Jeremy Rosen
When it comes to salaries too, the attorneys take a team approach. Their pay is based not on billable hours but on a set formula determined in large part by their years at the firm, said partner Jeremy Rosen. The idea is that everyone contributes to its success, and while some lawyers may bring in more clients, others bill more hours.
"It's part of our collegial practice. Everyone has their responsibilities," Rosen said.
Associates are hired with the expectation that they will become partners in six years time. In the past 30 years, Rosen said, all of the firm's partners have started as associates and risen through the ranks. Today, 21 of the firm's 32 attorneys are partners. "For a law firm it's very, very stable. It's one of the reasons why most of us really love being here ," he said.
There are also the interesting cases . Horvitz attorneys have appeared in more than 150 cases before the state Supreme Court since 1990. And it recent years, it has counseled clients on matters ranging from the high profile to the cutting edge.
The Los Angeles Dodgers turned to the firm for help after a jury awarded $17.8 million to Brian Stow, the San Francisco Giant's fan who was assaulted and seriously injured in the team's parking lot following a baseball game. The Dodgers are on the hook for nearly $14 million of the total judgment. Should the case proceed to appeal, Horvitz attorneys will serve as lead counsel.
In a rapidly evolving area of law, Horvitz attorneys successfully represented on appeal a hospital whose computer index containing the medical information of more than 500,000 patients was stolen.
The trial court ruled that as a result of the breach, the hospital violated the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
Reversing, the court of appeal ruled in May that while the theft resulted in the disclosure of "individually identifiable information," such as the person's name and medical record number, it did not disclose the individual's medical treatment. Therefore, the hospital was not liable.
"That is the first in many cases looking at the contours of patient privacy," Rosen said, noting that the hacking of celebrities' cell phones to reveal nude photos of them could easily happen in the medical sphere.
"If it's not nude photos of celebrities, it could be their medical records. Appellate courts are going to have to grapple with setting the boundaries for when you hold medical professionals responsible for the breach."
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