2009 Top Attorneys_AD - Semifinalists.qxp
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Congratulations to those who have arrived at the Semi-Finalist stage – another
step closer to being recognized as one of San Diego’s Top Attorneys. As a unique
peer-to-peer recognition process, only attorneys can nominate and vote on other
attorneys for this honor. Stay tuned for Finalist Announcements on July 8, 2009 in
a special print and Web publication, followed by a VIP Top Attorneys reception.
SDDT.COM/TOPATTORNEYS
The semi-finalists are in!
ACADEMIC
Anaheeta Kolah, California Western School of Law
Alex Simpson, California Western School of Law
Jan Stiglitz, California Western School of Law
Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Julie Greenberg, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Marybeth Herald, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Alex Kreit, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Julie Cromer Young, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Richard Carpenter, USD School of Law
Margaret Cartwright, USD School of Law
Walter Heiser, USD School of Law
Shaun Martin, USD School of Law
Frank Partnoy, USD School of Law
John Meyers, Western Sierra Law School
CORPORATE LITIGATION
Colin Murray, Baker & McKenzie
William Berman, Berman & Riedel LLP
Gregory Cartwright, Cartwright Law Group
Jill Sullivan, Chapin Wheeler LLP
Koji Fukumura, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Bill Grauer, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Eric Isaacson, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins
Charles Evendorff, Cricket Wireless Communications
James Garrett, DLA Piper
Jay Jeffcoat, DLA Piper
Nancy Stagg, Fish & Richardson PC
Sean Foldenauer, Foldenauer Law Firm
Bob Gaglione, Gaglione Law Group
John Gomez, Gomez Law Firm
Kevin Alexander, Gordon & Rees LLP
Miles Scully, Gordon & Rees LLP
Randy Grossman, Jones Day
John Klinedinst, Klinedinst PC
Virginia Price, Klinedinst PC
Cynthia Cwik, Latham & Watkins LLP
Michael Weaver, Latham & Watkins LLP
Andrew Kaplan, Law Offices of Andrew B. Kaplan
William Smelko, Law Offices of William A. Smelko
David Britton, Lockhart & Britton
Christian Humphreys, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Tyson Marshall, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Sean Prosser, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Mark Zebrowski, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Craig Nicholas, Nicholas & Butler LLP
Andrew Kohn, Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz PC
Jeffrey Miyamoto, Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz PC
Hawk Barry, Rosner & Mansfield LLP
Alan Mansfield, Rosner & Mansfield LLP
Jim Ballard, Schwartz Semerdjian Haile Ballard
Monty McIntyre, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Gerald McMahon, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Reg Vitek, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Bob Gerber, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Robert Rose, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Erwin Shustak, Shustak Frost & Partners, PC
John Smaha, Smaha Law Office
Gil Cabrera, The Cabrera Firm APC
Sarah Lanham, Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower
John Stephens, Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower
Mark Cumba, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
Fred Kosmo, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
Regina Petty, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
CORPORATE TRANSACTIONAL
Barbara Borden, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Wain Fishburn, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Russell Davis, Davis Law Associates
Robert Gleason, Evans Hotels
Craig Garner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Otto Sorensen, Law Offices of Otto E. Sorensen
Rick Aljabi, Law Offices of Rick Aljabi
Robert Goldstein, Law Offices of Robert L. Goldstein
Edye Bauer, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Jeremy Glaser, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Eddie Rodriguez, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Chris Forrester, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Scott Stanton, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Mike Hird, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Sue Hodges, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Dave Snyder, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Bill Eigner, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Beatrice Kemp, San Diego Convention Center Corporation
David Renas, Sangart, Inc.
Jerry Gumpel, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
John Tishler, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Michael Umanksy, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Steven Soden, Soden & Steinberger
Steve Elia, Law Offices of Steven A. Elia, APC
Tim O’Brien, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Michael Brown, Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth
Michael Newman, Websense
CRIMINAL
Colin Murray, Baker & McKenzie
Marc Carlos, Bardsley & Carlos, LLP
Michael Attanasio, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Stacey Kartchner, Grimes & Warwick
Greg Daniels, Klinedinst PC
Thomas McNamara, La Bella & McNamara LLP
Bernard Skomal, Law Offices of Bernard S. Skomal
Brian Funk, Law Offices of Brian Funk
Charles Sevilla, Law Offices of Charles Sevilla, APC
Ezekiel Cortez, Law Offices of Ezekiel E. Cortez
Jim Pokorny, Law Offices of James Pokorny
Jessica Aminoff, Law Offices of Jessica Aminoff
John Phillips, Law Offices of John G. Phillips, APC
John Lemon, Law Offices of John Lemon, APC
Knut Johnson, Law Offices of Knut Johnson
Kurt Hermansen, Law Offices of Kurt Hermansen
Mayra Garcia, Law Offices of Mayra Garcia
Michael Pancer, Law Offices of Michael Pancer
Peter Jay Hughes, Law Offices of Peter Hughes, APC
Stephen Cline, Law Offices of Stephen Cline
Bill Nimmo, Nimmo Law Group
Nicole Tee, Raskin & Tee
Patrick Espinoza, SD County District Attorney’s Office
Wendy Patrick Mazzarella, SD County
District Attorney’s Office
Douglas Rose, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
Greg Vega, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
ESTATE PLANNING/PROBATE & TRUST
Jerilyn Jones, Brierton Jones & Jones LLP
Judy Copeland, Copeland & Tierman LLP
Ellen Whelan, DLA Piper
Kenneth Coveney, Dostart Clapp Gordon & Coveney LLP
Alejandra Rodriguez, Law Offices of Alejandra Rodriguez
Carol Battaglia, Law Offices of Carol Battaglia
Charles LiMandri, Law Offices of Charles LiMandri
Howard Wiggins, Law Offices of Howard Wiggins
Nancy Spector, Law Offices of Nancy Spector
Ronson Shamoun, Law Offices of Ronson Shamoun
Mary Gillick, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Louis Mezzullo, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Frederick Vandeveer, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Andrew Pharies, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Merrianne Dean, Rosenstein Wilson & Dean, PLC
FAMILY
Lesa Christenson, ABC & K
Jeffrey Fritz, Basie & Fritz
Julie Mack, Brave Weber & Mack, APLC
Gordon Cruse, Gordon D. Cruse, APLC
William Hargreaves, Hargreaves & Taylor LLP
Carlos Tavares III, Keamy Tavares & Associates, APLC
Garrison Klueck, Law & Mediation Offices
of Garrison Klueck
Naghmeh Bashar, Law Offices of Beatrice L. Snider, APC
Michele Brown, Law Offices of Beatrice L. Snider, APC
Daniel Larkin, Law Offices of Daniel P. Larkin
James Miller Sr., Law Offices of J Parkeson Miller
James Scott, Law offices of James D. Scott, CFLS
Kim Cheatum, Law Offices of Kim Cheatum
Melissa Schmitt, Law Offices of Melissa Schmitt
Myra Chack Fleischer, Law Offices of Myra Chack
Fleischer
Cynthia Harf, Law Offices of Myra Chack Fleischer
Patrick McCrary, Law Offices of Patrick McCrary
Richard Wildman, Law Offices of Richard Wildman
Russ Rasmussen, Law Offices of Russ Rasmussen
Stanwood Johnson, Law Offices of Stanwood Johnson
Michele Lowenstein, Lowenstein Brown, APLC
Iris McKay, McKay Law Group
Erik Moore, Moore Lewis Schulman & Moore, APC
Peggy Moore, Moore Lewis Schulman & Moore, APC
David Schulman, Moore Lewis Schulman & Moore, APC
Matthew Palmer, Palmer Rodak & Associates, APC
Robert Parks, Parks & Oberhansley, APLC
Roy Doppelt, Pinkerton Doppelt & Associates, LLP
Jon Rigney, Rigney Law Firm
Amanda Harris, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Marnie Skeen, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Robert Steinberger, Soden & Steinberger
Nancy Stassinopoulos, Stassinopoulos Schweitzer
Charles Wesley Kim Jr., Yelman & Associates
Sara Neumann, Yelman & Associates
Tara Yelman, Yelman & Associates
INSURANCE
Marc Halpern, Abelson Herron LLP
William Berman, Berman & Riedel LLP
Mazda Antia, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Andrew Dunk, Dunk & Associates
Rebecca Mowbray, Dunk & Associates
James Frantz, Frantz Law Group
John Gomez, Gomez Law Firm
Michelle Bernard, Gordon & Rees LLP
Peter Schulz, Greco Traficante Schulz & Brick
Paul Hilding, Hilding Law Firm
Jonathan Brenner, Judicate West
Susan Kohn, Klinedinst PC
Heather Rosing, Klinedinst PC
Matthew Smith, Klinedinst PC
Dorn Bishop, Law Offices of Dorn Bishop, APC
John Zucconi, Law Offices of Douglas Olins
Mark Mabile, Law Offices of Mark Mabile
Richard Huver, Levine Steinberg Miller & Huver
Harvey Levine, Levine Steinberg Miller & Huver
Craig Mann, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Marilyn Moriarty, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP
David Burke, Neil Dymott Frank McFall & Trexler APLC
Robert Frank, Neil Dymott Frank McFall & Trexler APLC
Clark Hudson, Neil Dymott Frank McFall & Trexler APLC
Dominic Nesbitt, Osborne & Nesbitt LLP
Alan Schonfeld, Schonfeld Bertsche Preciado & Mahady
Monty McIntyre, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION
John Kyle, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Tony Stiegler, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Jessica Wolff, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Alan Blankenheimer, Covington & Burling LLP
Sean Cunningham, DLA Piper
Randy Kay, DLA Piper
James Sze, Duane Morris LLP
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson PC
Roger Denning, Fish & Richardson PC
John Gartman, Fish & Richardson PC
John Schnurer, Fish & Richardson PC
John Thornburgh, Fish & Richardson PC
Andrew Serwin, Foley & Lardner LLP
Dan Silverman, Foley & Lardner LLP
John Haller, Gordon & Rees LLP
Anthony Insogna, Jones Day
Greg Hensrude, Klinedinst PC
Erik Anderson, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Fred Berretta, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Kenneth Fitzgerald, Latham & Watkins LLP
Steve Swinton, Latham & Watkins LLP
Robert Ottilie, Law Offices of Robert P. Ottilie
David Beckwith, McDermott Will & Emery
James McNeill, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Matt Bernstein, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Andrew Skale, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Paul Mirowski, Mirowski & Associates
David Doyle, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Christian Platt, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Gerald McMahon, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Robert Gerber, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Amar Thakur, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONAL
Randall Broberg, Allen Matkins
David Branfman, Branfman Law Group, PC
Alan Dow, Complete Genomics Incorporated
Stacy Taylor, DLA Piper
Lisa Haile, DLA Piper
James Sze, Duane Morris LLP
Bing Ai, Fish & Richardson PC
Bill Hunter, Fish & Richardson PC
Lisa Martens, Fish & Richardson PC
John Phillips, Fish & Richardson PC
Peter Albert, Jr., Foley & Lardner LLP
John Kim, IP Legal Advisors
Anthony Insogna, Jones Day
Mark Abumeri, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
John Carson, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Ned Israelsen, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Joe Reisman, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
AJ Bokal, Life Technologies Corporation
David Gay, McDermott Will & Emery
John Hankins, McDermott Will & Emery
Astrid Spain, McDermott Will & Emery
James Cleary, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Fred Hernandez, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Carl Kukkonen III, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Lance Kurata, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Cary Miller, Morrison & Foerster LLP
James Mullen, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Laurie Axford, Nath Law Group
Thane Bauz, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Jane Song, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Noel Gillespie, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Jacob Reinbolt, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Beni Surpin, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
LABOR/EMPLOYMENT
Amy Wintersheimer Findley, Allen Matkins
Jon Andrews, Andrews Lagasse Branch & Bell LLP
Jennifer Branch, Andrews Lagasse Branch & Bell LLP
Shauna Durrant, Andrews Lagasse Branch & Bell LLP
Anthony Pantoni, Anthony Pantoni, APC
Dennis Childs, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Russ Davis, Davis Law Associates
Jennifer Kearns, Duane Morris LLP
Joann Rezzo, Edleson & Rezzo
Barry Ponticello, England Ponticello & St Clair
Renee St.Clair, England Ponticello & St Clair
Gina Haggerty, Gordon & Rees LLP
James McMullen, Gordon & Rees LLP
Robert Murphy, Gordon & Rees LLP
Mark Saxon, Gordon & Rees LLP
George Howard, Jones Day
David Monks, Klinedinst PC
Joshua Gruenberg, Law Offices of Joshua Gruenberg
Sandra Wagner, Law Offices of Sandra M. Wagner
Jerrilyn Malana, Littler Mendelson PC
Jeremy Roth, Littler Mendelson PC
Kathryn Bernert, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Robert Levy, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Chad Wishchuk, Marks Golia & Finch LLP
Robert Cocchia, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Juan Casteneda, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Micha Danzig, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Craig Hunsaker, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Rick Bergstrom, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Craig Schloss, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Mary Dollarhide, Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
Tim Williams, Pope Berger & Williams, LLP
Spencer Skeen, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Paula Rosenstein, Rosenstein Wilson & Dean, PLC
Lynne Lasry, Sandler Lasry Laube Byer & Valdez LLP
Cynthia Freeland, Schor & Freeland LLP
Renee Schor, Schor & Freeland LLP
Dick Semerdjian, Schwartz Semerdjian Haile Ballard
Sean Simpson, Simpson & Moore, LLP
Cynthia Stratton, Stratton & Green, ALC
Ray Artiano, Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz
Timothy Stutler, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Michael Kalt, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
Lois Kosch, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
Regina Petty, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
Claudette Wilson, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
Lonny Zilberman, Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner LLP
MUNICIPAL & GOVERNMENT
David Blair-Loy, ACLU Foundation of San Diego
Michael Cowett, Best Best & Krieger LLP
Jodi Cleesattle, California Office of the Attorney General
Nicholas Paul, California Office of the Attorney General
Charles Christensen, Christensen & Spath LLP
Walter Spath, Christensen & Spath LLP
John Sansone, County of San Diego
Keith Zakarin, Duane Morris LLP
Mark Nys, Klinedinst PC
Sharon Mehlman, Larrabee Mehlman Albi Coker,LLP
Lea Fields-Bernard, Office of Councilmember Young
John Lormon, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Robert Newmeyer, United States District Court
PERSONAL INJURY/PROPERTY DAMAGE
Denise Asher, Asher Mediation
William Berman, Berman & Riedel LLP
Gayle Blatt, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt
Robert Francavilla, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt
Thomas Penfield, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt
Frederick Schenk, Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt
Andrew Dunk, Dunk & Associates
Robert Hamparyan, Gomez Law Firm
James Iagmin, Gomez Law Firm
Perri Kenneth, Gordon & Rees LLP
James Patterson, Harrison Patterson O’Connor & Kinkead
Mike Vallee, Law Offices of J. Michael Vallee
James Brown, Law Offices of James Brown
Karin Wick, Law Offices of Karin Wick
Mike Marrinan, Law Offices of Michael Marrinan
Ryan Harris, Law Offices of Ryan Harris
Steve Vosseller, Law Offices of Steven Vosseller
Rebecca Mowbray, Mowbray Law Firm
Vincent Bartolotta, Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
Kevin Quinn, Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
Brett Schreiber, Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
John Wertz, Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
Bruce Beach, Best Best & Krieger LLP
Christopher Celentino, Duane Morris LLP
Andrew Dunk, Dunk & Associates
Mark Dillon, Gatzke Dillon & Ballance LLP
David Chasin, Gordon & Rees LLP
Keith Cramer, Gordon & Rees LLP
Brian Frasch, Gordon & Rees LLP
Todd Konold, Gordon & Rees LLP
Jason Meyer, Gordon & Rees LLP
Dan Holsenback, Holsenback APC
Chrisoula Lamprou, Kennedy & Souza, APC
Kurt Campbell, Klinedinst PC
Gabe Wright, Klinedinst PC
Courtney Ann Coyle, Law Offices of Courtney Ann Coyle
David Czelusniak, Law Offices of Kevin Pegan
Michael Spilger, Law Offices of Michael Spilger
William Ward, Law Offices of William Ward
Marilyn Moriarty, Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Chris Findley, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Randy Finch, Jr. , Marks Golia & Finch LLP
Mark Budwig, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Glenn Spitzer, San Diego City Attorney’s Office
Jim Sandler, Sandler Lasry Laube Byer & Valdez LLP
Pamela Scholefield, Scholefield Associates, PC
Donna Jones, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Howard Silldorf, Silldorf & Levine, LLP
Mickey Mcguire, Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
John Moot, Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION TRANSACTIONAL
Jeffrey Chine, Allen Matkins
Ray Gliner, Allen Matkins
Michael Pruter, Allen Matkins
Dana Schiffman, Allen Matkins
Julie Mebane, Duane Morris LLP
Mark Spiegler, Fisch Spiegler & Ginsburg, APLC
Van Tengberg, Foley & Lardner LLP
Eric Young, Gordon & Rees LLP
David Bagley, Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley
Susan Daly, Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley
Arthur Moreau, Klinedinst PC
Robert Kolodny, Kolodny & Pressman LLP
Michael Ramsey, Law Offices of Michael Ramsey
Bob Bell, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Brian Fish, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Nancy Scull, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Ken Stipanov, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
Steve Toohill, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
David Demian, Marks Golia & Finch LLP
Scott Biel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Eric Kremer, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
John Alessio, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Michael Lyon, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch
Robert Caplan, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Brian Seltzer, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Bruce Wallace, Wertz McDade Wallace Moot & Brower
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