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*The firms listed here are ones which have come to the attention of the CDO; the list is by no means comprehensive.*

FIRMS WITH OFFICES IN CALIFORNIA

Office

Firm Name

Location Size Range Practice Areas / Notes Berkeley Law Alums

Betsy Adler ('81)

Erik Dryburgh ('81)

Specializes in representing non- Ingrid Mittermaier ('94)

Adler & Colvin

SF

11-25 attorneys profits & tax-exempt orgs

Stephanie Petit ('98)

Alcantar & Kahl

SF, Portland

1-10 attorneys

Provide regulatory and corporate counsel to private companies engaged in energy matters

Berkey Williams LLP

Berkeley

Native American Law, no 1-10 attorneys interests adverse to tribes

Rovianne Leigh ('05)

AllanLaw Group

Malibu

Litigation, international law and 1-10 attorneys business law

Andrus Anderson

SF

1-10 attorneys Plaintiffs' firm

Auer Family Law

SF

1-10 attorneys Single attorney family law firm Lisa Auer ('06)

Banie & Ishimoto

Menlo Park

IP and business litigation. 2 attorneys (both from Santa 1-10 attorneys Clara Law).

Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan

Sacto

1-10 attorneys Environmental law

Alan B. Lilly ('81) Ryan S. Bezerra ('95)

Beck, Bismonte & Finley LLP San Jose

IP, Litigation, Class Action 1-10 attorneys Defense

Bier Legal, PC

Corporate, IP, general

SF

1-10 attorneys commercial transactions

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Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg LA

Black & Hamill LLP

SF

Civil and white collar criminal 26-50 attorneys litigation

1-10 attorneys IP litigation, patent licensing

Blecher Collins & Pepperman LA

1-10 attorneys Litigation

Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt

LA, Bethesda,

Transactional, primarily real

MD

10-25 attorneys estate

Bolt Keenley Kim LLP

Berkeley

1-10 attorneys Plaintiffs' Firm

Eugene Cowan ('81) Daryll Kidd ('04)

Emily Bolt ('07) James Keenley ('07)

Braun Hagey & Borden

Brown Gee & Wenger Brown Law Group

Berkeley, SF

Litigation. Added former SEC

1-10 attorneys litigator in 2001.

Andrew Levine ('06)

Walnut Creek &

San Jose

1-10 attorneys

Range of Services (Corporate Law, Real Estate, Litigation, etc.) Biglaw experience. Opened in 2011.

Mike Brown ('82) Katherine Wenger ('02)

SD, LA

Employment law, real estate & 10-25 attorneys general litigation

Browne George & Ross Brune Law PC Buckley Sandler LLP

LA, NY, SF

10-25 attorneys Business Litigation

NYC

Commercial litigation, white 1-10 attorneys collar defense

150-200 LA, NYC, DC attorneys

Mostly financial services. Sandler moved from Skadden in '09.







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Bursor & Fisher, PA

NY,Walnut Creek

1-10 attorneys

Plaintiff and defense-side litigation in fields of telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and dietary supplements

L. Timothy Fisher ('97)



Caldwell Leslie

Cannata, O'Toole, Ficks & Almazan

LA

SF & Walnut Creek

Carle Mackie Power & Ross

LLP

Santa Rosa

Carr & Ferrell LLP Castaneda Barton LLP

Palo Alto LA

Fitzgerald Knaier LLP

San Diego

Clarence Dyer & Cohen Cleantech Law Partners

SF

SF, NY, DC, Portland, Boston, Vancouver, Toronto

Cole-Freiman & Mallon LLP SF

26-50 attorneys Complex litigation.

Linda M. Burrow ('97) Andrew Esbenshade ('98) David Zaft ('04)

1-10 attorneys Trial and Business Transaction

Willard Carle ('80) Range of Services (Commerical John G. Mackie ('73) 11-25 attorneys Litigation, Real Estate, IP, etc) Richard Power ('70)

IP, Corporate Litigation. Many 26-50 attorneys attorneys are JD/MBAs.

1-10 attorneys Business litigation

Trial and Litigation. Includes IP litigator Kenneth Fitzgerald from 1-10 attorneys Latham & Watkins.

Criminal defense, litigation, 1-10 attorneys estate planning

26-50 attorneys Renewable Energy

Investment management firm, 1-10 attorneys Real Estate

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Connor, Fletcher & Hedenkamp LLP

Irvine

1-10 attorneys Litigation

Cornerstone Law Group

SF & other CA

cities

11-25 attorneys Range of Services

Credo Law Partners

LA

1-10 attorneys Corporate Law, Business.

Heather McCormick ('98)

CKR Law

51-100 SF, LA & Beijing attorneys

International (Asia) securities, corporate finance, securities compliance

Crosbie Guner Schiffman Southard Swanson (CGS3)

San Diego

Commercial Real Estate. Allen

11-25 attorneys Matkins spin-off.

Ray B. Gliner ('85)

DC, LA, MD, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP VA, St. Louis

Litigation (often P-side) and 11-25 attorneys legislative advocacy

Cypress LLP Day Carter Murphy

LA Sacramento

Dickson Geesman

Oakland

Duckworth Peters Lebowitz

Olivier

SF

Durie Tangri

SF

11-25 attorneys Business litigation, IP

1-10 attorneys Energy law

Employment Law (Plaintiff Side)

1-10 attorneys and Nuclear Oversight

John Geesman ('80)

1-10 attorneys Employment Law

Civil Litigation, IP. Spin-off from

Keker & Van Nest 2/09. Daralyn

Durie "well known IP litigator."

Mark Lemly professor at SLS. Ragesh Tangri ('92)

"Litigation Boutique Hotlist"

Michael Page ('91)

11-25 attorneys 2012.

Daralyn Durie ('92)







Eanet LLP

LA

1-10 attorneys Business Litigation, Real Estate



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Early Sullivan Wright Gizer &

McRae LLP

LA

Spin-off from Glaser Weil. Formed 6/10 with 5 Glaser 11-25 attorneys lawyers.

Edelson McGuire

OC, Chicago,

Plaintiffs' Class and Mass

NY, FL

26-50 attorneys Action Litigation

Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben

Gartside LLP

LA

Real Estate, Finance. Attorneys include 6 partners from Jeffer 26-50 attorneys Mangels.

Ellahie & Farooqui LLP

San Jose

1-10 attorneys Bankruptcy, IP

Ellison Schneider Harris

Sacramento

Environmental Law, Energy, Water. Most attorneys have rior experience in environmental 11-25 attorneys government agencies.

Farber & Co. PC

"Concierge" law firm

Oakland,

representing athletes,

Sherman Oaks 1-10 attorneys entertainers, and businesses

Farmer Brownstein & Jaeger SF

Litigation, Antitrust, White Color

1-10 attorneys Criminal

Charles Jaeger ('89)

Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson LLP

Palo Alto

1-10 attorneys

IP litigation. 6 attorneys from DLA Piper, 1 From Mayer Brown. Clients include Apple, Adobe Systems.

Fenton Law Group

LA, Oakland 11-25 attorneys Healthcare Law

Benjamin Fenton ('05)

Fitzpatrick & Hunt, Pagano, LA; NYC;

Aviation and Aerospace, Cyber

Aubert LLP

Princeton, NJ 11-25 attorneys Risk

Freitas, Angell & Weinberg LLP

Redwood City 1-10 attorneys Antitrust



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Jenkins PC Gallo LLP

San Diego

1-10 attorneys Family Law

Litigation, executive San Rafael, LA 1-10 attorneys employment, corporate.

Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown Gaw Van Male

Beverly Hills

Prominent entertainment 11-25 attorneys boutique.

Napa, Fairfield,

Vacaville,

Redlands

11-25 attorneys Estate Planning & Wine Law

Kevin Marks ('82)

Gilchrist & Rutter PC

Girard Edwards & Hance

Girard Gibbs LLP

Glassman, Browning, Saltsman & Jacobs Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP

Santa Monica

Mostly land use, but also includes litigation, 11-25 attorneys environmental, trusts & estates. Peter E. Swain ('00)

Sacramento

1-10 attorneys

Agency Governanance & Administration, Special Education Law, Labor Law, Commercial Transactions

SF, Oakland,

NY

26-50 attorneys Plaintiffs side firm

Michael Schrag ('96) Geoffrey A. Munroe ('03) Steve Lopez ('14)

Beverly Hills 1-10 attorneys Litigation & Transactions

Anthony Glassman ('65) Roger A. Browning ('65) Jane D. Saltsman ('74) Suzanne J. Goulet ('88)

Santa Monica 11-25 attorneys Litigation

Julie D. Cantor ('00)

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Goodin, MacBride, Squeri,

Day LLP

SF

Public utlity regulation and 11-25 attorneys business litigation.

Robert A. Goodin ('74) Brian Cragg ('78)



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Greenan, Peffer, Sallander &

Lally

San Ramon

11-25 attorneys Business Transactional

Greene Radovsky, Maloney

Share & Hennigh LLP

SF

26-50 attorneys Transactional

Edward Romero ('90) Robert Seeds ('83)

James Abrams ('91) Richard Greene ('63) Fumi Knox ('98) Gregory Novotny ('05) Rebecca Renzas ('08) Dean Schlobohm ('78) Adam Siegman ('92) Sandra Spector ('01)

Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP Grodsky Olecki LLP

Hahn & Hahn LLP

LA

11-25 attorneys Apellate

Robin Meadow ('71) Cynthia Tobisman ('98)

Business litigation: IP, Santa Monica 1-10 attorneys Entertainment

Pasadena

Business, Litigation, Trust & Estate Planning. One of the oldest law firms in California. Largest general practice firm in 26-50 attorneys San Gabriel Valley.

Hansen Jacobson et al. Harvey Siskind

Henn, Etzel & Moore Hausfeld LLP

Beverly Hills 26-50 attorneys Entertainment

Walter Teller ('78) Stewart Brookman ('84)

SF

1-10 attorneys IP (mainly soft), Litigation

Oakland, SF

1-10 attorneys

Real estate and business transactions and litigation, local government, land use entitlements and environmental review

SF, DC, Philadelphia, London, Berlin

51-100 attorneys

P-side financial services IP, torts, etc.



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Hirschfield & Kraemer LLP Hixson Nagatani LLP Hochman Salkin et al. Homeier & Law

Horvitz & Levy Hosie Rice LLP Howarth & Smith Iaffaldano, Shaw & Young LLP

Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

SF, LA, Las Vegas

Santa Clara Beverly Hills, Honolulu LA, NY

Encino

SF

LA

26-50 attorneys Employment law

Employment law. Former 1-10 attorneys Biglaw attorneys.

1-10 attorneys Tax controversy (litigation)

Avram Salkin ('60)

1-10 attorneys Business Law

Appellate Litigation. Largest firm in nation specializing exclusively 26-50 attorneys in appellate litigation.

Litigation only, with emphasis 1-10 attorneys on IP.

Litigation only (including some 1-10 attorneys plaintiffs' work)

LA

1-10 attorneys Real Estate, Finance

Anthony Young ('94)

San Jose, San Diego, San Marino, DC

IP (including soft) + International. Recognized as a Top IP Boutique by Daily 11-25 attorneys Journal in 2014.

Ivins, Phillips & Barker Johnson & Johnson LLP JRA Law Partners Kaufhold Gaskin

SF, DC Beverly Hills SF SF

26-50 attorneys Tax and ERISA

Entertainment, Litigation, 1-10 attorneys Consumer protection

Range of Business-Related 1-10 attorneys Services

1-10 attorneys Litigation

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