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Bird Marella is proud to announce that 18 of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized and selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer – Criminal Defense: White-Collar Terry W. Bird – Commercial Litigation, ...
Principal Naeun Rim has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2020 Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers list. The honor recognizes 40 attorneys in California under the age of 40 whose work is impacting the industry, society, or the law in a meaningful way. Rim’s profile highlights her pro bono efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic such as her work ...
Managing Principal Paul Chan will be a featured speaker at the live webcast “False Claims Act Enforcement: Defense Strategies in 2020,” hosted by The Knowledge Group on August 14. Chan will join Jennifer Short of KaiserDillon PLLC and Kevin D. Porter of Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols & Porter, LLP to ...
Bird Marella was recently featured in the Daily Journal’s Verdicts and Settlements in California for its victory in KST Data, Inc. v. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation. Representing plaintiff KST, Bird Marella prevailed in a federal bench trial, winning a multimillion-dollar judgment for the tech company in a breach of contract ...
Principal Ekwan Rhow and associate Kate Shin are featured in the Daily Journal for their successful motion practice in the Los Angeles Superior Court in a dispute against a Delaware corporation, a high-profile network security company. Bird Marella’s client, William West, is a California resident who co-founded the defendant company and served ...
Principals Nicole Rodriguez Van Dyk and Timothy B. Yoo have been named to the 40 & Under Hot List for the third consecutive year by Benchmark Litigation. This year marks the 5th edition of the 40 & Under Hot List, an exclusive list that recognizes litigation attorneys, age 40 or younger, who are regarded as the nation’s most accomplished ...
Principals Mark Drooks and Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer authored an article for the California Lawyers Association titled, “Showing Lack of Probable Cause: Plaintiff’s Burden of Proof in Opposing an Anti-SLAPP Motion Attacking a Malicious Prosecution Claim.” Drooks and Mayer explain the complex issues that arise in allocating the burden of proof when ...
Principals Mark Drooks and Sharon Ben-Shahar Mayer successfully quashed service on a national law firm in a case alleging aiding and abetting of securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and professional negligence in connection with a purported billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. The plaintiff was a trustee of a trust created through ...
Bird Marella is proud to announce that Steven E. Zipperstein has joined the firm as senior counsel. Mr. Zipperstein has over 35 years of legal experience providing strategic advice and counseling to corporations and businesses on a broad range of civil, regulatory, government and congressional investigations, and other non-litigation, business-related ...
Bird Marella and co-counsel the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) partnered with the Prison Law Office (PLO) to achieve victories in two class action lawsuits filed against Terminal Island and Lompoc federal prisons over the inefficient measures taken by prison officials to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In the Lompoc class action, the Court issued a ...
