Linda Sobczynski Gilleran,

Partner

We are proud to announce that Farella Braun + Martel lawyers were honored among the 2026 “California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year” by the Daily Journal for their role in protecting the rule of law by representing pro bono...

Farella Braun + Martel environmental lawyers authored the Lexology Panoramic: US Environment - California chapter. The Panoramic offers a concise comparative guide to the key elements of environmental law in California. Topics covered include the main environmental regulations, hazardous activities and...

Updated November 24, 2025 The Executive Orders at issue in this class action litigation resulted in summary and blanket terminations of grant funding for UC researchers, without any individualized determinations or due process. These government actions conflict with our nation's...

Farella Partner Linda Gilleran was quoted in  The National Law Journal  article, " 9th Circuit Upholds Order Blocking Termination of University of California Research Grants ." On August 21, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday...

Just weeks after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration and its agencies from cutting off UC research grant funds via form letter and without articulated bases or consideration...

Judge Rita F. Lin of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has granted a preliminary injunction on behalf of six University of California (UC) faculty and other researchers whose grants were terminated in their class...