Listmakers: profiles of the local managing partners for L.A.'s largest law firms.O'Melveny & Myers LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol Seth Aronson/ Joseph Calabrese YEARS WITH FIRM: 18/25 EDUCATION: B.B.A., Ohio University; J.D., Loyola University/B.A., Boston College J.D., Cornell University NICHE: Securities litigation/Entertainment, media, sports NOTABLE: Enjoys early morning trail run through the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. with 105-pound chocolate Labrador, skiing, tennis, basketball/Enjoys classic cars and winter sports Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP Marjorie Lewis/Peter Ziegler YEARS WITH FIRM: 25/32 EDUCATION: B.A., Tufts University; J.D., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of University/B.S Yale University; J.O., USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. NICHE: Automotive manufacturers and distributors/Mergers & acquisitions, securities NOTABLE: Serves on executive committee of Sheriff's Youth Foundation/Served in U.S. Navy as line officer Latham & Watkins LLP John Clair YEARS WITH FIRM: 30 EDUCATION: A.B., Brown University; J.D., University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. NICHE: Corporate taxation Lewis Brishois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Timothy R. Graves YEARS WITH FIRM: 16 EDUCATION: B.S., J.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NICHE: Medical malpractice, elder law NOTABLE: Good golfer; has two sets of twin girls; has run the L.A. Marathon several times Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP Greg Nitzkowski YEARS WITH FIRM: 22 EDUCATION: A.B., Harvard University; J.D., 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 NICHE: Real estate NOTABLE: Represents domestic clients in Canada and Mexico Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Linda Michaelson/Tracey Kennedy YEARS WITH FIRM: 3/11 EDUCATION: B.A., Ursinus College; J.D., Emory University/ B.A., J.D., University of Texas NICHE: Transactions in entertainment, media, financial services, manufacturing, technology/Labor and employment NOTABLE: Represented Lions Gate Entertainment
Irell & Manella LLP David Siegel YEARS WITH FIRM: 25 EDUCATION: B.A., University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. ; J.D., U.C., Hastings NICHE: Securities 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. NOTABLE: Serves on the National Advisory Panel for Directors and Officers Litigation for National Union Insurance Co. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP John B. Quinn YEARS WITH FIRM: 20 EDUCATION: B.A., Claremont Men's College; J.D., Harvard University NICHE: Litigation NOTABLE: Finished World Ironman Triathlon Championships in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, twice Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP Paul H. Irving YEARS WITH FIRM: 21 EDUCATION: B.F.A., New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the ; J.D., Loyola University NICHE: Corporate, finance NOTABLE: Enjoys time with family, biking, travel, community service, good newspapers, bad television, non-stop email Munger Tolles & Olson LLP Bart H. Williams/ Mark B. Helm YEARS WITH FIRM: 16/18 EDUCATION: B.A., J.D., Yale University/A.B., J.D., Harvard University NICHE: Civil litigation/Litigation NOTABLE: Starting guard for four years on Yale's varsity basketball team/Clerked for Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Noun 1. Warren E. Burger - United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) Burger, Warren Burger, Warren Earl Burger Pillsbury Winthrop LLP Christopher J. McNevin/ Sheryl E. Stein YEARS WITH FIRM: 23/11 EDUCATION: B.S., University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U ; J.D., Stanford University/B.A., University of Miami; J.D., Southwestern University NICHE: Environment, land use, natural resources, litigation/Corporate, employment NOTABLE: Enjoys surfing, skiing, carving wood and rollerblading/Competes in dressage dressage (French; “training”) Equestrian sport involving the execution of precision movements by a trained horse in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider. equestrian event Sidley Austin LLP Moshe Kupietzky YEARS WITH FIRM: 26 EDUCATION: B.B.A., City College of New York “City College” redirects here. For other uses, see City College (disambiguation). CCNY was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States[3] ; LL.B., Harvard University NICHE: Mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance transactions NOTABLE: Enjoys spending time with his nine grandchildren Jeffer Mangels mangels Beta vulgaris; called also mangel-wurzel. Butler & Marmaro LLP Bruce Jeffer YEARS WITH FIRM: 25 EDUCATION: B.A., UCLA; J.D., Harvard University NICHE: Mergers & acquisitions, energy, securities NOTABLE: National food and wine critic for various print and media forums Jones Day Rick L. McKnight YEARS WITH FIRM: 26 EDUCATION: A.B., Princeton University; J.D., U.C., Berkeley NICHE: Business litigation NOTABLE: Enjoys tennis Christensen Miller Fink Jacobs Glaser Weil & Shapiro LLP Terry Christensen YEARS WITH FIRM: 17 EDUCATION: B.A., Stanford University; J.D., USC NICHE: Media, entertainment NOTABLE: Rose to the rank of Captain in the Marine Corps. Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Thomas Lambert YEARS WITH FIRM: 38 EDUCATION: B.A., Loyola University; J.D., UCLA NICHE: Securities, antitrust, unfair competition, intellectual property, torts NOTABLE: Represented Fred Goldman in wrongful death suit against O.J. Simpson Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP Rand S. April YEARS WITH FIRM: 24 EDUCATION: B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., Columbia University NICHE: Real estate NOTABLE: Enjoys skiing with his wife and two children Greenberg Glusher Norman H. Levine YEARS WITH FIRM: 30 EDUCATION: B.A., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Stanford University NICHE: Litigation Loeb & Loeb LLP Mickey Mayerson YEARS WITH FIRM: 25 EDUCATION: B.S., University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Columbia University NICHE: Media, entertainment NOTABLE: Listens to college courses on CDs while commuting to work Kirkland & Ellis LLP Jeffrey S. Davidson YEARS WITH FIRM: 33 EDUCATION: A.B., Wabash College; B.S., Columbia University; J.D., Indiana University NICHE: Commercial litigation NOTABLE: Enjoys hiking, kayaking, running Morrison & Foerster LLP A. Max Olson YEARS WITH FIRM: 15 EDUCATION: B.A., M.A., Harvard University; J.D., University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. NICHE: Patent litigation NOTABLE: Practiced in the firm's Tokyo office from 1996-2000 and was a registered member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association. Bingham McCutchen LLP Richard J. Welch Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 - September 10, 1949) was a U.S. Representative from California. Born in Monroe County, New York, Welch was educated in the public schools. He moved to California in early boyhood and settled in San Francisco. YEARS WITH FIRM: 27 (Includes Riordan McKinzie) EDUCATION: B.A., Duke University; J.D., Stanford University NICHE: Mergers & acquisitions,, corporate NOTABLE: Married to broadcast journalist and news anchor Tawny Little Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLP Stuart A. Liner YEARS WITH FIRM: 10 EDUCATION: B.A., San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. ; J.D., Loyola University NICHE: Business, entertainment, real estate NOTABLE: Works with wife Stephanie to buy, build, and sell homes on the Westside. Manning & Marder Kass Ellrod Ramirez LLP John Marder/ Steven Manning YEARS WITH FIRM: 12/12 EDUCATION: B.A., Bates College; J.D., California Western; Executive Education Program, Harvard University/B.S., California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L.A., CSULA, or "'CSLA"') is a public university, part of the California State University system. ; J.D., Whittier College NICHE: Entertainment, insurance/Law enforcement officials, public entities NOTABLE: Both have black belts in karate: used to race motorcycles in Baja desert Greenberg Traurig LLP Thomas S. Loo/ Jeff E. Scott YEARS WITH FIRM: 4/5 EDUCATION: B.S., J.D., USC/B.A., Wesleyan University; J.D., University of Michigan NICHE: Transactions, securities/Commercial NOTABLE: Starts day at 4:30 a.m. and runs an average of 10 kilometers/Father of twins; avid tennis player; enjoys hiking with family and dogs |
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