Brette Simon Joins Sheppard Mullin; Former Gibson Dunn Corporate Attorney Will Work in Firm's Los Angeles Office.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002 The law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol announced today that Brette S. Simon has joined the firm as Special Counsel. Simon will work in the Corporate practice group in the firm's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. office. "I'm delighted to be joining Sheppard Mullin, where I will continue to develop my middle market corporate practice," Simon said. "I will be part of a very strong team of over 60 corporate lawyers at Sheppard." Simon's practice experience includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, emerging companies/venture capital and joint venture transactions. Simon's work with Sheppard Mullin will remain diverse. She will be a member of several teams within the Corporate practice group, including: Mergers and Acquisitions; Public Companies; Private and Family Owned Companies; Emerging Companies and Venture Capital; and Technology. "I've known Brette and her work for quite some time," commented Larry Braun, Chair of Sheppard Mullin's Corporate practice group. "Brette's legal skills and her ability to help clients take advantage of opportunities are highly-respected in our community. She is a great addition to our team." Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Simon practiced corporate law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles. Simon has written over a dozen articles and contributed to a book focusing on securities law and mergers and acquisitions, and she has lectured on these topics and venture capital issues at numerous seminars. On June 14, Simon will moderate a panel discussion on the current state of venture capital and angel investing at the Central Coast Venture Forum in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. . (For more information on the Central Coast Venture Forum, please visit www.ccvf.org.) In addition, Simon has mentored several companies participating in the Southern California Technology Venture Forum, and she is an active member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the Los Angeles Venture Association and The Zone Club. She serves on the UCLA School of Law The UCLA School of Law is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. It is generally regarded as the top law school in Southern California, as well as one of the top fifteen law schools in the United States. Alumni Board of Directors and co-chairs the annual Bet Tzedek House of Justice Ball. Simon received her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where she was a member of 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. and was an Editor of the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Law Review. She received her B.A. in Quantitative Economics and Decision Sciences, magna cum laude, from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at San Diego, where she was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. . Sheppard Mullin has more than 330 attorneys among its seven offices in Los Angeles, West Los Angeles
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