Baker & McKenzie Elects Bruce Jackson Managing Partner, and New Management Committee for San Francisco/Palo Alto Office.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1997--Baker & McKenzie, the largest international law firm whose San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden office opened in 1970, announced today that senior partner Bruce H. Jackson was elected Managing Partner of the San Francisco/Palo Alto office for a two-year term. "Thanks to the significant progress made during Ed Burmeister's tenure," Jackson said, "the scope of Baker & McKenzie's global practice has grown substantially, along with revenues, in key practice areas of the San Francisco/Palo Alto office. I intend to work vigorously with our new Management Committee and with Chairman John Klotsche to continue to improve the quality of our client services, strengthen further the firm's international network and to expand professional development initiatives within the office. "My goal is to ensure that Baker & McKenzie sustains and advances its leadership edge throughout the global legal marketplace," Jackson added, "and to do everything possible to continue our long-term profitability by providing our clients with the highest quality advice and services." Jackson succeeds Edward Burmeister, who has completed his two-year term, and is joined by two partners from the Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. office, Tod Gamlen and Michael Madda, on the newly-elected San Francisco/Palo Alto Office Management Committee. Gamlen is a litigator lit·i·gate v. lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates v.tr. To contest in legal proceedings. v.intr. To engage in legal proceedings. who specializes in disputes for high technology clients, while Madda is a corporate attorney specializing in international mergers and acquisitions. Jackson is a litigator, with extensive experience in both civil and commercial arenas. A Baker & McKenzie partner since 1980, Jackson relocated to California from Baker's Washington, D.C. office in 1981. He has litigated throughout the state and federal courts of California and developed an expertise principally involving the resolution of multinational business disputes, contract disputes, fraud, antitrust and other unfair trade practice issues and business torts. With wide experience in international trade issues, Jackson also remains involved in U.S. Customs litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and manages cases before the United States Court of International Trade The United States Court of International Trade is an Article III court, with full powers in law and equity. The Customs Court Act of 1980 replaced the old United States Customs Court with the United States Court of International Trade. and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. During his tenure as a partner in the San Francisco/Palo Alto office, Jackson has witnessed a six-fold growth from approximately a dozen lawyers to the present complement of 78 lawyers working in both San Francisco and Palo Alto. Jackson's L.L.B. degree is from Washington and Lee University School of Law The Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private law school located in Lexington, Virginia. The School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association. Facilities are currently on the campus of Washington and Lee University Alumni of note adv. & adj. With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates. and won the prestigious Order of the Coif An unincorporated national scholastic honor society in law. Its purpose is to foster excellence in legal scholarship and to recognize those who have attained high grades in law school or who have distinguished themselves in the teaching of law. . He also served four years as a trial lawyer in the Judge Advocates General's Court of the United States Navy United States Navy Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. . Jackson joined Baker & McKenzie in 1972 and became a partner in 1980. Madda joined the firm in 1970 and became a partner in 1977. His J.D. degree is from Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. (1969). His practice focuses on corporate law (U.S.A.), mergers and acquisitions, and foreign investment in the United States. Gamlen joined the firm as a partner in 1987. His J.D. degree is from Georgetown University (1978). His practice focuses on litigation involving Antitrust/Distribution/Franchising, as well as on Construction, Intellectual Property/Trademarks/Copyrights/Anti- Counterfeiting/Advertising/Computer law. Gamlen also specializes in Securities and Investments, and Arbitration/Alternate Dispute Resolution. Baker & McKenzie is the largest international law firm, with 2,000 attorneys practicing in 55 offices located in 34 countries. The San Francisco/Palo Alto office includes 78 attorneys (51 in San Francisco; 27 in Palo Alto). CONTACT: Baker & McKenzie Bruce Jackson, 415/576-3027 or MacKenzie Communications William Strawn, 415/433-8200 |
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