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Nine Weintraub Tobin Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers In America© 2017

SACRAMENTO, California – August 15, 2016 – Weintraub Tobin congratulates its nine partners who have been included in The Best Lawyers of America© 2017 list.

David Adams, Sacramento, Corporate Governance Law & Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Dale Campbell, Sacramento, Bet-The-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Chris Chediak, Sacramento, Corporate Law
Jim Clarke, Sacramento, Tax Law & Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Daniel B. Eng, San Francisco, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Securities/Capital Market & Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Louis Gonzalez, Jr., Sacramento, Litigation – Real Estate
Michael A. Kvarme, Sacramento, Real Estate Law
Charles L. Post, Sacramento, Employment Law Management & Litigation – Labor and Employment
Gary D. Rothstein, San Francisco, Litigation-Trusts and Estates

For more information on Best Lawyers In America© 2017, visit: https://www.bestlawyers.com/

Eight Shareholders Named 2014 Best Lawyers in America®

Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin, a business law and litigation firm, is pleased to announce that eight of its partners were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America®. The honored attorney are:

  • Chris Chediak, Corporate
  • David Adams, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Corporate Governance Law
  • Dale C. Campbell, Commercial Litigation
  • Jim Clarke, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, and Tax Law
  • Dan Eng, Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
  • Louis Gonzalez, Real Estate Litigation
  • Michael A. Kvarme, Real Estate Law
  • Charles L. Post, Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor & Employment

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® (2014), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Eight Weintraub Tobin Attorneys Honored as 2013 Best Lawyers in America

Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation, a statewide business law and business litigation firm, is pleased to announce that eight of its partners were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of the Best Lawyers in America. The honored attorneys are:

· Chris Chediak, Corporate Law

· David Adams, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

· Dale C. Campbell, Commercial Litigation

· James Clarke, Litigation & Controversy – Tax, and Tax Law

· Joseph S. Genshlea, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law

· Louis Gonzalez, Real Estate Law

· Michael A. Kvarme, Real Estate Law

· Charles L. Post, Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Labor & Employment

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2013), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Seven Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers of America for Sacramento

Weintraub Genshlea Chediak congratulates all of the attorneys who were included in the distinguished list of 2011 “The Best Lawyers in America®” for Sacramento:

Banking Law

Joseph S. Genshlea

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Joseph S. Genshlea

Commercial Litigation

Dale C. Campbell

Joseph S. Genshlea

Corporate Governance and Compliance Law

David C. Adams

Corporate Law

Christopher Chediak

Intellectual Property Law

Christopher Chediak

Labor and Employment Law

Charles L. Post

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

David C. Adams

Securities Law

Joseph S. Genshlea

Tax Law

Jim Clarke

Trusts and Estates

Malcolm S. Weintraub

Based on peer reviews, this list is widely regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S. by both the legal profession and the public.

Joe Genshlea Named Sacramento Best Lawyers “Commercial Litigator of the Year” for 2010

Sacramento, Calif.–Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Law Corporation, a business law and business litigation firm, announces that Joseph S. Genshlea has been named Sacramento Commercial Litigator of the Year for 2010 by Best Lawyers of America. After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

With over 40 years of practice before the federal and California trial and appellate courts, Joe has tried many complex business jury trials and is acknowledged as one of the foremost business litigators in the state. In 2001, Joe was the tenth lawyer inducted into the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. It is a prestigious award given annually to one or two trial lawyers by the Litigation Section of The State Bar of California. “Joe continues to exhibit the finest qualities both as a trial lawyer and as a true professional” comments Gary Bradus, Managing Shareholder at Weintraub Genshlea Chediak.

Joe’s litigation practice has focused on commercial lending, real estate transactions, intellectual property and business dissolutions. Joe has successfully represented financial institutions in lender liability cases, commercial lending and related matters, and handled shareholder derivative suits, copyright infringement matters, real estate litigation, partnership and corporate dissolutions, accounting malpractice, contract disputes and fraud claims to name a few. Joe has held leadership positions in a number of legal organizations and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a frequent lecturer and panelist to groups such as the State Bar of California, County Bar organizations and Continuing Education of the Bar and was an instructor at the Hastings Trial Advocacy Program.

A Sacramento native, Joe has strong ties to the area and places great significance on local civic activities through his involvement in area non-profit groups. Joe is currently the Chair of the Sacramento Host Committee and has served on the Board of Directors of Friends of Light Rail; the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Valley Vision and is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum and former Chair and Board member of its Mountain Valley Chapter. He has also served on the Board of Directors of KVIE Channel 6, the Sacramento Symphony, the League to Save Lake Tahoe, Gateway Foundation, was a Trustee of Christian Brothers High School, and was President and a Board member of the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO). He is a former Trustee of the Mercy Hospital Foundation, was co-chair of the Sacramento Regional Economic Forum and was President of the Community Alcoholism Rehabilitation Effort (CARE).

Joe has received several other awards and recognitions including the distinguished Lawyer of the Year by the Sacramento County Bar Association (2001), Alumnus of the Year, Sacramento Chapter of the Hastings Alumni Association (2002), has been selected for inclusion in the Northern California SuperLawyers from 2004 through 2009, as well as Best Lawyers of America each year since 1993. Joe also placed 5,411th in the 83rd annual running of the Boston Marathon.

Joe received his A.B. from Stanford University in 1960 and his law degree from Hastings College of the Law, University of California, in 1964.

Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2010), is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Steven Naifeh, Managing Editor of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Joseph S. Genshlea on being selected as the ‘Sacramento Best Lawyers Commercial Litigator of the Year’ for 2010.”

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Six Weintraub Genshlea Chediak attorneys named in Best Lawyers in America for Sacramento

Weintraub Genshlea Chediak congratulates all of the attorneys who were included in the distinguished list of 2009 “The Best Lawyers in America®” for Sacramento:

  • Christopher Chediak – Corporate Law (also named Lawyer of the Year);
  • Malcolm S. Weintraub – Trusts and Estates;
  • Joseph S. Genshlea – Commercial Litigation;
  • Dale C. Campbell – Commercial Litigation;
  • David C. Adams – Corporate Governance and Compliance Law;
  • Christopher Chediak – Intellectual Property;
  • David C. Adams – Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law;
  • Charles L. Post – Labor & Employment.

Based on peer reviews, this list is widely regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S. by both the legal profession and the public.

Four Weintraub Attorneys Honored as 2008 Best Lawyers in America

SACRAMENTO, Calif., November 1, 2007 –Weintraub, a Sacramento-based business law and business litigation law firm is pleased to announce that four of its partners were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.). The honored attorneys are Christopher V. Chediak for Corporate Law, Joseph S. Genshlea for Commercial Litigation, Charles L. Post for Labor and Employment Law and Malcolm S. Weintraub for Trusts and Estates.

Chris Chediak, Chair of the Corporate, Securities and Business Law section focuses his practice on securities law, corporate financing, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, stock issuances and licensing and distribution arrangements. Chris has authored numerous publications on business law and entity formation including three chapters of Continuing Education of the Bar Business Law Practice Book. He currently serves on several community non-profit boards and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis.

Joe Genshlea, a founding partner of the firm has been honored as a “best lawyer” since 1993. With 40 years of practice before the federal and California trial and appellate courts, Joe has handled many complex business jury trials and is acknowledged as one of the foremost business litigators in the state.

Chuck Post, Chair of the Labor and Employment section, focuses his practice on labor and employment law, anti-trust, healthcare, insurance coverage and appellate law. He counsels clients of all sizes on employment policies and contracts, wage and hour compliance, trade secret protection, privacy and terminations. Chuck has authored numerous articles on employment discrimination under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII and wage and hour compliance.

Malcolm Weintraub, a founding partner of the firm has practiced law for over 50 years in Sacramento. He focuses his practice on business entity formations and transactions, family business succession planning and tax and estate planning. Malcolm has been honored as a “best lawyer” since 1993.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers in America (www.bestlawyers.com) has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than a half million evaluations on the legal abilities of other attorneys in 80 different specialties.

Weintraub Genshlea Chediak is Sacramento’s leading business and litigation law firm with one of the largest corporate practices in the region. Major practice areas include litigation, real estate, corporate, securities, banking, intellectual property, licensing and distribution, nonprofit law, entertainment, labor and employment, fiduciary abuse, tax, trusts and estates. For more information, please visit weintraub.com.