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Published: October 2, 2015
Weintraub Tobin Shareholder Matt Sugarman was recently mentioned in an article by The Hollywood Reporter which discusses the deal Lionsgate closed on The Kingkiller Chronicle, the best-selling fantasy book series by Patrick Rothfuss. To read the full article, click here.
Published: September 21, 2015
Weintraub Tobin and Jessica Marlow were recognized in Sacramento Bee’s “Sacramento’s ‘hometown heroes’ learn to navigate global fame” for its and her pro bono work for Sacramento’s hometown heroes.
“…After his office was flooded with requests for tributes, interviews or appearances featuring the local heroes, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson reached out to a renowned public affairs consultant and a major California law firm to help the trio face what was coming.
“Aaron McLear, founding partner of Redwood Pacific Public Affairs in Sacramento and a former press secretary for former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, took on the assignment pro bono. So did the law firm of Weintraub Tobin, which has offices in Sacramento, San Francisco and other California cities.
“When ABC’s Dancing with the Stars came calling for Skarlatos, Weintraub Tobin made available its Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer, Jessica Marlow, to handle the contract negotiations in time for him to learn dance steps for his appearance on the show’s season opener last week…”
Click here to view the full article.
Published: September 3, 2015
SACRAMENTO, California – September 3, 2015 – Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation congratulates its eleven attorneys who have been included in Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar 2015.
Gary L. Bradus
Kay U. Brooks
Dale C. Campbell
Christopher Chediak
Edward J. Corey, Jr.
Daniel B. Eng
Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr.
Michael A. Kvarme
Charles L. Post
Kenneth J. Sylva
Vida L. Thomas
About Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar
This annual list highlights outstanding attorneys in the greater Sacramento area who demonstrate excellence in their practice of law. Attorneys are nominated and selected by their peers. According to the Sacramento Business Journal, “There’s no substitute for the opinion of lawyers who have worked with – and against – one another.”
About Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
With offices in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, Weintraub Tobin is an innovative provider of sophisticated legal services to dynamic businesses and business owners, as well as non-profits and individuals with litigation and business needs.
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Published: August 18, 2015
SACRAMENTO, California – August 18, 2015 – Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation congratulates its nine attorneys who have been included in The Best Lawyers of America© 2016.
David C. Adams, Sacramento, Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Dale C. Campbell, Sacramento, Bet-the-Company Litigation and Commercial Litigation
Chris Chediak, Sacramento, Corporate Law
James Clarke, Sacramento, Tax Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Daniel B. Eng, San Francisco, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Securities/Capital
Markets, and Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr., Sacramento, Litigation – Real Estate
Michael A. Kvarme, Sacramento, Real Estate Law
Charles L. Post, Sacramento, Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Gary D. Rothstein, San Francisco, Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Weintraub Tobin also congratulates all partners and associates for the recognition of Best Law Firm – Tier 1, in Sacramento for Real Estate Law and San Francisco for Securities/Capital Markets Law.
About Best Lawyers®
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and to date Best Lawyers® received more than 12 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2016 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, 6.7 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
About Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
With offices in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, Weintraub Tobin is an innovative provider of sophisticated legal services to dynamic businesses and business owners, as well as non-profits and individuals with litigation and business needs. For more information on the firm, visit
weintraubstage.wpengine.com.
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Published: August 8, 2015
SACRAMENTO, California – August 7, 2015 – Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation congratulates its 20 attorneys who have been included in Sacramento magazine’s Top Lawyer List 2015.
David C. Adams | Securities & Corporate Finance
Brendan Begley | Appellate
Taylor Bentley | Securities & Corporate Finance
Gary L. Bradus | Banking & Financial Services, Business/Corporate
Kay U. Brooks | Estate Planning & Probate
Dale C. Campbell | Business Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Christopher Chediak | Business/Corporate
Jim Clarke | Tax
Edward J. Corey, Jr. | Estate Planning & Probate
Kelly E. Dankbar | Estate Planning & Probate
Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr. | Business Litigation, Litigation – Commercial, Real Estate
James Kachmar | Litigation – General
Shawn Kent | Real Estate
David L. Krotine | Real Estate
Michael Kvarme | Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate
Darrin M. Menezes | Alternate Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Audrey A. Millemann | Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Alden Parker | Employment & Labor
Charles L. Post | Litigation – General
Lizbeth V. West | Employment & Labor
About Sacramento’s Top Lawyers List 2015
Voting for Professional Research Services’ survey to determine the top attorneys in 2015 for Sacramento magazine was open to all licensed attorneys in Sacramento, California. Attorneys were asked whom they would recommend among 53 legal specialties, other than themselves, in the Sacramento area. Each attorney was allowed to recommend up to three colleagues in each given legal specialty. Once the online nominations were complete, each nominee was carefully evaluated on the basis of the survey results, the legitimacy of their license, and their current standing with The State Bar of California. Attorneys who received the highest number of votes in each specialty are reflected in the above list.
The professionals listed above were selected by their peers in a survey conducted by Professional Research Services Company of Royal Oak, Michigan. Professionals may be screened and selected through the verification of licensing and review of any infractions through various applicable boards, agencies, and rating services. For further information, visit prscom.com or email PRS at asamhat@hour-media.com
About Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
With offices in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, Weintraub Tobin is an innovative provider of sophisticated legal services to dynamic businesses and business owners, as well as non-profits and individuals with litigation and business needs. For more information on the firm, visit weintraubstage.wpengine.com.
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Published: July 9, 2015
Super Lawyers has released its Northern California, Southern California, and San Diego lists of outstanding attorneys for 2015, on which 37 Weintraub Tobin attorneys have been included. Eight Weintraub Tobin attorneys received special honors in their respective regions.
Weintraub Tobin attorneys named to the 2015 Southern California and San Diego Super Lawyers include David R. Gabor and Scott M. Hervey in the firm’s Beverly Hills office; Gary A. Waldron in the firm’s Newport Beach office; and Jo Dale Carothers, Ph.D., in the firm’s San Diego Office.
Attorneys listed as 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers include David C. Adams, Brendan J. Begley, Gary L. Bradus, Kay U. Brooks, Dale C. Campbell, Christopher Chediak, Janet Z. Chediak, Jim Clarke, Edward J. Corey, Jr., Kelly E. Dankbar, Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr., Shawn M. Kent, David L. Krotine, Michael A. Kvarme, Audrey A. Millemann, Alden Parker, Scott M. Plamondon, Charles L. Post, Kenneth J. Sylva, and Lizbeth V. West in the firm’s Sacramento office; and Paul E. Gaspari, Hilary L. Lamar, and C. Darrell Sooy in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Weintraub Tobin attorneys named to the 2015 Southern California and San Diego Rising Stars – those who are either 40 years of age or younger, or have been practicing for 10 years or less – include Jessica Marlow in the firm’s Beverly Hills office; Jacob C. Gonzales in the firm’s Newport Beach office; and Eric Caligiuri in the firm’s San Diego office.
Attorneys listed as 2015 Northern California Rising Stars include Meagan D. Bainbridge, Carmen-Nicole Cox, Mark E. Ellinghouse, Taylor W. Bentley, and Julie R. Woods in the firm’s Sacramento office; Shauna N. Correia and Jeffrey Pietsch in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Special Super Lawyers distinctions went to:
Gary L. Bradus
Dale C. Campbell
Christopher Chediak
Louis A. Gonzalez, Jr.
Jessica Marlow
Charles L. Post
Lizbeth V. West
Julie R. Woods
About Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazine and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.
About Weintraub | Tobin
With offices in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, Weintraub Tobin is an innovative provider of sophisticated legal services to dynamic businesses and business owners, as well as non-profits and individuals with litigation and business needs. For more information on the firm, visit weintraub.com.
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Published: June 23, 2015
On June 13, Weintraub Tobin sponsored an event for Make-A-Wish Northeastern California and Northern Nevada. With over a hundred people in attendance, the event helped to raise funds to grant wishes for kids with life-threatening medical conditions. The event was held at the home of co-sponsors Chris and Jennifer Granger.
A wish recipient spoke at the event where she thanked the organization for helping her to fulfill her wish. View the full article here.
Published: June 19, 2015
Jessica Marlow was acknowledged in the June 19 edition of the Hollywood Reporter for her recent promotion to shareholder of Weintraub Tobin’s Entertainment Group.
Published: June 15, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 15, 2015) – Weintraub Tobin, one of California’s leading, full-service law firms, is pleased to announce that Jacob C. Gonzales, Jessica Marlow, and Julie R. Woods have been named to the 2015 Southern California “Rising Stars” list. The annual publication recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers throughout Southern California.
Jacob C. Gonzales – A shareholder and a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice group, Gonzales is an experienced and respected trial attorney with expertise in a variety of complex legal issues. He has a statewide reputation for vigorous and successful representation on both the trial and appellate levels, a reputation built by achieving stellar results for clients.
Jessica Marlow – Marlow is a shareholder in the firm’s Entertainment Practice group. She has extensive experience representing actors, writers, directors, producers, social media influencers, and international financiers in connection with film, television, digital media, and endorsement transactions.
Julie R. Woods – An associate in the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group, Woods’s practice focuses on estate, trust, and conservatorship litigation and administration. Woods has experience representing trustees, beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators, corporations, conservators, and guardians in an array of subject matters involving trusts and estates.
“This is not the first time that Weintraub Tobin attorneys have been recognized by their peers, but each recognition is a testament to our entire firm’s dedication to professional excellence,” said Sherry Bragg, co-managing shareholder. “We congratulate these attorneys on their accomplishments and thank them for their dedication and commitment to client services.”
About Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country.
About Weintraub | Tobin
With offices in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco, Weintraub Tobin is an innovative provider of sophisticated legal services to dynamic businesses and business owners, as well as non-profits and individuals with litigation and business needs. For more information on the firm, visit weintraubstage.wpengine.com.
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Published: June 12, 2015
Shareholder, Matt Sugarman, was recognized in a Hollywood Reporter article for his representation of comics writer and artist Noelle Stevenson. Click here to read the full article.