Shawn E. Cowles as Partner in Newport Beach from Texas Attorney General's Office for Civil Litigation.

Cowles is an experienced trial attorney with a proven track record of success. Shawn is a bold and fearless litigator who is unafraid to take a case to trial when it's in the best interest of his client. Shawn has taken "bet the company" cases to trial, and he has won. Shawn specializes in complex commercial litigation, construction defect and real estate litigation, and insurance coverage matters on behalf of policy holders.

Susan Rohol as Partner in Los Angeles from Warner Bros..

Rohol's practice is focused on advising clients on legal issues and regulations spanning technology, privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, regulatory investigations, and global government affairs.

Roxanne Nurse as Attorney in San Diego from Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton & Helphrey, APC.

Nurse is a litigator with over a decade of experience. She has an extensive background representing businesses in workers' compensation defense. She has represented large insurance companies and self-insured corporations, handling case management, discovery processes, in-depth depositions, and strategic legal planning to mitigate client exposure.

Paul Burdick as Neutral from Santa Cruz County Superior Court .

Judge Burdick was appointed to the bench by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. During his 17-year judicial tenure, Burdick primarily served in the Civil Department, with additional assignments in Probate and the Criminal Felony Department. In 2007, Burdick established the Court's judicial mediation program, which replaced mandatory settlement conferences. While serving in the Civil Department, Judge Burdick efficiently managed a direct calendar, handling cases from filing to law and motion, judicial mediation, and trial. He presided over nearly 100 jury trials and scores of bench trials involving every area of civil and probate law. He was also the court's designated CEQA judge and Complex Litigation judge. In his final seven years on the bench, he also served in the Court's Appellate Division.

Kristin Kosinski as Partner in Los Angeles from Cislo and Thomas LLP .

Kosinski is well known for ensuring her clients' brands are protected, and sensible strategies are developed through the life cycle of the brand, including brand name clearance, enforcement, and litigation if necessary. She also advises clients on entertainment contracts, and she helps license trademarks for luxury goods. Well-versed in IP law, Kosinski's skills include guiding clients through copyright matters, domain name conflicts, and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She is a registered patent attorney and boasts considerable experience in patent law, preparing and prosecuting applications for wearable devices, cosmetics, beauty products, nutrition supplements, biotechnology, and consumer products. Kosinski also provides due diligence on IP assets in corporate transactions and financing, ensuring that her clients' assets are protected and the deals her clients want to close have the appropriate language and legal clauses in place to protect IP assets for both startups and established businesses.

Joshua Cook as Partner in San Francisco from Proof Holdings.

Cook specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies, venture capital firms, and private equity investment funds. His work spans the entire corporate lifecycle, including strategic decisions and coaching prior to incorporation, prospective investor introductions, general corporate representation and counseling, venture capital financings, employment matters, commercial contracts, public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions.

Deborah Greaves as Principal in Los Angeles, CA from Withers Bergman LLP.

Greaves' practice focuses on providing clients with domestic and global intellectual property, privacy and protection strategy in the fashion, food, consumer products, retail and technology sectors, along with corporate, commercial and employment-related legal services. Counseling companies in developing and monetizing IP and brand enforcement strategies, she has experience negotiating licensing and distribution agreements, domain registration strategies and defending against counterfeiting or infringement that could damage or dilute a brand.

Robin C. Gilden as Principal in Los Angeles, CA from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP.

With many years of experience in tax law, Gilden advises clients regarding partnership, corporate, individual income and estate tax planning issues, executive compensation issues, including the rules applicable to non-qualified deferred compensation.

Caleb Y. Lee as Counsel in Los Angeles from CJ ENM America, Inc..

Lee regularly appears in both federal and state courts, as well as before administrative agencies, where he adeptly defends employers in a wide range of employment litigation and administrative charge cases. His notable experience includes skillfully representing clients in class actions involving wage and hour claims under the California Labor Code and Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as handling background check claims under California's Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act, Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act, and the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. Additionally, Caleb has successfully handled representative actions under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).

Daniel J. Weinberg as Of Counsel in Redwood City from Freitas Angell & Weinberg LLP.

Weinberg has successfully represented clients in the technology, energy, entertainment, and hospitality industries. His practice primarily involves patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation, as well as computer forensic investigation work. In addition, Weinberg has secured eight-figure victories for clients in insurance recovery litigation and defeated novel antitrust claims involving the acquisition of intellectual property. He also has represented clients in data security and privacy-related matters, including the defense of consumer class action claims and the establishment of comprehensive privacy and terms of use policies.

Michele Wein Layne as Of Counsel in Los Angeles from Securities and Exchange Commission.

Layne worked at the SEC for nearly 30 years and served in senior leadership positions for more than 17 years, including as the SEC's Los Angeles Regional Director for 11 years. She leverages this experience to represent and advise corporate clients and their boards, committees, officers, and directors on securities-related enforcement matters, internal and regulatory investigations, and governance and compliance issues.

Claudia M. Coleman as Associate in Orange County from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.

Coleman regularly represents clients against employment-related claims brought under federal and state employment laws, including claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and whistleblower claims. Coleman also has experience representing clients against claims of wage and hour violations of California's Labor Code, class, and representative Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions.

Rob C. Keitamo as Attorney in Pleasanton from Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP.

Keitamo offers clients comprehensive counsel in real estate matters, including lease disputes and enforcement; lease drafting and negotiation; habitability claims; rent board petitions, arbitrations, and mediations; and tenancy buyouts.

Stephen J. Squillario as General Counsel in Los Angeles from Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP.

Squillario's background includes providing counsel and representation to law firms and public accounting firms on such matters as professional liability, risk management, ethics, engagement agreements, contracts, billing issues, and intra-partnership disputes. Squillario also has extensive experience representing businesses of all sizes in California state and federal courts.

Eryk Gettell as Partner in San Francisco from Severson & Werson.

Gettell counsels insurers on complex insurance coverage and litigation matters involving director and officer liability, employment practices liability, financial institutions, professional liability, technology and media liability, cybersecurity and data privacy, and commercial general liability insurance. He has advised insurers on thousands of insurance claims such as securities class actions, board of director disputes, employment discrimination and sexual harassment matters, wage and hour lawsuits, professional negligence claims, regulatory investigations, data breach matters, and fiduciary liability claims.

Bruce Steinert as Partner in San Francisco from Perkins Coie.

Steinert advises and represents a range of clients on debt financing and other related matters. He works with private equity (PE) sponsors, debt investment funds, publicly traded companies, and privately held ventures. He also advises founder and PE portfolio companies on acquisition facilities, refinancing facilities, recapitalizations, distressed and workout facilities, bond issuance, and second-lien lender and junior debt financings, both domestic and multijurisdictional, in a wide array of industry sectors such as retail, wholesale, manufacturing, software, IT, business services, consulting, brokerage, apparel, health care, insurance, agriculture, chemicals, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals.

Peter R Fischer as Partner in Los Angeles from Sklar Kirsh LLP.

Fischer advises clients on complex corporate and real estate transactions. He regularly represents real estate developers and owners, private equity funds, investors, lenders, and entrepreneurs with mid-market M&A deals, stock and asset transactions, fund formation, syndication, joint ventures, and private placements. He also counsels his clients on crisis management, pre-litigation workouts, and investor, partnership, and shareholder disputes.

Cindy M. Lovering as Partner in Palo Alto from Cooley LLP.

Lovering is a member of the firm's California Global Finance practice, with a focus on representing lenders in fund finance and venture finance transactions. She has built a successful track record with extensive knowledge in global finance by leveraging her banking and financial center networks, in turn expanding Sidley's fund and debt finance footprint into the venture capital space and further establishing the firm's destination practice in Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice.

Rachael Aguirre as Counsel in San Diego from Career Strategies.

Aguirre has a long history of successfully serving as General Counsel and in various in-house legal roles for prominent companies and organizations in Southern California. More specifically, her experience includes representing the management of private sector businesses in employment law and employee relations matters. Astute at advising her clients on all aspects of labor and employment matters, her practice encompasses expertise relating to laws such as under Title VII, EEO, FMLA, ADA, FLSA, FEHA, EDD, DOL, and other state and federal laws. She also advises and judiciously counsels on all types of employment-related matters, including discrimination claims, handbook provisions, workplace policies, accommodation issues, CDC guidelines, and COVID-related compliance issues.

Bruce Steinert as Partner in San Francisco from Perkins Coie.

Steinert advises and represents a range of clients on debt financing and other related matters. He works with private equity (PE) sponsors, debt investment funds, publicly traded companies, and privately held ventures. He also advises founder and PE portfolio companies on acquisition facilities, refinancing facilities, recapitalizations, distressed and workout facilities, bond issuance, and second-lien lender and junior debt financings, both domestic and multijurisdictional, in a wide array of industry sectors such as retail, wholesale, manufacturing, software, IT, business services, consulting, brokerage, apparel, health care, insurance, agriculture, chemicals, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals.

John E. Fitzsimmons as Partner in San Diego from DLA Piper.

Fitzsimmons has a particular focus on intellectual property-related claims, including both the prosecution and defense of claims involving non-compete agreements, trade secrets, proprietary information, and restrictive covenants. In addition to guiding clients through California and federal wage and hour litigation and class actions, Fitzsimmons counsels and trains employees on day-to-day operations, employment issues, as well as labor-management relations. He also assists employers with union organizing, corporate campaigns, and collective bargaining and has represented employers in labor arbitrations and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.

Morgan Forsey as Partner in Los Angeles from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.

Forsey regularly defends employers in wage-and-hour class actions, PAGA cases, and matters before governmental agencies, such as the DLSE, CRD, and EEOC. She also defends and assists employers in navigating regulatory audits, including those by the DOL, DOJ, and local enforcement agencies.

Daniel J. McQueen as Partner in Los Angeles from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.

McQueen has represented employers in high-stakes cases and jury trials across the country. He helps clients navigate all stages of litigation and has a particular focus on defending wage-and-hour class actions, as well as representative actions under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and collective actions under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). He frequently represents employers in matters arising under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and other labor and employment laws. In addition to his litigation practice, he advises on various human resources and workplace issues and conducts “wage and hour” audits to assist clients in navigating California’s byzantine employment laws.

Nora Stilestein as Partner in Los Angeles from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.

Stilestein represents employers in both federal and California courts in numerous labor and employment matters, with a particular focus on defending wage-and-hour class actions and PAGA actions through trial. Her litigation experience includes defeating several class certification motions, successfully defending certified claims through trial, and representing clients in arbitrations. Nora also provides training on various employment issues and advises employers on compliance with wage and hour laws, the classification of independent contractors, and employee discipline and terminations.