Defense), Financial Products and Services, Financial Regulation and Subprime Enforcement (Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement and Litigation), Financial Services Litigation (Financial Services), Financial Services Litigation (Litigation), Financial Services, Financial Services (Privacy), Financial Services Consumer Protection, Financial Services Preemption Litigation (Financial Services), Financial Services Regulatory and Strategic Counseling, Financing (Real Estate), Financing Transaction (Corporate and Securities), Financing Transactions and Capital Markets (Financial Services), Food and Drug (White Collar Criminal Defense), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Global Anti-Corruption (FCPA)(Government Contracts), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Global Anti-Corruption (FCPA)(National and Homeland Security), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Global Anti-Corruption (FCPA)(Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Global Anti-Corruption (FCPA)(White Collar Criminal Defense), Foreign Policy and National and Homeland Security Counseling(Homeland Security Industry), Foreign Policy and National and Homeland Security Counseling(National and Homeland Security), Foreign Policy, National Security, and Other Related Issues(Legislative and Public Policy), Fraud and Abuse / False Claims (FDA and Healthcare), FTC and State AG Consumer Protection Enforcement (Consumer Protection and Advertising), General Services Administration (GSA) (Government Contracts), Global Antitrust Counsel, Global Brand Enforcement (Consumer Protection and Advertising), Global Brand Enforcement (Intellectual Property), Government Contracts, Government Contracts (Information Security), Government Contracts (Homeland Security Industry), Government Contracts (National and Homeland Security), Government Contracts (Privacy), Government Contracts (White Collar Criminal Defense), Government Contracts and Qui Tam (Litigation), Government Contractors Industry, Governments/Sovereigns Industry, Grand Jury Investigations (White Collar Criminal Defense), Grants (Government Contracts), Healthcare Fraud and Abuse (White Collar Criminal Defense), Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Industry (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals (Privacy), Hedge Funds and Derivatives, Hedge Funds and Private Equity (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Hedge Fund and Private Equity Investment in Financial Institutions, Homeland Defense (National and Homeland Security), Homeland Security Industry, Hospitality (Real Estate), Hospitality Industry, Information Security, Insider Trading (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Intellectual Property (Patent/Data Rights) (Government Contracts), Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation, Internal Investigations (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Internal Investigations (White Collar Criminal Defense), Internal Investigations and Compliance (Government Contracts), International (Privacy), International (Real Estate), International (Tax, Trusts and Estates), International (Telecommunications, Internet and Media), International and Foreign Banking, International Arbitration, International Procurement (Government Contracts), International Trade, Internet/Broadband (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Investors and Asset Purchasers (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Lanham Act/Competitor Challenges to Advertising (Consumer Protection and Advertising), Large Reorganizations (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Latin America Practice, Leasing (Real Estate), Legislative and Public Policy, Legislation and Public Policy (Financial Services), Licensing and Partnering (Biotechnology Industry), Litigation, Litigation (Environmental), Litigation (Information Security), Litigation: Trial/Appellate/Agency Enforcement(Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Media and Entertainment Industry, Mergers and Acquisitions (Antitrust/Competition), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures (Corporate and Securities), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Alliances (Financial Services), Middle East Practice, Nanotechnology Industry, National and Homeland Security, National and Homeland Security (Government Contracts), Natural Resources Damages, National Security (White Collar Criminal Defense), North America Practice, Partnerships and Real Estate (Tax, Trusts, and Estates), Patent (Biotechnology Industry), Patent Litigation (Intellectual Property), Patent Prosecution and Counseling (Intellectual Property), Patents, Pension and Welfare Plan Counseling, Pharmaceutical/Medical Device Industry, Plan Termination Counseling, Policy (FDA and Healthcare), Political Law Compliance (Legislative and Public Policy), Political Law, Government Ethics and Lobbying Compliance, Preemption (Litigation), Pricing (FDA and Healthcare), Privacy, Privacy and Data Security (Financial Services), Private Equity, Privatization and Outsourcing (Government Contracts), Product Liability Litigation, Public Policy/National Security/Homeland Security/Trade Sanctions/Export Controls (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Real Estate, Real Estate Bankruptcy Matters, Real Estate Litigation, Regulatory Compliance (Biotechnology Industry), Resolving Litigation Portfolios (Product Liability Litigation), Restatements and Complex Accounting Issues (Securities Enforcement and Litigation), Risk Management (FDA and Healthcare), Satellite (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Secured Lenders (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Securities (White Collar Criminal Defense), Securities Industry, Securities Enforcement and Litigation, Senior Living (Real Estate), Small Business (Government Contracts), Sovereign Finance, State and Local Government Action (Legislative and Public Policy), Structured Finance / Structured Transactions (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Subcontractor Disputes (Government Contracts), Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement and Litigation, Subprime Litigation (Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement and Litigation), Suspension and Debarment, White Collar Crime, and Fraud (Government Contracts), Tax Controversy and Litigation, Tax Counseling, Tax, Trusts and Estates, Tax-Exempt Organizations, Technology / IP Transactions and Licensing (Intellectual Property), Telecommunications Industry (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Telecommunications, Internet, and Media, The Internet and New Media (Intellectual Property), Toxic Tort, Toxic Tort (Litigation), Trade Secrets and Confidential Information, Trademark and Unfair Competition Matters, Transactions (Information Security), Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions/Bankruptcy (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Transportation Industry, Trials, Trusts and Estates, Unsecured and Trade Creditors (Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring), Venture Capital, White Collar Criminal Defense, Winning At Trial (Product Liability Litigation), Winning Before Trial (Product Liability Litigation), Winning On Appeal (Product Liability Litigation), Wireless (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Wireline (Telecommunications, Internet, and Media), Withdrawal Liability (Compensation and Benefits), zZoning and Land Use (Real Estate).

Address

275 Battery Street, Suite 2700
San Francisco, CA 94111-3305, (San Francisco Co.)

Phone

Phone: 415-356-3000
Fax: 415-356-3099

Website

http://www.arnoldporter.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For biographical data of the Washington, D.C. personnel, see Professional Biographies at Washington, D.C.)

(For biographical data of the Los Angeles personnel, see Professional Biographies at Los Angeles, California)

(For biographical data of the Denver personnel, see Professional Biographies at Denver, Colorado)

(For biographical data of the New York personnel, see Professional Biographies at New York, New York)

(For biographical data of the London personnel, see Professional Biographies at London, England)

(For biographical data of the Brussels personnel, see Professional Biographies at Brussels, Belgium)

(For biographical data of the McLean personnel, see Professional Biographies at McLean, Virginia)

PARTNERS

Monty Agarwal (Partner) admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1990); Georgetown University (M.S., 1997); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Litigation.Email: Monty Agarwal

Ginger R. Dreger (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, Hungary; 1997, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Eotvos Lorand University of Science, Budapest, Hungary (M.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude, 1970); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Life Sciences; Technology Law; Intellectual Property Litigation.

Angel A. Garganta (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1984); University of California, Berkeley (M.A., 1987); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1992). Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Humanities; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1990-1992. Law Clerk, Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1992-1993. Director, Barristers' Club of San Francisco (1996—); Executive Committee Litigation Section, Bar Association of San Francisco (1996—). Director, La Raza Centro Legal, Inc. (1996—). Member: American Bar Association; Bar Association of San Francisco. Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Antitrust/Competition and Consumer Protection; Class Actions; Litigation; Financial Services; Subprime Lending Regulation, Enforcement and Litigation .Email: Angel A. Garganta

Sharon Douglass Mayo (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., cum laude, 1986); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1990). Reported Cases: Hartbrodt v. Burke, 42 Cal.App. 4th 168, 49 Cal. Rptr. 2d 562 (1996). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Legal Malpractice.Email: Sharon Douglass Mayo

Karen J. Nardi (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: Barnard College; Columbia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley (M.P.P., 1981); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. William W Schwarzer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1982-1983. Co-Author: Acquiring Water For Energy, Water Resources Publications, 1982; Environmental Law Handbook, Government Institutes, Inc., 1993-2009. Co-author: Brownfields Law & Practice, Lexis/Nexis, 2009; Incident Investigation and Managing Legal Liabilities, Patty's Industrial Hygiene, 2009. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. Languages: French (fluent); Spanish (conversant). Practice Areas: Environmental Law.Email: Karen J. Nardi

Trenton H. Norris (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, California; 1994, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1997, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1986); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Xi. Editor, 1990-1991, and Bluebook Editor, 1991-1992, Harvard Law Review. Author: "Developments in the Law—International Environmental Law: Institutional Arrangements," 104 Harvard Law Review 1580, 1991; "The Judicial Clerkship Selection Process: A Student's Perspective on Bad Apples, Sour Grapes, and Fruitful Reform," 81 California Law Review 765, 1993. Trustee, 1984—and President, 1989-1994, Central Atlantic Area YMCA Trustees. Aide to U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr., 1987-1989. Member: American and Massachusetts Bar Associations; Bar Association of San Francisco. Practice Areas: Antitrust/Competition and Consumer Protection; Intellectual Property; Environmental Law; Litigation; Class Actions; FDA and Healthcare; Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation; Trademark and Unfair Competition.Email: Trenton H. Norris

Beth H. Parker (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property; Civil Rights.Email: Beth H. Parker

COUNSEL

Sarah Esmaili (Counsel) admitted to bar, 2000, California; U.S. District Court, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1995); Georgetown University (J.D., 1999). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Antitrust/Competition and Consumer Protection; Litigation; Environmental Law; Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation.Email: Sarah Esmaili

Todd A. Lorenz (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1995, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S., Biology, 1988); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Emerging Growth Companies.Email: Todd A. Lorenz

Robert J. Vizas (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1973, California. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1968); Yale University Law School (J.D., 1971). Law Clerk to the Honorable Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1972. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Competition.Email: Robert J. Vizas

ASSOCIATES

Zachary B. Allen (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with distinction, 1998; M.A., 1999); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 2008). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property.Email: Zachary B. Allen

Kevin M. Bovard (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 2003); Stanford University Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Kevin M. Bovard

Rachel L. Chanin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with distinction, 2000; M.A., 2000); New York University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003) Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property; Class Actions.Email: Rachel L. Chanin

George Langendorf (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New York; 2007, District of Columbia; 2008, California. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1998); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Antitrust/Competition and Consumer Protection; Antitrust Litigation.Email: George Langendorf

Aaron Schur (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, California; U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, and Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., History, 1998); Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (M.A., with distinction, 2000); New York University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; American Bar Association; Barristers Club of San Francisco (Director and Former Chair, International Practice Section). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Aaron Schur

Rhonda Stewart Goldstein (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Indiana; 2005, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; 2007, California. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability; Appellate Practice.Email: Rhonda Stewart Goldstein