Bird Marella is proud to announce the elevation of attorney Elliot C. Harvey Schatmeier to principal, effective January 1, 2023. Since joining the firm in 2018 as …
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Bird Marella attorneys Mark T. Drooks, Elliot C. Harvey Schatmeier, and Alexander H. Tran recently obtained a complete defense victory for a brokerage firm in a FINRA arbitration …
Principal Fanxi Wang secured a pro bono victory in Immigration Court on behalf of her client, an asylum seeker from Guatemala. Through a partnership with the American Civil …
Bird Marella principals Gary Lincenberg and Tom Reichert, along with associate Alexis Wiseley, successfully obtained the dismissal of criminal charges brought against their client, Eugene Yu, the founder …
U.S. News – Best Lawyers® once again recognized Bird Marella in its 2023 list of “Best Law Firms.” The firm is ranked nationally in 5 practice areas and regionally …
After four years of litigation, a three-week jury trial, and less than one full day of jury deliberations, the Bird Marella trial team, led by lead trial counsel …
Principal Benjamin Gluck will be a featured speaker at the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Healthcare Law Compliance Symposium on October 13, 2022. Mr. Gluck will speak on “Addiction Treatment: …
Principal Benjamin Gluck was quoted again in the Los Angeles Times’s coverage of the U.S. Private Vaults forfeiture. The article discusses the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office’s failure to disclose …
The South Asian Bar Association of North America (SABA-NA) has selected principal Gopi Panchapakesan to serve as Co-Chair of its Law Partners Section. Gopi previously served as co-president …
In a pro bono matter with the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ), Bird Marella protected an immigrant survivor of domestic violence from family separation by winning termination of her children’s removal proceedings, and ultimately obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile …
On July 28, 2022, U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee granted final approval of a $92 million settlement for users of TikTok in one of the country’s largest and most …
Gopi Panchapakesan Recognized as Rising Star by South Asian Bar Association of North America
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This past weekend, Principal Gopi K. Panchapakesan was honored at the South Asian Bar Association (SABA) of North America’s annual conference in San Francisco. Mr. Panchapakesan was one of five recipients …
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