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Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law

SAN DIEGO

Victor A. Vilaplana
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Mikel R. Bistrow
Duane Morris • 101 West Broadway,
Suite 900 • San Diego, CA 92101-8285
619-744-2200

Dennis J. Wickham
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Michael T. Andrew
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600 • San Diego,
CA 92101 • 619-699-3218

Jeffry A. Davis
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121-2133 • 858-677-1400

David L. Osias
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory
501 West Broadway, Suite 900
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-233-1155

Business Litigation

SAN DIEGO

Daniel G. Lamb Jr.
Pillsbury Winthrop
SBC Building, Suite 1800 • 101 West Broadway
• San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-234-5000

Gerald L. McMahon
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Reginald A. Vitek
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Luke R. Corbett
Lindley, Scales & Corbett • 550 West C
Street, Suite 1800 • San Diego, CA 92101
619-234-9181

Robert G. Steiner
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-2464

David Noonan
Post, Kirby, Noonan & Sweat
600 West Broadway, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-231-8666

Robert C. Wright
Wright & L’Estrange • Merrill Lynch Building,
Suite 1550 • 701 B Street • San Diego, CA
92101 • 619-231-4844

Michael J. Weaver
Latham & Watkins
600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
San Diego, CA 92101-3375 • 619-236-1234

Stephen P. Swinton
Cooley Godward • 4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909 • 858-550-6000

William Grauer
Cooley Godward • 4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909 • 858-550-6000

Charles H. Dick Jr.
Baker & McKenzie • 101 West Broadway,
12th Floor • San Diego, CA 92101
619-236-1441

William S. Lerach
Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins •
401 B Street, Suite 1700
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-231-1058

Michael T. Thorsnes
Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
2550 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor
San Diego, CA 92103 • 619-236-9363

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions & Securities Law

SAN DIEGO

Craig S. Andrews
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Seventh Floor
San Diego, CA 92122-1246 • 858-450-8400

Scott N. Wolfe
Latham & Watkins
12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130 • 858-523-5400

Frederick T. Muto
Cooley Godward • 4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909 • 858-550-6000

David R. Snyder
Pillsbury Winthrop • SBC Building,
Suite 1800 • 101 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-234-5000

Robert G. Copeland
Duane Morris • 101 West Broadway,
Suite 900 • San Diego, CA 92101-8285
619-744-2200

Criminal Defense

SAN DIEGO

Peter J. Hughes
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1840
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-234-6695

Howard B. Frank
Frank & Milchen • 136 Redwood Street
San Diego, CA 92103-5690 • 619-574-1888

Frank J. Ragen
105 West F Street, Suite 215
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-231-4330

Milton J. Silverman
The Quartermass-Wilde House
2404 Broadway • San Diego, CA 92102
619-231-6611

John G. Cotsirilos
John G. Cotsirilos • 2442 Fourth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-6022

Michael L. Lipman
Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman
Koll Center, Suite 400 • 501 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-0800

Ezekiel E. Cortez
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1850
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-237-0309

Eugene G. Iredale
105 West F Street, Fourth Floor
San Diego, CA 92101-6036 • 619-233-1525

Michael Pancer
105 West F Street, Fourth Floor
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-1826

Lewis A. Wenzell
5070 Narragansett Avenue, Suite 303
San Diego, CA 92107 • 619-224-9422

Robert L. Grimes
Grimes & Warwick • 2664 Fourth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103-6515 • 619-232-2014

Patrick Q. Hall
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100
750 B Street • San Diego, CA 92101
619-685-3003

Charles M. Sevilla
Cleary & Sevilla • 1010 Second Avenue,
Suite 1825 • San Diego, CA 92101-4902
619-232-2222

John J. Cleary
Cleary & Sevilla • 1010 Second Avenue,
Suite 1825 • San Diego, CA 92101-4902
619-232-2222

Juanita R. Brooks
Fish & Richardson • 12390 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130 • 858-678-5070

John G. Phillips
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1840
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-234-0163

Knut S. Johnson
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1850
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-7080

Robert S. Brewer Jr.
McKenna Long & Aldridge
750 B Street, Suite 3300
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-595-5408

Charles L. Goldberg
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Raymond J. Coughlan Jr.
Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman
Koll Center, Suite 400 • 501 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-0800

VISTA

Richard D. Muir
122 Escondido Avenue, Suite 102
Vista, CA 92084 • 760-726-6131

Employee Benefits Law

SAN DIEGO

Daniel N. Riesenberg
Pillsbury Winthrop • 11682 El Camino Real,
Suite 200 • San Diego, CA 92130
619-234-5000

Lawrence S. Branton
Branton & Wilson • 701 B Street, Suite 1255
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-1891

Philip G. Gartrell
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Seventh Floor
San Diego, CA 92122-1246 • 858-450-8400

Environmental Law

SAN DIEGO

David L. Mulliken
Latham & Watkins • 600 West Broadway,
Suite 1800 • San Diego, CA 92101-3375
619-236-1234

Family Law

EL CAJON

S. Michael Love
McDougal, Love, Eckis, Smith, Boehmer &
Foley • 460 North Magnolia Avenue
P.O. Drawer 1466 • El Cajon, CA 92022-1466
619-440-4444

SAN DIEGO

Sandra J. Morris
3200 Fourth Avenue, Suite 101
San Diego, CA 92103 • 619-296-6060

John W. Lightner
Lightner & Lightner • 2445 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 420 • San Diego, CA 92101
619-232-9890

Nicholas A. Leto Jr.
Veltmann & Leto • 1620 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 700 • San Diego, CA 92101-2743
619-232-7384

James S. Veltmann
Veltmann & Leto • 1620 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 700 • San Diego, CA 92101-2743
619-232-7384

Robert C. Wood
Hervey & Wood • 1620 Fifth Avenue, Suite
800 • San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-238-1223

Rex L. Jones III
Jones Barnes • 1551 Fourth Avenue, Suite
501 • San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-544-7090

James D. Allen
Allen-Magidson • 401 West A Street,
Suite 2050 • San Diego, CA 92101
619-232-2050

Gerald L. McMahon
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Symphony Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-685-3003

Susanne Stanford
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-236-2463

Janis K. Stocks
Stocks & Fentin • 600 B Street, Suite 2050
San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-231-2025

VISTA

James A. Hennenhoefer
316 South Melrose Drive, Suite 200
Vista, CA 92083 •
760-941-2260

First Amendment Law

SAN DIEGO

Gregory D. Roper
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-236-2541

John Allcock
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary • 401 B Street,
Suite 2000 • San Diego, CA 92101-4240
619-699-2700

Guylyn Cummins
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
501 West Broadway, 19th Floor
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-338-6500

Gaming Law

CARLSBAD

Roland Santoni
West Development • 6185 Paseo del Norte,
Suite 170 • Carlsbad, CA 92009
760-431-9190

Immigration Law

SAN DIEGO

Peter N. Larrabee
Larrabee & Zimmerman
10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, Suite 910
San Diego, CA 92121 • 858-642-0420

Grace Zimmerman
Larrabee & Zimmerman
10145 Pacific Heights Boulevard, Suite 910
San Diego, CA 92121 • 858-642-0420

Robert A. Mautino
Mautino & Mautino
444 West C Street, Suite 320
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-235-9177

Intellectual Property Law

SAN DIEGO

Kate H. Murashige
Morrison & Foerster
3811 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92130 • 858-720-5100

Alan H. Blankenheimer
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Seventh Floor
San Diego, CA 92122-1246 • 858-450-8400

John M. Benassi
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
3579 Valley Centre Drive • San Diego, CA
92130 • 858-720-2500

Douglas E. Olson
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
3579 Valley Centre Drive • San Diego, CA
92130 • 858-720-2500

Labor & Employment Law

SAN DIEGO

Abby B. Silverman
Baker & McKenzie
101 West Broadway, 12th Floor
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-1441

Thomas L. Tosdal
Tosdal, Smith, Steiner & Wax
600 B Street, Suite 2100 • San Diego, CA
92101-4506 • 619-239-7200

Richard A. Paul
Paul Plevin Sullivan & Connaughton
401 B Street, 10th Floor • San Diego, CA
92101 • 619-237-5200

Richard D. Prochazka
2525 Camino del Rio South, Suite 209
San Diego, CA 92108 • 619-296-7677

Fern M. Steiner
Tosdal, Smith, Steiner & Wax • 600 B Street,
Suite 2100 • San Diego, CA 92101-4506
619-239-7200

David P. Strauss
Strauss & Asher • 555 West Beech Street,
Suite 302 • San Diego, CA 92101
619-237-5300

Fred M. Plevin
Paul Plevin Sullivan & Connaughton
401 B Street, 10th Floor • San Diego, CA
92101 • 619-237-5200

Robert W. Bell Jr.
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Seventh Floor
San Diego, CA 92122-1246 • 858-450-8400

James K. Smith
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121-2133 • 858-677-1400

John D. Collins
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130 • 858-720-8900

George S. Howard Jr.
Pillsbury Winthrop • SBC Building,
Suite 1800 • 101 West Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
619-234-5000

Legal Malpractice Law

SAN DIEGO

Dan L. Stanford
402 West Broadway, Suite 2900
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-696-6160

Peter R. Thompson
Thompson & Thompson
480 Camino del Rio, Suite 121
San Diego, CA 92108 • 619-299-7528

Thomas E. Sharkey
Sharkey, Roberts & Chodzko
501 West Broadway, Suite 540
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-239-8499

Personal Injury Litigation

SAN DIEGO

Michael I. Neil
Neil, Dymott, Perkins, Brown & Frank
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 2500
San Diego, CA 92101-4906 • 619-238-1712

John F. (Mickey) McGuire
Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire
2550 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor
San Diego, CA 92103 • 619-236-9363

T. Michael Reed
Casey, Gerry, Reed & Schenk
110 Laurel Street • San Diego, CA
92101-1486 • 619-238-1811

Harvey R. Levine
Levine, Steinberg, Miller & Huver
550 West C Street, Suite 1810
San Diego, CA 92101-8596 • 619-231-9449

Milton J. Silverman
The Quartermass-Wilde House
2404 Broadway • San Diego, CA 92102
619-231-6611

Virginia C. Nelson
550 West C Street, Suite 2050
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-5503

Craig R. McClellan
McClellan & Gomez • 1144 State Street
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-231-0505

Alan Brubaker
Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Goodwin LLP
600 West Broadway, Seventh Floor
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-8151

Daniel M. White
White, Noon & Oliver • 550 West C Street,
Suite 950 • San Diego, CA 92101-3353
619-239-0300

Robert F. Vaage
110 West C Street, Suite 2105
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-338-0505

Dennis A. Schoville
Schoville & Arnell LLP
1230 Columbia Street, Suite 800
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-9901

Thomas E. Sharkey
Sharkey, Roberts & Chodzko
501 West Broadway, Suite 540
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-239-8499

Vincent J. Bartolotta Jr.
Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire • 2550 Fifth
Avenue, 11th Floor • San Diego, CA 92103 •
619-236-9363

Edward D. Chapin
Chapin Wheeler LLP
600 West Broadway, Suite 700
San Diego, CA 92101• 619-241-4810

Douglas M. Butz
Butz, Dunn, DeSantis & Bingham • 101 West
Broadway, Suite 1700 • San Diego, CA
92101 • 619-233-4777

George E. Fleming
Baker & McKenzie • 101 West Broadway,
12th Floor • San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-
236-1441

Charles R. Grebing
Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Goodwin LLP •
600 West Broadway, Seventh Floor • San
Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-8151

Cary W. Miller
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman • 101 West
Broadway, Suite 1105 • San Diego, CA
92101 • 619-744-7300

James Mangione
Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Goodwin LLP •
600 West Broadway, Seventh Floor • San
Diego, CA 92101 • 619-232-8151

Real Estate Law

RANCHO SANTA FE

Eric O. Freeberg
14639 Calle Carla • P.O. Box 9440 • Rancho
Santa Fe, CA 92067-4440 • 858-756-6632

SAN DIEGO


Louis E. Goebel
2445 Fifth Avenue, Suite 410 • San Diego,
CA 92101 • 619-239-2611

Paul I. Meyer
Latham & Watkins • 600 West Broadway,
Suite 1800 • San Diego, CA 92101-3375 •
619-236-1234

James R. Dawe
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek • Symphony
Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street • San
Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Alan R. Perry
Musick, Peeler & Garrett • 225 Broadway,
Suite 1900 • San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-
525-2500

Robert Caplan
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek • Symphony
Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street • San
Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

Nancy T. Scull
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps • 600
West Broadway, Suite 2600 • San Diego, CA
92101 • 619-236-2457

SOLANA BEACH

Michael E. Gleason
Gleason & Gleason • 777 South Highway
101, Suite 123 • Solana Beach, CA 92075 •
858-350-0572

Tax Law

David J. Dorne
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek • Symphony
Towers, Suite 2100 • 750 B Street • San
Diego, CA 92101 • 619-685-3003

David C. Boatwright
Latham & Watkins • 600 West Broadway,
Suite 1800 • San Diego, CA 92101-3375 •
619-236-1234

George L. Damoose
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch • 530 B
Street, 21st Floor • San Diego, CA 92101 •
619-238-1900

J. Clancy Wilson
Branton & Wilson • 701 B Street, Suite 1255
• San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-1891

Richard L. Kintz
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130 • 858-720-8900

Richard A. Shaw
Higgs, Fletcher & Mack • First National Bank
Building, Suite 2600 • 40l West A Street
San Diego, CA 92101-7908 • 619-236-1551

Trusts & Estates

LA JOLLA

Stephen L. Newnham
Newnham, Fitzpatrick, Weston & Brennan
7777 Fay Avenue, Suite 260
La Jolla, CA 92037 • 858-459-3821

Edward V. Brennan
Newnham, Fitzpatrick, Weston & Brennan
7777 Fay Avenue, Suite 260
La Jolla, CA 92037 • 858-459-3821

David Weston
Newnham, Fitzpatrick, Weston & Brennan
7777 Fay Avenue, Suite 260
La Jolla, CA 92037 • 858-459-3821

RANCHO SANTA FE

Steven J. Chidester
Holland & Knight • 6050 El Tordo
P.O. Box 2329 • Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
858-756-4410

Barry C. Fitzpatrick
Newnham, Fitzpatrick, Weston & Brennan
5951 La Sendita • P.O. Box 428
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 • 858-756-1158

James M. Cowley
Holland & Knight • 6050 El Tordo
P.O. Box 2329
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 • 858-756-4410

SAN DIEGO

William E. Beamer
Beamer, Lauth, Steinley & Bond
750 B Street, Suite 3110
San Diego, CA 92101-8105 • 619-235-6800

Robert J. Durham Jr.
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-2567

Jack G. Charney
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
600 West Broadway, Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-6378

James D. Miller
Nugent, Weinman, Abbene, Alcock & Wolfe
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 2200
San Diego, CA 92101-4913 • 619-236-1323

Theodore J. Cranston
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121-2133 • 858-677-1400

George E. Olmstead
Olmstead, Cramer & Pizzuto
401 West A Street, Suite 2300
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-236-1125

Margaret Anne Payne
Higgs, Fletcher & Mack • First National Bank
Building, Suite 2600 • 40l West A Street
San Diego, CA 92101-7908 • 619-236-1551

Worker’s Compensation Law

SAN DIEGO

David B. Dugan
2445 Fifth Avenue, Suite 350
San Diego, CA 92101 • 619-544-1506

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