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Buchalter | May 2024
California, USA

14 May, 2024 - Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Wendy Lee to the Firm's Seattle office. Lee joins Buchalter as a Shareholder, and will spearhead the launch of the firm’s new Fintech and AI practice group. "We are thrilled to welcome Wendy to Buchalter," said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter ...

Buchalter | May 2024
California, USA

09 May, 2024. Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Juan Pablo Albán as a Corporate Shareholder in its Los Angeles office. Albán also joins as a member of the firm’s recently established Latin American Practice Group. "Juan Pablo is an excellent addition to our Los Angeles office," said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer ...

Buchalter | May 2024
California, USA

08 May 2024. Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Bradley Siegal as Shareholder to its recently expanded Nashville office. Siegal brings with him extensive expertise in real estate law, particularly in multifamily, retail, office, mixed-use, and industrial sectors throughout the Southeastern United States ...

Buchalter | May 2024
California, USA

1 May 2024. Buchalter is pleased to announce the expansion of its Nashville Office with the addition of eight attorneys and other professional staff. Shareholders Jay Bowen, Lauren Kilgore, and Lauren Spahn join from Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley, and Norton LLP, along with Rebekah Shulman, Jim Zumwalt, Jacob Clabo, Aaron Steinberg, and John Baxter. Already in Nashville are Real Estate Shareholder Josiah Reid, as well as Jeff Farano, Lucas Davidson, and Kaitlin White ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Senate Committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers By: Ed Sealover March 18, 2024 Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this session that some industry leaders have said is crucial to avoiding further flight from the profession ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Lawsuit against Denver and Colorado building energy standards draws fierce support, pushback By: Scott Weiser April 27, 2024 But Jack Luellen, energy and natural resources special counsel in the Denver office of Buchalter, said the plaintiffs in this case may have an uphill battle. “In the case of the Denver regulations, the plaintiffs are claiming impossibility preemption,” said Luellen. “That is going to be a hard case in my opinion. Courts have been very strict in deciding impossibility ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Office Snapshot: Buchalter Grows At Swift Pace In San Diego April 25, 2025 By: James Mills When Buchalter PC opened its San Diego office in March 2018 with two lawyers, firm CEO Adam Bass hoped the office might reach about 25 attorneys after six years. Instead the office located in the 655 West Broadway building in the city's downtown hit that number after only three years, and now it has 50 attorneys. "San Diego for us was a natural place. We never hesitated" to open in the city, Bass said ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

There’s Something in the Water: San Diego Is Once Again a Hot Market for National Law Firms April 22, 2024 By: Ronald E. Wood and Dale Durham San Diego has the popular image of an idyllic seaside university and beach town, protected by the U.S. Navy and nearby Marines. Yet, its siren song continues to lure some of the nation’s largest corporate law firms even as others have pulled up stakes and departed ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Marquis Who's Who Honors Monica Mazzei, JD, for Expertise in Family Law April 12, 2024 Monica Mazzei, JD, LLM, has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process. Ms ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan's Magic Mike Dispute Explained: They 'Probably Feel Like It's Worth the Gamble' April 15, 2024 By: Gillian Telling "Jenna is trying to prove that all of the Magic Mike intellectual property was developed during their marriage," explains Kara Chrobak, shareholder at national law firm Buchalter, of why the exes, both 43, are going to court over the financial matter. (Chrobak isn't working with either of them ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Buchalter's Community Development Finance Group has experienced remarkable growth, boasting a team of 15 lawyers and 4 paralegals spread across 6 offices along the west coast. This year marked a significant milestone as we facilitated our clients' investments in projects exceeding $4.6 billion nationwide ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

10 April, 2024. Buchalter is proud to announce the addition of two new Shareholders in its Denver office - Rajesh “Raj” Kukreja and Kara Chrobak have joined the firm’s Family Law practice. Both come to Buchalter from Sherman & Howard. "We are thrilled to welcome Raj and Kara to the firm,” said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Their wealth of experience and dedication to excellence will further strengthen our capabilities in serving clients' diverse family law needs ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

After more than 3 years of litigation, Mitchell Kim, with the help of Pooya Sohi, recently achieved a settlement agreement on behalf of their clients to obtain full ownership of a hotel property, business, and land valued between $25 million and $30 million when the clients only had 40% ownership before litigation. Additionally, the clients also obtained $1.3 million in cash payout with a stipulated judgment amount of $2.5 million in case of a default ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

By: Ray Huard "Buchalter, a business law firm that opened its San Diego office six years ago with a goal of growing to have a staff of about 20, has expanded far faster than expected. As of late March, Buchalter had 60 lawyers in San Diego and has gone from a two-room operation in a different downtown building to take over the entire 16thfloor of the office tower at 655 W. Broadway and half of another floor ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

Calif. Justices Rule Living Wills Not A Path To Arbitration March 29, 2024 By: Hannah Albarazi Chamberlain told Law360 in an interview Friday that he doesn't know whether his clients will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on their case but said he does know the "healthcare community is pretty disappointed" with this ruling, as California law now bars powers of attorney from entering into arbitration agreements without express permission to do so ...

Buchalter | April 2024
California, USA

02 April, 2024. Buchalter is pleased welcome new Shareholders Brent Baker and Antonio “Tony” Mejia along with Payton Bednarek and Tucker Levis to its Salt Lake City office. Baker joins from Parsons Behle & Latimer, while Mejia and Bednarek join from Kirton McConkie.  The firm’s Salt Lake City office opened in 2021, and has quickly and steadily grown to over 30 attorneys and 12 paralegals and support personnel ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

March 29, 2024 By: Howard Hardee Steve Segal, a mergers and acquisition attorney in Buchalter’s Denver office, believes Spirit has “a pretty decent runway of cash” from sale-leaseback transactions it has recently executed. In December, the company sold and leased back 20 of its narrowbody Airbus jets – and in January, completed transactions for five more aircraft – generating a total of $419 million in cash. However, the carrier holds significant debts that are set to come due next year ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

Hurdles Ahead For Calif. Mental Health Bond After Narrow Win By: Dan McKay March 26, 2024 Andrew H. Selesnick, a shareholder at Buchalter PC in Los Angeles with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare, said the expansion of beds and treatment options could ease pressure on hospital emergency departments, providing a more appropriate place for people to receive care and reducing violence against healthcare providers ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

Unveiling the Versatile Life of Eric Kennedy: Managing Shareholder; Buchalter March 21, 2024 By: Maria Lenin Laus Eric Kennedy Takes Center Stage: A Rockstar Managing Shareholder Eric Kennedy, the managing shareholder at Buchalter’s Orange County office, is not your typical high-stakes litigator. While he navigates the legal intricacies of his profession, he also finds solace in the rhythm of rock music, occasionally taking center stage as the lead singer of his band, ‘Attractive Nuisance’ ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

11th Circ. Wage Ruling Highlights Volunteer Benefit Pitfalls March 20, 2024 By Max Kutner, Law360 "Leah Lively of Buchalter PC, who represents employers, said an entity might consider not offering any volunteer benefits at all. "Do you need to be promising something for your volunteers?" Lively said ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

Buchalter High-Stakes Litigator Rockin’ Right Along March 18, 2024 By: Kevin Costelloe For Eric Kennedy, the managing shareholder at Buchalter in Orange County, occasionally singing in his own rock band is a lively change of pace from the formality of his legal practice. “Our punk version of ‘Sweet Caroline’ is a crowd favorite,” Kennedy said of the Neil Diamond classic from the late 1960s. To view the entire article, please click here ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

19 March, 2024. Buchalter is pleased to announce the significant expansion of its Sacramento office. In a strategic move highlighting the firm's vision for continued growth, Buchalter has secured additional office space at 500 Capitol Mall in Downtown Sacramento nearly doubling its original space. With this expansion, Buchalter has signed a new lease bringing the firm’s total footprint to approximately 25,000 square feet ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

Colorado outpaces the nation in closing the gender pay gap, report finds By: Analisa Romano March 14, 2024 "What is unclear to me is whether or not the increase in wages for women is due to the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, or whether it's just running parallel to the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act," Hinckley said. "It's hard to know what impact this law has when you only have three years of data. You may need more runway to understand the long-term impacts of a law like that ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

Daily Journal By: Jack Needham Adam Bass, CEO and president of Buchalter PC said that the in-person engagement provided by a physical office was “meaningful,” adding that the office’s role in a lawyer “perfecting their craft” at all stages of their career had been underappreciated until the pandemic and the shift to remote work ...

Buchalter | March 2024
California, USA

In August 2022, Go1 Pty, Ltd., filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition to cancel all claims in U.S. Patent No. 8,784,113, titled: Open and Interactive e-learning System and Method.  The patent is owned by Buchalter client, OpenSesame, Inc., a leading edge learning technology company.  Following over a year of litigation, including oral argument, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in favor of OpenSesame on February 26, 2024 ...

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