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Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Jeanne L. Vance has been elected as a Director at Large of the Girls Scouts Heart of Central California (GSHCC) Board.

Jeanne is a shareholder of Weintraub Tobin based in Sacramento, where she focuses her practice on business and regulatory healthcare law. She is a seasoned healthcare transactional attorney for private companies, private equity investors, and other healthcare consolidators. Jeanne provides California healthcare regulatory consultation to her clients, including in the areas of Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment and survey & certification. She has assisted clients in designing and implementing programs to increase access to behavioral health services, including initial psychiatric hospital facility licensing and securing funding from Medicare and Medicaid programs for various mental health providers.

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Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Chris Horsley as an associate in the Firm’s Litigation and the Labor and Employment practice groups. Chris previously joined Weintraub Tobin as a Summer Associate while earning his J.D. from U.C. Davis School of Law. He brings valuable legal experience through his previous roles in family law and judicial externships at San Francisco Superior Court.

Weintraub client and writer Chase Palmer is working with Netflix, AGBO, and director James Ashcroft on a film adaptation of the New York Times bestselling crime thriller novel, The Whisper Man, by Alex North. Chase Palmer adapted the script.

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Longtime Weintraub client and film producer Patrick Wachsberger partnered with Legendary Entertainment to create a new production company called 193. Named after the number of territories that buy film rights, the company will develop and produce its own projects, work with third-party producers and financiers, and handle international distribution for completed films. It will also provide capital and be across-territory sales for early-stage projects.

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Longtime Weintraub client and filmmaker Anant Singh has been appointed to the Global Arts and Culture Council (GACC), which was inaugurated at the latest session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

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Weintraub Tobin mourns the loss of our friend and colleague, Mary Siceloff. Mary was the Firm’s Chief Marketing officer from 2018 through her passing on December 23, 2024, and was instrumental in raising visibility and growing opportunities for the Firm’s attorneys, practices, and offices.

A lifelong creator, Mary began her career in Los Angeles, producing and executive producing television commercials and visual effects. She founded and headed her own production company alongside director David Wild and worked independently for some of the top names in commercial production.

After over a decade of successfully producing and executive producing award-winning commercials and short films, she founded and ran an art gallery and tea room, which led to developing and running an independent film-screening series, Fringe Film.

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Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Richard D. Buckley, Jr. as a shareholder to the Firm.

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Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Bunnie Poullard as a senior attorney in the Firm’s Corporate and Entertainment practice groups. She is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles location, where she represents clients in a wide variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, and other operational matters. 

Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Chloë N. Coleman as an associate in the Firm’s Litigation and Entertainment practice groups, where she will focus on complex commercial disputes, including entertainment and intellectual property litigation.

Weintraub Tobin congratulates Brookstreet Pictures and the team of “The Brutalist” on their wins at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards.

The film won three total awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (Brady Corbet), and Best Male Actor (Adrien Brody). It was also nominated for Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Supporting Actor (Guy Pearce), and Best Supporting Actress (Felicity Jones).

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