Lord, Bissell & Brook Welcomes New Attorneys in Its Los Angeles Office.Business Editors/Legal Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2003 Lord, Bissell & Brook has expanded its presence in Los Angeles by adding eight new attorneys, including seven attorneys from the former firm of Arter & Hadden LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . Lord, Bissell & Brook, a national law firm with 350 attorneys, provides a full range of transactional and 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. services. With 35 attorneys in the Los Angeles office, the new attorneys will expand the firm's local corporate and banking capabilities as well as adding a group of experienced trial lawyers. Joining the firm as partners: Jay M. Davis - With more than 30 years of experience working with financial institutions and in commercial and real estate finance, Davis previously served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Manufacturers Bank. Davis now represents both foreign and domestic banking clients and commercial lenders in a wide variety of financing transactions and problem loan matters. Davis is on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and the former president of the Los Angeles Headquarters Association and is a member of the International Bankers Association of California and the California Bankers Association. Davis received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law The University of San Diego School of Law, commonly referred to as USD Law, is a law school in San Diego, California. USD Law offers Juris Doctor degrees as well as LL.M. degrees in taxation law, international law, business and corporate law, and comparative law (for non-U. in 1971. Gerald M. Fisher - As 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. for more than 30 years, Fisher's practice focuses on admiralty/maritime law and insurance coverage litigation. Fisher has tried and supervised litigation of numerous maritime, aviation, transportation, insurance and injury cases for clients in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fisher is also a frequent lecturer on general insurance, defense and trade issues. Fisher is a member of the Maritime Law maritime law, system of law concerning navigation and overseas commerce. Because ships sail from nation to nation over seas no nation owns, nations need to seek agreement over customs related to shipping. Association of the United States, the Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy and the American Waterways Organization. Fisher also serves on the National Executive Committee of the Propeller Club of the United States, where he is the current chairman of ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Ronald Warner - Warner has practiced law for 35 years and represents clients in the areas of corporate and securities, internet and e-commerce and real estate, with a particular emphasis on federal and state securities, securitization, private equity transactions, real estate investment trusts, joint ventures and corporate financing. He serves on the board of directors of the California Capital Access Forum, Inc. Warner received his J.D. from 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 Law School in 1968 and served as Business Manager and Editor of the New York University Law Review. Joining the firm as of counsel: William S. Davis - Davis, a litigator with more than 25 years of experience in complex litigation, practices in the areas of business and commercial litigation, appellate law and unfair competition. He received his J.D. 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). Los Angeles School The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. of Law in 1974. David R. Decker - Decker practices in the areas of corporate and securities, internet and e-commerce and real estate. Decker received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. in 1967. Erik L. Jackson - Jackson's significant areas of practice are general business, insurance and intellectual property litigation. Jackson represents several domestic and Asian-based hi-tech companies in transactional and intellectual property law. He received his J.D. from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission Law Center in 1992. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Helsinki, Finland in 1992-93. Jody Simon - In addition to the attorneys who have joined the firm this week from the former firm of Arter & Hadden LLP, Simon began working with the firm's Los Angeles Entertainment and Media practice last month. He represents television executive producers and production companies in live action and animation, including development, financing, production and distribution. Simon's practice focuses on reality television and Canadian and international co-production. He received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1982. Joining the firm as an associate: Kenneth F. Mattfeld, Jr. - Mattfeld's practice focuses on maritime and insurance litigation. He received his J.D. from Loyola Law School Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Jesuit school in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920. Like Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (separate and unaffiliated in Los Angeles in 1995. Lord, Bissell & Brook serves national and international clients from offices in Atlanta, Chicago, London, Los Angeles and 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 . For additional information about Lord, Bissell & Brook contact the firm at 213/485.1500 or visit its Web site at www.lordbissell.com. |
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