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| | Address | | 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2200 | | San Francisco, California 94104 | | (San Francisco Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Gross, Belsky & Alonso LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Defamation and Privacy, Internet Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Employment Discrimination, Civil Rights, Commercial Law and Transactions, International Law, Consumer and Antitrust Class Actions, Mediation, Trademark, Probate Litigation, Clergy and Sexual Abuse Cases, and Complex Litigation. | Firm Profile:
Gross & Belsky LLP is a general practice, public interest law firm located in San Francisco, California. The firm has earned a national reputation for its litigation achievements. The firm represents a diverse clientele, including foreign governments and large corporations, with the bulk of the practice focusing on the representation of individuals and small companies across a spectrum of litigation, ranging from constitutional, intellectual property and media law to plaintiffs' class actions, international law, and commercial litigation. | | Firm Size: 5 | Representative Clients:
The New York Times; Gianni Versace, s.P.a.; Spike Lee; O.J. Simpson; Republic of South Africa; Republic of Panama; National Bank of Cuba; Republic of Ukraine aerospace companies; City of Oakland; Isuzu Motors of America; Burning Man LLC; Chronicle Books LLC; LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.; Ariba, Inc.; eMachines, Inc.; AltaVista Company; SmartMail, LLC; Supercuts, Inc.; Elon Musk; Johnnie Cochran; Alan Dershowitz; Leona Helmsley; John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Edna St. Vincent Millay Society; Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. | Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
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| | Terry Gross (Partner) born Flushing, New York, February 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1980, Oregon; 1982, California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 1998, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1968); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1980). Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1978-1980. Author: "Robeson v. State: The Right to Pre-arrest Silence," 67 California Law Review 1205, 1980. Law Clerk to Hon. Otto R. Skopil, Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1980-1982. Member, American Civil Liberties Union, 1982—. Director, International Society for Technology in Education, 1992-1994. Advisory Committee, First Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, 1992. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Mediator, Superior Court Early Settlement Program); State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Antitrust; Litigation); National Lawyers Guild (Executive Board, Bay Area Chapter, 1994-1997; Executive Committee, New York City Chapter, 1990-1993). (Also of Counsel to Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, New York). Reported Cases: State ex rel. Harris v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 Cal. App. 4th 1219 (2005); Virtual Countries, Inc. v. Republic of South Africa, 300 F.3d 230 (2d Cir. 2002); Alejandre v. Republic of Cuba, 183 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir. 1999); United States v. Mitchell, 172 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 1999); United States v. Helmsley, 941 F.2d 71 (2d Cir. 1991); Albert v. Carovano, 851 F.2d 561 (2d. Cir. 1988); de Allende v. Shultz, 845 F.2d 1111 (1st Cir. 1988); Republic of Panama v. Republic National Bank, 681 F.Supp. 1066 (S.D.N.Y. 1988). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Media Law; Entertainment Law; Class Actions; Commercial Law; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Litigation; Clergy and Sexual Abuse; Media and First Amendment. Email: Terry Gross | | Adam C. Belsky (Partner) born New York, N.Y., November 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, California; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1984); University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, California Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Clerk to the Honorable Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1989-1990. Author: "Implied Waiver under the FSIA: A Proposed Exception to Immunity for Violation of Peremptory Norms of International Law," 77 California Law Review 365 (1989); Member, Board of Directors, Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Mediator, Superior Court Early Settlement Program); State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Intellectual Property). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Media Law; Class Actions; International Law; Appellate Practice; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Litigation; Antitrust Class Actions; Constitutional Law. Email: Adam C. Belsky | | Monique Alonso (Partner) born San Francisco, California, May 19, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Davis (A.B., with highest honors, 1983); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; National Police Accountability Project. Practice Areas: Probate Litigation; Labor and Employment; Class Actions; Sexual Abuse; Civil Rights; Commercial Law. Email: Monique Alonso | | OF COUNSEL | | Owen T. Prell (Of Counsel) born Santa Monica, California, September 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., in Philosophy with honors, magna cum laude, 1983); Cornell Law School (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1984-1986. Author, Various Articles in S.F. Attorney Magazine, Practicing Law Institute, Asia Pacific Law Journal and other Periodicals. Panel Member, California Lawyers for the Arts, 1996—. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Sections); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property; Communications Law). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Intellectual Property; Entertainment Law. Email: Owen T. Prell | | Clare Langley-Hawthorne (Of Counsel) born Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 1969; admitted to bar, 1992, Victoria, Australia; 2003, New York. (Not admitted in California). Education: University of Melbourne (LL.B., 1990); University of Arizona (LL.M., 1997); Latrobe University (M.A., 1997). Member, Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Vol. IX 261-310, Spring 1998. Email: Clare Langley-Hawthorne |
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