By: Jennifer Misetich March 26, 2024 On March 25, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Huerta v. CSI Electrical Contractors, which provides certain clarity on nuanced wage and hour issues and the scope of the term “hours worked.” In this case, Plaintiff George Huerta and other workers were hired by a subcontractor to assist CSI Electrical Contractors (CSI) with procurement, installation, construction, and testing services at a solar power facility located on privately owned land in Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties...
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Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for eight decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world. They rely on our forward-thinking to help them resolve problems before they arise.
At Buchalter, we practice in that spirit.
Our founding principle-providing our clients with the best business solutions-continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. Our overarching goal-getting the best results for the client in a timely manner with sensitivity to cost-has engendered client loyalty, and the firm has grown from that loyalty.
Our lawyers are accessible, resourceful, skillful and adept at responding to change. Our technological capabilities keep case law and rule changes at our fingertips and client communications current, enabling us to create efficient, superior outcomes.
We strongly believe that technology is a tool that furthers the practice of law and have used that belief to develop a cutting edge platform for our firm. We use a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony and Video-over-IP conferencing. Sharing documents is seamless through FileSite, which is also utilized to create our Client Extranets. To support our litigation matters, we use Concordance and Opticon, as well as LiveNote and Sanction. Unlike many firms, we have the capacity to process e-Discovery in-house, reducing client costs.
Buchalter lawyers are also active members of the communities in which they live and work. Leadership is a value the founding partners practiced and passed on to the current generation of attorneys. Our lawyers sit on the boards of prominent organizations, teach and lecture frequently. We actively participate in many associations and groups including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix and many others.
Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Business Journal. It is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal.
Buchalter's commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which we practice is more than eight decades strong. The firm's diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater array of creative talent and alternative thinking, benefiting all.
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James Andrew Caprile
ShareholderHarry W. R. Chamberlain II
ShareholderKevin T. Collins
ShareholderJames K. Dyer, Jr.
ShareholderJames K. Dyer, Jr.
ShareholderJosh Escovedo
ShareholderBenjamin M. Heuer
ShareholderGregg D. Josephson
ShareholderJenni Krengel
ShareholderRobert S. McWhorter
ShareholderMichael Muse-Fisher
ShareholderGwenneth O'Hara
ShareholderBryan Phipps
ShareholderDylan W. Wiseman
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Berit Elam
AttorneyJonathan Kendrick
AttorneyGrey R. Lund
AttorneyNataliya Shtevnina
AttorneyAdam P. Smith
AttorneyAnna G. Thomas
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Phillip Chan
Senior CounselSteven G Churchwell
Of CounselAnna Crivelli
Senior CounselDanielle F. Diebert
Senior CounselDevan McCarty
Special CounselJarrett S. Osborne-Revis
Senior CounselAlexandra Bijan Pakzad
Special CounselMikhail Parnes
Senior CounselJarom Phipps
Senior CounselAlissa "Lisa" Pleau-Fuller
Senior CounselJacqueline N. Vu
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Corporate Transparency Act Found Unconstitutional for Certain Businesses
March 25, 2024 By: Daniel C. Silva and Ross Garrett In March 2024, the Northern District of Alabama held that Congress exceeded its Constitutional authority by enacting the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA requires variety corporate entities—everything from LLCs to trusts—to disclose beneficial ownership information to the U.S. Treasury Department. The CTA extended the nation’s anti-money laundering (“AML”) regime, known as the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”), which combats illicit financial activity like tax fraud, money laundering, and financing terrorism...
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Andrew Selesnick Quoted in Law360
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. "I've had clients that have had to house people who have mental health issues in their EDs for weeks," Selesnick told Law360. "That's not a place to live, and that's not what it's meant for...
Eric Kennedy Featured in JD Journal
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’. Kennedy’s journey from courtroom to concert hall offers a glimpse into the dynamic life of a legal professional with a passion for music...
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