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We sent our anonymous online survey to about 300 new partners. Excerpts of their answers follow. Forty-one responded: 44% percent are women and 56 percent are men; almost two- thirds are Caucasian; and one-fourth are Asian, Indian/South Asian or Latino/Hispanic (an- other 12 percent declined to describe their ethnicity). The size of their firms runs the gamut, from 1 to 25 to more than 1,000 lawyers. Their estimates of the associate-to-partner track at their firms also vary widely: The majority offered lengths of seven, eight or nine years, but the spectrum ran from three to four years at the low end to eight to 12 years at the high end. They represent more than a dozen practice areas. 1. What do you think was the most important factor in your IN THEIR making partner? “My ability to manage others” “My work ethic” “An excellent and supportive mentor” “Perceived value I could bring to the firm” “My specialty” OWN WORDS “One of the most important factors was having a profitable client” “Becoming the go-to guy in my practice area and development of client trust” “My business development skills and making my hours” “Performing at partner level while still an associate” “Relationships with supportive partners” “Solid all-around litigation skills” “Relationships (within and outside of firm) and personal skills and industry name recognition” Reflections from California’s “Being a necessary and critical part of the practice group” “Hard work; teamwork; commitment to the firm” “I became more knowledgeable than the partners in a few critical areas” new partners, from our “Longevity at the firm” “Quality of work and opportunities to work with many partners within the firm.” “Analytical skill” annual anonymous survey “Earning the trust and respect of my colleagues” “Attention to details” “Having an ‘ownership mentality’ every day as an associate” 2. What advice would you give about lateralling, or not lateralling?
“Having a lateralling plan provides one with better bargaining power.” “Lateral if you are in a bad situation that is unlikely to improve. Don’t lateral to make a few extra bucks.”
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“For law students: Try to select a law firm where you could actually spend the next 10 years. So many folks select a firm that they only expect to spend a few years at and then, as a third year, they must research and shop all over again for a firm that is the right fit. If you are starting a family during that time (as many are) it makes the dislocation even more challenging.” “If you don’t believe in your law firm, your success will be hindered. Choose your firm and your partners carefully, and change firms if the fit isn’t right, even if the switch could delay partnership.” “I was a lateral to my firm. Discuss the realistic partnership track with your new employer before you accept the offer. This is not a good time to be making a lateral move with the economy and number of layoffs in the legal community.” “Do it in the first three years if it’s on your agenda, and make sure you do enough research to land at a firm that you could be happy working with through partnership.” “Make up your mind early in your career. The amount of time you’ve been at your new firm will be as important (if not more so) to the partnership decision than the amount of time you’ve been in practice.” “Lateralling is much harder after about the fourth or fifth year. By that point, you’ll want to be settled someplace.” “I was a lateral as a fourth year and it worked out fine. I think the key is not to move too early or too late in your career.” “The most important factor is whether the new firm will give you early oppor- tunity to work directly with [a] key client.” “Try to negotiate a long term deal (2 to 3 years) regarding salary and promotion prior to joining the firm.” “Make sure you understand the most you can about [the] culture and finances of [the] firm you are lateralling into.” “Go to a place where you are comfortable with their style of management. Don’t expect firms to change for you — you need to adapt to the firm.” “Know what you are getting into. It always helps to know people at other places that you are considering.” “Don’t overreach and don’t overpromise. It is better to underpromise and over- perform.” “Research either the busier areas of the prospective law firm, or plan to bring 4. What wisdom would you offer about choosing a practice area? your own work, to ensure you are busy.” “Lateralling was a great career decision for me, but can be a very difficult path. “Do not pick one too early. Give yourself enough time to figure out where you fit best, A lateral has to prove immediately that he/she is capable, hardworking and dili- not only today, but in 10 years.” gent. If these attributes are not shown very early on after a lateral has moved firms, “Choose early! Which means, as early as law school, start talking to folks about what then they can get lost in the firm and receive no recognition.” they do and discuss it with professors and career counselors.” “Determine early in your career whether you prefer litigation or transactional work. Finding out eight years after you’ve been litigating that you don’t enjoy the adversarial See SURVEY page 22
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Espe- \UjYVYWcaYdUfhbYfg]bh\YZ]fa" cially patents. It is worth it to get a technical degree.” “Don’t forget to consider the lifestyle demands of a particular practice area. For example, Af"GUkmYffYWY]jYX\]g`UkXY[fYYaU[bUWia`UiXY consider the travel demands or predictability of [the] schedule and how they may or may Zfcah\YIb]jYfg]hmcZ7U`]Zcfb]U D`YUgYj]g]hcifbYkkYVg]hYZcfUXX]h]cbU`]bZcfaUh]cb UVcihh\YZ]faUbXcif[fck]b[dfUWh]WY. www.kerrwagstaffe.com Burnham Brown is pleased to announce that DEREK LIM AND ROHIT SABNIS HAVE BEEN NAMED PARTNERS OF THE FIRM Mr. Lim is an experienced trial lawyer. He will continue to represent corporations, small businesses and professionals in complex civil litigation with an emphasis on business, transportation, environmental and employment litigation. Mr. Lim recently recorded two successful trial results. Both cases involved matters of admitted liability. However, following Burnham Brown’s persuasive trial defense presentations, Plaintiffs were awarded less than 5% (combined) of their multi-million dollar demands. Mr. Lim received his B.A. from UCLA and his JD from Boston College Law School. ONLINE ACCESS to Mr. Sabnis will continue to concentrate his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, products liability and toxic torts. Mr. Sabnis Cal Law now comes wrapped obtained a B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University with your subscription to of California, San Diego. He received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota. The Recorder. 1901 Harrison Street | 11th floor | Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: 510.444.6800 | Facsmilie: 510.835.6666 | www.burnhambrown.com www.callaw.com/subscribe 22 NEW PARTNERS NEWPARTNERS 2009 Shook, Hardy & Bacon is pleased to congratulate 7. If you could change the partnership process at your firm, our new partner what would you change? Randall Haimovici. More than a quarter of respondents said “nothing.” From the rest, the most common sug- gestion was to make the process more transparent — to communicate with associates earlier and in more detail about the criteria, the compensation, how the selection process works, when they’ll be up for consideration, who is up for nomination and who’s been nominated. A handful of others suggested more organized and open reviews; year-by-year feedback on where they stand; removing office politics from the process; and a more case-by-case look, beyond business generation, at the contributions someone makes to a practice group. There were also suggestions to eliminate the equity/non-equity distinction, the up-or-out model, Bush Street and the need for a unanimous decision. Suite San Francisco, California 8. What’s been your most effective way of developing new business? p (415) 544-1910 f (415) 391-0281 “Keeping in touch with everyone I have ever met” www.SHB.com [email protected] “Networking through friends/former classmates” “Doing good work and not being shy about having family and friends market you” “Lunches” “Good relationship with a senior partner” “Developing and maintaining relationships with clients and opposing counsel, and a strong reputation by doing a good job on the work you have” GENEVA | HOUSTON | KANSAS CITY | LONDON “Reaching out to other partners and expanding relationships with existing clients” MIAMI | ORANGE COUNTY | SAN FRANCISCO “Giving presentations, authoring articles and providing good service to captured clients” TAMPA | WASHINGTON, D.C. “Public speaking, roundtable events discussing practical issues in my practice area” “Involvement in community/industry organizations (especially those not already saturated with lawyers from my field)” “Being active in the community and church” ❖ 2009 BAY AREA LEGAL ALMANAC economic debaCLE. 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SOLUTIONS. www.pli.edu Problems: 415-749-5488 PRIORITY CODE: PWR9-AD1 NEW PARTNERS 23 NEWPARTNERS 2009 Julie Greer Jeffrey Hartlin Laurie Carr Mims Matthew Harrison This Year’s Class At least 300 California attorneys have been promoted to partner since July 1 Anders Aannestad Sarah Benator Morrison & Foerster Arent Fox University of Arizona College of Law, 1997 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1999 The Personalities Behind the Photos Larry Adkison Pascal Benyamini Greenberg Traurig This year 16 new partners took part in our first Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen Georgetown University Law Center, 1999 portrait series: Their pictures appear on this page UC-Davis School of Law, 1999 as well as the cover. And in our New Partners slide- Zachary Alinder Jennifer Berland show online, they share what they wish they’d known Bingham McCutchen Hanson Bridgett UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2000 sooner, and more. About a dozen, including the four University of San Francisco School of Law, 2001 on this page, also took us up on our invitation to in- Chris Almand corporate something very “them” in their portraits Farah Bhatti Kirkland & Ellis — something, say, that might be recognized by col- McDermott Will & Emery UCLA School of Law, 2002 St. John’s University School of Law, 1997 leagues (or that might even surprise them). Watch César Alvarado the slideshow online at www.callaw.com. Michael Blacher Archer Norris Liebert Cassidy Whitmore UCLA School of Law, 1997 Appearing on the cover: Top row: Timothy Cremin, Loyola Law School, 2001 James Andrew, Jennifer Field, César Alvarado. Middle Joshua Anderson row: Jennifer Lloyd Kelly, Ori Katz, Victor Shum, Chrystal Kimberly Blake Sidley Austin Jensen. Bottom row: Frieda Garcia, Vijay Toke, Allison Gordon & Rees UCLA School of Law, 2000 Schutte, Rebekah Kaufman. UC-Davis School of Law, 1997 Photos by Jason Doiy Luke Anderson Stephen Blevit K&L Gates Sidley Austin Loyola Law School, 2000 Justin Barnes University of Southern California Law School, 1995 Fish & Richardson Sofija Anderson UCLA School of Law, 2001 Hannah Blumenstiel Littler Mendelson Winston & Strawn Marquette University Law School, 2002 Michele Barnes Capital University Law School, 1997 K&L Gates James “Jim” Andrew Santa Clara University School of Law, 1996 Philippa “Pippa” Bond Ellman Burke Hoffman & Johnson Proskauer Rose Stanford Law School, 1999 Robert Begland New York University School of Law, 1998 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips David Antheil University of Virginia School of Law, 2000 M. Madeleine Boshart Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati New York University School of Law, 1995 S. Scott Beizaie Tulane University Law School, 1997 Carlsmith Ball Mazda Antia UCLA School of Law, 2000 Yanna Bouris Cooley Godward Kronish Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Northwestern University School of Law, 2000 Maria Bellafronto Stanford Law School, 2003 Hopkins & Carley Elizabeth Balfour Santa Clara University School of Law, 1992 Kirsten Bowman Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Richards, Watson & Gershon Harvard Law School, 1999 University of West Los Angeles School of Law, 1995 24 NEW PARTNERS NEWPARTNERS 2009 Todd Boyer Bryce Carroll Carol Malenka Collins Littler Mendelson Gordon & Rees Hanson Bridgett Santa Clara University School of Law, 1999 University of San Francisco School of Law, 2000 Hastings College of the Law, 1983 Marshall Brenner Theodore Chandler Kevin Colton Gordon & Rees Sidley Austin Baker & Hostetler California Western School of Law, 2000 Harvard Law School, 2000 UCLA School of Law, 1980 Todd Briggs Wendy Wen Yun Chang Craig Compton Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges Hinshaw & Culbertson Fish & Richardson Hastings College of the Law, 2000 Loyola Law School, 1995 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2001 Ellen Bronchetti Winston Chang James Conley Littler Mendelson O’Melveny & Myers Baker & McKenzie Northeastern University School of Law, 2003 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2000 University of Wisconsin Law School, 2001 Brian Buddell Gregory Chin Erin Connolly Brydon Hugo & Parker Latham & Watkins Alston & Bird Golden Gate University School of Law, 1993 Harvard Law School, 1999 Vanderbilt University Law School, 2001 William Burford Cara Ching-Senaha Jason Cooksey McDermott Will & Emery Jackson Lewis Seyfarth Shaw University of Michigan Law School, 1991 Santa Clara University School of Law, 1995 UC-Davis School of Law, 2000 Peter Burke Steven Chinowsky Justin Cooper Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Latham & Watkins Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe University of Virginia School of Law, 1996 University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1998 Harvard Law School, 2001 Daniel Burns Rena Chng Stephanie Coutu Fish & Richardson Mayer Brown Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin Loyola Law School, 2001 Vanderbilt University Law School, 2000 Boston University School of Law, 1997 Manuel Cachán Alex Choi Brian Covotta Munger, Tolles & Olson Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis O’Melveny & Myers Harvard Law School, 2000 University of Southern California Law School, 1999 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1998 Hamilton Candee Jeryll Cohen Timothy Cremin Altshuler Berzon Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson New York University School of Law, 1983 Loyola Law School, 1986 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1991 Rodger Carreyn George Colindres Perkins Coie McDermott Will & Emery University of Michigan Law School, 2000 UCLA School of Law, 1999 See page 26 BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP is pleased to announce that Jeremy M. Goldman is pleased to announce that has been made a partner in the Firm. Thierry K. Lo Mr. Goldman, resident in the Oakland office, will continue his practice of complex commercial litigation. Mr. Goldman joined the firm in 2002. He previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mark C. Van Ness Rosemary Barkett, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He graduated from Yale Law School in 2001. and Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP is a firm of 235 lawyers with offices in New York, Washington DC, Florida, California, New Hampshire, Vincent H. Anderson New Jersey and Nevada, with 15 attorneys in California: David W. Shapiro Laura J. McKay John F. Cove, Jr. Theodore H. Uno have become Partners in the Firm as of January 1, 2009. Steven C. Holtzman Beko O. Reblitz-Richardson Fred Norton Dean M. Harvey Kieran P. Ringgenberg Nimrod P. Elias 1279 Oakmead Parkway Jeremy M. Goldman Marguerite A. Hogan Katherine A. Eskovitz Benjamin J. Siegel Sunnyvale, California 94085-4040 Edward B. Fitzpatrick, III (408) 720-8300 (408) 720-8383 Fax Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900 www.bstz.com Oakland, California 94612 (510) 874-1000 www.bsfllp.com Sunnyvale • Costa Mesa • Denver • Los Angeles • Portland • Seattle NEW PARTNERS 25 NEWPARTNERS 2009 Continued from page 25 Jennifer Field Emilio Gonzalez Baker & McKenzie Davis Wright Tremaine Geoffrey Davis University of Tulsa College of Law, 1999 Hastings College of the Law, 1998 K&L Gates Seattle University School of Law, 1995 Gregg Fisch Mark Good Seyfarth Shaw Terra Law Jahmal Davis New York University School of Law, 1996 Santa Clara University School of Law, 2001 Hanson Bridgett UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1997 Michaël Fischer Julie Greer McKasson & Klein Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass Wendy Davis University of Southern California Law School, 1997 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1998 Cooley Godward Kronish University of Chicago Law School, 1999 Damon Fisk Michael Gregg Duane Morris Littler Mendelson Joshua Dean Santa Clara University School of Law, 2000 University of Southern California Law School, 1999 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips UCLA School of Law, 2000 Brian Fogarty Benjamin Griebe DLA Piper DLA Piper Geoffrey DeBoskey University of San Diego School of Law, 2001 UCLA School of Law, 1999 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton University of Southern California Law School, 2000 Christian Fox Jennifer Gross Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Alycia Degen J. Reuben Clark Law School, 2003 University of Southern California Law School, 1994 Sidley Austin UCLA School of Law, 2000 Tamara Fraizer Divakar Gupta Fish & Richardson Latham & Watkins Linda Deitch Stanford Law School, 2001 Harvard Law School, 2000 Loeb & Loeb UCLA School of Law, 2000 Ted Frankel Michael Gurien Kirkland & Ellis Waters Kraus & Paul Jennifer Wood Dienhart Northwestern University School of Law, 2003 Loyola Law School, 1995 Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2000 Daniel Friedland Jeffrey Gutkin Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Cooley Godward Kronish Martin Dioli Stanford Law School, 1998 University of Michigan Law School, 2000 Terra Law Hastings College of the Law, 1994 Aleksandr Frimershtein Randall Haimovici Nixon Peabody Shook, Hardy & Bacon Joseph Duffy University of Southern California Law School, 1997 Syracuse University College of Law, 2000 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Pepperdine University School of Law, 2000 Richard Gallagher Marcus Hall Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Winston & Strawn Reginald Dunn UC-Davis School of Law, 2000 Hastings College of the Law, 1999 Ericksen Arbuthnot Loyola Law School, 1997 Nathaniel Gallon Adam Halpern Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Fenwick & West Ruben Duran Yale Law School, 1999 Hastings College of the Law, 2000 Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson Hastings College of the Law, 1998 Ramon Galvan John Hamann Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Howrey Erik Edwards Stanford Law School, 1998 Washington and Lee University School of Law, 1999 Cooley Godward Kronish Santa Clara University School of Law, 2000 Frieda Garcia Joshua Hamilton Berry Appleman & Leiden Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Christopher Eide University of San Francisco School of Law, 1998 Santa Clara University School of Law, 1998 Morrison & Foerster University of Michigan Law School, 2001 Lisa Garner Julie Han Gordon & Rees Townsend and Townsend and Crew Matthew Elstein Loyola Law School, 1991 Santa Clara University School of Law, 2001 Gordon & Rees Georgetown University Law Center, 1994 Bernard Gehlhar Jacqueline Harding Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker Lolly Enriquez Cornell Law School, 1999 Southwestern Law School, 1996 Richards, Watson & Gershon Fordham University School of Law, 1999 Keith Gillette Robert Harkins Jr. Archer Norris Howrey Christopher Exberger University of San Francisco School of Law, 1997 UC-Davis School of Law, 1995 Mayer Brown New York University School of Law, 2001 Brian Glennon Matthew Harrison Latham & Watkins Latham & Watkins Jeffrey Feasby UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2000 UCLA School of Law, 2000 Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps University of San Diego School of Law, 2000 Stacie Goeddel Jeffrey Hartlin Holland & Knight Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Joshua Feldman Hastings College of the Law, 2000 University of Virginia School of Law, 2001 Littler Mendelson University of San Diego School of Law, 1998 Jeremy Goldman David Heisey Boies, Schiller & Flexner Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Sean Feller Yale Law School, 2001 Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 1998 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Columbia Law School, 2000 Eileen Goldsmith Todd Hentges Altshuler Berzon Bingham McCutchen Lori Ferguson Yale Law School, 2000 University of Minnesota Law School, 2000 Hanson Bridgett University of Virginia School of Law, 1996 Carrie Gonell Michael Heuga Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Fordham University School of Law, 1998 UCLA School of Law, 1999 26 NEW PARTNERS NEWPARTNERS 2009 Matthew Hinks Ori Katz Jason Lohr Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Townsend and Townsend and Crew UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1998 Boston University School of Law, 2000 Capital University Law School, 2001 Samantha Hoffman Rebekah Kaufman Eli Loots Jackson Lewis Morrison & Foerster Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Loyola Law School, 2000 Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2003 1999 David Hoiles Jr. Joseph Macha Jackson Lewis Christopher Keegan Archer Norris Loyola Law School, 1996 Kirkland & Ellis Western State University Law School, 1994 University of Notre Dame Law School, 2002 Joshua Holian Shelley Mack Latham & Watkins Jennifer Lloyd Kelly Fish & Richardson Stanford Law School, 2000 Fenwick & West UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2000 UCLA School of Law, 1997 Melissa Hollatz Michael Mandel Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Ryan Kent Seyfarth Shaw Stanford Law School, 1997 Durie Tangri Page Lemley Roberts & Kent Pepperdine University School of Law, 2001 Yale Law School, 2001 Michael Holmes Rajesh Mandlekar Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Angela Kim Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & UC-Davis School of Law, 1998 Ericksen Arbuthnot Robbins California Western School of Law, 1995 Hastings College of the Law, 1998 Michael Hostetler Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati S.H. Michael Kim Craig Mariam Duke University School of Law, 2001 Alston & Bird Gordon & Rees American University Washington College of Law, 1999 Loyola Law School, 2003 Jiangxiao (Athena) Hou Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason Kent Klaudt David Marroso University at Buffalo Law School, 2001 Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein O’Melveny & Myers University of Minnesota Law School, 1996 Harvard Law School, 2000 Y. Ernest Hsin Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Lauren Kowal José Martín Columbia Law School, 1998 Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass Squire, Sanders & Dempsey University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2001 Hastings College of the Law, 1999 Frank Huang Freeland Cooper & Foreman Ute Krudewagen Kyle Mathews Boston University School of Law, 1997 Baker & McKenzie Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton University of Cologne in Germany, 1998 University of Southern California Law School, 2001 Curtis Huffmire Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Robert Kum Howard Maycon George Washington University Law School, 2003 Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Cozen O’Connor Pepperdine University School of Law, 1996 Whittier Law School, 1996 Robert Hulse Fenwick & West Scott Lacunza Thomas McConville UC-Davis School of Law, 2000 Jackson Lewis Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Hastings College of the Law, 1996 Georgetown University Law Center, 1991 Tricia Hynes Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson Ari Lanin Paul McCoy Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Law, 2000 University of Southern California Law School, 2000 University of Virginia School of Law, 1998 Zuzana Ikels David Lari Brian McDaniel Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass Cox, Castle & Nicholson Goodwin Procter University of Michigan Law School, 2000 UCLA School of Law, 1998 Harvard Law School, 1998 Ryan Iwasaka Blake Lawit Michael McDonough Greenberg Glusker Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin Bingham McCutchen Yale Law School, 2000 Harvard Law School, 2000 Pepperdine University School of Law, 1997 Ronda Jamgotchian Kristina Lawson Russell McGlothlin Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Miller Starr Regalia Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Hastings College of the Law, 1998 Santa Clara University School of Law, 2002 University of Michigan Law School, 2000 Neal Jannol Stephen Lee David Melaugh Loeb & Loeb Holme Roberts & Owen Morrison & Foerster UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1995 Cornell Law School, 2000 Harvard Law School, 2000 Chrystal Jensen Jennifer Lewis Ryan Melnick Cooley Godward Kronish Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear University of Chicago Law School, 2000 Santa Clara University School of Law, 2000 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2003 Sonali Shah Jindal Dylan Liddiard Barbara Miller Kirkland & Ellis Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Emory University School of Law, 2002 Santa Clara University School of Law, 1999 University of Kentucky College of Law, 1992 Cassandra Joseph Scott Lidman Robert Milligan Watson Rounds Littler Mendelson Seyfarth Shaw Santa Clara University School of Law, 1999 Santa Clara University School of Law, 1998 UC-Davis School of Law, 2001 Matthias Kamber Jonathan Lindsay Laurie Carr Mims Keker & Van Nest Crowell & Moring Keker & Van Nest George Washington University Law School, 2002 Harvard Law School, 2000 Harvard Law School, 2002 Rachel Herrick Kassabian Thierry Lo Denise Mingrone Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Hedges Southwestern Law School, 1996 Santa Clara University School of Law, 1987 Harvard Law School, 1997 See page 28 NEW PARTNERS 27 NEWPARTNERS 2009 Continued from page 27 Sean Monroe Keith Orso Gabriel Ramsey O’Melveny & Myers Irell & Manella Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1996 UCLA School of Law, 2001 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2000 Ivan Morales Mark Osher Justin Rawlins Baker & McKenzie Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Winston & Strawn University of Florida Levin College of Law, 1998 Rutgers School of Law, 1997 Loyola Law School, 2000 Pilar Morin Michael Ouimette Kelly Richardson Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Latham & Watkins Hastings College of the Law, 1996 UCLA School of Law, 2000 Georgetown University Law Center, 2000 Benjamin Morton William Overend Rosemarie Ring Gordon & Rees Reed Smith Munger, Tolles & Olson University of San Diego School of Law, 1998 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1995 UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2001 Tony Mou Marc Ozarski Kevin Rising Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Gordon & Rees Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Cornell Law School, 2001 University of San Diego School of Law, 2000 UCLA School of Law, 2000 James Mullen III William “Fritz” Pahland Brook Roberts Morrison & Foerster Miller Starr Regalia Latham & Watkins Hastings College of the Law, 1997 UC-Davis School of Law, 2001 University of Arizona College of Law, 2000 Richard Munzinger Arnold Pamplona Daniel Roberts Shartsis Friese McDermott Will & Emery Best Best & Krieger Stanford Law School, 2001 Loyola Law School, 2002 University of Southern California Law School, 1999 Karleen Murphy Nita Parikh Aaron Roblan Brydon Hugo & Parker Jackson Lewis Davis Wright Tremaine Golden Gate University School of Law, 1998 McGeorge School of Law at University of the Pacific, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark 1997 College, 2000 John Musitano Jr. Cox, Castle & Nicholson Rahul Pathak Todd Rosen Boston University School of Law, 1997 Jones Day Munger, Tolles & Olson UC-Berkeley School of Law, 1999 University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1999 Regina Musolino Seyfarth Shaw Bradley Pauley Christopher Ross University of Southern California Law School, 1998 Horvitz & Levy Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear UCLA School of Law, 1996 University of Chicago Law School, 2003 Toru Nakahara Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Rezwan Pavri R. Gregory Roussel University of Michigan Law School, 2000 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Fenwick & West Columbia Law School, 2000 Vanderbilt University Law School, 1998 Jessica Nall Farella Braun & Martel Jessica Perry Whitney Jones Roy Harvard Law School, 2001 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Santa Clara University School of Law, 2000 University of Southern California Law School, 2000 Tara Castro Narayanan Miller Starr Regalia Elizabeth Pipkin Craig Rutenberg University of Virginia School of Law, 1997 McManis Faulkner Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Harvard Law School, 2001 UCLA School of Law, 1999 Antony Nash Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps Bronwyn Pollock Danielle Sakai Hastings College of the Law, 2001 Mayer Brown Best Best & Krieger Georgetown University Law Center, 2000 Loyola Law School, 2000 Philip Nelson Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Robert Pontelle Christian Salaman J. Reuben Clark Law School, 2003 Alston & Bird Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman UCLA School of Law, 2000 Northwestern University School of Law, 1999 Evan Ng Dorsey & Whitney Mitchell Poole Elton Satusky University of Virginia School of Law, 2001 Sidley Austin Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Pepperdine University School of Law, 1998 Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School, 1996 Thao Ngo Reed Smith Lisa Pooley Matthew Schenck University of San Francisco School of Law, 1997 Hanson Bridgett Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton University of San Francisco School of Law, 1993 University of Michigan Law School, 1997 Stephane Nguyen Reed Smith Mark Posard Allison Schutte Loyola Law School, 2001 Gordon & Rees Hanson Bridgett McGeorge School of Law at University of the Pacific, Hastings College of the Law, 2000 Paul Obico 2000 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Maria Seferian Loyola Law School, 1996 Katherine Prescott Munger, Tolles & Olson Fish & Richardson Harvard Law School, 2000 Ian O’Donnell UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2001 Cooley Godward Kronish Daniel Shallman Georgetown University Law Center, 1999 Robert Pryor O’Melveny & Myers McDermott Will & Emery University of Chicago Law School, 1995 Nicolas Oettinger UCLA School of Law, 2002 McDermott Will & Emery Geoffrey Sheldon UC-Berkeley School of Law, 2002 Monica Quinn Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Southwestern Law School, 1996 Trina Oettinger Loyola Law School, 1998 DLA Piper New York University School of Law, 1995 28 NEW PARTNERS NEWPARTNERS 2009 Jeannie Shin R. 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