We represent a strong litigation, regulatory, and general transactional law practice that services medium and large businesses, insurers, and public entities.  We are well known for handling complex, multi-party litigation in a wide variety of substantive areas and are among the very best in California for handling high-stakes regulatory enforcement matters.  Much of our success is attributable to the fact that we do not hesitate to try cases to verdict or administrative ruling.  Our transactional practice also involves some of the most interesting and cutting-edge transactions in the country, ranging from the development and construction of geothermal power plants, to the development and construction of a major motion picture and television studio, to the development and construction of the first fuel-cell generation system for an industrial facility in California (including obtaining financing for the project through grants from the California Self-Generation Incentive Program, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the U.S. Department of Defense).

We are a mid-sized firm determined to provide our clients with first-rate lawyering and professional service at a good value.  Most importantly, we have made a deliberate decision to retain a reasonable rate structure as distinguished from the dramatic rate increases over the past several years of most large, mid-sized, and “boutique” firms.  In this manner, we have positioned ourselves, with great success, as a smart alternative to the tremendously expensive rate structures of these other firms.  Our commitment to providing real value to our clients, not just lip-service, is further supported by our practice of not billing clients for brief phone calls, listening to voicemails, or preparing typical audit response letters.

It is not by accident, but by design, that many of the Firm’s partners have been or are currently involved in government and politics at a substantial level.  We realized long ago that effectively representing business interests, particularly in California, also requires the know-how, experience, and relationships necessary to get things done with government.  In our view, government oversight and involvement with business will continue to expand, not contract.  Thus, our ability to maneuver our clients’ interests through the maze of government requirements, or to further promote our clients’ interests by obtaining government cooperation and/or economic assistance, is a critical, additional benefit of working with our Firm.

In addition to our commitment to maintain exceptional lawyering skills, creative legal talent, and the ability to work well with government to accomplish our clients’ goals, we see ourselves as being in partnership with our clients.  We treat our clients’ concerns as if they were our own.  The Firm’s sense of client partnership has also generated a feature of our practice that in reality is rare.  We regularly seek to identify and facilitate opportunities for our clients to enhance their own business interests, whether through corporate introductions or use of the Firm’s governmental contacts to find solutions to our clients’ problems that other firms would not be able to provide.  We refer to this established Firm practice as “connecting the dots.”

The Firm has a dynamic, fast-paced, and growing office environment.  Our success is built upon the enthusiasm, professionalism, dedication, and performance of each and every individual.  While we plan for future growth, we are determined to retain these qualities and an energized workplace.  With our primary office in downtown Los Angeles and our Northern California office in Sacramento, the Firm covers all areas of California.  We also handle legal matters in other states where it makes sense to do so (given a certain Firm expertise or in-depth knowledge of the client’s business) by teaming up with local, filing counsel.

The Firm’s track record and approach to doing business has attracted a large, diverse and growing list of clients.  Among the Firm’s clients are national and international corporations and companies involved in manufacturing, insurance, construction, energy, real estate and development, health care, pharmaceuticals manufacturing and distribution, metals recycling and processing, transportation, entertainment, broadcasting, financial services, retailing, food processing and service, agriculture, e-commerce transactions, multi-media, electronics and computer software, as well as several public entities at the state and local level.