Partners

Michelle AkermanPartner

Howard W. Ashcraft Jr.Partner

Alexandra V. AtencioPartner

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Neil R. BardackPartner

Andrew A. BassakPartner

Jennifer R. BerlandPartner

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Alexander BerlinePartner

Edward M. BernardPartner

Judith W. BoyettePartner

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David BuoncristianiPartner

Rory J. CampbellPartner

Joan L. CassmanPartner

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Emily M. CharleyPartner

Jeffrey M. ChuPartner

Madeline ChunPartner

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Lawrence M. CirelliPartner

Daniel ClintonPartner

Michael N. ConneranPartner

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Noel M. CookPartner

John T. CuPartner

Lisa Dal GalloPartner

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Jahmal T. DavisPartner

Michael F. DonnerPartner

Matthew P. FisherPartner

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Batya F. ForsythPartner

Kurt A. FranklinPartner

David S. GehrigPartner

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Andrew G. GiacominiManaging Partner

M. Brett GladstonePartner

Patrick M. GlennPartner

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Joel S. GoldmanPartner

Michael J. GorbackPartner

Paul A. GordonPartner

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Theodore A. HellmanPartner

Scott E. HennighPartner

Adam W. HofmannPartner

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Miles C. HoldenPartner

Merton A. HowardPartner

Allan D. JergesenPartner

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Molly Lee KabanPartner

Christopher A. KarachalePartner

Pamela S. KaufmannPartner

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Linda E. KlammPartner

Michael Y. LateefPartner

Jordan A. LavinskyPartner

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Dorothy S. LiuPartner

Constance LiuPartner

David C. LonginottiPartner

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Raymond F. LynchPartner

Kimon ManoliusPartner

Jennifer M. MartinezPartner

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Elizabeth J. MassonPartner

Robert A. McFarlanePartner

Nathan A. MetcalfPartner

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David J. MillerPartner

Steven D. MillerPartner

Patrick T. MiyakiPartner

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Joseph F. Moore, P.E.Partner

Shannon M. NessierPartner

Nancy J. NewmanPartner

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Diane Marie O'MalleyPartner

Susan G. O'NeillPartner

Megan Oliver ThompsonPartner

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Teresa V. PahlPartner

Lisa M. PooleyPartner

Davina PujariPartner

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Sandra L. RappaportPartner

K. Bradley RogersonPartner

Deidré A. SchönfeldtPartner

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Brian M. SchnarrPartner

Allison C. SchuttePartner

Julie A. ShermanPartner

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Scott C. SmithPartner

Jillian Somers DonovanPartner

Jonathan S. StorperPartner

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Richard J. StrattonPartner

Mathew R. TroughtonPartner

Gilbert J. TsaiPartner

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Shayna Mittler van HoftenPartner

Michael J. Van ZandtPartner

Mohammad WalizadehPartner

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Gary A. WattPartner

Fred B. WeilPartner

Garner K. WengPartner

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Neal L. WolfPartner

Samantha D. WolffPartner

Alison E. WrightPartner

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Glenda M. ZarbockPartner

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Associates

Cole A. BenbowAssociate

Walter M. Binswanger IIIAssociate

David C. CasarrubiasAssociate

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Joyce L. T. ChangAssociate

Marc C. CoatsAssociate

Nancy E. DollarAssociate

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Anthony J. DutraAssociate

Erin L. FraserAssociate

Rosanna W. GanAssociate

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Neema S. GhiasiAssociate

Celia L. GuzmanAssociate

Holly R. HanksAssociate

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Sean G. HermanAssociate

Winston K. HuAssociate

Kaylen KadotaniAssociate

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Jerri Kay-PhillipsAssociate

Adrianna C. KourafasAssociate

Tamara Lam-PlattesAssociate

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Patrick S. LoiAssociate

Hannah H. LouAssociate

Simran K. MahalAssociate

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Melissa M. MalstromAssociate

Katherine P. McGrathAssociate

Nicholas C. MooreAssociate

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Laurel E. O'ConnorAssociate

Ann Mary OlsonAssociate

Amanda M. OsowskiAssociate

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David J. PartidaAssociate

Lauren C. PonAssociate

Bilwa RavikiranAssociate

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Kyla K. RoweAssociate

Erica J. RussellAssociate

Daren R. ShaverAssociate

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Candice P. ShihAssociate

Janie L. ThompsonAssociate

Nicole S. WittAssociate

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Jerett T. YanAssociate

Elisha J. YangAssociate

Jennifer L. YazdiAssociate

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Of Counsel

Samir J. AbdelnourSenior Counsel

Douglas ArmstrongCounsel

Alan S. BishopSenior Counsel

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Liza C. BunkerSenior Counsel

Robia S. CrispSenior Counsel

Stuart L. EislerSenior Counsel

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Donnelly A. GillenSenior Counsel

Catherine J. GrovesSenior Counsel

Bradford R. HisePartner - General Counsel

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William J. HoehlerCounsel

William T. KellermannCounsel

Susanne B. KellyCounsel

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Adrian T. LambieOf Counsel

Emily LeahyCounsel

Alan D. LinchCounsel

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Josephine Mason PetrickSenior Counsel

Matthew J. PeckSenior Counsel

Geoffrey R. PittmanSenior Counsel

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Neepa P. RanavatSenior Counsel

Christopher A. RheinheimerSenior Counsel

Richard A. SaffirOf Counsel

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Payam A. SaljoughianSenior Counsel

Natalie N. WilsonSenior Counsel

Ronald S. WynnCounsel

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Other

Peter BanyaiLaw Clerk

Mary Enemark StoneDirector of Marketing and Business Development

Everett L. MonroeAttorney

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Kimberly Reisman, J.D.Marketing

Margaret Abeles

Ninth Circuit Rules ERISA Pension Plan Must Pay Survivor Benefits to Registered Domestic Partner
Hanson Bridgett LLP, June 2019

In a short, unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an ERISA pension plan administrator should have treated a deceased participant's registered domestic partner as a surviving spouse and granted his claim for survivor benefits. The cased turned on the fact that the pension plan document specifically incorporated California law, which has long required that registered domestic partners be given the same rights, protections, and benefits under law as are granted to spouses. The terms "spouse" and "married" were not defined in the plan document...

California Appellate Court Affirms Large Punitive Damages Award Against Insurer
Hanson Bridgett LLP, June 2019

Last month, a California appellate court rejected an insurer's arguments and affirmed a large punitive damages award against the insurer, providing a fresh roadmap for policyholders to obtain such relief when insurers engage in certain bad-faith practices. Mazik v. GEICO General Insurance Company (2019) 35 Cal.App.5th 455 involved a policyholder's claim for the $50,000 limits under his underinsured motorist policy. After a jury found that GEICO had unreasonably delayed paying those limits, it awarded the policyholder $313,508 in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages...

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MMAC Sells Select Assets to DionyMed for $19.067 Million
Hanson Bridgett LLP, July 2019

July 24, 2019 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – MM Esperanza 2 LLC, doing business as "MMAC," has completed the sale of select assets, including its undeveloped 1.83 acre Los Angeles real estate parcel, to DionyMed Brands (CSE: DYME) (OTCQB: DYMEF). Under terms of the acquisition, DionyMed paid MMAC US$13.067 million in cash and issued US$6 million in DionyMed Series A Multiple Voting Shares...

Hanson Bridgett Named to Working Mother's 60 Best Law Firms for Women, Inaugural Hall of Fame
Hanson Bridgett LLP, July 2019

July 17, 2019 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) — Working Mother announced the 2019 Working Mother 60 Best Law Firms for Women, recognizing firms leading the industry in creating and leveraging best practices in retaining and promoting women lawyers. Hanson Bridgett has been selected for this year's list of top 60 firms—which includes firms ranging in sizes from 59 attorneys to 2,155 attorneys. The firm ranked 2nd overall for the percentage of women equity partners (38%) and 2nd overall for women associates (61%). This will be the 10th year in a row that Hanson Bridgett has been selected for this prestigious list...

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