Most Influential Minority Lawyers in Los Angeles
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CUSTOM CONTENT JANUARY 28, 2019 MOST INFLUENTIAL Minority Attorneys IN LOS ANGELES 087-103_MinoritySupp.indd 87 1/23/19 12:18 PM 88 LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL – CUSTOM CONTENT JANUARY 28, 2019 MOST INFLUENTIAL MINORITY ATTORNEYS NEERAJ ARORA TERRY B. BATES SABRINA A. BELDNER WILLIAM J. BRIGGS, II Partner Partner Partner Partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Reed Smith LLP McGuireWoods LLP Venable LLP eeraj Arora’s work also involves erry Bates is a litigation partner with cGuireWoods partner Sabrina Beldner’s illiam J. Briggs, II, a partner with representing clients such as Prudential Reed Smith’s Los Angeles’ office and has clients refer to her as their “Swiss Army Venable LLP in Los Angeles, is NCapital Group, in connection with a $100 Tsubstantial first chair trial experience MKnife” for employment matters. She is Wrecognized as a leading trial lawyer million private placement to a wholly owned for both plaintiffs and defendants. He is a a go-to attorney in high-stakes employment and civil litigator, with extensive experience subsidiary of a global developer of solar energy member of Reed Smith’s Complex Litigation discrimination, wage and hour litigation in the entertainment industry. He provides resources for construction debt used to finance Group where he serves as Deputy Practice and traditional labor matters. Beldner also counsel to some of the most recognizable a new 75 MW solar photovoltaic generating Group Leader. He is also a member of Reed represents the next generation of leadership names in the film, television, music, and facility located in North Carolina. He worked Smith’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s within McGuireWoods. Since being elevated sports industries. His clients include actors, with Prudential Capital in connection with firm wide Advisory Board, having previously to partner, she has assumed significant musicians, comedians, producers, high-net- another significant project, a first-of-its-kind served as the Los Angeles Office Diversity leadership roles, including serving on the worth individuals, celebrities, athletes, and $80 million private placement to a developer Committee Partner engaged in assisting in firm’s Recruiting and Diversity & Inclusion entertainers. of distributed renewable energy resources. the firm’s implementation of policies and Committees and chairing its LGBT Lawyers Because of his substantial courtroom Other clients include Nexamp Inc., a practices designed to enhance diversity Network. experience, clients turn to Briggs for growing developer of clean solar-powered and inclusiveness, and a member of the Beldner recently won a defense verdict representation in disputes that involve generation, with which Arora worked in Los Angeles Office Recruiting Committee, for a Fortune 100 company and an individual trademarks, copyrights, the First Amendment, connection with a credit facility for two new engaged in selecting new attorneys. manager on allegations of sexual harassment, defamation, invasion of privacy, right of solar projects to be located in Massachusetts. Bates has extensive litigation management retaliation and failure to prevent harassment publicity, guild disputes, profit participation, He also represented Diamond Generating and first chair trial experience in state and brought by a female employee following a six- royalty payments, violations of the Talent Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, federal courts, managing cases from inception day arbitration hearing in which 10 witnesses Agencies Act, and interpretation and Mariposa Energy, in an approximately through trial, as well as parachuting in during testified and more than 75 exhibits were enforcement of talent, executive, distribution, $80 million refinancing of its project level the final stages of litigation to negotiate introduced. She also prevailed on an Anti- film, and recording contracts. He has handled indebtedness. settlements or take matters to trial. His SLAPP motion challenging a client’s former a number of high-profile matters within the recent trial verdicts include a defense verdict employee’s lawsuit, resulting in an award of entertainment industry over the last year. following a seven-day jury trial in 2017 and a more than $17,000 in fees and costs against plaintiff $5.76 million verdict in 2018. the employee. RALPH CAMPILLO PAUL S. CHAN CHERYL CHANG HAILYN J. CHEN Member Managing Principal Partner Partner Mintz Levin Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Blank Rome LLP Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. alph Campillo is a nationally renowned heryl Chang is a Partner in Blank Rome’s rom early in her career, Munger, Tolles trial attorney whose specialty includes ith over 20 years of extensive trial Consumer Financial Services practice & Olson partner Hailyn Chen, an Asian Rmass torts and all forms of complex experience, Managing Principal Paul Cgroup. She is a formidable litigator who FAmerican woman, distinguished herself litigation, including product liability, WS. Chan is lead defense counsel in focuses her multifaceted practice in consumer as a leading litigator who tirelessly represents commercial disputes, and class actions. Ralph numerous complex litigations involving financial services and corporate litigation. a broad base of clients, from the University often assumes lead roles in high-stakes cases, alleged violations of the federal and state She consistently strives to achieve favorable of California and other leading higher federal multidistrict litigations, and bellwether False Claims Act and civil RICO statutes. He outcomes for her clients in complex corporate education institutions in high-stakes internal product liability cases. He draws on more regularly represents Fortune 500 companies matters using her creative, pragmatic investigations to large companies, such as than three decades of experience to regularly including JM Eagle, Herbalife, Mattel, approach to conflicts and solutions in Airbnb, in their most complex litigation and represent life sciences, pharmaceutical, KB Home and Charles Schwab in major litigation, trial, and settlement negotiations. trials. medical device, and manufacturing companies litigations as well as professional partnerships Chang’s client representation ranges Chen’s commitment and success as an in federal and state courts around the country. and individuals. He regularly represents both from multinational corporations to limited influential leader expands well beyond her Campillo has an unparalleled track record individual and corporate clients from China, liability companies and privately held family practice. In 2017, she was appointed by the of success in high-profile cases involving Taiwan and other Pacific Rim countries as businesses, across a variety of industries. She California Supreme Court as one of its five product liability, mass torts, class actions, and well as local subsidiaries and affiliates of Asian is recognized by co-counsel and opponents appointments to the State Bar of California’s other complex litigation matters. He also has businesses. alike for her keen ability to see legal issues Board of Trustees, which protects the public considerable experience handling commercial Chan is well adept at navigating the and business decisions from her clients’ point through licensing, regulation and discipline matters. He has defended prominent unique challenges often confronted by foreign of view. She is fluent in spoken Mandarin of attorneys, promoting the ethical practice of pharmaceutical and medical device litigants in complex securities, commercial Chinese, Taiwanese, and French. Chang law and supporting efforts to achieve greater companies and other top-tier enterprises in fraud and intellectual property disputes. She litigates for corporate and entertainment access to justice. In the higher education bet-the-company litigation, often managing recently secured a significant victory on clients before state and local courts in matters industry, Chen is frequently called on by UC their national dockets and serving them as behalf of client JM Eagle, the world’s largest including: intellectual property, antitrust and to solve its most challenging issues related to lead trial counsel and as national or regional plastic pipe manufacturer. He also represents consumer class action defense. litigation matters and investigations. coordinating counsel. three Herbalife entities in a class action pending in the Southern District of Florida. 087-103_MinoritySupp.indd 88 1/23/19 12:19 PM JANUARY 28, 2019 CUSTOM CONTENT - LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL 89 Congratulations to all the trailblazers and changemakers recognized as MOST INFLUENTIAL MINORITY LAWYERS and to our very own MOEZ KABE HUESTON.COM 007-115_labj-fullpages20190128.indd 89 1/22/19 4:57 PM 90 LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL – CUSTOM CONTENT JANUARY 28, 2019 MOST INFLUENTIAL MINORITY ATTORNEYS NANCY CLAPP CARMEN J. COLE SCOTT COMMERSON MICHELLE COOKE Partner Principal Partner Partner and Co-chair, Intellectual Property Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Polsinelli LLP Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP ancy Clapp is a Real Property partner in armen Cole is a high-profile, highly cott Commerson is a litigation partner in ichelle Cooke is co-chair of Manatt’s the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright accomplished attorney at the top of her the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright intellectual property practice. Her NTremaine LLP. She has a unique practice Cfield. In her labor & employment practice, STremaine LLP. He has a diverse litigation