Nixon Peabody LLP Expands Its West Coast Presence, Adding 38 Former Thelen Attorneys To San Francisco Office

San Francisco, CA. International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announced today about 65 former Thelen attorneys have joined the firm’s three California offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. In total, about 80 former Thelen attorneys have joined Nixon Peabody’s offices worldwide.

12/4/2008

38 of the new attorneys join Nixon Peabody’s San Francisco office, eventually bringing the total number of attorneys in San Francisco to 120. The new attorneys practice in litigation, intellectual property, and business.

“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for our office and our firm,” said Paul Schrier, managing partner of Nixon Peabody’s San Francisco office. “This is a great group of attorneys with dynamic practices. The addition of these talented colleagues will enhance our capability to deliver outstanding service to our existing clients and we are delighted to welcome a terrific group of new clients to the firm.”

The attorneys joining Nixon Peabody’s San Francisco office from Thelen are:

  • Christopher Baker, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Anthony Barron, Partner, Insurance
  • Karl Belgum, Partner, Insurance
  • Robert Blum, Partner, Business Litigation
  • Sushila Chanana, Associate, Products Liability
  • Yi-Yi Chang, Associate, Business Litigation
  • John Chatowski, Counsel, Business Litigation
  • Louis Cisz, Partner, Bankruptcy
  • Carolyn Collins, Partner, Products Liability
  • Robert Dolinko, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Charles Dyke, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Lynn Fiorentino, Associate, Products Liability
  • John Foote, Partner, Business Litigation
  • Gina Fornario, Associate, Insurance
  • Gregory Fortescue, Associate, Labor & Employment
  • David Foster, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Bonnie Glatzer, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Michael Hallerud, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Hailey Hibler, Associate, Business Litigation
  • Peter Hoefs, Associate, Products Liability
  • Kent Jonas, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Kathleen Kizer, Associate, Business Litigation
  • Jennifer Kuenster, Partner, Products Liability
  • Ronald Lopez, Partner, Products Liability
  • Lisa McCurdy, Associate, Insurance
  • Lauren Michals, Counsel, Products Liability
  • Fredric Nelson, Partner, Business Litigation
  • Seth Neulight, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • James Ostertag, Partner, Products Liability
  • Ellen Papadakis, Counsel, Labor & Employment
  • Ross Petty, Partner, Products Liability
  • Matthew Richards, Associate, Insurance
  • Scott Shepardson, Associate, Products Liability
  • David Sovocool, Partner, Insurance
  • Sue Stott, Partner, Labor & Employment
  • Deborah Schwartz, Associate, Labor & Employment
  • Tzaddi Thompson, Associate, Labor & Employment
  • Robert Weikert, Partner, Intellectual Property

About Nixon Peabody

Nixon Peabody LLP is recognized as a “Global 100” law firm—one of the largest in the world. With 825 attorneys collaborating across 21 major practice areas in 19 cities, including Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rochester, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C., the firm’s size, diversity, and advanced technological resources enable it to offer comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters. In 2008, Nixon Peabody LLP was recognized for the third year in a row by FORTUNE magazine as one of its “100 Best Companies To Work For®.” The firm has also been named to the Human Rights Campaign’s 2008 “Best Places To Work For GLBT Equality” list.

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