Farella Braun + Martel is proud to announce that partner Linda Sobczynski Gilleran has been named an LCLD Fellow for 2026. Linda joins a select group of experienced lawyers who have distinguished themselves within their organizations by being deeply engaged, indispensable to key clients and teams, invested in attorney mentoring and professional development, and on a trajectory toward leadership positions.

The LCLD Fellows program provides high-potential, mid-career attorneys with professional and personal development opportunities, leadership training, relationship-building resources, and access to LCLD Members (Managing Partners and General Counsel). LCLD is an organization of more than 300 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are committed to creating an environment where all talent can thrive.

Linda serves as chair of Farella’s Clean Energy Group and is a member of the firm’s Environmental Practice Group. She represents companies and public entities in complex environmental litigation, commercial disputes, and regulatory compliance. She also advises developers and energy transition organizations on environmental review, siting, permitting, species and habitat considerations, and the redevelopment of legacy fossil-fuel sites into renewable energy assets. Linda is an active leader in the environmental and clean energy communities, including the Environmental Law Institute’s Women in Environmental Law & Leadership, the Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy, and the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law.

Farella Braun + Martel is a leading Northern California law firm representing corporate and private clients in sophisticated business and real estate transactions and complex commercial, civil, and criminal litigation. Clients seek our imaginative legal solutions and the dynamism and intellectual creativity of our lawyers. We are headquartered in San Francisco and maintain an office in the Napa Valley that is focused on the wine industry.

Contact:
Cheryl Loof
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
415.954.4433 / [email protected]