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Weintraub is pleased to announce that David A. Diepenbrock has joined the Firm as a Shareholder in the Firm’s Litigation and Real Estate groups. He will be based in the Firm’s Sacramento office.

David represents businesses in a wide spectrum of disputes. He has litigated cases for clients in the primary industries driving the Sacramento economy including agribusiness, energy, transportation, healthcare, finance,

Scott Hervey and Todd Stern’s client Matt Stawski will make his feature directorial debut with Universal Pictures’ Monster Mash. The film is set to be an original musical film. Stawski is a Grammy nominated music video director of Side Effects for Awesomeness TV.

For more details, read the full article in Deadline.

Weintraub is pleased to welcome Sophia Y. Cizmarik to the Firm’s Trusts & Estates group. Her practice encompasses a wide range of trusts and estates law, including estate planning, trust administration, and probate matters.

Jo Dale Carothers was recently quoted in a Law360 article after a recent Precendential Opinion Panel decision for patent petitions for inter partes review (IPR) on whether copyright and ISBN are sufficient evidence for printed reference material as having been “publicly available”. Jo Dale speaks about the ruling stating, “I feel that people will have to proceed with more caution than they would have needed to before.”  Find out more by reading the complete article here.

Weintraub is pleased to announce that Sherry S. Bragg, and Gary Waldron have been recognized as 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers.

Sherry Bragg is a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Group.  She has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex business disputes in both state and federal courts and in administrative proceedings since 1987.  Sherry has tried, co-tried, and arbitrated a significant number of high-value cases to conclusion, and has successfully orchestrated the settlement of many others.

Josh Escovedo is quoted in the following article about the ongoing dispute between two popular Sacramento area breakfast restaurants. You can read the article here.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the seventh edition of California Leave Law: A Practical Guide for Employers, co-authored by Weintraub Tobin Shareholder, Lizbeth (“Beth”) West, and published by Matthew Bender/LexisNexis.

 

Book Highlights:

• A summary of the law and tips on how to navigate the complex issues surrounding family leave, military leave, pregnancy disability leave, and other statutory leaves,

 

Shareholder Todd Stern’s client Peter Ramsey will make his live-action directorial debut with Krystin Ver Linden’s screenplay of Love in Vain, which Paramount Studios recently purchased. Ramsey directed the major studio animated feature Rise of the Guardians and the Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. Love in Vain is a  biopic of Robert Johnson, the 1930’s singer, songwriter, and guitar player whose pioneering blues style influenced generations of musicians.

SACRAMENTO, CA (November 1, 2019) – Weintraub Tobin, a leading California full-service law firm, was honored to be recognized with eight first-tier rankings in the 2020 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” The complete list of rankings is published on the U.S. News website.

Best Lawyers was first published in 1983 and is recognized as the longest standing and one of the most esteemed peer review guides worldwide in the legal profession.

Weintraub is pleased to welcome Christine A. Escoto to our Entertainment group. She has experience in digital business affairs, negotiating and drafting agreements across all verticals in the digital space, with a focus on brand partnerships, along with various talent and production agreements across digital media, including short-form digital projects, podcasts, e-sports, and gaming.