Jennifer A. Cormier

Steve Hankins tries cases involving intellectual property, employment, and other disputes. Steve was hooked on trial advocacy right after college when he worked with a group of busy personal injury trial attorneys. There were many trials, each one requiring empathy, creativity, forensic legwork, and nuanced advocacy. Raised by English teachers and artists, these skills come naturally to Steve. After 25 years of practice, Steve still enjoys more than anything else the careful preparation and f...

As the chair of Lieff Cabraser’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy group since its inception in 2016, Michael W. Sobol leads novel and challenging consumer protection class action lawsuits of first impression. Within the last few years, Michael’s cases have recovered over one billion dollars and have reformed the business practices for the benefit of tens of millions consumers nationwide. A two-time California Daily Journal “Top Cybersecurity Lawyer,” in 2025 Michael wa...

A Determined Advocate for Tribal Clients The Chair of Lieff Cabraser’s Native American Tribal Practice Group, Eric B. Fastiff has practiced complex litigation for over 25 years, working on numerous cases involving the drug, food, technology, finance, and natural resource industries. His clients include Native American tribes and their health providers, municipal and county governments, businesses, individuals, and consumer groups. In 2018, Eric and the firm filed cases against the count...

Andrew’s practice focuses on wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases resulting from dangerous products, police shootings, ski accidents, medical malpractice, big-rig collisions, and automobile/motorcycle accidents. He also handles cases involving negligent security, premises liability, and dangerous conditions of property. Andrew graduated magna cum laude with a degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received numerous acad...

Mark is a mediator, arbitrator and special master with ADR Services, Inc. and a nationwide ADR practice. Prior to becoming a full-time neutral, Mark served as general counsel and senior executive to both Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. and Ross Stores, Inc., where he managed all litigation, ADR initiatives and other legal matters. Mark also served as part of the senior legal leadership worldwide for Nestle, S. A., and developed ADR training for its international legal team. Prior to his genera...

Alison Sundberg Telleen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Alison Sundberg, who practices law in San Francisco, California, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Alison Sundberg is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Matt Richards is a litigator who represents owners and general contractors in federal and state court construction litigation and in arbitration. He also has significant experience in antitrust, bankruptcy, and appellate law. In addition, Matt oversees Nixon Peabody’s award-winning pro bono program, which leverages the skills and experience of attorneys and staff to make a positive impact for our clients and communities. My focus Construction & Real Estate Development I represent pu...

Caitlin Sinclaire Blythe is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Caitlin Sinclaire, who practices law in San Francisco, California, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Caitlin Sinclaire is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Clarissa A. Kang represents employee benefit plans, plan administrators, plan sponsors, and fiduciaries in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Litigation - ERISA matters before federal and state courts and government regulatory agencies. Based in San Francisco, California, she advises clients on a broad range of ERISA litigation and compliance issues affecting retirement, health, and welfare benefit plans. As a director at Trucker Huss APC , Clarissa handles complex litigation involving benefit...

Cecily Barclay focuses her practice on land use and entitlements, real estate acquisition and development and local government law. She regularly assists landowners, developers and public agencies throughout Northern California in all aspects of acquisition, entitlement and development of land, including land use application processing, drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, negotiating and securing the approval of development agreements, general plan amendments, specific plan...