Jones Day Adds Four Banking & Finance Lawyers in Irvine

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that four lawyers have joined the Firm in its Banking & Finance Practice and will be based in its Irvine Office. All four lawyers arrived from the Orange County office of Snell & Wilmer, where they were members of that firm’s Commercial Finance Practice. More >>

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Intellectual Property Litigator Aaron Craig Joins AALRR

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (AALRR) is pleased to announce that Aaron Craig has joined as a partner in the firm’s Commercial and Complex Litigation Group. Mr. Craig brings more than 15 years of experience litigating high profile intellectual property, commercial and bankruptcy cases, with a focus on patent, trademark, entertainment and real property litigation. Last year, Mr. Craig won a seven-figure verdict in a three-week jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of a victim of a fraudulent mortgage brokerage scheme. Mr. Craig has prevailed for clients on both the plaintiff and defense side, in Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts and California Superior Courts, as well as federal administrative proceedings before the International Trade Commission and Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. More >>

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Leading Intellectual Property Team Joins Manatt

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced the addition of a three-partner group to its Intellectual Property practice, including Robert W. Dickerson Jr. and Lawrence R. LaPorte in the firm’s Los Angeles office, and Yasser M. El-Gamal in Orange County. The team joins from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where Dickerson had served as co-leader of that firm’s Intellectual Property practice and El-Gamal had served as administrative partner of its Orange County office.

Dickerson joins as chair of Manatt’s national Intellectual Property practice. More >>

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Jones Day adds to Business and Tort Litigation Practice in California with arrival of four former prosecutors

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that four former prosecutors – including three Assistant U.S. Attorneys and a former Deputy District Attorney – have joined the Firm’s Business and Tort Litigation Practice in three different California offices. In San Diego, Truc Do and Peter Mazza have joined as partner and of counsel, respectively. In addition, Rasha Gerges Shields has joined Jones Day as a partner in Los Angeles and Cheryl O’Connor will join the firm on November 17 as a partner in Irvine. More >>

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