June 10, 2021
Media Coverage
Key Cyber Insurance Issues Hitting the Cannabis Industry
PropertyCasualty360
Tyler Gerking was quoted in the article "Key Cyber Insurance Issues Hitting the Cannabis Industry." Read the full article here . View full webinar below.
May 31, 2021
Announcement
Farella Managing Partner Statement in Support of the Jewish Community
Farella Braun + Martel Managing Partner Brian Donnelly’s message to the firm honoring Memorial Day and statement in support of our Jewish colleagues, clients, and communities. Memorial Day is a time to pay tribute to the fallen. Memorial Day is a time to...
May 26, 2021
Media Coverage
Plan for Off-Shore Turbines Likely To Generate Many Billable Hours
Daily Journal
David Lazerwitz provided commentary in the Daily Journal article "Plan for Off-Shore Turbines Likely To Generate Many Billable Hours." In the article, David noted that we are still a long way from actually developing projects and there are a...
May 21, 2021
Announcement
Douglas Young Receives 2021 Judge Learned Hand Award From AJC San Francisco
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that Partner Douglas R. Young was honored with the prestigious Judge Learned Hand Award by the American Jewish Committee of San Francisco at a virtual ceremony held on May 20. AJC is the...
May 20, 2021
Announcement
Chambers USA 2021 Recognizes Farella Braun + Martel Attorneys, Practices
Farella Braun + Martel announces that Chambers USA has recognized 13 lawyers and 6 practice areas in the legal directory’s 2021 edition. Individual Rankings: Tyler Gerking – Insurance: Policyholders Jeffrey Hamilton – Cannabis Law: Western United States Robert Hines...
May 14, 2021
Announcement
Nadia Arid Honored With Legal Services for Children Pro Bono Leadership Award
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that Nadia Arid was honored by Legal Services for Children with its 2021 Pro Bono Leadership Award for her service to Bay Area youth. Legal Services for Children provides free representation to...
May 12, 2021
Announcement
Kelly Matayoshi Joins UC Hastings Law Center for Litigation and Courts Advisory Board
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that partner Kelly Matayoshi has joined the five-member advisory board for the UC Hastings Law Center for Litigation and Courts . The nonpartisan Center for Litigation and Courts was established in...
May 6, 2021
Announcement
Farella Braun + Martel Named Among 2021 Best Places to Work: #1 Among Large Companies
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to be named among the 2021 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area and earn a #1 ranking in the large company category (200–499 employees). Published by the San Francisco Business Times...
May 5, 2021
Announcement
California Cannabis Businesses Face Costly Peril With Marketing Robocalls, Attorney Says
North Bay Business Journal
Cynthia Castillo spoke at the 2021 North Coast Cannabis Conference underwritten by Farella Braun + Martel and presented by the North Bay Business Journal. Cynthia spoke on trends in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation. According to Cynthia, the...
May 4, 2021
Announcement
Farella Represents Catalyze in Its Acquisition of PermaCity
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel represented leading national independent power producer Catalyze as due diligence counsel in its acquisition of solar developer and installer PermaCity . Based in Boulder, Colorado, Catalyze is a developer and independent...
April 27, 2021
Announcement
Farella Names Rebecca Stephens and Nadia Arid As LCLD 2021 Pathfinders
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that senior associate Rebecca Stephens and associate Nadia Arid were selected to be members of the 2021 class of Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinders. The Pathfinders Program is designed...
April 21, 2021
Media Coverage
Employers Deal With Workers’ Lost Vaccination Cards
SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management
Holly Sutton was interviewed by SHRM for the article, "Employers Deal With Workers’ Lost Vaccination Cards." Read the article here .
April 21, 2021
Media Coverage
Monticello - Member Profile: Richard "Dick" Shapiro
Monticello - The Quarterly Journal of the Jefferson Society
Dick Shapiro was profiled in the April 2021 issue of Monticello , the quarterly journal of the Jefferson Society. Read the profile, here on pages 18-19.
April 18, 2021
Media Coverage
California Won’t Budge on OZ Conformity but Gets Bulk of Investments
Bisnow
Julie Treppa spoke at Bisnow's California Opportunity Zone Summit on April 15. In the article, "California Won’t Budge on OZ Conformity but Gets Bulk of Investments, " Julie said one of the reasons opportunity zone investments tend to be made in...
April 16, 2021
Announcement
Farella Advises MedMen to Win San Francisco Cannabis Retail Store Approval
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel provided national premium cannabis retailer MedMen Enterprises Inc. with land use and permitting advice to win approval to open a new retail store on Union Street in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow...
April 15, 2021
Announcement
Farella Awards 2021 Diversity Scholarships to Three Bay Area Law Students
Farella Braun + Martel is pleased to announce the recipients of the firm’s 2021 Diversity Scholarship grants totaling $30,000 to Bay Area first-year law students Forogh Bashizada, Destiny Sarvis-Hooper, and Amir Wright. For 21 years, the scholarships have been...
April 5, 2021
Announcement
Farella Partners in Development of La Cocina Municipal Marketplace
Farella Braun + Martel served as the pro bono legal partner to La Cocina in the development of La Cocina Municipal Marketplace in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. The nation’s first women-led food hall will be home to seven women-of-color...
March 29, 2021
Announcement
Farella Lawyers Recognized by Lawdragon as Leading U.S. Environmental & Energy Lawyers
Partners James Colopy and Robert Hines and Of Counsel James Bruen were selected by Lawdragon for inclusion in its inaugural “500 Leading U.S. Environmental & Energy Lawyers” list recognizing lawyers who are shaping the future of environmental and energy law...
March 26, 2021
Announcement
Farella Braun + Martel Shortlisted for Three 2021 Benchmark Litigation Awards
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel has been shortlisted for three 2021 Benchmark Litigation awards. The firm was shortlisted for “San Francisco Firm of the Year” and in the California White-Collar Crime practice area. Partner Douglas R...
March 25, 2021
Announcement
Farella Assists Developers Win San Francisco Transbay Parcel F Tower Approval
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel represented the joint venture of Hines, Urban Pacific Development, and Goldman Sachs to secure approval for the construction of a 61-story, 800-foot tall mixed-use tower adjacent to the Transbay Terminal on...
March 25, 2021
Announcement
Farella Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of Americans Against Gun Violence in Ninth Circuit En Banc Appeal
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel has filed an amicus brief on behalf of Americans Against Gun Violence in the Duncan v. Becerra appeal that is pending en banc review in the Ninth Circuit. In 2016, an...
March 22, 2021
Announcement
Farella Managing Partner Statement on Attacks on the AAPI Communities
Farella Braun + Martel Managing Partner Brian Donnelly’s statement to the firm about the recent horrific escalation of violence against the AAPI communities, including multiple attacks just blocks from the firm’s office near Market Street in San Francisco. This...
March 16, 2021
Announcement
Amy Briggs Inducted to American College of Coverage Counsel
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel announces that Partner Amy B. Briggs has been inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC), the preeminent association representing the interests of insurers and policyholders in...
March 16, 2021
Announcement
Quinn Arntsen Named to North Bay Business Journal’s Forty Under 40
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that Quinn Arntsen was selected as one of the North Bay Business Journal ’s Forty Under 40 for 2021, recognizing the most influential executives and professionals in the North Bay area...
March 5, 2021
Announcement
Jeffrey Fisher Inducted to American College of Trial Lawyers
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that Partner Jeffrey M. Fisher has been inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier professional trial lawyer organizations in...
February 26, 2021
Announcement
Farella Advises 10x Genomics on Purchase of Retail Center Site
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel represented Pleasanton-based biotech company 10x Genomics in its purchase of a 14.6-acre former shopping center site in Pleasanton at 1701 Springdale Ave., where it plans to develop a major hub for...
February 26, 2021
Announcement
Nevada Links Wins Summary Judgment Motion in Case Brought by United States
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel successfully defended Nevada Links, Inc., the owner of a championship golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a $100 million lawsuit brought by the United States alleging that a land lease...
February 23, 2021
Announcement
Jeffrey Hamilton Named a 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that Jeffrey Hamilton , chair of Farella’s Cannabis Industry Group, has been named a 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow. Jeff joins a select group...
February 10, 2021
Announcement
Douglas Young Appointed Special Master in Wit v. United Behavioral Health
Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has appointed Douglas R. Young to serve as special master in the Wit v. United Behavioral Health class action. As special...
February 8, 2021
Announcement
Farella Braun + Martel Joins in the Launch of the California Black Freedom Fund
Farella Braun + Martel is proud to be a fund partner in the California Black Freedom Fund, a new $100 million initiative to provide resources to Black-led power-building organizations in the state over the next five years. Co-created with Black...
February 1, 2021
Announcement
Federal Court Rejects Trump Admin’s Effort to Evade Accountability for Unlawfully Gutting Anti-Redlining Protections
San Francisco, CA — On Friday, January 29, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its unlawful June 2020 rollback of essential Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) anti-redlining protections. The lawsuit was brought by...
January 26, 2021
Announcement
Sarah Good Appointed to California State Bar's Ad Hoc Commission on the Discipline System
The California State Bar Board of Trustees has appointed Farella Braun + Martel Partner Sarah A. Good to its new Ad Hoc Commission on the Discipline System. The 21-member commission is charged with taking a comprehensive look at California’s...
January 12, 2021
Announcement
Farella Braun + Martel Elevates Five to Partner
SAN FRANCISCO/ST. HELENA, Calif., Jan. 12, 2021: Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is pleased to announce the election of five lawyers to partnership effective January 1: Chandra Andrade, Winston Liaw, Kelly Matayoshi, Janice Reicher, and Brent...
January 8, 2021
17 Firms Join Crowell in Seeking Trump's Removal
American Lawyer
Farella is among 17 law firms joining Crowell & Moring in sending a joint letter to Vice President Mike Pence to call for President Donald Trump’s immediate removal from office and to urge Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. The law firm signatories urge...
January 7, 2021
Media Coverage
Lawyers Warn Those Bracing for Prop. 19’s Tax Hit: Act Fast
San Francisco Business Times
Evan Abrams spoke to the San Francisco Business Times for the article "Lawyers Warn Those Bracing for Prop. 19’s Tax Hit: Act Fast." In the article, Evan said, “If you really want to do anything, now is the time to...
January 4, 2021
Media Coverage
How the Energy Transition Is Affecting the EPC Business
POWER Mag
Mike Ginsburg was quoted in the Legal and Policy Considerations section of the POWER magazine article, "How the Energy Transition Is Affecting the EPC Business," outlining key trends affecting the EPC business. Read the full article here .
December 29, 2020
Media Coverage
Lawyers Advising California’s Wineries Navigate a Pandemic and Wildfires
Daily Journal
Partners Tyler Gerking and Matt Lewis were interviewed in the Daily Journal article "Lawyers advising California’s wineries navigate a pandemic and wildfires."
December 23, 2020
Announcement
Farella Braun Files Amicus Brief in Support of Humanitarian Organizations in Ninth Circuit Appeal of WhatsApp v. NSO
SAN FRANCISCO, December 23, 2020: Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel today submitted an amicus brief in support of civil society organizations in the NSO Group v. WhatsApp appeal pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
November 30, 2020
Media Coverage
How California Wine Business Property Transfer Rules Will Change in 2021
North Bay Business Journal
Lauren Galbraith commented in the North Bay Business Journal article "How California Wine Business Property Transfer Rules Will Change in 2021." “I see families in the wine business demonstrate keen awareness that they must consider and plan for taxes...
November 19, 2020
Announcement
Farella’s Aviva Gilbert Honored With WWCDA Catherine M. O’Neil Mentoring Award
SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, 2020: Northern California legal powerhouse Farella Braun + Martel is pleased to announce that Aviva J. Gilbert will be honored by the Women's White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) with its Catherine M. O’Neil Mentoring Award at...
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