1.23.12_SR_Law:4.14.08 SR Top RE Deals 1/19/12 6:08 PM Page 36 36 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL Local breaking news: www.ocbj.com JANUARY 23, 2012 LAW FIRMS Rank Law firm Headquarters OC Attorneys OC OC Areas of practice Partial list of clients No. of Top local official(s) Prev. •Address •Website attorneys firmwide partners employees offices •Title Rank •Email •yearly % •yearly % firmwide •Phone/fax change change Knobbe, Martens, Olson Irvine 163 270 72 435 Intellectual property including litigation, patents Masimo Corp., Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals 8 Steve Nataupsky 1 & Bear LLP knobbe.com 6% 0% and trademarks, licensing; venture capital due Inc., Toshiba America Information managing partner (1) 2040 Main St., 14th floor [email protected] diligence, related client counseling Systems Inc., Samsung SDI Co., (949) 760-0404/(949) 760-9502 Irvine 92614-7218 SunPower Corp., Oakley Inc., Quiksilver Inc. Rutan & Tucker LLP Costa Mesa 146 156 94 272 Corporate/securities, real estate, municipal and Primoris Services Corp., First American 2 Ski Harrison 2 611 Anton Blvd., Ste. 1400 rutan.com 4% 4% government, employment/labor, business Financial Corp., Chapman University, city managing partner (2) Costa Mesa 92626-1950 [email protected] litigation, intellectual property/technology of Irvine, Western National Group (714) 641-5100/(714) 546-9035 Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth Newport Beach 89 102 45 167 Corporate/securities, mergers and acquisitions, Ceradyne Inc., CKE Restaurants Inc., 6 John Cannon/Craig Carlson/Shiv 3 660 Newport Center Drive, sycr.com 5% 2% complex business litigation, life sciences, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc., Grewal/Robert Kane/Bob Whalen/ (3) Ste. 1600 [email protected] technology, labor/employment, intellectual Kingston Technology Co., Hoag Hospital, Kurt Yeager Newport Beach 92660-6441 property, real estate, tax, public law, Orange County, city of Newport Beach, board of directors environmental Saint John's Health Center, Irvine (949) 725-4000/(949) 725-4100 Company Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP NA 73 1,099 22 148 Restructuring/reorganization, complex Allergan Inc., Avanir Pharmaceuticals 17 Jeffrey Reeves 4 3161 Michelson Drive gibsondunn.com -10% -10% commercial litigation, corporate transactions, Inc., Beckman Coulter Inc., CoreLogic partner-in-charge (4) Irvine 92612-4412 mergers and acquisitions, environmental, foreign Inc., Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Emulex (949) 451-3800/(949) 451-4220 corrupt practices act, intellectual property, labor/ Corp., Fluor Corp., Pacific Life Insurance employment, securities litigation, securities Co., Specific Media Inc., St. Joseph regulation, corporate governance Health System, Standard Pacific Corp. Latham & Watkins LLP Los Angeles 70 2,000 16 139 Mergers and acquisitions, business litigation, Allergan, Amgen Inc., Irvine Co., 31 Scott Shean 5 650 Town Center Drive, 20th floor lw.com -9% -8% securities litigation, intellectual property, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Medicis office managing partner (5) Costa Mesa 92626-1925 [email protected] corporate finance, real estate finance, Pharmaceutical Corp., Quest Software (714) 540-1235/(714) 755-8290 environmental Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. Snell & Wilmer LLP Phoenix 67 431 35 145 Corporate/finance, commercial litigation, real Allergan, Bank of America Corp., First 9 William O'Hare 6 600 Anton Blvd., Ste. 1400 swlaw.com 5% 2% estate, estate planning, intellectual property, American Financial Corp., Ford Motor administrative partner (6) Costa Mesa 92626-7689 franchising, employment, bankruptcy, white collar Co., Prudential Real Estate (714) 427-7000/(714) 427-7799 crime O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles 62 800 16 103 Corporate/securities, intellectual property and Allergan, Apple Inc., Conexant Systems 15 Jeff Walbridge 7 610 Newport Center Drive, omm.com 0% -10% technology, commercial litigation, executive Inc., OneWest Bank FSB, Quiksilver, managing partner (7) 17th floor [email protected] compensation, tax, labor/employment, financial Western Digital Corp. (949) 760-9600/(949) 823-6994 Newport Beach 92660-6429 services, real estate Sheppard, Mullin, Richter Los Angeles 59 576 25 94 Litigation, corporate, finance, intellectual TaylorMade Golf Co., LendingTree LLC, 14 Sean O'Connor 8 & Hampton LLP sheppardmullin.com -3% -7% property, real estate Allergan, US Bank office managing partner (8) 650 Town Center Drive, [email protected] (714) 513-5100/(714) 513-5130 fourth floor Costa Mesa 92626-1993 Jones Day Washington, D.C. 58 2,500 24 85 Litigation, intellectual property, healthcare, labor/ Experian Information Solutions Inc., 36 Richard Grabowski 9 3161 Michelson Drive, Ste. 800 jonesday.com 14% 13% employment, securities litigation, mergers and Applied Medical Resources Corp., partner-in-charge (10) Irvine 92612-4408 acquisitions, corporate transactions, tax litigation Allergan, Lennar Corp., Wells Fargo & (949) 851-3939/(949) 553-7539 Co., Patron Spirits Co., Proctor & Gamble Co., Apple, Vizio Inc., First American Financial, Celgene Corp., Gateway Computers Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Los Angeles 54 800 28 111 General liability, construction, employment, Would not disclose 21 Charles Harris 10 & Smith LLP lbbslaw.com -5% 4% professional and commercial liability, managing partner (9) 650 Town Center Drive, Ste. 1400 [email protected] transportation, medical and legal malpractice (714) 545-9200/(714) 850-1030 Costa Mesa 92626-1970 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Los Angeles 50 218 32 93 Real estate/real estate finance, litigation, labor/ Would not disclose 7 Drew Emmel 11 Mallory & Natsis LLP allenmatkins.com 2% 0% employment, corporate, bankruptcy, creditors office managing partner (11) 1900 Main St., fifth floor communications@ rights, tax, environmental, construction litigation, (949) 553-1313/(949) 553-8354 Irvine 92614-7321 allenmatkins.com land use Newmeyer & Dillion LLP Newport Beach 49 58 28 105 Real estate, insurance, employment, business, Home Depot Inc., Centex Homes Inc., 2 Jeffrey Dennis 12 895 Dove St., fifth floor ndlf.com 7% 8% land use, intellectual property, bankruptcy William Lyon Homes, KB Home, Lennar, managing partner (14) Newport Beach 92660-2941 [email protected] Standard Pacific, Swinerton Inc., (949) 854-7000/(949) 854-7099 BlackRock Inc. McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chicago 46 1,049 19 104 Intellectual property, corporate, antitrust, trial, Google Inc., FlexEnergy Inc., Lynx Grills 16 Fay Morisseau 13 4 Park Plaza, Ste. 1700 mwe.com 53% 68% white collar, securities defense Inc., STEC Inc. partner-in-charge (28) Irvine 92614-2559 (949) 757-7115/(949) 851-9348 Walsworth Franklin Orange 45 75 23 115 Business, commercial, real estate litigation; Would not disclose 4 Jeffrey Walsworth 14 Bevins & McCall LLP wfbm.com -4% 0% transactional, employment, construction, senior partner (13) One City Blvd. W., fifth floor [email protected] environmental, healthcare, mass tort, product (714) 634-2522/(714) 634-0686 Orange 92868-3677 and general liability litigation, public entity defense, travel litigation defense Irell & Manella LLP Los Angeles 44 199 17 87 Arbitration, bankruptcy, environmental, William Lyon Homes Inc., Western 2 Andra Greene 15 840 Newport Center Drive, irell.com -8% -3% insurance, intellectual property, labor/ Digital, Yum Brands Inc. managing partner (12) Ste. 400 employment, litigation, mergers/acquisitions, real (949) 760-0991/(949) 760-5200 Newport Beach 92660-6324 estate, white collar defense Abbreviations: NA: not applicable Researched by Emily Weisburg List may not be reprinted without permission of the editor 1.23.12_SR_Law:4.14.08 SR Top RE Deals 1/19/12 6:09 PM Page 38 38 ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL Local breaking news: www.ocbj.com JANUARY 23, 2012 LAW FIRMS Rank Law firm Headquarters OC Attorneys OC OC Areas of practice Partial list of clients No. of Top local official(s) Prev. •Address •Website attorneys firmwide partners employees offices •Title Rank •Email •yearly % •yearly % firmwide •Phone/fax change change Paul Hastings LLP Los Angeles 41 1,029 14 67 Corporate, employment, intellectual property, Allergan, Walt Disney Co., Toshiba Corp. 18 John Simonis 16 695 Town Center Drive, 17th floor paulhastings.com 8% 5% litigation, real estate, tax chair, OC office (17) Costa Mesa 92626-1924 (714) 668-6200/(714) 979-1921 Wright Finlay & Zak LLP Newport Beach 41 48 3 85 Litigation services in mortgage banking, loan Saxon Group, American Home Mortgage 3 Robin Prema Wright 16 4665 MacArthur Court, Ste. 280 wrightlegal.net 28% 33% servicing, real estate, bankruptcy, eviction, Servicing Inc., Credit Suisse Group, managing partner (25) Newport Beach 92660-1811 [email protected] general business Select Portfolio Servicing Inc., Wells (949) 477-5050/(949) 477-9200 Fargo Home Mortgage Jackson DeMarco Tidus Irvine 40 53 19 73 Real estate, land use, subdivision, business, tax, Would not disclose 2 Ruth Mijuskovic 18 Peckenpaugh jdtplaw.com -9% -3% litigation, mortgage insurance president (15) 2030 Main St., 12th floor [email protected] (949) 752-8585/(949) 752-0597 Irvine 92614-9704 AlvaradoSmith Santa Ana 39 59 23 81 Financial institution litigation, real estate, JPMorgan Chase, Northrop Grumman 3 Ruben Smith 19 1 MacArthur Place, Ste. 200 alvaradosmith.com 18% 19% environmental, business and corporate Corp., Principal Life Insurance Co., managing shareholder (23) Santa Ana 92707-5941 [email protected] transactions, employment, public law, probate, Southern California Edison, Shell Oil Co. (714) 852-6800/(714) 852-6899 complex litigation, intellectual property, international Woodruff,