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NEARLY FOUR DECADES IN, Scarlett Law Group remains one of Northern California’s most formidable plaintiffs’ trial firms—and 2026 was no exception, as the firm secured multiple high-value recoveries for catastrophically injured clients and their families. Scarlett Law Group takes cases that both improve public safety and secure the resources families need to rebuild, and it does so by choice, not volume: in 2025 and 2026 alone, the firm recovered more than $100 million on behalf of its clients— the product of a deliberately selective docket, with each result reflecting the unique facts of that client’s case. For founder Randall H. Scarlett, the firm’s most important work often begins after a case resolves—when clients and their families can finally begin rebuilding lives upended by profound trauma. “We take high-stakes cases because we go above and beyond to prepare every one of them for trial,” said Scarlett, recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® every year since 2009 for

Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in San Francisco. “Even the best-funded defendants—state agencies and national transportation companies among them—know how far we will go to secure justice for our clients.” A founding member and former vicepresident of the Brain Injury Association of California, Scarlett is regarded as one of the nation’s foremost authorities on traumatic brain injury (TBI). He is also a former president of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys and a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. Randall H. Scarlett is joined by his son and partner, Randall A. Scarlett, and together they lead the firm’s litigation on behalf of individuals and families harmed by preventable catastrophic and fatal injuries. Their cases—against insurers, trucking companies, and other well-resourced defendants—routinely produce seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements arising from truck collisions, hazardous premises and roadways, and medical negligence.


from left to right: Peter Holl, Tara Santosuosso, Randall A. Scarlett, Randall H. Scarlett, Mary Anne Scarlett

This past year, Randall A. Scarlett secured a $26 million pretrial settlement—the defendant’s full policy limits—for a child left permanently quadriplegic by a sports-related fall on negligently maintained private property, ending a promising athletic career. “Our client’s family was facing perhaps four years of protracted litigation,” he said, “but because we were prepared for trial, the defense took us seriously. That allowed us to secure the means to care for a child who now has to learn an entirely different life.” Landmark verdicts from the firm’s history include:

• $49.1 Million — Single-plaintiff verdict

for a 23-year-old man who sustained a severe TBI in a multi-truck collision that also implicated the State of California for a dangerous condition on Highway 152. It remains among the largest verdicts ever returned by a Santa Clara County jury. (Bianchi v. Gordon Trucking, et al., 2009) • $22.8 Million — Single-plaintiff verdict

after a bus made an illegal turn and struck a pedestrian, causing a severe TBI. (Shi v. Coach USA, 2007) • $18.6 Million — Verdict for the family of a decedent rear-ended by a big rig on State Route 156, against the trucking company and driver as well as the State of California for a dangerous condition. (Almanza v. State of California, et al., 2015) “We are proud to be considered leaders in this area, because it reflects a real understanding of how safety standards, healthcare, and the law intersect,” said Randall A. Scarlett, named to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list in 2026 for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in San Francisco. The firm’s structure is deliberate. “We are not a high-volume firm, and that is intentional,” said Randall H. Scarlett. “We want every client to know they will be represented by the professionals they see on our website. It is a privilege to stand up for them. Every case we accept is a chance to change the systems that allowed the harm in the first place.”

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Why Every Tech Trade Secret War Ends Up in the Same San Francisco Courtroom IS THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BECOMING SILICON VALLEY’S DE FACTO REFEREE IN TALENT WARS? By Justin Joffe

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PPLE sued OpenAI on July 10, accusing it of running a recruiting pipeline designed to extract Apple’s confidential hardware plans from job candidates. On Aug. 3, the fight went public: Apple sought a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery, and OpenAI responded hours later with a blog post calling the suit “careless, aggressive and oddly personal,” backed by internal iMessages and emails. Both sides are litigating in the press as much as in court—and it’s not an accident. It’s a preview of what happens when a case lands in the Northern District of California, where trade secret law carries outsized 8 |

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weight, and where courts have already run a nearly identical case this year. THE INJUNCTION FIGHT, EXPLAINED Apple’s complaint names OpenAI, io Products, and two former Apple employees: Chief Hardware Officer Tang Yew Tan and engineer Chang Liu. To win an injunction, Apple must show likely success on the merits and irreparable harm. Apple first offered to hold off if OpenAI met five conditions; OpenAI agreed to three but refused outside forensic access to its devices, prompting Apple’s motion. OpenAI disputes Apple’s claim of fair notice, saying a February letter from

Apple’s counsel went to the wrong employee because of a name mix-up and that OpenAI heard nothing for five months. WHY CALIFORNIA IS STRUCTURALLY DIFFERENT California bans noncompetes and, since 2024, treats even attempting to enforce one as a civil violation. That leaves trade secret law as companies’ main lever. Apple concedes employees can take general skills with them; it alleges Tan and Liu crossed into coached evasion of security procedures, retained system access, and used interviews to extract unannounced product specs.


BOTH SIDES ARE LITIGATING IN THE PRESS AS MUCH AS IN COURT—AND IT’S NOT AN ACCIDENT.

UNPACKING APPLE’S THEORIES Apple says Liu kept his Apple laptop af ter leaving in Januar y 2026 and downloaded confidential files; OpenAI’s rebuttal shows Apple employees repeatedly asking Liu for file access afterward, including an AirDrop request from his Apple-linked iCloud. Apple also accuses Tan of using Apple code names in interviews, requesting hardware components for “show and tell,” and emailing himself supplier information later used to mislead a manufacturing partner. io Products is named as an alter ego of OpenAI. Apple cites 400+ former employees now at OpenAI as evidence of a systemic pattern;

OpenAI counters that no trade secret has been specified with sufficient particularity.

retained laptop, continued access, specific conduct—looks stronger than xAI’s inherited-knowledge argument.

WHAT N.D. CAL ALREADY DECIDED XAI brought a similar theory against OpenAI in September 2025; Judge Rita Lin dismissed it twice, finding no OpenAI-specific misconduct. XAI is appealing; OpenAI wants its fees covered.

WHAT COUNSEL SHOULD ADVISE Tighten device-return protocols, document pre-suit notice rigorously, and set explicit interview guardrails, since ordinary hiring conversations are becoming litigation exhibits.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR APPLE’S ODDS Apple’s case goes before Judge Edward Davila. California courts largely reject “inevitable disclosure” theories, but Apple’s complaint—a

LOOKING AHEAD A hearing is set for Oct. 1 before Judge Davila. The ruling will signal how far N.D. Cal lets trade secrets law shape hardware competition—a template fight the whole industry is watching. W W W.BESTL AW Y ERS.COM

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Fighting for Safer Roads in California By Justin Smulison

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OME TRAGEDIES are the product of pure chance. Others result from a hazard someone knew about and failed to fix. Randall H. Scarlett has spent nearly four decades proving that difference to juries. The founder of San Francisco’s Scarlett Law Group, Scarlett has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® every year since 2009 for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for people whose lives were permanently changed by preventable negligence. This fall, he and his son, partner Randall A. Scarlett, will try a wrongful death and catastrophic injury case against the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) before a San Benito County jury. The case arises from a December 2022 collision on Highway 101. According to the complaint, a eucalyptus tree fell across the highway and was cleared from the roadway; within 24 hours, a second tree from the same grove came down into traffic. The complaint alleges that the grove constituted a dangerous condition of public property and that Caltrans failed to address the hazard after the first tree fell. Ezequiel Sanchez, riding in the front passenger seat, was killed. His fiancée, Brianna Avina, survived with catastrophic injuries, including a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), that will require care for the rest of her life. The couple’s two young children—one of them born after his father’s death—are plaintiffs in the wrongful death case, and another passenger was also seriously injured.

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In December 2022, a falling tree on Highway 101 took a father’s life and forever changed a young family’s future. This autumn, Scarlett Law Group will bring the family’s case against the State of California to trial—the latest chapter in the firm’s decadeslong work to make California’s roads safer for everyone who drives them. “There is no prosthesis for the brain,” says Randall H. Scarlett, a founding member of the Brain Injury Association of California who has spent his career teaching juries to understand TBI. “When it’s damaged, the person someone used to be can be lost in ways no scan fully captures. In every case we take, our job is to make that loss real and undeniable in a courtroom.” Dangerous-roadway litigation against the state is familiar ground for the firm. In Bianchi v. Gordon Trucking (2009), Scarlett secured a $49.1 million

verdict for a young man who sustained a severe brain injury in a collision involving a dangerous condition on Highway 152—still among the largest verdicts ever returned by a Santa Clara County jury. In Almanza v. State of California (2015), the firm won an $18.6 million verdict for the family of a man killed on State Route 156, a case that likewise involved a dangerous roadway condition. “Cases against public entities are among the hardest fought we handle,” says Randall A. Scarlett, recognized on the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch list for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. “They are vigorously defended, and they demand that we be ready for trial from day one. That is exactly how this case has been prepared.” Preparing a case like this is neither quick nor inexpensive. “We invest hundreds of hours in discovery and accident reconstruction, and we use technology and demonstrative evidence to give juries the complete and accurate story,” says Randall H. Scarlett, a former president of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. With a trial date now set, the firm is ready. For the Scarletts, the stakes reach past a single verdict. “Our clients turned to us to be their voices in the courtroom, and that is an honor,” says Randall A. Scarlett. “Cases like this one are also about the road ahead. When roadway safety is examined in open court, every family that travels those highways stands to benefit. That is the outcome we work for.” The firm distills this commitment into a single line: Every case prepared for trial. Every client prepared for life. W W W.BESTL AW Y ERS.COM

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2027 Lawyer of the Year H O N O R E E S

ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW

Lori Anne Dolqueist San Francisco

ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW

Michael J. Cummins Oakland

John Hillsman San Francisco

ANTITRUST LAW

Rachel S. Brass San Francisco

APPELLATE PRACTICE

Michael Von Loewenfeldt San Francisco

ARBITRATION

Ruth V. Glick San Francisco

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW

The best lawyers know who the best lawyers are.

CORPORATE LAW

Sacramento

Alan F. Denenberg

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

Kenton J. King

Mary McNamara San Francisco

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS (INCLUDING LLCS AND PARTNERSHIPS)

John C. Oehmke Sacramento

CONSTRUCTION LAW

George A. Guthrie Sacramento

John W. Ralls San Francisco

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR

San Francisco

McGregor W. Scott

San Jose

David W. Shapiro

Sacramento

Edward W. Swanson

Jeffrey M. Koewler CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE

George J. Cotsirilos, Jr. Oakland

Karen L. Snell San Francisco

M. Bradley Wishek Sacramento

Sacramento Oakland

San Francisco

EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Jennifer Crum San Francisco

Jennifer Liu

Jennifer A. Hemmer

EMPLOYMENT LAW - MANAGEMENT

Marisa C. San Filippo

San Francisco

Joan B. Tucker Fife San Francisco

Lizbeth V. West Sacramento

ENERGY LAW

Brian T. Cragg San Francisco

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW

San Francisco

Stephen W. Fackler

FAMILY LAW

A. Kathryn Fox

Robert H. Thomas Sacramento

San Francisco

Jean K. Hyams

ENERGY REGULATORY LAW

San Jose

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EMPLOYMENT LAW - INDIVIDUALS Oakland

Oakland

Jane Kim Paul J. Pascuzzi

Anna C. Shimko

San Francisco

Kevin W. Coleman San Francisco

Sharon J. Hendricks

William D. Kissinger

Oakland

Sacramento

San Jose

IMMIGRATION LAW

Atessa Chehrazi San Francisco

INSURANCE LAW

Pamela A. Bower San Jose

G. David Godwin San Francisco

LABOR LAW MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Ronald J. Holland II

Sacramento

Dale R. Kuykendall

Steven H. Goldberg

San Francisco

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James S. Burling Sacramento

Amara Morrison Oakland

Tamsen Plume San Francisco

LITIGATION ANTITRUST

Valarie C. Williams San Francisco

LITIGATION BANKRUPTCY

Ori Katz

San Francisco

Paul J. Pascuzzi Sacramento

LITIGATION CONSTRUCTION

LITIGATION REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY)

Michael S. Dicke San Francisco

Caz Hashemi San Jose

LITIGATION SECURITIES

PATENT LAW

Bill Galliani David L. Hayes San Francisco

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS

Frank M. Pitre San Francisco

Jessica Valenzuela

R. Lewis Van Blois

Anna Erickson White

Christopher Wood

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PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION DEFENDANTS

San Jose

San Francisco

Philip B. Feldman San Francisco

Erika Gasaway San Jose

Oakland

Sacramento

John S. Worden San Francisco

J. Scott Alexander

Tyson Hubbard

Sacramento

Sacramento

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS

LITIGATION ENVIRONMENTAL

LITIGATION AND CONTROVERSY - TAX

San Francisco

Meredith Nikkel

Bradley R. Marsh

Sacramento

San Francisco

San Francisco

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS - PLAINTIFFS

Trenton H. Norris Brian L. Zagon Oakland

LITIGATION - ERISA

Joseph A. Creitz San Francisco

LITIGATION INSURANCE

Joyce C. Wang San Francisco

LITIGATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

James R. Batchelder San Jose

Jennie Lee Anderson Oakland

Matthew Pearson San Francisco

MEDIATION

Bette B. Epstein San Francisco

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW - PLAINTIFFS

Khaldoun A. Baghdadi San Francisco

Cynthia B. McGuinn

REAL ESTATE LAW

Patricia E. Curtin Oakland

Allison H. Kidd San Francisco

Winnifred C. Ward Sacramento

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW

Alan F. Denenberg San Francisco

TAX LAW

Eric J. Coffill Sacramento

Charles J. Moll III San Francisco

John F. Ramsbacher

Matthias A. Kamber

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS LAW

LITIGATION - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

San Francisco

Michael Headley

San Jose

TRADEMARK LAW

San Francisco

Carrie E. Bushman Sacramento

Seth L. Neulight San Francisco

Bryan J. Schwartz Oakland

LITIGATION - LAND USE AND ZONING

Barbara J. Schussman San Francisco

LITIGATION - PATENT

Daralyn J. Durie San Francisco

Joshua M. Masur San Jose

LITIGATION REAL ESTATE

Dori Yob Kilmer San Jose

Daniel M. Steinberg Sacramento

Sharon R. Flanagan

Martin W. Korman MUNICIPAL LAW

Eric S. Casher Oakland

San Jose

TRADE SECRETS LAW San Francisco

Heather Angelina Dunn San Francisco

Michael G. Colantuono

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

Sacramento

Julie Miraglia Kwon

NATIVE AMERICAN LAW

James P. Mitchell

Sacramento

Belan Wagner

Patrick R. Bergin NATURAL RESOURCES LAW

San Jose

San Francisco Sacramento

UTILITIES LAW

Lisa A. Cottle

Joseph M. Karp

Eric N. Robinson

WATER LAW

San Francisco Sacramento

NONPROFIT / CHARITIES LAW

Jill S. Dodd

IN PARTNERSHIP

San Jose

San Francisco

Theresa A. Dunham

R. Lewis Van Blois

Personal Injury Litigation–Plaintiffs Oakland, Calif. Celebrating more than 50 years serving his local communities, R. Lewis Van Blois has represented Californians from all walks of life who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to the negligence or fault of others. “The mission of Van Blois Law will always be to litigate injury claims with tenacity and dedication,” said Van Blois, who has been Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1983. Best Law Firms ranks his firm, Van Blois Law, Tier 1 in Oakland for both Personal Injury Litigation–Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation–Plaintiffs. The firm’s advocacy has inspired action out of the courtroom that has led to greater consumer awareness. Van Blois is also especially proud of how the firm’s results from more than 150 trials have led to safer roadways in California. This includes eliminating a notorious curve on Highway 80 in Auburn and adding guard rails to prevent vehicles from dropping off. His advocacy has also led to installation of traffic signals at dangerous intersections and restriping center lines in city and county streets for greater visibility. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2014 in Product Liability Litigation–Plaintiffs, and Personal Injury Litigation–Plaintiffs, Van Blois was honored again as “Lawyer of the Year” in Oakland for Personal Injury Litigation–Plaintiffs. “People get devastated by incidents that are often the fault of other individuals, so our job is to try to keep families together, to keep them financially secure as they navigate tough times,” says Van Blois, who is also a certified Civil Trial Specialist by the State Bar of California. “We fight for victims’ rights and their financial security by giving them a voice.” o f f i c e s : Lafayette | Stockton | Modesto

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Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Media Law Medical Malpractice Law Mergers & Acquisitions Law* Municipal Law* Mutual Funds Law Native American Law Natural Resources Law Nonprofit / Charities Law Oil and Gas Law Personal Injury Litigation Privacy and Data Security Law Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law Product Liability Litigation Professional Malpractice Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law Qui Tam Law Railroad Law Real Estate Law* Securities / Capital Markets Law Securitization and Structured Finance Law Sports Law Tax Law* Technology Law Trade Secrets Law Transportation Law Trusts and Estates* Utilities Law Venture Capital Law Water Law Workers’ Compensation Law

Education Law

Key to Abbreviations ASTERISKS:

*A single asterisk indicates lawyer is listed in litigation. **Two asterisks indicate a lawyer is listed in both litigation and non-litigation categories.

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Banking & Finance Law B Banking & Finance R Financial Service Regulation M Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law Corporate Governance & Compliance Law C Compliance G Governance Entertainment Law F Film/Movies M Music T Theater

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Intellectual Property T Trademark C Copyright P Patent IP* Litigation – Intellectual Property

Legal Malpractice Law

International Arbitration C Commercial G Government

Personal Injury

Labor & Employment EI Employment Law – Individuals EM Employment Law – Management LE Labor & Employment LM Labor Law – Management LU Labor Law – Union

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions Medical Malpractice Law Product Liability Litigation Professional Malpractice P Plaintiffs D Defendants Securities / Capital Markets Law S Securities / Capital Markets R Securities Regulation Workers’ Compensation Law C Claimants E Employers

Personal Injury Litigation

ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO David Soldani

Product Liability Litigation

Environmental Law

Real Estate Law

WANGER JONES HELSLEY Robert E. Donlan

MILES, SEARS & EANNI Richard C. Watters (P)

FENNEMORE David Schneider*

Family Law

LAW OFFICE OF EDWARD J. THOMAS Edward J. Thomas

Water Law

WANGER JONES HELSLEY Robert E. Donlan YOUNG WOOLDRIDGE Scott K. Kuney

Oakland Administrative / Regulatory Law

BRB LAW Megan J. Somogyi LAW OFFICES OF AMITAI SCHWARTZ Amitai Schwartz

Admiralty and Maritime Law

BRODSKY MICKLOW BULL & WEISS Edward M. Bull III GIBSON ROBB & LINDH Michael J. Cummins, Marker E. Lovell LAW OFFICES OF CAVIN AND MARKS Lyle C. Cavin, Jr. LAW OFFICES OF JOHN COX John C. Cox VENARDI ZURADA Mark L. Venardi

Advertising Law COBALT Marc Roth

Alternative Dispute Resolution

JUDICATE WEST Alan R. Berkowitz (M) LAW OFFICE OF JOHN BURRITT MCARTHUR John Burritt McArthur (A) REMMERS GLOBAL Cynthia Remmers (M) SIGNATURE RESOLUTION Bruce A. Edwards (M), Vivien B. Williamson (M) WELCH ADR Dana Welch (A) YARKO SOCHYNSKY ADR Yaroslav Sochynsky (M)

Antitrust Law Alternative Dispute Resolution A Arbitration M Mediation

WANGER JONES HELSLEY Robert E. Donlan YOUNG WOOLDRIDGE Scott K. Kuney

CHAIN COHN CLARK David K. Cohn (P) CORNWELL & SAMPLE Stephen R. Cornwell (P) MILES, SEARS & EANNI Douglas L. Gordon (P), Richard C. Watters (P)

Construction Law

Practice Areas Northern California · · ·

Natural Resources Law

ANDRUS ANDERSON Jennie Lee Anderson HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO Shana Scarlett ZELLE Qianwei Fu, Christopher T. Micheletti, Judith A. Zahid**

Appellate Practice

JOSEPH A. HEARST Joseph A. Hearst LAW OFFICES OF AMITAI SCHWARTZ Amitai Schwartz LAW OFFICES OF CLIFF GARDNER Clifford Gardner

MOSKOVITZ APPELLATE TEAM Myron Moskovitz

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law ANDREA WIRUM Andrea A. Wirum FENNEMORE Sandi M. Colabianchi, Tracy Green* NUTI HART Kevin W. Coleman, Gregory C. Nuti**

Civil Rights Law

GWILLIAM, IVARY, CHIOSSO, CAVALLI & BREWER J. Gary Gwilliam

Collaborative Law: Family Law

LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS G. BORST Thomas Borst

Commercial Litigation

ELIOT S. JUBELIRER, ATTORNEY Eliot S. Jubelirer GLYNN, FINLEY, MORTL, HANLON & FRIEDENBERG Clement L. Glynn JAMES N. PENROD James N. Penrod THE NORTON LAW FIRM James P. Bennett

Construction Law

LAW OFFICE OF STEPHEN ZOVICKIAN Stephen Zovickian* NOMOS Garret Murai VARELA, LEE, METZ & GUARINO Garrett Dillon, Bennett J. Lee

Criminal Defense: General Practice

ARGUEDAS, CASSMAN, HEADLEY & GOLDMAN Theodore W. Cassman COTSIRILOS & CAMPISANO George J. Cotsirilos, Jr. JAMES S. THOMSON James S. Thomson LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS J. GOODMAN Louis J. Goodman LAW OFFICES OF CLIFF GARDNER Clifford Gardner


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MIRADOR LAW Emily Dahm PHILIP A. SCHNAYERSON Philip A. Schnayerson RAINS LUCIA STERN ST. PHALLE & SILVER Michael L. Rains THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN W. NOONAN John W. Noonan UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW Elisabeth A. Semel

Franchise Law

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Immigration Law

ARGUEDAS, CASSMAN, HEADLEY & GOLDMAN Theodore W. Cassman COTSIRILOS & CAMPISANO George J. Cotsirilos, Jr. ILLOVSKY GATES & CALIA Eugene G. Illovsky JAMES S. THOMSON James S. Thomson PHILIP A. SCHNAYERSON Philip A. Schnayerson THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN W. NOONAN John W. Noonan THE NORTON LAW FIRM David W. Shapiro

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN Brenda Aguilar-Guerrero GLYNN, FINLEY, MORTL, HANLON & FRIEDENBERG Clement L. Glynn

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

BEESON, TAYER & BODINE Geoffrey Piller FEINBERG JACKSON WORTHMAN & WASO Daniel M. Feinberg KELLER ROHRBACK Jeffrey G. Lewis** MARK H. BOXER Mark H. Boxer

Energy Law

BRB LAW Megan J. Somogyi

Energy Regulatory Law

BRB LAW Megan J. Somogyi, F. Jackson Stoddard

Environmental Law

BEST BEST & KRIEGER Roderick E. Walston* GLYNN, FINLEY, MORTL, HANLON & FRIEDENBERG Andrew T. Mortl* MEYERS NAVE Shaye Diveley VAN NESS FELDMAN Brian L. Zagon* WACTOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW GROUP Jon K. Wactor*

Family Law

BLUM, GIBBS, DAVIES & OWEN Anne B. Davies, Donna T. Gibbs, Laura M. Owen DEBORAH J. MARX Deborah J. Marx FLICKER KERIN Linda M. Anderson, David C. Erb, Brittney N. Sturtevant FOX & BANK Brigeda D. Bank, A. Kathryn Fox LAW OFFICES OF SHANNON K. WOLFRUM Shannon K. Wolfrum LAW OFFICES OF TAMMY-LYN GALLERANI Tammy-Lyn Gallerani THE FORD FIRM Shane R. Ford WHITING, ROSS, ABEL & CAMPBELL Gregory C. Abel, Andrew Ross

Family Law Mediation

FOX & BANK Brigeda D. Bank, A. Kathryn Fox LAW OFFICES OF THOMAS G. BORST Thomas Borst

DONAHUE FITZGERALD Dawn Newton EBE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Robert L. Ebe

Government Relations Practice REDWOOD PUBLIC LAW Amara Morrison

DRUMM IMMIGRATION LAW Larry L. Drumm LAW OFFICES OF NORTON TOOBY E. Norton Tooby WR IMMIGRATION Charina P. Garcia

Information Technology Law TECH LAW PARTNERS Heather J. Meeker

Insurance Law DENTONS U.S. Robert W. Hoffman GUY O. KORNBLUM Guy O. Kornblum** NEY MEDIATIONS Michael J. Ney SAMUELSEN ADR David J. Samuelsen SMITH CURRIE OLES Lisa Conforti*

Intellectual Property Law TECH LAW PARTNERS Heather J. Meeker (C, IP*, P*)

Labor and Employment Law

ANDRUS ANDERSON Jennie Lee Anderson (EI) BRYAN SCHWARTZ LAW Bryan J. Schwartz* (EI, LE*) DENTONS U.S. Sandra R. McCandless (EI, EM) GIBBS MURA Steven Tindall (EI) GOLDSTEIN, BORGEN, DARDARIAN & HO Linda M. Dardarian* (LE*), Laura L. Ho* (LE*) GWILLIAM, IVARY, CHIOSSO, CAVALLI & BREWER J. Gary Gwilliam* (EI, LE*), Robert Schwartz (EI) LAW OFFICES OF PHIL HOROWITZ Philip B. Horowitz* (EI, LE*) LITTLER Gregory Iskander (EM) MORA EMPLOYMENT LAW Beth W. Mora (EI) SIEGEL, LEWITTER & MALKANI Latika Malkani (EI), Jonathan H. Siegel (EI) VALERIAN LAW Felicia Medina (EI) VINICK HYAMS TRIAL PARTNERS Jean K. Hyams* (EI, LE*) WINER, BURRITT, SCOTT & JACOBS John D. Winer* (LE*)

Land Use & Zoning Law

BEST BEST & KRIEGER Sarah E. Owsowitz, Malathy Subramanian FENNEMORE Patricia E. Curtin HSW Bryan W. Wenter, Todd A. Williams MILLER STARR REGALIA Arthur F. Coon REDWOOD PUBLIC LAW John D. Bakker, Steven T. Mattas, Amara Morrison STRATEGY LAW Frank H. Maiorana

Legal Malpractice Law JAMES N. PENROD James N. Penrod (D)

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

ANDRUS ANDERSON Jennie Lee Anderson (P), Lori E. Andrus (P) ARIAS SANGUINETTI Jamie Goldstein (P) ARTHUR BRYANT LAW Arthur H. Bryant (P) BURNHAM BROWN Raymond A. Greene III (D) GIBBS MURA Eric H. Gibbs (P) GJEL ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS Luke Ellis (P), Andrew R. Gillin (P), Ralph L. Jacobson (P), James P. Larsen (P), Kristin M. Lucey (P) GLYNN, FINLEY, MORTL, HANLON & FRIEDENBERG Clement L. Glynn (D) GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Michael J. Pietrykowski (D) KAZAN, MCCLAIN, SATTERLEY & GREENWOOD Denise Abrams (P), Denyse F. Clancy (P), Gordon Greenwood (P), Steven Kazan (P), David M. McClain (P) MG+M THE LAW FIRM David Glaspy (D) SIEGEL, LEWITTER & MALKANI Jonathan H. Siegel (P)

Medical Malpractice Law DONNELLY NELSON DEPOLO MURRAY & EFREMSKY James M. Nelson (D) GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, EVERSON & PICCHI G. Patrick Galloway (D)

Municipal Law

BEST BEST & KRIEGER Malathy Subramanian BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN Michelle Marchetta Kenyon REDWOOD PUBLIC LAW John D. Bakker, Eric S. Casher, Steven T. Mattas

Native American Law KEOHANE LAW FIRM Jeffrey R. Keohane

Natural Resources Law BEST BEST & KRIEGER Roderick E. Walston MEYERS NAVE Shaye Diveley

LAW OFFICES OF PETER ALFERT Peter W. Alfert (P) NEY MEDIATIONS Michael J. Ney (D) SAMUELSEN ADR David J. Samuelsen (D) VAN BLOIS LAW Thomas C. Knowles (P), R. Lewis Van Blois (P) VIADRO LAW Christopher A. Viadro (P) WINER, BURRITT, SCOTT & JACOBS John D. Winer (P)

ARIAS SANGUINETTI Jamie Goldstein (P), Elise R. Sanguinetti (P) GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, EVERSON & PICCHI G. Patrick Galloway (D) GJEL ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS Luke Ellis (D, P), Andrew R. Gillin (P), Ralph L. Jacobson (P), James P. Larsen (P), Kristin M. Lucey (P) GUY O. KORNBLUM Guy O. Kornblum (P) GWILLIAM, IVARY, CHIOSSO, CAVALLI & BREWER J. Gary Gwilliam (P), Robert Schwartz (P) JAMES N. PENROD James N. Penrod (D) KAUFMAN LAW Casey A. Kaufman (P) KAZAN, MCCLAIN, SATTERLEY & GREENWOOD Denyse F. Clancy (P), Gordon Greenwood (P), Steven Kazan (P), David M. McClain (P) LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. GATTO Michael E. Gatto (P) LAW OFFICES OF JOHN E. HILL John E. Hill (P) LAW OFFICES OF LEONARD S. BECKER Leonard S. Becker (P)

ARIAS SANGUINETTI Jamie Goldstein (P) ARTHUR BRYANT LAW Arthur H. Bryant (P) HUSCH BLACKWELL Jennifer J. Lee (D), Lisa L. Oberg (D) KAZAN, MCCLAIN, SATTERLEY & GREENWOOD John L. Langdoc (P) LAW OFFICES OF JOHN COX John C. Cox (D) LAW OFFICES OF PETER ALFERT Peter W. Alfert (P) SAMUELSEN ADR David J. Samuelsen (D) VAN BLOIS LAW R. Lewis Van Blois (P)

Real Estate Law

FENNEMORE C. Gregg Ankenman, Patricia E. Curtin GLYNN, FINLEY, MORTL, HANLON & FRIEDENBERG Clement L. Glynn* HSW Bryan W. Wenter, Todd A. Williams LIGHTWELL ADVISORS Michael P. Brody MILLER STARR REGALIA Lance Anderson, Hans A. Lapping POWLAN CASSIDY LAW Stephen K. Cassidy REDWOOD PUBLIC LAW Amara Morrison

Tax Law

ABKIN LAW Wendy Abkin VALLEJO, ANTOLIN, AGARWAL & KANTER Andres Vallejo*

DONAHUE FITZGERALD Lawrence Rockwell* FENNEMORE Monica Dell’Osso**, Kevin Rodriguez* LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. MCDONNELL, JR. John L. McDonnell, Jr. NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH John A. Hartog** ROISMAN HENEL + ADAMS Agnieszka K. Adams, Anne Bruner Nash

Water Law

BEST BEST & KRIEGER Roderick E. Walston

Workers’ Compensation Law

BOXER & GERSON Michael G. Gerson (C) GEARHEART & SONNICKSEN Mark E. Gearheart (C), Justin C. Sonnicksen (C) LAW OFFICE OF TIMOTHY CAMACHO Sean F. Gleason (C) RAYMOND E. FROST & ASSOCIATES Raymond E. Frost (C) VIADRO LAW Christopher A. Viadro (C)

Sacramento Agriculture Law

DOWNEY BRAND John McCarron, Dale A. Stern

STOEL RIVES Matthew D. Segal*

Appellate Practice

DOWNEY BRAND Meghan Baker, Jay-Allen Eisen PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION Robert H. Thomas

Banking and Finance Law FINNERTY LAW OFFICES Kathleen E. Finnerty (B)

Product Liability Litigation KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN

Trusts and Estates

Personal Injury Litigation

Antitrust Law

KAHN, SOARES & CONWAY Theresa A. Dunham

& GIRARD Bret R. Rossi* (B) WEINTRAUB TOBIN Dale C. Campbell*

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Christopher J. Bakes, Amy L. Pierce, John S. Poulos MARRS LAW Thomas E. Marrs MESSER STRICKLER BURNETTE June D. Coleman MURPHY AUSTIN ADAMS SCHOENFELD J. Scott Alexander, Kelly L. Pope STOEL RIVES Melissa A. Jones, Thomas A. Woods WEINTRAUB TOBIN William Scott Cameron, Dale C. Campbell, David A. Diepenbrock, Zachary Smith WILKE FLEURY Daniel L. Egan, Matthew W. Powell, Steven J. Williamson

Commercial Transactions / UCC Law

Bankruptcy and Creditor BUCHALTER Gregg D. Josephson Debtor Rights / Insolvency WEINTRAUB TOBIN Gary L. Bradus and Reorganization Law DESMOND, NOLAN, LIVAICH & CUNNINGHAM J. Russell Cunningham DOWNEY BRAND James P. Dreher** FELDERSTEIN FITZGERALD WILLOUGHBY PASCUZZI & RIOS Paul J. Pascuzzi**, Thomas Phinney, Jason E. Rios, Thomas A. Willoughby KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Gabriel P. Herrera**, Bret R. Rossi** NOSSAMAN Christopher D. Hughes** WILKE FLEURY Daniel L. Egan**, Steven J. Williamson**

Bet-the-Company Litigation DOWNEY BRAND Jay-Allen Eisen

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) BUCHALTER Colby A. Campbell, James K. Dyer, Jr. DOWNEY BRAND John C. Oehmke KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Bruce A. Scheidt THE BURTON LAW FIRM Jeb Burton WEINTRAUB TOBIN Christopher Chediak WILKE FLEURY Matthew W. Powell

Collaborative Law: Family Law PERKOVICH LAW OFFICES Julia Perkovich

Commercial Finance Law DOWNEY BRAND Matthew W. Ellis, Michael J. Thomas

Commercial Litigation

BENBROOK LAW GROUP Stephen M. Duvernay BOUTIN JONES Stephen F. Boutin BUCHALTER Josh H. Escovedo, John D. Fairbrook DIEPENBROCK ELKIN DAUER MCCANDLESS Jennifer L. Dauer, Eileen M. Diepenbrock DOWNEY BRAND Annie Amaral, Meghan Baker, Kelly Breen, Sean Filippini, Janlynn R. Fleener, John McCarron, Stephen J. Meyer, William R. Warne, Matthew J. Weber, Jennifer L. Williams FINNERTY LAW OFFICES Kathleen E. Finnerty GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Cynthia D. Love KLINEDINST Ian A. Rambarran KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Christopher Onstott, Bret R. Rossi, Bruce A. Scheidt, Jennifer A. Scott

Construction Law

BEST BEST & KRIEGER Grant R. Orbach DIEPENBROCK ELKIN DAUER MCCANDLESS Jennifer L. Dauer*, Eileen M. Diepenbrock** DOWNEY BRAND Sean Filippini**, Scott D. McElhern**, Matthew J. Weber** EMK LAWYERS David M. Daniels* HERRIG, VOGT & HENSLEY George F. Vogt, Jr. KLINEDINST Ian A. Rambarran LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Christopher J. Bakes*, Frank Perrott, John S. Poulos, Matthew M. Randle MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME Jack Klauschie, Jr. MURPHY AUSTIN ADAMS SCHOENFELD J. Scott Alexander*, D. Michael Schoenfeld** O’CONNOR THOMPSON MCDONOUGH KLOTSCHE Erin McDonough** SIMS LAWRENCE & BROGHAMMER Cynthia Lawrence** SIMS, LAWRENCE & BROGHAMMER Robert Sims* STOEL RIVES Tamara L. Boeck** WEINTRAUB TOBIN Dustin M. Amrein, Daniel M. Steinberg** WILKE FLEURY Daniel J. Foster, David A. Frenznick**, George A. Guthrie

Consumer Protection Law CUTTER LAW C. Brooks Cutter

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Bret R. Rossi (G) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Eric J. Stiff (G) WEINTRAUB TOBIN Christopher F. Anderson (G), Jim Clarke (G)

Corporate Law

BUCHALTER James K. Dyer, Jr. DELFINO LAW Chris Delfino, Jeffrey M. Koewler DOWNEY BRAND Matthew W. Ellis, Steven B. Hymas II FOLSOM JACKSON O’MALLEY MADDEN COYLE KOEWLER Elizabeth Jackson GREENBERG TRAURIG Michelle Rowe Hallsten LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Eric J. Stiff WEINTRAUB TOBIN Gary L. Bradus, Christopher Chediak, Mike De Angelis, Julie E. Green, C. Kevin Kelso

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Criminal Defense: General Practice

LAW OFFICES OF ERIC H. HINTZ Eric H. Hintz LAW OFFICES OF PATRICK K. HANLY Patrick K. Hanly ROTHSCHILD WISHEK & SANDS M. Bradley Wishek WING & PARISI Linda M. Parisi

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

FOOS GAVIN LAW FIRM David P. Foos KING & SPALDING McGregor W. Scott LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS A. JOHNSON Thomas A. Johnson LAW OFFICES OF PATRICK K. HANLY Patrick K. Hanly PORTANOVA & ASSOCIATES William J. Portanova ROTHSCHILD WISHEK & SANDS M. Bradley Wishek SEGAL & ASSOCIATES Malcolm Stuart Segal

Education Law

ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO Scott Holbrook

Elder Law

WEINTRAUB TOBIN Edward J. Corey, Jr.

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

DESMOND, NOLAN, LIVAICH & CUNNINGHAM Gary A. Livaich, Brian Manning KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD William T. Chisum PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION James S. Burling, Robert H. Thomas

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

MILIBAND WATER LAW Wesley A. Miliband NOSSAMAN Tim Swickard PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION Damien M. Schiff SOLURI MESERVE Osha Meserve STOEL RIVES Steven H. Goldberg**, Nicole E. Granquist, Jennifer Spaletta**, Timothy M. Taylor, Tina A. Thomas, Melissa A. Thorme**

Family Law

DICK & WAGNER Anthony S. Dick, Stephen J. Wagner FOLSOM JACKSON O’MALLEY MADDEN COYLE KOEWLER John O’Malley FORESTER FAMILY LAW Neil Forester HEMMER BARR Jill L. Barr, Jennifer A. Hemmer JOHN W. MUNSILL ATTORNEY AT LAW John W. Munsill LAW OFFICES OF DIANNE M. FETZER Dianne M. Fetzer LAW OFFICES OF FREDRICK S. COHEN Fredrick S. Cohen LAW OFFICES OF VICTORIA S. LINDER Victoria S. Linder MURPHY AUSTIN ADAMS SCHOENFELD Mary J. Martinelli, Kelly L. Pope PERKOVICH LAW OFFICES Julia Perkovich PURCELL STOWELL Matthew Purcell WOODRUFF, O’HAIR, POSNER & SALINGER Robert J. O’Hair, D. Thomas Woodruff

Family Law Mediation FORESTER FAMILY LAW Neil Forester

Gaming Law

LAW OFFICE OF JANE G. ZERBI Jane G. Zerbi PEEBLES BERGIN Patrick R. Bergin

Government Contracts EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW GROUP Kevin G. Long, Kenneth W. Ruthenberg, Jr. DIEPENBROCK ELKIN DAUER HALL BENEFITS LAW MCCANDLESS Scott E. Galbreath Eileen M. Diepenbrock Energy Law

BIERING & BROWN Andrew B. Brown, Lynn Haug ELLISON SCHNEIDER HARRIS & DONLAN Ron Liebert SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN Stuart L. Somach

Energy Regulatory Law BIERING & BROWN Andrew B. Brown STOEL RIVES Seth D. Hilton

Environmental Law

ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO David Cameron BKS LAW FIRM Jennifer T. Buckman DOWNEY BRAND Clifton J. McFarland**, Stephen J. Meyer*, Meredith Nikkel*, Robert P. Soran** FENNEMORE Diane G. Kindermann HARRISON TEMBLADOR HUNGERFORD & GUERNSEY Mark D. Harrison KAHN, SOARES & CONWAY Theresa A. Dunham KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD William T. Chisum, Mona G. Ebrahimi, Scott A. Morris, Daniel J. O’Hanlon**, Holly A. Roberson, Eric N. Robinson** LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Joseph A. Salazar, Jr.

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Government Relations Practice

NIELSEN, MERKSAMER, PARRINELLO, GROSS & LEONI Steven A. Merksamer

Intellectual Property Law BUCHALTER Josh H. Escovedo (IP*) WEINTRAUB TOBIN Audrey A. Millemann (IP*)

Labor and Employment Law

AECUS LAW Christina Dixon (EI, EM) ARABIAN-LEE LAW CORP. Ellen C. Arabian-Lee (EM) BEST BEST & KRIEGER Kevin A. Flautt* (LE*), Laura J. Fowler* (EM, LE*, LM), Cecilia L. Martin* (LE*), Stacey N. Sheston* (EM, LE*, LM) BUCHALTER Elizabeth Stallard* (LE*), Dylan W. Wiseman* (LE*) CDF LABOR LAW Corey J. Cabral* (EM, LE*), Mark S. Spring* (EM, LE*, LM), Sander Van der Heide* (LE*), Joel M. Van Parys* (EM, LE*) COOK BROWN Carrie E. Bushman* (LE*) DOWNEY BRAND Cassandra M. Ferrannini* (LE*), Daniel J. McVeigh* (EM, LE*) DUGGAN MCHUGH Jennifer E. Duggan* (EI, EM, LE*), Christina Bucci Hamilton* (EM, LE*) EASON & TAMBORNINI Erin M. Scharg (EI)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ELLIS INVESTIGATIONS LAW CORPORATION Leslie Ellis (EM) FISHER PHILLIPS Christopher Alvarez* (LE*, LM), Gregory Blueford* (LE*), Benjamin M. Ebbink (EM), Alden J. Parker* (EM, LE*) FOLSOM JACKSON O’MALLEY MADDEN COYLE KOEWLER Monica Folsom* (LE*), Jennifer Madden (EM), Kenneth P. Nabity* (EM, LE*), Jonathan Riddell (EM) GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI James Conley* (LE*), Jennifer Holly* (EM, LE*) GREENBERG TRAURIG Kurt A. Kappes* (LE*), Timothy Long* (EM, LE*) JACKSON LEWIS Nathan W. Austin* (LE*), Evan D. Beecher* (EM, LE*), Carolyn G. Burnette* (EM, LE*, LM), Michael J. Christian* (EM, LE*), Dale R. Kuykendall* (LE*, LM), Kaitlyn L. Lavaroni* (LE*), Cary Palmer* (EM, LE*), Sierra Vierra* (EM, LE*) KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Jonathan Hsieh* (EM, LE*), Christopher Onstott* (LE*), Vance Piggott (LM), Bruce A. Scheidt* (EM, LE*), David W. Tyra* (LE*) LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTOPHER H. WHELAN Christopher H. Whelan (EI) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Shane Singh* (EM, LE*) LITTLER Bruce J. Sarchet* (LE*), Benjamin L. Webster* (LE*) MASTAGNI HOLSTEDT David E. Mastagni* (EI, LE*, LU) MATHENY SEARS LINKERT & JAIME Matthew C. Jaime (EM) MEDINA MCKELVEY Chantelle C. Egan (EM), Jamie Chanin Pollaci* (LE*) NORCAL ADVOCATES Brittany Berzin (EI) OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Alexandra Asterlin* (LE*, LM), Anthony J. DeCristoforo* (LE*) O’HAGAN MEYER Anthony C. Oceguera* (LE*) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Cynthia Larsen* (LE*), Julie Totten* (LE*) SEYFARTH SHAW Michelle L. Christian* (LE*), Mark P. Grajski* (LE*), Michael W. Kopp* (LE*), Kristina M. Launey* (EM, LE*), Yoon-Woo Nam* (LE*), Jamie R. Rich* (EM, LE*), Geoffrey C. Westbrook* (EM, LE*) STOEL RIVES Bryan L. Hawkins* (LE*, LM) WEBBER & EGBERT EMPLOYMENT LAW Douglas M. Egbert* (LE*) WEINTRAUB TOBIN Ryan E. Abernethy* (EM, LE*), Meagan D. Bainbridge* (EM, LE*), Brendan J. Begley* (LE*), Lukas Clary* (EM, LE*), Talia L. Delanoy* (LE*), James Kachmar* (EM, LE*), Lizbeth V. West* (EM, LE*) WILKE FLEURY Stephen Marmaduke (EI, EM)

Land Use & Zoning Law

ABBOTT & KINDERMANN Glen Hansen FENNEMORE Diane G. Kindermann KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Mona G. Ebrahimi**, Jeffrey A. Mitchell, Scott A. Morris PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION James S. Burling, Robert H. Thomas** RICHARDS, WATSON & GERSHON G. Inder Khalsa SMITH, MCDOWELL & POWELL Brad A. McDowell** STOEL RIVES Timothy M. Taylor, Tina A. Thomas** THATCH & HOOPER Ryan M. Hooper, Gregory D. Thatch WHITEBRENNERLLP William W. Abbott** WILKE FLEURY George A. Guthrie

Legal Malpractice Law BANKS & WATSON James J. Banks (D)

Leisure and Hospitality Law FISHER PHILLIPS Alden J. Parker

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Scott E. Bartel, Eric J. Stiff WEINTRAUB TOBIN Christopher Chediak

Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) FINNERTY LAW OFFICES Kathleen E. Finnerty

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions CUTTER LAW C. Brooks Cutter (P) KERSHAW TALLEY BARLOW William A. Kershaw (P)

Medical Malpractice Law CUTTER LAW C. Brooks Cutter (P) GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Jennifer Lowis (D) WILCOXEN CALLAHAM William Cooper Callaham (P)

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

DOWNEY BRAND Matthew W. Ellis, Steven B. Hymas II GREENBERG TRAURIG Michelle Rowe Hallsten LARSON LINDENAU LAW GROUP Timothy J. Larson LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Eric J. Stiff WEINTRAUB TOBIN Christopher Chediak, Jim Clarke, Mike De Angelis, Julie E. Green, C. Kevin Kelso

Municipal Law

BEST BEST & KRIEGER Ethan Walsh COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY Michael G. Colantuono FINNERTY LAW OFFICES Kathleen E. Finnerty* KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Mona G. Ebrahimi**, Jeffrey A. Mitchell MEYERS NAVE Adam U. Lindgren PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION Robert H. Thomas* RICHARDS, WATSON & GERSHON G. Inder Khalsa

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Aviation Law

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Energy Regulatory Law

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FinTech Practice

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MINAMI TAMAKI Sean Tamura-sato (EI) MINNIS & SMALLETS Aaron P. Minnis (EI) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Eric Meckley* (LE*), Claire P. Rowland (EM) MORRISON FOERSTER Eric Akira Tate* (LE*) MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON Malcolm A. Heinicke* (EI, EM, LE*) NIXON PEABODY Seth L. Neulight* (EM, LE*) NUKK-FREEMAN & CERRA Lisa C. Hamasaki (EM) OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Cara Barrick (EM), Gregory C. Cheng* (EM, LE*), Harold R. Jones (EM), Thomas M. McInerney* (LE*), Danielle Ochs (EM), Richard H. Rahm (EM) O’HAGAN MEYER Erica Rocush* (EM, LE*) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Erin M. Connell* (LE*), Andrew R. Livingston* (EM, LE*), Gary Siniscalco* (EM, LE*) OUTTEN & GOLDEN Menaka N. Fernando* (EI, LE*), Moira Heiges-Goepfert (EI), Jahan Sagafi* (EI, LE*) PAUL HASTINGS Ryan D. Derry (EM) PILLSBURY Marcia L. Pope* (LE*) REED SMITH Michele Haydel Gehrke* (EM, LE*) ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD Ernest J. Galvan* (LE*), Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld (EI), Jenny Yelin* (EI, LE*) RUDY, EXELROD, ZIEFF & LOWE David A. Lowe* (EI, LE*), Jennifer Schwartz* (EI, LE*), Steven G. Zieff* (LE*) RUKIN HYLAND & RIGGIN John F. Hyland (EI, EM), Peter Rukin* (LE*) SEYFARTH SHAW Eden E. Anderson* (LE*), Nicole Baarts (EM), Justin T. Curley (EM), Ari Hersher (EM), Laura J. Maechtlen* (EM, LE*), Andrew McNaught* (LE*), Steven W. Moore* (EM, LE*) SHEPPARD Brendan G. Dolan (EI, EM), Zach P. Hutton* (EM, LE*), Jennifer G. Redmond* (LE*) SHUKLA LAW P. Bobby Shukla (EI) SIDEMAN & BANCROFT Wendy Tice-Wallner (EI) THE JHAVERI-WEEKS FIRM William C. Jhaveri-Weeks* (LE*) THE MITZEL GROUP Mary Fong (EI) WINSTON TAYLOR Joan B. Tucker Fife* (EM, LE*) WORKPLACE LEGAL Jeffrey S. Sloan (EM)

GUBB AND BARSHAY Charles J. Higley HANSON BRIDGETT Kristina D. Lawson, Sean R. Marciniak HOLLAND & KNIGHT Bradley B. Brownlow, David Friedman, Daniel R. Golub, Jennifer L. Hernandez**, Chelsea Maclean, Letitia D. Moore, Tamsen Plume, Marne S. Sussman, Nicholas William Targ LUBIN OLSON & NIEWIADOMSKI Charles R. Olson MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Sigrid Waggener MONCHAMP MELDRUM Carlyn Drivdahl, Joanna Meldrum, Amanda J. Monchamp, Rob Taboada PAUL HASTINGS Christopher J. Carr* PILLSBURY Robert C. Herr, Rachel B. Horsch RAGGHIANTI FREITAS Gary T. Ragghianti** RUTAN & TUCKER Matthew Francois, David P. Lanferman** SHEPPARD Arthur J. Friedman*, S. Keith Garner, Robert J. Uram SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER Rachel B. Hooper*, Fran M. Layton**, Robert Perlmutter, Richard S. Taylor**, William J. White** STOEL RIVES Christian L. Marsh**, Kathryn L. Oehlschlager** TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE Shawn J. Zovod VENABLE William M. Sloan WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) David M. Van Atta

CERA Solomon B. Cera (P), Pamela A. Markert (P) COOLEY Beatriz Mejia (D) COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Joseph W. Cotchett (P), Niall P. McCarthy (P), Frank M. Pitre (P) ERICKSON KRAMER OSBORNE Elizabeth A. Kramer (P) EVANS LAW FIRM Ingrid M. Evans (P) GIRARD SHARP Jordan Elias (P), Daniel C. Girard (P), Sarah R. London (P), Adam Polk (P), Dena Sharp (P) GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Fletcher C. Alford (D) HERSH & HERSH Nancy Hersh (P) HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH Scott P. DeVries (D) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON Michele D. Floyd (D) KING & SPALDING Matthew J. Blaschke (D) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN Donald C. Arbitblit (P), Elizabeth J. Cabraser (P), Lexi J. Hazam (P), Richard M. Heimann (P), Phong-Chau G. Nguyen (P), Michael W. Sobol (P), Fabrice N. Vincent (P) LOCKE LAW GROUP Chris Locke (D) MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Barry W. Lee (D) MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Daniel J. Herling (D) O’HAGAN MEYER Erica Rocush (D) OUTTEN & GOLDEN Legal Malpractice Law Moira Heiges-Goepfert (P), Jahan COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Sagafi (P) Joseph W. Cotchett (P) QUADRA & COLL KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS James A. Quadra (P) Susan J. Harriman (D), Elliot R. Peters (D), ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD Robert A. Van Nest (D) Aelish Marie Baig (P), Shawn A. Williams (P) SAVERI LAW FIRM Leisure and Joseph R. Saveri (P), Cadio Zirpoli (P) Hospitality Law SHOOK, HARDY & BACON MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Jessica L. Grant (D) Lynn K. Cadwalader SIMMONS HANLY CONROY MAYER BROWN Jennifer L. Alesio (P), Deborah R. Teresa Goebel Rosenthal (P) SKIKOS, CRAWFORD, SKIKOS & JOSEPH Steven J. Skikos (P) Leveraged Buyouts and STEVEN WILLIAMS LAW Private Equity Law Steven N. Williams (P) BAKER MCKENZIE THE BRANDI LAW FIRM Eric Schwartzman Thomas J. Brandi (P), Brian J. Malloy (P) COOLEY VENABLE Kenneth L. Guernsey John S. Worden (D) GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH LAW VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN VIGNOLES Niall Vignoles (P) Brooks Stough, Thomas F. Villeneuve WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & KIRKLAND & ELLIS SCHOENBERGER Benjamin Clinger, Vlad J. Kroll P.C. Khaldoun A. Baghdadi (P), Matthew D. LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Land Use & Zoning Law Davis (P), Michael A. Kelly (P), Douglas Daniel B. Eng S. Saeltzer (P) ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) MALLORY & NATSIS David H. Blackwell, Jennifer Jeffers, Sandi Craig W. Adas Mirna J. Scheffy (D) L. Nichols ASHURST PERKINS COIE Litigation - Regulatory Media Law Cecily T. Barclay, Marie A. Cooper, Enforcement (SEC, Matthew S. Gray, Julie Jones, Deborah DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Elisabeth Quick, Geoffrey L. Robinson**, Telecom, Energy) Thomas R. Burke Barbara J. Schussman** JASSY VICK CAROLAN FENWICK & WEST BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL Mary Duffy Carolan Michael S. Dicke John Briscoe**, David M. Ivester KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS BUCHALTER Susan J. Harriman Medical Malpractice Law Alicia Guerra MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS ALTAIR LAW BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN Susan D. Resley Jeremy Cloyd (P), Craig M. Peters (P) Hina Gupta, Eric S. Phillips, Anna C. MORRISON FOERSTER Shimko**, Stephen E. Velyvis BOSTWICK & ASSOCIATES Jordan D. Eth James S. Bostwick (P) COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & Jonathan R. Bass*, Matthew J. Bove, HASSARD BONNINGTON GARRISON Miles H. Imwalle, Megan Jennings, Frank James M. Goodman (D) Walter Brown, Joshua Hill Jr. Petrilli, Tay C. Via** HERSH & HERSH SIDLEY AUSTIN COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON Nancy Hersh (P) W. Hardy Callcott Scott B. Birkey**, Margo N. Bradish, LAW OFFICE OF MATTHEW GRAMLY Gregory B. Caligari, Christian H. Matthew D. Gramly (P) Cebrian**, Linda C. Klein**, R. Clark Mass Tort Litigation LAW OFFICES OF ERIK PETERSON Morrison**, Anne E. Mudge**, Andrew Erik L. Peterson (P) / Class Actions B. Sabey** MITCHELL LEEDS ALTSHULER BERZON FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Jeffrey S. Mitchell (P) James M. Finberg (P) Donald E. Sobelman* ROUDA FEDER TIETJEN & MCGUINN BERMAN TABACCO GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER June P. Bashant (P), Loren Schwartz (P) Carl Hammarskjold (P), Nicole Lavallee Sara Ghalandari, Mary G. Murphy, (P), Matthew Pearson (P), Todd A. Seaver THE LAW OFFICE OF SCOTT RIGHTHAND Neil Sekhri (P), Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (P) Scott D. Righthand (P)

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Mergers & Acquisitions Law

ARNOLD & PORTER Edward A. Deibert COOLEY Ben Beerle, Jamie Leigh DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Alan F. Denenberg, Paul S. Scrivano DLA PIPER Michael S. Dorf FENWICK & WEST Douglas N. Cogen FRESHFIELDS Boris Feldman* GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Ryan A. Murr GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN Andrew Y. Luh HOGAN LOVELLS CADWALADER Richard Climan, Keith Flaum, Jane Ross LAW OFFICE OF DAVID M. FURBUSH David M. Furbush* MORRISON FOERSTER Michael G. O’Bryan PAUL HASTINGS Steve L. Camahort PILLSBURY Nathaniel M. Cartmell III, Justin D. Hovey* ROPES & GRAY Anne Johnson Palmer* SIDLEY AUSTIN Sharon R. Flanagan WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES Kyle C. Krpata WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Robert T. Ishii, Robert G. O’Connor

Municipal Law

BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN Nira F. Doherty

Mutual Funds Law DECHERT Mark D. Perlow ROPES & GRAY Gregory C. Davis SIDLEY AUSTIN W. Hardy Callcott

Native American Law

FORMAN SHAPIRO & ROSENFELD George Forman KAPLAN KIRSCH Matthew Adams, Sara A. Dutschke

Natural Resources Law

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Barry H. Epstein, Sandi L. Nichols BELL KEARNS David J. Lazerwitz BRISCOE IVESTER & BAZEL John Briscoe, David M. Ivester BUCHALTER Gwenneth O’Hara, Nora Sheriff COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON Scott B. Birkey, R. Clark Morrison, Anne E. Mudge CROWELL & MORING Jon Welner MORRISON FOERSTER William F. Tarantino PAUL HASTINGS Christopher J. Carr PILLSBURY Margaret N. Rosegay SHEPPARD Lisa A. Cottle, S. Keith Garner, Robert J. Uram STOEL RIVES Christian L. Marsh

Nonprofit / Charities Law ADLER & COLVIN Rosemary E. Fei, Robert A. Wexler DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Jean L. Tom

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FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Cynthia R. Rowland, Julie Treppa HANSON BRIDGETT Pamela S. Kaufmann LOEB & LOEB Myron G. Sugarman MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Jill S. Dodd

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Professional Malpractice Law

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Public Finance Law

JONES HALL Ronald E. Lee NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Clifford M. Gerber, Eric Tashman ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Roger L. Davis

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Qui Tam Law

COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Niall P. McCarthy GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Winston Chan JUSTIN T. BERGER LAW Justin T. Berger LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN Nimish R. Desai, Lexi J. Hazam PHILLIPS & COHEN Edward H. Arens, Stephen Hasegawa, Claire M. Sylvia WHISTLEBLOWER PARTNERS Eric R. Havian

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Allison H. Kidd, Mary G. Murphy, Kahlil T. Yearwood GREENBERG TRAURIG Vivek K. Chavan, Jacobus D. Machalow, Randall C. Single GUBB AND BARSHAY Charles J. Higley HOLLAND & KNIGHT David L. Preiss J. ABRAMS LAW James Abrams Real Estate Law JEFFER MANGELS & MITCHELL ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE Martin H. Orlick** MALLORY & NATSIS JONES DAY David H. Blackwell, Anthony R. Burney, David I. Paulson Jennifer Jeffers, Nancy N. Lundeen, Mark Mengelberg LATHROP GPM Lisa H. Stalteri ARENTFOX SCHIFF Richard L. Brand, M.J. Pritchett LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY D. EBSTEIN Jeffrey Ebstein ASHURST PERKINS COIE Cecily T. Barclay, Allan E. Low LUBIN OLSON & NIEWIADOMSKI Elizabeth S. Anderson, Mark D. Lubin, BUCHALTER Paul J. Niewiadomski, Alexander Pugh Manuel Fishman, Jay L. Paxton, Thomas M. Sherwood, Douglas C. Straus MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Lynn K. Cadwalader, Marv Pearlstein BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN Laurie N. Gustafson, Eric S. Phillips, Anna MAYER BROWN C. Shimko Dustin Calkins COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS MILLER STARR REGALIA Jonathan R. Bass*, Matthew J. Bove, Alan Dana Kennedy C. Gennis, Robert B. Hodil, Danna M. NIXON PEABODY Kozerski, J. Gregg Miller, Jr., Douglas C. Ashley E. Klein Sands, Tay C. Via PILLSBURY COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Noa L. Clark, Robert C. Herr, Rachel Joseph W. Cotchett* B. Horsch COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON POLSINELLI Margo N. Bradish, Scott D. Brooks, Andrea L. Clay Gregory B. Caligari, Kevin J. Crabtree, SEYFARTH SHAW Paul N. Dubrasich, Ofer Elitzur, Robert Robin Freeman M. Haight Jr., R. Clark Morrison, Anne E. Mudge, Stephen C. Ryan, Mathew SHARTSIS FRIESE A. Wyman Peter Aitelli, Derek Boswell, Kathleen K. Bryski, David Egdal, Craig B. Etlin, Jodi B. DROSSMAN LAW Fedor, Ivo Keller*, Jonathan M. Kennedy, Laura Drossman David H. Kremer, Alan J. Robin DUANE MORRIS SHEPPARD John Clinton Callan, Marcus O. Jennifer E. Renk, Doug Van Gessel Colabianchi, Denis F. Shanagher*, Kenneth Tze SSL LAW FIRM Pamela A. Lakey FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH Sara Hansen Wilson VENABLE Geoffrey C. Etnire FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Carly O. Alameda, Dirk R. Mueller, WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Anthony D. Ratner, Gregory B. Shean David M. Van Atta, Jeffery P. Woo

Securities / Capital Markets Law

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN Katherine Lubin Benson (S*), Elizabeth J. ALTO LITIGATION Cabraser (S*), Richard M. Heimann (S*), Jared Kopel (S*) Bruce Leppla (S*) BERGESON MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS John D. Pernick (S*) Joseph E. Floren (S*), Charlene S. Shimada (S*) BERMAN TABACCO Christopher T. Heffelfinger (S*), Nicole MORRISON FOERSTER Lavallee (S*), Kristin J. Moody (S*), James J. Brosnahan, Jr. (S*), Jordan Matthew Pearson (S*), Joseph J. Tabacco, D. Eth (S*), Christin J. Hill (S*), Anna Jr. (S*) Erickson White (S*) COOLEY ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Simona Agnolucci (S*), Kenneth L. James N. Kramer (S*), Lawrence B. Low Guernsey (R, S) (S), Michael J. Sullivan (S), Michael D. Torpey (S*) COVINGTON & BURLING W. Douglas Sprague (S*) PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Bruce K. Dallas (S), Alan F. Denenberg (S), Joshua Hill Jr. (S*) Neal Potischman (S*) PILLSBURY Nathaniel M. Cartmell III (S), Patrick J. FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Devine (S), Bruce A. Ericson (S*), David E. Sarah A. Good (S*) Lillevand (S), Stanton D. Wong (S) FENWICK & WEST QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & Jennifer C. Bretan (S*), Michael S. Dicke (R, S*), Robert A. Freedman (S), SULLIVAN Catherine Kevane (S*), Dean Kristy (S*) Linda J. Brewer (S*) FRESHFIELDS ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD Calise Cheng (S), Boris Feldman (S*) Dennis J. Herman (S*), Shawn A. Williams (S*) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Brian M. Lutz (S*) ROPES & GRAY Anne Johnson Palmer (S*) GIRARD SHARP Daniel C. Girard (S*) SIDLEY AUSTIN Sara B. Brody (S*), W. Hardy Callcott (R) GLUCK DANIEL ATKINSON Gordon C. Atkinson (S*) VINSON & ELKINS Michael L. Charlson (S*) GOODWIN Grant P. Fondo (S*) GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH Securitization and VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN Structured Finance Law Brooks Stough (S), Jeffrey R. Vetter (S) CHAPMAN AND CUTLER KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN Melanie J. Gnazzo Peter R. Boutin (S) MCGUIREWOODS KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS Peter S. Szurley Susan J. Harriman (S*), Jan Nielsen Little (S*), Eric MacMichael (S*), Elliot R. ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Peters (S*), Steven K. Taylor (S*), Robert Thomas C. Mitchell A. Van Nest (S*) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Sports Law Daniel B. Eng (S) ARENTFOX SCHIFF Richard L. Brand

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BANCROFT & MCALISTER Genevieve M. Moore BUCHALTER Natacha Kolb COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Jennifer F. Beerline, Frank Busch*, Philip B. Feldman**, H. Jacob Lager, Jaime Mannon, James P. Mitchell DUGONI & LEE Laurence Dugoni FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Evan L. Abrams, George T. Argyris, Elizabeth Dorsi*, Anthony P. Vecino, Mark Weaver, Hons Yung FRIEDMAN MCCUBBIN LAW GROUP Brandi P. Chavin, Donald J. McCubbin, George F. Montgomery II, Philip F. Spalding, Thomas B. Worth HANSON BRIDGETT Theodore A. Hellman HOLLAND & KNIGHT Stacie Polashuk Nelson* LATHROP GPM Alma Soongi Beck, Darin Donovan, John Golden, Laurie-Ann D. Look LAW OFFICE OF CHARLOTTE ITO Charlotte K. Ito LOEB & LOEB Myron G. Sugarman, Alison Sundberg Telleen, Nicole Webb MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Veronica Cerruti, Jill S. Dodd** MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE Erin L. Fraser, M. Read Moore NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH Susan von Herrmann ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Raymond Ellis SHARTSIS FRIESE Frank Cialone*, Melissa S. Hung, Florence M. Jao, Richard S. Kinyon**, Patrick R. McCabe, John J. Stein*, Danielle T. Zaragoza SIDEMAN & BANCROFT Ellen I. Kahn, Hilary C. Pierce, Sandra B. Price, Kirsten Wolff SKOOTSKY & DER Robert R. Cross*, Seth M. Skootsky THE LAW OFFICE OF CIARÁN O’SULLIVAN Ciaran O’Sullivan TRUST LAW PARTNERS Jeffrey R. Loew* VENABLE Emily Foehr

Technology Law

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Trade Secrets Law

COOLEY John H. Hemann FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Jeffrey M. Fisher FENWICK & WEST David L. Hayes FISH & RICHARDSON David M. Barkan, Michael Headley MORRISON FOERSTER Ragesh K. Tangri MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke O’HAGAN MEYER Dana J. Finberg REICHMAN JORGENSEN LEHMAN & FELDBERG Courtland L. Reichman THOMPSON HINE Karen Boyd WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Charles T. Graves

Transportation Law

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Utilities Law

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Venture Capital Law

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Water Law

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San Jose Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

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Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law

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Construction Law

HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Eugene Ashley*

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

COOLEY Eric C. Jensen (G) MORRISON FOERSTER Erik J. Olson (C) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Richard C. Blake (G), Lawrence W. Sonsini (G)

Corporate Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Edward J. Wes BAKER MCKENZIE Lisa A. Fontenot, Leif King BERGESON Daniel J. Bergeson COOLEY Matthew B. Hemington, Eric C. Jensen, Robert L. Jones, John H. Sellers, Mark P. Tanoury, Mark B. Weeks DLA PIPER Craig Lang, Eric H. Wang

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

ALLEN RUBY Allen J. Ruby BERLINER COHEN Christian E. Picone, Frank R. Ubhaus COOLEY Stephen C. Neal GUYTON N. JINKERSON Guyton N. Jinkerson LAW OFFICE OF ALAN M. LAGOD Alan M. Lagod LAW OFFICES OF PAUL B. MELTZER Paul B. Meltzer MCMANIS FAULKNER James McManis NOLAN BARTON OLMOS & LUCIANO Daniel L. Barton, Daniel Olmos SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Jack P. DiCanio THE WORTHINGTON LAW CENTRE Thomas S. Worthington WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Leo Cunningham

DUI / DWI Defense

NOLAN BARTON OLMOS & LUCIANO Daniel L. Barton

Elder Law

TEMMERMAN, CILLEY, KOHLMANN & NORCIA Robert E. Temmerman, Jr.

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

MATTEONI, O’LAUGHLIN & HECHTMAN Barton G. Hechtman, Bradley M. Matteoni, Norman E. Matteoni

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

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Energy Law

CLIMATE EDGE LAW GROUP Jeffrey D. Harris

Energy Regulatory Law CLIMATE EDGE LAW GROUP Jeffrey D. Harris

Entertainment Law

LAW OFFICES OF JAMES CHADWICK James M. Chadwick (F, M)

Environmental Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Christopher P. Berka** LAW OFFICE OF WAYNE M. WHITLOCK Wayne M. Whitlock

Family Law

AESCHLEMAN LAW Nicole Aeschleman ALLAN & MARTELLE Heather M. Allan, Eva M. Martelle FLICKER KERIN Carlo L. Miranda, Marisa C. San Filippo FOSTER HSU Lydia Hsu GRANBERG LAW OFFICE Ronald S. Granberg HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Natasha M. Parrrett HOOVER KREPELKA Travis Krepelka LAKIN SPEARS Jessica F. Arner, Jennifer F. Wald LAW OFFICES OF B J FADEM & ASSOCIATE B J Fadem LAW OFFICES OF SHERRY PETERSON Sherry J. Peterson LONICH PATTON EHRLICH POLICASTRI Gretchen Boger, Mitchell Ehrlich, Michael Lonich, David A. Patton, Gina N. Policastri, Preston B. Wong MADDEN, REDDING & FISCHER Robert C. Redding OLSEN FAMILY LAW Callan C. Olsen THE LAW OFFICE OF NANETTE S. STRINGER Nanette S. Stringer

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LONICH PATTON EHRLICH POLICASTRI Gretchen Boger

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LAW OFFICES OF B J FADEM & ASSOCIATE B J Fadem MCMANIS FAULKNER Brandon Rose

First Amendment Law

BERGESON Anthony Michael Glassman LAW OFFICES OF JAMES CHADWICK James M. Chadwick

Immigration Law

ALMA Angela C. Mapa FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY Cheryl Escario, Kristi Nevarez SEID LAW GROUP Marcine A. Seid VIALTO LAW (US) Regina Knoll

Information Technology Law

BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP Stephen N. Hollman COVINGTON & BURLING Suzanne Y. Bell FENWICK & WEST Stuart P. Meyer GREENBERG TRAURIG Ian C. Ballon SULLIVAN & CROMWELL Nader A. Mousavi

Insurance Law

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Intellectual Property Law

ALSTON & BIRD Joe Liebeschuetz (P) ARNOLD & PORTER Jeffrey A. Miller (IP*) ASHURST PERKINS COIE Robert F. McCauley III (P*), James G. Snell (T), James F. Valentine (IP*, P*) BAKER BOTTS G. Hopkins Guy III (IP*, P*) BERGESON Daniel J. Bergeson (IP*) COMPUTERLAW GROUP Jack Russo (IP*) COOLEY Reuben Chen (IP*), Bill Galliani (IP*, P), Heidi Keefe (IP*), Mark F. Lambert (IP*, T), Michelle S. Rhyu (IP*), Mark Weinstein (IP*) COVINGTON & BURLING Stanley Young (IP*, P*) DLA PIPER Mark D. Fowler (P*) DUANE MORRIS Stuart Bartow (IP*, P*), Jennifer M. Lantz (IP*, T), Philip W. Woo (IP*, P, P*) FENWICK & WEST Jennifer R. Bush (IP*), Rodger R. Cole (IP*), Michael W. Farn (P), Robert A. Hulse (P), Lynn H. Pasahow (P*), Rajiv P. Patel (P), Antonia L. Sequeira (P) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER Erik R. Puknys (IP*, P*) FISHERBROYLES James Y.C. Sze (P) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Stuart Rosenberg (IP*) GREENBERG TRAURIG Ian C. Ballon (IP*) HAYNES AND BOONE Gary J. Edwards (IP*) HG LAW Joshua M. Masur (IP*, P*) JONES DAY Greg Lanier (IP*, P*), Edward R. Reines (IP*, P, P*) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON Susan M. Spaeth (IP*, P*)

KING & SPALDING David Shane Brun (IP*), Neel Chatterjee (IP*, P*, T) LATHAM & WATKINS Richard G. Frenkel (IP*) MAYER BROWN Christopher J. Kelly (IP*), Michael A. Molano (IP*) MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE William Gaede (IP*, P, P*), Bhanu K. Sadasivan (P*) MCMANIS FAULKNER James McManis (IP*), Elizabeth Pipkin (IP*) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Dion M. Bregman (IP*), Andrew J. Gray IV (IP*), Michael Lyons (IP*) MORRISON FOERSTER Kenneth A. Kuwayti (IP*, P*) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Jared Bobrow (P, P*), Blas de Blank (IP*), Jacob M. Heath (IP*), Travis Jensen (IP*), Denise Mingrone (IP*), Chris R. Ottenweller (P*), Diana M. Rutowski (IP*, T), Jason Yu (IP*), Amy Van Zant (IP*) PATENT LAW WORKS Greg Sueoka (P) PAUL HASTINGS Christopher W. Kennerly (IP*), Rudy Y. Kim (IP*), Lisa K. Nguyen (IP*) PILLSBURY David Jakopin (IP*) PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH Lyndsey C. Heaton (IP*) ROPES & GRAY James R. Batchelder (IP*, P, P*) SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT Amy H. Candido (IP*, P*) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Quyen L. Ta (IP*), Bijal V. Vakil (IP*) SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS Frank L. Bernstein (IP*), Ronald S. Lemieux (IP*) WHITE & CASE Yar R. Chaikovsky (IP*, P*), Jonathan J. Lamberson (IP*) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Sonal N. Mehta (IP*, P, P*), Mark D. Selwyn (IP*, P*) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Kenneth A. Clark (P), David H. Kramer (IP*), Michael B. Levin (IP*), James C. Yoon (IP*, P*) WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Chris Mammen (P*), Fabio E. Marino (IP*)

Labor and Employment Law

COOLEY Wendy J. Brenner (LM) DAVID F. GOMEZ David F. Gomez (EI, EM) DUANE MORRIS Katherine C. Huibonhoa (EM) HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Sarju Naran* (LE*) JACKSON LEWIS Eric C. Bellafronto* (EM, LE*), Karin M. Cogbill* (LE*) LATHROP GPM Daniel F. Pyne III* (LE*) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Lynne C. Hermle (EM, LM), Melinda S. Riechert* (EM, LE*, LM)

Land Use & Zoning Law

BERLINER COHEN Andrew L. Faber* MATTEONI, O’LAUGHLIN & HECHTMAN Barton G. Hechtman, Bradley M. Matteoni

Legal Malpractice Law HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Alison P. Buchanan (D)

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

COOLEY Mark P. Tanoury LATHAM & WATKINS Mark M. Bekheit WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Kenneth A. Clark, Lawrence W. Sonsini

Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

COOLEY Patrick Gibbs MAYER BROWN Lee H. Rubin SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Jack P. DiCanio WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Caz Hashemi, Nicki Locker, Catherine E. Moreno

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Quyen L. Ta (D)

Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

COOLEY John A. Dado, Mark P. Tanoury SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT Robert Langdon

Product Liability Litigation ROPERS MAJESKI Kathleen Strickland (D)

Professional Malpractice Law

HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Alison P. Buchanan (D)

Real Estate Law

BERLINER COHEN Andrew L. Faber*, Peggy L. Springgay CHUCK HANSEN, LAW & CONSULTING Charles A. Hansen* FENWICK & WEST GREENBERG TRAURIG Rodger R. Cole Alison R. Weinberg-Fahey HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Medical Malpractice Law Daniel W. Ballesteros**, Sean A. Cottle CERRI, BOSKOVICH & ALLARD LATHROP GPM Bradley M. Corsiglia (P) Jeffrey E. Essner*, Dori Yob Kilmer*, Jay M. Ross* HINSHAW, MARSH, STILL & HINSHAW Thomas E. Still (D) MATTEONI, O’LAUGHLIN & HECHTMAN SHEUERMAN, MARTINI,TABARI, ZENERE Bradley M. Matteoni & GARVIN MAYER BROWN Cyrus A. Tabari (D) Leonard X. Rosenberg MCMANIS FAULKNER William Faulkner* Mergers & MORRISON FOERSTER Acquisitions Law Philip J. Levine A&O SHEARMAN TEMMERMAN, CILLEY, KOHLMANN Daniel R. Mitz & NORCIA ASHURST PERKINS COIE Robert E. Temmerman, Jr.* Edward J. Wes WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI BAKER MCKENZIE Susan P. Reinstra Lisa A. Fontenot, Leif King COOLEY Securities / Capital Steven J. Tonsfeldt Markets Law COVINGTON & BURLING Thomas C. DeFilipps ASHURST PERKINS COIE Edward J. Wes (S) FENWICK & WEST Cynthia Clarfield Hess BERGESON Daniel J. Bergeson (S*) LATHAM & WATKINS Luke J. Bergstrom COOLEY Jon Gavenman (R), Patrick Gibbs (S*), MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Eric C. Jensen (S), Mark P. Tanoury (S) Thomas W. Kellerman FENWICK & WEST MORRISON FOERSTER Gordon K. Davidson (R, S), Felix S. Lee Paul L. Lion III (S*), Jay L. Pomerantz (S*) O’MELVENY & MYERS GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Amy S. Park*, Paul Sieben Michael D. Celio (S*), Jessica Valenzuela PILLSBURY (S*) Christina Pearson, Allison M. Leopold LATHAM & WATKINS Tilley Rick Kline (S) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER MAYER BROWN & FLOM Kenton J. King, Gregg A. Noel, Amr Razzak Lee H. Rubin (S*) O’MELVENY & MYERS SULLIVAN & CROMWELL Amy S. Park (S*) Michael S. Ringler, John L. Savva WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI SIDLEY AUSTIN Robert R. Carlson (S) David J. Berger*, Tony Jeffries, Martin W. Korman, Catherine E. Moreno*, Jeffrey D. SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER Saper, Lawrence W. Sonsini & FLOM Jack P. DiCanio (S*), Kenton J. King (S), Gregg A. Noel (S) Municipal Law WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI MCMANIS FAULKNER David J. Berger (S*), Caz Hashemi (S*), James McManis* Nicki Locker (S*), Katharine A. Martin (S), Ignacio Salceda (R, S*), Jeffrey D. Saper (S), Lawrence W. Sonsini (R, S), Allison Nonprofit / Charities Law B. Spinner (S) LAW OFFICE OF BARBARA A. MURPHY WINAWER Barbara A. Murphy Lloyd Winawer (S*) WOODSIDE COUNSEL Gregory C. Smith (S) Personal Injury Litigation

Media Law

ALEXANDER LAW GROUP Richard Alexander (P) CERRI, BOSKOVICH & ALLARD B. Robert Allard (D) DEVRIES DISPUTE RESOLUTION Douglas DeVries (P) NEEDHAM KEPNER & FISH Kirsten M. Fish (P), Craig Needham (P) ROPERS MAJESKI Kathleen Strickland (D) THE BOCCARDO LAW FIRM John C. Stein (P)

Privacy and Data Security Law GREENBERG TRAURIG Ian C. Ballon

Tax Law

BAKER MCKENZIE Scott H. Frewing*, Amanda T. Kottke, Gary D. Sprague DLA PIPER Hugh Wesley Goodwin, Stacy M. Paz FENWICK & WEST Adam S. Halpern*, Walter T. Raineri GREENBERG TRAURIG Magan Pritam Ray HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL J. Timothy Maximoff LANGDONLAW Larry R. Langdon** LATHAM & WATKINS Katharine P. Moir

MAYER BROWN Remmelt Reigersman MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE Alejandro Ruiz MORRISON FOERSTER Paul L. Lion III OAK RIDGE LAW Chase T. Manderino PILLSBURY Craig A. Becker**, Breann Robowski*, C. Brian Wainwright PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LEGAL John G, Ryan RAMSBACHER PROKEY LEONARD John F. Ramsbacher** SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Emily M. Lam TEMMERMAN, CILLEY, KOHLMANN & NORCIA Patrick A. Kohlmann, Robert E. Temmerman, Jr.

Technology Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE James G. Snell FENWICK & WEST Gordon K. Davidson GREENBERG TRAURIG Ian C. Ballon LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM S. COATS William S. Coats III

Trade Secrets Law

GREENBERG TRAURIG Ian C. Ballon KING & SPALDING Neel Chatterjee WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI James C. Yoon

Trusts and Estates

BERLINER COHEN Wendy Krog**, Jonathan D. Wolf* CRIST, BIORN, SHEPHERD & ROSKOPH Kristofer W. Biorn* HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL J. Timothy Maximoff

LATHROP GPM Steven Ellenberg*, Erika Gasaway*, Charles H. Packer LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL G. DESMARAIS Michael G. Desmarais** MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE Katrina Crafton Fluet, Laurelle M. Gutierrez, Julie Miraglia Kwon MCMANIS FAULKNER William Faulkner* PILLSBURY Timothy C. Brugh, Kim T. Schoknecht RAMSBACHER PROKEY LEONARD John W. Prokey, John F. Ramsbacher RIMON Scott D. Ross SHEPPARD Steven P. Braccini, Kendal Fletcher** SPENCER FANE Maria S. Bellafronto* TEMMERMAN, CILLEY, KOHLMANN & NORCIA James P. Cilley, Patrick A. Kohlmann, Erin A. Norcia, Robert E. Temmerman, Jr.**

Venture Capital Law

COOLEY Matthew B. Hemington, Eric C. Jensen, Mark P. Tanoury, Mark B. Weeks COVINGTON & BURLING Thomas C. DeFilipps FENWICK & WEST Gordon K. Davidson O’MELVENY & MYERS Warren T. Lazarow ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE John V. Bautista WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Michael J. Danaher, Arthur F. Schneiderman, Lawrence W. Sonsini, Allison B. Spinner

Workers’ Compensation Law BORAH & SHAFFER Brett A. Borah (C) JOHNSON LAW FIRM Arthur L. Johnson, Jr. (C)

Santa Rosa Admiralty and Maritime Law

Land Use & Zoning Law

Commercial Litigation

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

LAW OFFICE OF ALAN K. GOLDSTEIN Alan K. Goldstein

ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY Patrick W. Emery

Construction Law

ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY W. Barton Weitzenberg*

Environmental Law HAROFF LAW Kevin T. Haroff*

HAROFF LAW Kevin T. Haroff*

BRAYTON PURCELL Gilbert L. Purcell (P)

Personal Injury Litigation ANDERSON ZEIGLER Tad S. Shapiro (P)

Product Liability Litigation BRAYTON PURCELL Leah McMorris (P), Gilbert L. Purcell (P)

Real Estate Law

Family Law

BLEVANS, ITZKOWITZ & CANTRELL Brandon R. Blevans, Robert E. Blevans

Food and Beverage Law

DICKENSON, PEATMAN & FOGARTY Richard P. Mendelson

BEYERS COSTIN SIMON James L. Beyers

Trusts and Estates

BURGER & PIERCE Richard A. Burger FRIEDEMANN GOLDBERG WARGO HESS Steven M. Goldberg, Ronald P. Wargo II

Labor and Employment Law

BURRELL KAGIN LAW Darci E. Burrell (EI) LIEBER LAWYERS Robert M. Lieber (LM) LOUDERBACK LAW FIRM Charles M. Louderback (EI)

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RECOGNITIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

FENNEMORE Eric Gee, Brandin Inouye, Joseph Zimmerl

Civil Rights Law

Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Commercial Litigation

LITTLER Caroline Lutz OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Jaskaran Gill

Corporate Law

Years in Practice

“ONES TO WATCH” RECOGNITIONS These recognitions are given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Our “Ones to Watch” recipients typically have been in practice for 5-9 years. Our methodology for determining these awards remains the same as it did when Best Lawyers was founded more than 40 years ago: peer-review. Lawyers are the best resource to provide feedback on the caliber of work performed by their peers. “Ones to Watch” is not a seed list to Best Lawyers and all hopeful candidates must be nominated and vetted by their peers recognized in Best Lawyers. Visit bestlawyers.com/ones-to-watch for more details

Practice Areas in Northern California

· Administrative / Regulatory Law · Alternative Dispute Resolution · Antitrust Law* · Appellate Practice · Banking and Finance Law* · Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law* · Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) · Civil Rights Law · Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law · Commercial Litigation · Communications Law · Construction Law* · Corporate Governance and Compliance Law · Corporate Law · Criminal Defense: General Practice · Criminal Defense: White-Collar · DUI / DWI Defense · Education Law · Elder Law · Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law · Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law · Energy Law · Entertainment Law · Environmental Law* · Family Law

· Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation · Government Relations Practice · Health Care Law · Immigration Law · Insurance Law · Intellectual Property Law* · Labor and Employment Law* · Land Use & Zoning Law · Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law · Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions* · Medical Malpractice Law · Mergers & Acquisitions Law · Municipal Law · Native American Law · Natural Resources Law · Nonprofit / Charities Law · Privacy and Data Security Law · Product Liability Litigation · Project Finance Law · Public Finance Law · Real Estate Law* · Securities / Capital Markets Law* · Tax Law* · Technology Law · Transportation Law · Trusts and Estates* · Venture Capital Law · Workers’ Compensation Law

Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation LAW OFFICES OF ASHLEY PHILPOT MATTOS Ashley Philpot

Health Care Law

Key to Abbreviations ASTERISKS:

*A single asterisk indicates lawyer is listed in litigation. **Two asterisks indicate a lawyer is listed in both litigation and non-litigation categories.

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Intellectual Property P Patent P* Litigation – Patent IP* Litigation – Intellectual Property Labor & Employment EE Employee MG Management LE* Litigation

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Medical Malpractice Law Personal Injury Product Liability Litigation P Plaintiffs D Defendants Securities / Capital Markets Law S Securities / Capital Markets R Securities Regulation S* Litigation - Securities Workers’ Compensation Law C Claimants E Employers

FENNEMORE Eric Gee, Brandin Inouye

Personal Injury Litigation

CHAIN COHN CLARK Tanya D. Alsheikh* (P) RODRIGUEZ & ASSOCIATES Chantal Trujillo* (P), Joseph Whittington* (P) FENNEMORE Joseph Zimmerl

Real Estate Law LITTLER Caroline Lutz*

FENNEMORE WM. Lanier Thomas, Joseph Zimmerl

Oakland Antitrust Law

BLEICHMAR FONTI & AULD Joshua Samra HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO Abby Wolf* ZELLE Anjalee Behti**

Land Use & Zoning Law FENNEMORE Darien Key

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) ANASA LAW FIRM Liku Madoshi

CUTTER LAW Celine Cutter** (P) GIBBS MURA Jeff Kosbie* (P) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO Abby Wolf* (P) TYCKO & ZAVAREEI Lavanya Prabhakar* (P)

Civil Rights Law

Medical Malpractice Law

GWILLIAM, IVARY, CHIOSSO, CAVALLI & BREWER Winston W. Moody OASIS LEGAL SERVICES Ari Jones

Commercial Litigation

DENTONS U.S. Thomas J. D’Antonio, Seena Forouzan, Alexander Padua EHRLICH & CRAIG Alexander Setzepfandt FENNEMORE Angela Han KIMBALL, TIREY & ST. JOHN John B. Stauffer MCDOWELL HETHERINGTON Colleen Flaherty ZELLE Anjalee Behti

Construction Law

SMITH CURRIE OLES Nufar Sharon

Family Law

BAY AREA FAMILY LAW CENTER Colin Galloway, Ethan M. Weisinger CHRISTY, KEITH & DONNELL FAMILY LAW Jaya Reddy

Health Care Law

DENTONS U.S. Michael Montgomery FENNEMORE Angela Han

CUTTER LAW Celine Cutter (P)

Natural Resources Law FENNEMORE Darien Key

Personal Injury Litigation

ARIAS SANGUINETTI Monica La* (P) BLACKHAWK LAW GROUP Samual L.C. Dollar* (P) BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O’MEARA Gregory Prongos* (D) CUTTER LAW Celine Cutter** (P) DOLAN LAW FIRM Anna Pantsulaya* (P), Candice Sannella* (P) GWILLIAM, IVARY, CHIOSSO, CAVALLI & BREWER Winston W. Moody* (P) HULTIN LAW Casey A. Hultin* (P) KIMBALL, TIREY & ST. JOHN John B. Stauffer* (D) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Brandon O* (D) THE BARNES FIRM INJURY ATTORNEYS Mason Aria* (P)

Product Liability Litigation

ARIAS SANGUINETTI Monica La (P) CUTTER LAW Celine Cutter (P) DOLAN LAW FIRM Anna Pantsulaya (P), Candice Sannella (P)

Public Finance Law

HAWKINS DELAFIELD & WOOD Joshua Weingarten CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE Sasha Real Estate Law Novis DENTONS U.S. Joshua Haevernick* OASIS LEGAL SERVICES Ari Jones MILLER STARR REGALIA Victoria Phillips Gyulassy, Bradley THE NORTON LAW FIRM Rebecca Kutlow Sena WR IMMIGRATION Karla Gil

Immigration Law

DENTONS U.S. Thomas J. D’Antonio KIMBALL, TIREY & ST. JOHN John B. Stauffer Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Trusts and Estates

FENNEMORE Eric Gee

Insurance Law Banking & Finance Law B Banking & Finance R Financial Service Regulation B* Litigation – Banking & Finance

Labor and Employment Law

Project Finance Law

FENNEMORE Brandin Inouye, Joseph Zimmerl

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GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Timothy Hastie** (LE*, MG) WHITNEY, THOMPSON & JEFFCOACH Julie R. Campos (MG)

RODRIGUEZ & ASSOCIATES Chantal Trujillo

LAW OFFICES OF ASHLEY PHILPOT MATTOS Ashley Philpot

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Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Law

INVOKE IP Sameer Pai (P) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON Vanessa Bell (P) LAW OFFICE OF ALYSE D. RITVO Alyse D. Ritvo** (IP*)

Labor and Employment Law

GIBBS MURA Jeff Kosbie (EE) LITTLER Benjamin Sanchez* (LE*), Daniel XuLi** (EE, LE*)

Securities / Capital Markets Law

SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL KONECKY Esther Lee Bylsma* (S*)

Tax Law

FENNEMORE Travis Thompson**

Technology Law

BERKELEY DATA LAW Adam Connolly INVOKE IP Sameer Pai

Trusts and Estates

AYOUB & DODSON Alexandra Ayoub FENNEMORE David Monsour**


2027 RECOGNITION

Municipal Law

Sacramento Administrative / Regulatory Law GREENBERG TRAURIG Will Wagner

Banking and Finance Law

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Kyla Núñez*

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law WILKE FLEURY Jason Eldred**

Civil Rights Law

REED WILLIAMS Donald Williams, Jr.

Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law GOFF LEGAL Alexandria Goff

Commercial Litigation

DOWNEY BRAND Bradley Carroll, Christopher Kolkey, Michael Laino JACKSON LEWIS Raja A. Hafed KENNADAY LEAVITT Alexa K. Horner LATHROP GPM Joshua Yoo MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Kyla Núñez ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Megan Benton PILLSBURY Derek M. Mayor PLANTE HUGUENIN LEBOVIC KAHN Drew Wagner-Weir SIMS, LAWRENCE & BROGHAMMER Kristen Lance STOEL RIVES Benjamin Codog III WEINTRAUB TOBIN Ruby Bitzer, Marc Rodriguez, Monica Silver WILKE FLEURY Islam M. Ahmad

Construction Law

DOWNEY BRAND Christopher Kolkey*, Michael Laino* HERRIG, VOGT & HENSLEY Anthony Valenti* KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Alec Tyra PLANTE HUGUENIN LEBOVIC KAHN Drew Wagner-Weir* SIMS, LAWRENCE & BROGHAMMER Kristen Lance* WEINTRAUB TOBIN Annie Marcroft WILKE FLEURY Islam M. Ahmad*, Kathryne Baldwin**, Jason Eldred*

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law WEINTRAUB TOBIN Anders Bostrom

COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY Mackenzie Anderson, Conor Harkins

WILKE FLEURY Mena Arsalai, Aaron R. Claxton

PEEBLES BERGIN Kristen Boyert

Immigration Law

LAW OFFICE OF RADHIKA BALAJI Radhika Balaji LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Adam Khan SHAABAN LAW Jamil Shaaban

Intellectual Property Law DOWNEY BRAND Michael Laino* (IP*)

Labor and Employment Law

ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO Janette Malanowski** (LE*, MG) BOUTIN JONES Kendall Fisher-Wu* (LE*) CDF LABOR LAW Tashayla Billington** (LE*, MG), Ryan Larocca** (LE*, MG) DOWNEY BRAND Alexandra LaFountain** (LE*, MG) DUGGAN MCHUGH Katie Collins** (LE*, MG), Iris Kristoff* (LE*) FISHER PHILLIPS Kimberly Jenkins (MG), Erin Price* (LE*) GREENBERG TRAURIG Bailey McCabe Hashim (MG) JACKSON LEWIS Keelia K. Lee** (LE*, MG) KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Alec Tyra* (LE*) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Adam Khan* (LE*) OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Brittany Hansen* (LE*), Alyssa Malinoski* (LE*), George Theofanis** (LE*, MG) REED WILLIAMS Donald Williams, Jr.* (LE*) SEYFARTH SHAW Bradley D. Doucette* (LE*), Michelle L. DuCharme** (LE*, MG), Natalie Kreeger* (LE*), Jeffrey A. Nordlander* (LE*), Mayra Sandoval** (LE*, MG) STOEL RIVES Robert Sarkisian (MG) TOWER LEGAL GROUP James A. Clark** (EE, LE*) WEBBER & EGBERT EMPLOYMENT LAW Shaelyn Stewart* (LE*) WEINTRAUB TOBIN Nikki Mahmoudi** (LE*, MG) WILKE FLEURY Jason Eldred* (LE*), Jizell Lopez (MG) YOUNG, MINNEY & CORR Kayla Haydu* (LE*)

Land Use & Zoning Law

COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY Mackenzie Anderson, Conor Harkins WHITEBRENNERLLP J. Gage Marchini

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

WEINTRAUB TOBIN Anders Bostrom, Tatum Kennedy

CUTTER LAW Margot P. Cutter** (P), Jennifer S. Domer* (P) GUTH & CHANGARIS Noel E. Guth** (P) KERSHAW TALLEY BARLOW John Davis* (P)

Criminal Defense: General Practice

Medical Malpractice Law

DUI / DWI Defense

CHASTAINE | JONES James Ryan

Education Law

ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO Junn Paulino, Erika Sembrano Rodine

Natural Resources Law

DOWNEY BRAND Austin Cho, Brian E. Hamilton

Insurance Law

Corporate Law

CHASTAINE | JONES James Ryan

Native American Law

CUTTER LAW Margot P. Cutter (P) SPINELLI DONALD NOTT Jeffrey C. Arnold (P)

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

HARRISON TEMBLADOR HUNGERFORD & GUERNSEY Kimberly Gambrall

Personal Injury Litigation

CUTTER LAW Margot P. Cutter** (P) DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD CAMPORA Natalie M Dreyer* (P), Neil J. Ferrera* (P), Kelsey J. Fischer* (P), Nolan R. Jones* (P), Lauren A. Moniz* (P), Larry Q. Phan* (P), Marshall R. Way* (P), Sean D. Wisman* (P) GINGERY, HAMMER & SCHNEIDERMAN Thomas J. Gray* (P) GUTH & CHANGARIS Noel E. Guth** (P) LE LAW FIRM Camnhung T. Le* (P) SPINELLI DONALD NOTT Jeffrey C. Arnold* (P)

Product Liability Litigation

CUTTER LAW Margot P. Cutter (P), Jennifer S. Domer (P) GUTH & CHANGARIS Noel E. Guth (P) KERSHAW TALLEY BARLOW John Davis (P) SPINELLI DONALD NOTT Jeffrey C. Arnold (P)

Public Finance Law

COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY Conor Harkins

Real Estate Law

BUCHALTER Joshua Moon FREEMAN MATHIS & GARY Timothy Lam* HARRISON TEMBLADOR HUNGERFORD & GUERNSEY Kimberly Gambrall MURPHY AUSTIN ADAMS SCHOENFELD April Law PLANTE HUGUENIN LEBOVIC KAHN Drew Wagner-Weir* STOEL RIVES Benjamin Codog III WEINTRAUB TOBIN Ruby Bitzer*, Devinn Martin WHITEBRENNERLLP J. Gage Marchini WILKE FLEURY Islam M. Ahmad**, Kathryne Baldwin*, Melissa M. Eaton, Jason Eldred*, Mustafa Karim

Tax Law

FENNEMORE Miranda Freeman, Jessica Herrera

Transportation Law

HAIGHT BROWN & BONESTEEL Melvin Marcia

Trusts and Estates

DOWNEY BRAND Christopher Kolkey* FENNEMORE Miranda Freeman, Eric Giersch GOFF LEGAL Alexandria Goff**, Michelle A. Martin** GUTH & CHANGARIS Noel E. Guth** HERRIG, VOGT & HENSLEY Ryan S. Foley KAMINSKI LAW GROUP Kristin M. Kaminski MARISSA SIROTA LAW Marissa D. Sirota SEQUOIA ESTATE PLANNING Andrew Nef

Workers’ Compensation Law

PEARLMAN, BROWN & WAX Ani Baghdassarian (E)

Elder Law

CUTTER LAW Margot P. Cutter GOFF LEGAL Lindsay Barnes Watkins

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law CUTTER LAW Margot P. Cutter

Environmental Law

DOWNEY BRAND Austin Cho, Brian E. Hamilton** GREENBERG TRAURIG Alexandra “Ally” Lizano, Will Wagner KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD Andreya Woo Nazal

Family Law

BUTLER, THIESSEN & METZINGER Lindsay Guinn Metzinger GUTH & CHANGARIS Noel E. Guth HERRIG, VOGT & HENSLEY Ryan S. Foley LAW OFFICE OF JAMES K. MOORE James K. Moore MONTAGNA FAMILY LAW Stephen A. Montagna PACEM TEMPESTATE LAW Angelina T. Ray

Government Relations Practice CIVICA POLITICAL LAW Tracey L. Frazier

Health Care Law

GREENBERG TRAURIG Magaly Zagal

San Francisco Administrative / Regulatory Law

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE David Huang, Jessica Jandura GREINES, MARTIN, STEIN & RICHLAND Hayley MacMillen WINSTON TAYLOR Gabriela A. Plasencia

Antitrust Law

BERGER MONTAGUE Kyla Gibboney, Julie Pollock, Jessica Seigel*, Matt Summers** BRAUNHAGEY & BORDEN Katie Kushnir* COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Elizabeth Castillo DLA PIPER Mandy Chan GIRARD SHARP Mikaela Bock*, Abbye Klamann Ognibene**, Kyle Quackenbush* HAUSFELD Gary I. Smith, Jr.** KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS Drew H. Washington* LATHAM & WATKINS Charles Sprague SALAHI Yaman Salahi SAVERI LAW FIRM Holden Benon**, William Castillo Guardado*, Itak Moradi**, David H. Seidel**, Christopher Young** TRAVIS MANFREDI Travis Manfredi**

Appellate Practice

BAKERHOSTETLER Victoria L. Weatherford COOLEY Kathleen R. Hartnett FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Cameron J. Gibbs GREINES, MARTIN, STEIN & RICHLAND Hayley MacMillen HORVITZ & LEVY Jason Siu SHEPPARD Joy O. Siu

Banking and Finance Law

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Paul Yu (R) MCGUIREWOODS Jenny Yi* MORRISON FOERSTER Joseph Jung (B) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Margaux Curie (B) PILLSBURY Christine Mastromonaco (B) SCALE Corey Pederson** (R) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Joe Catapano (R) WINSTON TAYLOR Gabriela A. Plasencia (B)

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) ASHURST PERKINS COIE Liana Sulaiman BUCHALTER Annie (Yoon Jae) Lee

Civil Rights Law

KATZ BANKS KUMIN Bethel Habte

Commercial Litigation

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Annette Rittmuller ALTO LITIGATION Joshua Korr ASHURST PERKINS COIE Abby Bloetscher, Tyler W. Fergusson, Torryn Rodgers, Lauren Trambley BAKER BOTTS Alison Sigurdsson BENEDICTO & SIMONOVICH Kevin M. Benedicto, Jacqueline M. Simonovich BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF Sydney E. Allen BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND Kelsey Dayton BRAUNHAGEY & BORDEN Katie Kushnir BUCHALTER Sam Sazer COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Abraham Andrade, Sarah E. Peterson COOLEY Joshua Anderson, Max Bernstein, Tiffany M. Lin COVINGTON & BURLING Michael E. Bowlus, Isaac D. Chaput, Joshua Gonzalez CROWELL & MORING Jacob Canter DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Serge A. Voronov DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Mark Anishchenko, Monder Khoury, Justin Lin, Annie Shi Zhang DECHERT Mary H. Kim DMP LAW CORPORATION Daniel Poniatowski DTO LAW Andrea Maddox FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Cameron J. Gibbs, Hilary C. Krase, Patrick Loi, Kyle McLorg, Dylan Silva FENWICK & WEST Marie C. Bafus, Jessica Benzler, Janie Y. Miller, Armen N. Nercessian, Shannon E. Turner FOLEY & LARDNER Sara Abarbanel-Levine FOLGER LEVIN Olivia Diab GRELLAS SHAH Seth Kugler HANSON BRIDGETT Niran S. Somasundaram HAYNES AND BOONE Alfredo Amoedo HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN Benjamin Lin KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS Victor T. Chiu, Cody Gray, Katie Lynn Joyce, Candice Mai Khanh Nguyen, Christopher Sun, Drew H. Washington KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON David Polyakov LATHROP GPM Rachel A. McCauley LEVIN SIMES David M. Grimes LEWIS & LLEWELLYN Sable Bahleda, Zachary C. Flood, Marjon Momand, Grace Ramirez LEXINGTON LAW GROUP Patrick R. Carey MCGUIREWOODS Jenny Yi MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Paige E. Adaskaveg MORRISON FOERSTER David J. Wiener MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON J. Max Rosen NIXON PEABODY Taylor Hooks, Conor McNamara PILLSBURY Zandir Morton PUTTERMAN YU WANG Ellen P. Liu QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN Benjamin M. Kleinman, Jocelyn Ma, Brian E. Mack, Ognjen Zivojnovic RENNE PUBLIC LAW GROUP Anastasia Bondarchuk SEYFARTH SHAW Michelle L. Abdolhosseini SHARTSIS FRIESE Annie Nguyen, Suzanne Orza SHEPPARD Samuel Z. Hyams-Millard SIDLEY AUSTIN Sarah E. Gallo, Chaddy Georges SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS Thomas J. Lloyd SULLIVAN PRATT Quentin A. Roberts SV EMPLOYMENT LAW FIRM Lauren Babst THE LAW OFFICE OF NATHAN ANDERSON Nathan P. Anderson TYZ LAW GROUP Udit Sood VALLE MAKOFF Patrick T. Freeman, Roxanne Makoff VENABLE Antonia I. Stabile WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER Stephen W. Henrick WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Gian GualcoNelson, Melissa McCall WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER Kendra L. Tietjen WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI James J. Kim, Caty Lacey, Thomas R. Wakefield, Lauren Gallo White WINSTON TAYLOR Gabriela A. Plasencia WITHERS Alexandra Rogoff-Green WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Michelle F. Catapang

Communications Law

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE David Huang, Jessica Jandura

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JENNER & BLOCK Chasel Lee

Construction Law

BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & WENZEL Wilson Lau LAGASSE BRANCH BELL + KINKEAD Jacob D. Colvin NIXON PEABODY Taylor Hooks*, Conor McNamara* PILLSBURY Nan McGarry* ROGERS JOSEPH O’DONNELL Josh A. Maltzer*

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

GOODWIN Julia White ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Aria Kashefi WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shafinaaz Armatis

Corporate Law

COOLEY Katherine W. Ambrose DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Atrina Mehdipour FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Carolina De Armas FENWICK & WEST Taimur Case FRESHFIELDS Eva Y. Mak GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Melanie E. Neary MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Jimmy Yuen MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Jessica Zhang MIURA & PARTNERS Chiharu Yuki MORRISON FOERSTER Dane Jones Hodges PILLSBURY Paul Casas ROPES & GRAY Rebecca L. Cushing SHARTSIS FRIESE Sergio Broholm SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS Jaimie L. Buchbinder WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shafinaaz Armatis, Aron Nimani WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Joe Catapano

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Cameron J. Gibbs, Hilary C. Krase, Kyle McLorg REICHMAN JORGENSEN LEHMAN & FELDBERG Laura Carwile SWANSON & MCNAMARA Audrey Barron VINSON & ELKINS Meghan Natenson WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Sahar Maali

Education Law

ATKINSON, ANDELSON, LOYA, RUUD & ROMO Adrienne Nichelini

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

BAKER MCKENZIE Nicholas M. Macaluso FENWICK & WEST Rosan Agbajoh TRUCKER HUSS Sarah K. Bowen, Catherine L. Reagan

Energy Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Taylor Jones, Caitlin Stern BAKER MCKENZIE John W. Hamilton CLEAN ENERGY COUNSEL Kristen Berry, Zach Crowley DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Anna Fero, Chasity Hendren FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Carolina De Armas LATHAM & WATKINS Stella Tang MAYER BROWN Tessa A. Opalach ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Gil Shefer WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shannon Morrissey

Entertainment Law

ARENTFOX SCHIFF Zachary D. Welsh DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Sarah Burns KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS Drew H. Washington

Environmental Law

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Jacob E. Aronson** ALSTON & BIRD Megan Ault**, Isaac Walrath ASHURST PERKINS COIE Taylor Jones, Kaela Shiigi, Caitlin Stern BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND Claire McLeod Ruiz** DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Daniel L. Quinley FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL John M. Ugai** MAYER BROWN Tessa A. Opalach MONCHAMP MELDRUM Ashley Nance MUNZINGER LAW Monica M. Browner** PILLSBURY Eric Moorman SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER Lauren Tarpey STOEL RIVES Lauren V. Neuhaus** TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE Liz Glusman

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WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shannon Morrissey**

HOLLAND & KNIGHT Nathaniel Bernstein, Deborah Brundy, Scott Gesundheit, William Sterling, Genna Yarkin MONCHAMP MELDRUM Ashley Nance

BUCHALTER Annie (Yoon Jae) Lee DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Mark Anishchenko, Elizabeth Key, Gaelyn Walche HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN Benjamin Lin, Sunaya Padmanabhan, Erin R. Sclar, Michael Shimada, Maydha Vinson

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Nana Liu** (IP*, P, P*), Qi Zhang (P) MORRISON FOERSTER Shaelyn K. Dawson* (IP*), John S. Douglass, Hannah T. Jiam** (IP*), Timothy C. Saulsbury** (IP*, P, P*) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Sarah Mullins* (IP*) PAUL HASTINGS Kamilah Alexander Ph.D. PILLSBURY Zandir Morton* (IP*) POLSINELLI Ruby Chung, Iqra Iqbal** (IP*) QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN Kevin Jang* (P*), Jocelyn Ma** (IP*, P*), Brian E. Mack (P), Margaret Shyr (P) ROBINS KAPLAN Belle Borovik* (IP*) SHEPPARD Snehal Desai SIDEMAN & BANCROFT Samuel Berrin, Jordan Hameen SIDLEY AUSTIN Amisha Gandhi* (IP*) THE LAW OFFICE OF SRIKANTH JANDHYALA Srikanth Jandhyala* (IP*) THOMPSON HINE Camilla Bykhovsky** (P*), Vyson Hsu* (P*) TYZ LAW GROUP Udit Sood (P) WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES Max Scott WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Amit Q. Gressel* (IP*), Caty Lacey, Jenna K. Stokes WINSTON TAYLOR Paymaneh Parhami WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Ben Bourke (P), Leanne Yu* (P*)

Immigration Law

Labor and Employment Law

FRESHFIELDS Eva Y. Mak, Jeff Zhang GOODWIN Daniel Saposnik LATHAM & WATKINS Tessa Bernhardt, Stella Tang MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Jessica Zhang ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Aria Kashefi PILLSBURY Paul Casas ROPES & GRAY Rebecca L. Cushing, Lynda Levenson SILICON LEGAL STRATEGY Milan G. Kumar WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shafinaaz Armatis

Family Law

ADZ LAW Melissa Fox COLE-FRIEMAN & MALLON Kendra Snyder HANSON CRAWFORD CRUM FAMILY LAW GROUP Lilyanne Fulgieri KAYE MOSER HIERBAUM FORD Maddie Raiche KREITZER SADLER BIRNBAUM Liat Weingart Sadler LAUGHLIN LEGAL Caitlin Ly Ashton NACHLIS COHADE LOPEZ-WHITAKER Yau Lee STROSS WESS CUTCHER & LEVIN Alexandra Sepolen, Sara E. Yip

Government Relations Practice

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shannon Morrissey

Health Care Law

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Annette Rittmuller* (LE*) ARNOLD & PORTER Matthew R. Diton (MG) ASHURST PERKINS COIE Elizabeth Holland (MG), Everett McLean (MG) CDF LABOR LAW Candace R. DesBaillets** (LE*, MG) COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Laura Seegal* (LE*) CONSTANGY, BROOKS, SMITH & PROPHETE Robert Yang** (LE*, MG) DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Tiffanie De la Riva** (LE*, MG), Alexa Graumlich* (LE*), Brenna Hull** (LE*, MG), Jinny Hwang** (LE*, MG), Kendal C. Mitchell* (LE*), Melissa Rake** (LE*, MG) DUANE MORRIS Michelle N. Khoury* (LE*) Insurance Law ATHERIA LAW Michael Niebuhr FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Kevin Jones** (LE*, MG), Jaya Bajaj Narang (MG), Jamie E.S. Talt** (LE*, MG), Ryan H. DUANE MORRIS Gina M. Foran Wessels (MG) FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Jennifer Bentley, Patrick Loi FBT GIBBONS Simon M. Levy* (LE*) NICOLAIDES FINK THORPE MICHAELIDES SULLIVAN B. FOX ROTHSCHILD Tomiwa Aina (MG) Natalie Vu GOLD SUMMIT LEGAL Erik J. Christensen** (EE, LE*, MG) NICOLL BLACK ALTENBRUN & FEIG Bradley H. Pace GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Ernie D. Mejia* (LE*), REED SMITH T. Connor O’Carroll Ayushi Neogi* (LE*) ROGERS JOSEPH O’DONNELL Josh A. Maltzer GREENBERG TRAURIG Syed H. Mannan** (LE*, MG), Noah THE LAW OFFICE OF NATHAN ANDERSON Nathan P. Anderson M. Woo (MG) HANSON BRIDGETT Josue Aparicio* (LE*) Intellectual Property Law HAYNES AND BOONE Alfredo Amoedo* (LE*) ALSTON & BIRD Samantha K. Looker** (IP*), Katherine JACKSON LEWIS Sagar Bajpai (MG), Dahn A. Levine (MG), Rubschlager* (IP*) Kelsey F. Morris (MG), Ronald Tran** (LE*, MG), Andres ALTO LITIGATION Joshua Korr* (IP*) Uriarte* (LE*) ARENTFOX SCHIFF Katrina M. Kershner, Justine Lee JEFFER MANGELS & MITCHELL Taylor N. Burras** (LE*, MG) ASHURST PERKINS COIE Alicia Ginsberg** (P*), Andrew Tyler KATZ BANKS KUMIN Bethel Habte** (EE, LE*) Ohlert* (IP*) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON Kevin L. Quan** (LE*, AXINN Ricardo Camposanto** (P*) MG) BAKER BOTTS Karan Singh Dhadialla* (IP*), Mark Oda LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE Amy Brandt* (LE*) BAKER MCKENZIE Jonathan Tam LITTLER Courtney O. Chambers (MG), William A. Cosmopulos (MG), Blair C. Senesi* (LE*) BRAUNHAGEY & BORDEN Katie Kushnir* (IP*) MCGUIREWOODS Bailey D. Maher* (LE*) BROWN RUDNICK Charles Francis Lee** (IP*, P*) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Nicole L. Antonopoulos* (LE*), BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER Abigail M. Cotton Kayla K. Cox (MG), Amanda Outcalt* (LE*) DLA PIPER Joel Hamel* (IP*) MORRISON FOERSTER Cooper J. Spinelli (EE) DUANE MORRIS Meghan C. Killian OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Ryan C. Finn FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Timothy Horgan-Kobelski** (IP*) (MG), Graham Helm** (LE*, MG), Heidi G. Kim (MG), Haidy FENWICK & WEST Jessica Benzler* (P*), Julia Chung, Dargaye Rivera* (LE*), Trinity Taylor** (LE*, MG) Churnet* (P*), Armen N. Nercessian* (IP*), Matthew Slevin, OUTTEN & GOLDEN Adam L. Koshkin** (EE, LE*) Leanne Ta, Shannon E. Turner** (IP*, P*) PILLSBURY Gabriel Lee-Sanchez* (LE*), Zandir Morton* (LE*) FISH & RICHARDSON Ryan Chowdhury** (IP*) POLSINELLI Kritika Thukral** (LE*, MG) GISH Thomas Pardini** (IP*, P*) REED SMITH Rae Chung* (LE*) GREENBERG TRAURIG Corey Leggett** (P, P*) SALAHI Yaman Salahi (EE) GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & SEYFARTH SHAW Michelle L. Abdolhosseini* (LE*), Carl J. HACHIGIAN Angela C. Griggs** (IP*, P*) (LE*), Richard Mojica* (LE*), Galen Sallomi* (LE*), K&L GATES Erik J. Halverson** (IP*, P), Jason N. Haycock* (P*) Kaplan* Parnian Vafaeenia** (LE*, MG) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON Rishi Gupta* (P*), Lidia SHEPPARD Luis Arias (MG), Amanda E. Beckwith** (LE*, MG), Lopez, John Matthew Zigmant (P) Patricia M. Jeng** (LE*, MG), Lowell B. Ritter* (LE*) KIRKLAND & ELLIS Amber R. Harezlak WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Miles F. Maurino* (LE*) KNOBBE MARTENS Makoto Tsunozaki WORKPLACE LEGAL Corina C. Gallardo** (LE*, MG) LATHROP GPM Rachel A. McCauley** (IP*, P*) LEWIS & LLEWELLYN Madeleine Bech* (IP*), Zachary C. Flood* Land Use & Zoning Law (IP*), Marjon Momand* (IP*), Grace Ramirez* (IP*) ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Jacob LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Carol Hanna Girgis* E. Aronson (IP*) COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Ashley Weinstein-Carnes LITTLER Johannah Kramer* (IP*) COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON Maxwell Y. Liaw MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE Jodi Benassi (P) DLA PIPER Ben Imdieke BAL Brittany Murry, Emily Yao CSM LAW OFFICE Chimnaz Shahbazzade FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY Whitney Hughes, Devarati Mukherjee IMMIPARTNER Dennis Hul JACKSON & HERTOGS Chrystal C. Green MCCOWN & EVANS Morgan Gillmor OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Karla J. Bacayan, InderBir S. Datta REEVES IMMIGRATION LAW GROUP Sincie Chacko TAFAPOLSKY AND SMITH Mark A.M. Catam, Ashika Raman

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions

CLARKSON LAW FIRM Zarrina Ozari* (P) COOLEY Max Bernstein* (D), Kathleen R. Hartnett* (D) GIRARD SHARP Abbye Klamann Ognibene* (P), Kyle Quackenbush* (P) HAYNES AND BOONE Alfredo Amoedo* (D) LEWIS & LLEWELLYN Marjon Momand* (D) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN Kevin R. Budner** (P) MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Paige E. Adaskaveg* (D) O’MELVENY & MYERS Rebecca Shore* (D) OUTTEN & GOLDEN Molly Frandsen* (P), Adam L. Koshkin* (P) ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD Hadiya Deshmukh* (P) SAVERI LAW FIRM Holden Benon* (P), William Castillo Guardado* (P), Itak Moradi* (P), Christopher Young* (P) SEEGER WEISS Audrey C. Siegel** (P) SHOOK, HARDY & BACON Nalani Crisologo* (D), Melina Manetti* (D) TRAVIS MANFREDI Travis Manfredi* (P)

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Native American Law

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Daniel L. Quinley KAPLAN KIRSCH William Mumby

Natural Resources Law

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND Megan Unger DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Daniel L. Quinley MAYER BROWN Tessa A. Opalach MONCHAMP MELDRUM Ashley Nance WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shannon Morrissey

Nonprofit / Charities Law

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Mallory Morales

Personal Injury Litigation

ALTAIR LAW Tamarah Prevost* (P) ANNA DUBROVSKY LAW GROUP Philip Johnson* (P) COOPERS Corey Jollie* (P) DOLAN LAW FIRM Breanna Martinez* (P) GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Roswald Morales* (D) HAWKINS PARNELL & YOUNG Andria Jaramillo* (D) LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH Arthur Khurin* (D) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN Kevin R. Budner** (P) NICOLL BLACK ALTENBRUN & FEIG Bradley H. Pace* (D) SCARLETT LAW GROUP Randall Alexander Scarlett* (P) SEEGER WEISS Audrey C. Siegel** (P) WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & SCHOENBERGER Kelly L. Ganci* (P), Ashcon Minoiefar* (P), Martin Neira* (P) WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Solomon Pantuch* (D)

Privacy and Data Security Law ASHURST PERKINS COIE Maisie Ide PILLSBURY Christine Mastromonaco

Product Liability Litigation

ANNA DUBROVSKY LAW GROUP Philip Johnson (P) ARNOLD & PORTER Tommy Huynh (D) DOLAN LAW FIRM Breanna Martinez (P) GIRARD SHARP Nina Gliozzo (P) GREENBERG TRAURIG Anna Yeung (D) HAWKINS PARNELL & YOUNG Michael Guan (D), Andria Jaramillo (D), Cristina Mercader Perez (D), Caroline Rogers (D) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN Kevin R. Budner (P) SEEGER WEISS Audrey C. Siegel (P) SHOOK, HARDY & BACON Nalani Crisologo (D) WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Solomon Pantuch (D)

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Project Finance Law

Tax Law

BAKER BOTTS Vladmir Fet

Public Finance Law

HAWKINS DELAFIELD & WOOD Michael A. Charlebois NIXON PEABODY Janelle M. Walker

Real Estate Law

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE MALLORY & NATSIS Andrew Demirchyan, Adam Marx ARENTFOX SCHIFF Douglas W. Pyle, Angele C. Solano, Zachary D. Welsh ASHURST PERKINS COIE Rachel Boyce, Kelly Eshima BUCHALTER Allice Hyein Yi BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN Connor Kratz COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Kiana Araghi, Leah Collins, Sarah E. Peterson* COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON Maxwell Y. Liaw DLA PIPER Ben Imdieke**, Caroline E. Lee FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Alexander Perry Walker FENWICK & WEST Janie Y. Miller GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Daniel Ball, Kendyl Clausen, Loni Gonzalez, Michael H. Savage HOLLAND & KNIGHT Rebecca M. Freed KIRKLAND & ELLIS Christina A. Wa LATHROP GPM Marie Gribble MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS Sean Kiernan, Jimmy Yuen MAYER BROWN Jacob M. Boyer MG+M THE LAW FIRM Laurelly Dale* MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO Paige E. Adaskaveg* MONCHAMP MELDRUM Ashley Nance NIXON PEABODY Laura L. Campbell*, Grant Wilson PHILLIPS, SPALLAS & ANGSTADT Ryan M. Herrera SEYFARTH SHAW Jun Y. Kwon WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER Robert Altomare* WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Solomon Pantuch, Adrian Sacharski

Securities / Capital Markets Law

ALTO LITIGATION Joshua Korr* (S*) BENEDICTO & SIMONOVICH Kevin M. Benedicto* (S*) COOLEY Katherine W. Ambrose (S) COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Gia Jung* (S*) FENWICK & WEST Marie C. Bafus* (S*), Julia Forbess (S), Katherine Marshall* (S*) GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER Justine A. Kentla* (S*), Melanie E. Neary (S) GOODWIN Julia White (S) GREENBERG TRAURIG Tingying (Diana) Liu (S) MCGUIREWOODS Bailey D. Maher* (S*) PILLSBURY Gabriel Lee-Sanchez* (S*) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Gian GualcoNelson* (S*), Noah S. Guiney* (S*), Caleb Lin* (S*), Sahar Maali* (S*) WINSTON TAYLOR Gabriela A. Plasencia* (S*)

ADLER & COLVIN Marianne Tassone BAKER BOTTS Benjamin Koodrich COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Jessica Wilson DLA PIPER Elle Kaiser GOODWIN Garrett Gaughan LAW OFFICE OF ELIZABETH MCGEE Elizabeth A. McGee MCGUIREWOODS Andrew A. Chan REED SMITH Saba Shatara WITHERS Jessica Kaplan, Marsha Levinson, Jennifer Silvius

Technology Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Maisie Ide, Liana Sulaiman BAKER BOTTS Karan Singh Dhadialla COOLEY Tiffany M. Lin DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Jessica Jandura FENWICK & WEST Leanne Ta HOLLAND & KNIGHT Philippa J. Balestrieri KIRKLAND & ELLIS Amber R. Harezlak ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Samantha K. GoldbergSeder SILICON LEGAL STRATEGY Milan G. Kumar THOMPSON HINE Bethany D. Bengfort WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES Max Scott WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Aron Nimani

Transportation Law

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Kelsey Quigley

Banking and Finance Law

DORSEY & WHITNEY Rachel P. Stoian (B) LOWENSTEIN SANDLER William K. Lee (B) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Dana J. Hall (B)

Civil Rights Law

LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH C. ODIWE Kenneth Odiwe MCMANIS FAULKNER Abimael Bastida

Commercial Litigation

ASHURST PERKINS COIE David Hume COOLEY Ariel Rogers EIMER STAHL Collin Vierra GREENBERG TRAURIG Shauna E. Imanaka KING & SPALDING Matthew H. Dawson LATHROP GPM Lucas Coe MAYER BROWN Elspeth Hansen MCMANIS FAULKNER Abimael Bastida MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Ashlee N. Cherry ROTHROCK LEGAL Arthur Rothrock

Criminal Defense: General Practice MCMANIS FAULKNER Abimael Bastida

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Kelsey Quigley

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Workers’ Compensation Law

GOLDBERG SEGALLA Lynet’ D. Shigg (E) JONES, CLIFFORD, JOHNSON, DEHNER, WONG, MORRISON, SHEPPARD & BELL Annie Munene (C)

HEPNER PAGAN Chelsea Pagan

Intellectual Property Law

ALSTON & BIRD Dana M. Zottola (P) ARNOLD & PORTER David Denuyl (P) DICKINSON WRIGHT Melissa E. Patterson FENWICK & WEST Rebecca A.E. Fewkes** (IP*, P*), Vigen Salmastlian* (P*), Allen Wang* (P*), Hayan Yoon** (P, P*) FERNANDO & PARTNERS David T. Kim KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON Matthew J. Meyer** (P*) LOWENSTEIN SANDLER Ted Prekop (P) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Jianbai Wang Ph.D. (P) PILLSBURY Audrey Lo** (IP*) SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER Keith Lim (P) SULLIVAN & CROMWELL Mark Schenkel WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Abhijit P. Adisesh* (IP*)

Labor and Employment Law

FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY Lynn Cho (MG) JACKSON LEWIS Elise G. Dvorochkin (MG), Ashley N. Rippolone (MG) LATHROP GPM Michael W.M. Manoukian** (LE*, MG) MCMANIS FAULKNER Abimael Bastida* (LE*)

Commercial Litigation

Corporate Law

ALSTON & BIRD Claudia Golden ANCHRON LAW Moqi Liu ASHURST PERKINS COIE Upjeet Cheema, Elizabeth Plata Omidian DLA PIPER Binjal Chaudhari

Securities / Capital Markets Law

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Kelsey Quigley* (S*), Stephanie M Teuber* (S*) WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Lang Liu (S) CHUGH Hooman Yavi FENWICK & WEST Michael Knobler, Julia Ushakova-Stein GREENBERG TRAURIG Stephanie D. Ahmad OAK RIDGE LAW Martin de Jong SCHWARTZ LAW GROUP Debra Brubaker Burns SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Su Da

Technology Law

AIKIN & GALLANT Matthew F. Chavez FENWICK & WEST Pinar Bailey Ph.D., Ana Razmazma KIRKLAND & ELLIS Martin A. Schwertmann LATHAM & WATKINS Sarah B. Axtell MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Jianbai Wang Ph.D. SULLIVAN & CROMWELL Mark Schenkel WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Sean E. Withall WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) Abhijit P. Adisesh, Jason Chu, Yi S. Wilkinson

Trusts and Estates

HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Ariel Siner* LATHROP GPM Clare Capaccioli Velasquez*, Sara Hire, H. Shinny Liu** LAW OFFICE OF JANELLE HANSEN Janelle Hansen NORTON BASU Somita Basu ROTHROCK LEGAL Arthur Rothrock*

Venture Capital Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Upjeet Cheema, Harkiran Gill COOLEY Stuyvie Pyne FENWICK & WEST Will C. Black, Lara Foster, Patrick V. Grilli, James Li, Ryan R. Slunaker

Santa Rosa

Construction Law

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Elizabeth Plata Omidian WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Roy Argand, Lang Liu

LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH C. ODIWE Kenneth Odiwe* (P)

Tax Law

BAL Lynn Bonnello FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY Lynn Cho, Michelle Francisco Lumasag, Parminder Sandhu GRAHAM ADAIR Alexandra Serrato LATHAM & WATKINS Jennifer Lin LAW OFFICE OF ATTILA B. TARI Attila B. Tari VIALTO LAW (US) Smriti Sahni

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

Personal Injury Litigation

BERLINER COHEN Giuliana Ferrante* MAYER BROWN Scott T. Buser SPENCER FANE Andrew VanSlyke

Communications Law

GIBBS GIDEN LOCHER TURNER SENET & WITTBRODT Missy Griffin** LATHROP GPM Lucas Coe*

ALSTON & BIRD Claudia Golden FENWICK & WEST Pinar Bailey Ph.D., Stephen M. Fisher, Lara Foster, James Li, Ryan R. Slunaker, Julia Ushakova-Stein KIRKLAND & ELLIS Jana Glock SIDLEY AUSTIN Peiyu Yu

Real Estate Law

FLICKER KERIN Katelyn G. Benage, Carrie McCurdy, H. Miles Pedersen FOSTER HSU Kelsey Hickman, Sarah Stull, Natasha Tran HOGE, FENTON, JONES & APPEL Nathan Roselin LAW OFFICES OF B J FADEM & ASSOCIATE Erika Lee

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM Michael C. Minahan WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Ryan M. Corriveau, Alyssa Milstead, Allison Bingxue Que, Kelsey Quigley, Stephanie M Teuber MORRISON FOERSTER Mary Race

Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Family Law

Immigration Law

FOLEY & LARDNER Scott Lin FRESHFIELDS Jeff Zhang GOODWIN Minji Kim, Julia White GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN Chase Beckstead ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE Aria Kashefi SILICON LEGAL STRATEGY Navneet Mattu, Kevin Morrissey WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Shafinaaz Armatis, Aron Nimani

FENWICK & WEST Will C. Black

BOWMAN AND BROOKE Leanna Vault (D)

Trusts and Estates

Venture Capital Law

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Product Liability Litigation

Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation

ASHURST PERKINS COIE Maureen Chang, Lin Ruan COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS Angel Saunders, David Thompson** FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL Taylor Porter LAUGHLIN LEGAL Caitlin Ly Ashton MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE Harry Dao SIDEMAN & BANCROFT Daniel R. Redman, Paige Scheckla Voorhees VENABLE Kyla J. Hale, Jacqueline Tkach WITHERS Kaetlyn Conolly, Jessica Kaplan, Marsha Levinson

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS Ashlee N. Cherry** (LE*, MG), Claire Lesikar (MG) SWEENEY MASON Andrew J. Kozlow** (LE*, MG)

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON J.T. Ho GREENBERG TRAURIG Stephanie D. Ahmad LATHAM & WATKINS Jennifer Lin

HOLLAND & KNIGHT Danielle Santucci NICOLL BLACK ALTENBRUN & FEIG Bradley H. Pace

San Jose Administrative / Regulatory Law

FENWICK & WEST Will C. Black, Stephen M. Fisher, Lara Foster, Patrick V. Grilli, Jennifer J. Hitchcock KIRKLAND & ELLIS Jana Glock MCDERMOTT WILL & SCHULTE Diana Douglas MORRISON FOERSTER Shannon E. Sibold SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT Robert Guo WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR Himani Nadgauda WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI David Pirko, Amanda N. Urquiza

CLEMENT, FITZPATRICK & KENWORTHY Carla HernandezCastillo ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY Daniel J. Wilson

Construction Law

WINTON STRAUSS LAW GROUP David C. Winton

Tax Law

PERRY, JOHNSON, ANDERSON, MILLER & MOSKOWITZ Kit Driscoll

Trusts and Estates

ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY Daniel J. Wilson*

PERRY, JOHNSON, ANDERSON, MILLER & MOSKOWITZ Kit Driscoll

Family Law

Workers’ Compensation Law

CLEMENT, FITZPATRICK & KENWORTHY Carla HernandezCastillo

LAURA ROSENTHAL LAW Laura C. Rosenthal (C) WELLS LAW Jason H. Wells (C)

Personal Injury Litigation

ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY Scott R. Montgomery* (P)

Real Estate Law

ABBEY, WEITZENBERG, WARREN & EMERY Daniel J. Wilson*

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