Hanson Bridgett LLP

Legal Services | California, USA

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Scott C. SmithPartner

Matthew P. FisherPartner

Mary Enemark StoneDirector of Marketing and Business Development

Offices

San Francisco, California | Los Angeles, California | Sacramento, California | San Rafael, California | Walnut Creek, California

Hanson Bridgett LLP News

Hanson Bridgett LLP's Overview

Hanson Bridgett is a law firm with more than 150 attorneys in offices in San Francisco, Sacramento, the North Bay, the East Bay and Los Angeles. Serving clients since 1958, we are well known in Northern California and have earned a national reputation in many of our practice areas. Our diverse client list includes large national and global companies as well as many governmental entities, regional businesses and individuals. While we keep true to our California roots, our work increasingly takes us across state and national borders. We are a certified B Corp and are socially responsible members of our communities. Our firm is driven by a commitment to diversity, charitable giving, pro bono legal work and hands-on service.

Year this Office was Established: 1958
Number of Offices Worldwide: 5
Lawyers Worldwide: 164

Notable

Areas of Practice

Appellate
Construction
Corporate
Employee Benefits
Environmental & Natural Resources
Estate Planning & Administration
Food and Beverage
Government
Health Care
Insurance Recovery
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Privacy, Data Security and Information Governance
Real Estate
Senior Housing and Care
Shopping Centers
Sustainable Business and Impact Investing
Tax
Technology
Transportation & Logistics
Water Law

Representative Clients

American Seniors Housing Association
America's Cup Event Authority
California Assisted Living Association
Continuing Life
Droga Chocolates
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc
HealthWafer
Lighthouse Capital Partners
Leisure Sports Inc.
New Leaf Community Markets
Northern California Presbyterian Homes and Services
ORACLE TEAM USA
Prologis, Inc.
Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.
Regency Centers
Southern California Regional Rail Authority
The Jenks Group, Inc.
Truckee-Carson Irrigation District
Western United Dairymen
Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.

Professionals

Partners

Samir J. AbdelnourPartner

Michelle AkermanPartner

Howard W. Ashcraft Jr.Partner

Alexandra V. AtencioPartner

Neil R. BardackPartner

Andrew A. BassakPartner

Jennifer R. BerlandPartner

Alexander BerlinePartner

Edward M. BernardPartner

Judith W. BoyettePartner

Liza C. BunkerPartner

David BuoncristianiPartner

Rory J. CampbellPartner

Joan L. CassmanPartner

Emily M. CharleyPartner

Jeffrey M. ChuPartner

Madeline ChunPartner

Lawrence M. CirelliPartner

Daniel ClintonPartner

Michael N. ConneranPartner

Noel M. CookPartner

John T. CuPartner

Lisa Dal GalloPartner

Jahmal T. DavisPartner

Michael F. DonnerPartner

Matthew P. FisherPartner

Batya F. ForsythPartner

Kurt A. FranklinPartner

David S. GehrigPartner

Andrew G. GiacominiManaging Partner

Patrick M. GlennPartner

Joel S. GoldmanPartner

Michael J. GorbackPartner

Paul A. GordonPartner

Theodore A. HellmanPartner

Adam W. HofmannPartner

Miles C. HoldenPartner

Merton A. HowardPartner

Allan D. JergesenPartner

Molly Lee KabanPartner

Christopher A. KarachalePartner

Pamela S. KaufmannPartner

Linda E. KlammPartner

Michael Y. LateefPartner

Jordan A. LavinskyPartner

Kristina D. LawsonManaging Partner-Elect

Dorothy S. LiuPartner

Constance LiuPartner

David C. LonginottiPartner

Raymond F. LynchPartner

Kimon ManoliusPartner

Jennifer M. MartinezPartner

Elizabeth J. MassonPartner

Robert A. McFarlanePartner

Nathan A. MetcalfPartner

David J. MillerPartner

Steven D. MillerPartner

Patrick T. MiyakiPartner

Joseph F. MoorePartner

Shannon M. NessierPartner

Nancy J. NewmanPartner

Diane Marie O'MalleyPartner

Megan Oliver ThompsonPartner

Teresa V. PahlPartner

Lisa M. PooleyPartner

Davina PujariPartner

Sandra L. RappaportPartner

K. Bradley RogersonPartner

DeidrÃ© A. SchÃ¶nfeldtPartner

Brian M. SchnarrPartner

Allison C. SchuttePartner

Julie A. ShermanPartner

Scott C. SmithPartner

Jillian Somers DonovanPartner

Jonathan S. StorperPartner

Richard J. StrattonPartner

Gilbert J. TsaiPartner

Shayna Mittler van HoftenPartner

Michael J. Van ZandtPartner

Mohammad WalizadehPartner

Gary A. WattPartner

Fred B. WeilPartner

Garner K. WengPartner

Natalie N. WilsonPartner

Neal L. WolfPartner

Samantha D. WolffPartner

Alison E. WrightPartner

Glenda M. ZarbockPartner

Associates

Ashley N. BechtelAssociate

Cole A. BenbowAssociate

Walter M. Binswanger IIIAssociate

Patrick T. BurnsAssociate

David C. CasarrubiasAssociate

Joyce L. T. ChangAssociate

Marc C. CoatsAssociate

Kristine L. CraigAssociate

Ellen K. DemsonAssociate

Nancy E. DollarAssociate

Rosanna W. GanAssociate

Neema S. GhiasiAssociate

Celia L. GuzmanAssociate

Sean G. HermanAssociate

Winston K. HuAssociate

Jerri Kay-PhillipsAssociate

Darien K. KeyAssociate

Adrianna C. KourafasAssociate

Matthew H. LewisAssociate

Hannah H. LouAssociate

Dayna D. LouieAssociate

Simran K. MahalAssociate

Melissa M. MalstromAssociate

Laurel E. O'ConnorAssociate

Ann Mary OlsonAssociate

Amanda M. OsowskiAssociate

David J. PartidaAssociate

Lauren C. PonAssociate

Ellis F. RaskinAssociate

Bilwa RavikiranAssociate

Kyla K. RoweAssociate

Erica J. RussellAssociate

Niran S. SomasundaramAssociate

Gymmel M. TremblyAssociate

Katherine M. TsouAssociate

Nicole S. WittAssociate

Elisha J. YangAssociate

Jennifer L. YazdiAssociate

Of Counsel

Douglas ArmstrongCounsel

Alan S. BishopSenior Counsel

Sheila B. BridgesCounsel

Robia S. CrispCounsel

Anthony J. DutraSenior Counsel

Stuart L. EislerSenior Counsel

Donnelly A. GillenSenior Counsel

Catherine J. GrovesSenior Counsel

Bradford R. HisePartner - General Counsel

William J. HoehlerCounsel

Kaylen KadotaniSenior Counsel

William T. KellermannCounsel

Susanne B. KellyOf Counsel

Emily LeahyCounsel

Alan D. LinchCounsel

Josephine Mason PetrickSenior Counsel

Matthew J. PeckSenior Counsel

Geoffrey R. PittmanSenior Counsel

Neepa P. RanavatSenior Counsel

Christopher A. RheinheimerSenior Counsel

Payam A. SaljoughianSenior Counsel

Daren R. ShaverSenior Counsel

Candice P. ShihSenior Counsel

Janie L. ThompsonCounsel

Ronald S. WynnCounsel

Jerett T. YanSenior Counsel

Other

Peter BanyaiLaw Clerk

Mary Enemark StoneDirector of Marketing and Business Development

Kimberly Reisman, J.D.Marketing

Margaret Abeles

Articles

Judicial Council Revises Its Deadline for Tolling Civil Statutes of Limitations, Including for CEQA Actions
Hanson Bridgett LLP, May 2020

Key Points The Judicial Council amended Emergency Rule 9 to provide dates certain for tolling the statutes of limitations for civil actions, which are currently tolled due to the COVID-19 state of emergency. Pursuant to the amended Emergency Rule 9, the statutes of limitations applicable to CEQA actions are tolled from April 6, 2020, until August 3, 2020. On April 6, 2020, the Judicial Council adopted Emergency Rule 9, which tolled all statutes of limitations for civil causes of action until 90 days after the Governor declared the COVID-19 state of emergency to be over...

Companies Can Bank On Continued U.S. EPA Enforcement Against Unregistered Pesticide Products
Hanson Bridgett LLP, May 2020

As noted in our prior alerts, the US EPA has made it a priority during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to target sham pesticides and products falsely claiming to prevent infection from COVID-19, using its authority under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”).1 (The prior alerts are available here and here.) Notably, and in addition to regulating pesticide substances, e.g., biocidal and antimicrobial products used on surfaces to kill microbes or viruses—including the novel Coronavirus—as well as hand sanitizers and related products, FIFRA also regulates pesticide "devices...

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Press

Hanson Bridgett Adds New Land Use Partner in Walnut Creek
Hanson Bridgett LLP, February 2020

February 14, 2020 (Walnut Creek, CA) – Today, Hanson Bridgett LLP announced that it has expanded its Land Use practice with the addition of Sean Marciniak from Miller Starr Regalia. Sean joins Hanson Bridgett in Walnut Creek. Sean's practice focuses on complex entitlement, land use and environmental matters, with a focus on counseling under the California Environmental Quality Act, Planning and Zoning Law, and Subdivision Map Act...

Hanson Bridgett Adds Prominent Public Sector/Real Estate Group in Los Angeles
Hanson Bridgett LLP, January 2020

January 30, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, Hanson Bridgett LLP announced it has expanded its Southern California presence with the addition of Partner Claire Hervey Collins and attorneys Paul Beck, Beth Hummer, Laura Ratcliffe, and Julian Viksman from Lewis Brisbois. The group joins Hanson Bridgett in Los Angeles, where the San Francisco-based firm has had a growing presence since 2014...

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Blogs

Appellate Insight
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A Hanson Bridgett blog updating on current Appellate news/events.

Drone Law Blog
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Commercial Drone Use In California - A Legal Blog

HB Briefly
Hanson Bridgett LLP

Briefly is designed to provide readers with updates on the latest litigation developments in California. Our focus is on general litigation as well as issues surrounding class actions, products liability, discovery, privacy, cybersecurity, and the professional practice of law.