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Robert A. Roth is widely regarded as one of the leading family law appellate specialists in California. He has over 30 years’ experience as an appellate practitioner and more than 25 published (and scores of unpublished) appellate opinions to his name. Robert has won twice in the California Supreme Court, and notably represented the successful respondent in In re Marriage of Ostler and Smith (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 33, a seminal case that established the method California courts use every...

Mary Powell is an attorney at Trucker Huss APC in San Francisco, California, with more than 25 years of experience advising employers on employee benefits and E mployee Benefits (ERISA) Law matters. She counsels employers on a broad range of health and welfare benefit plan issues, including regulatory compliance, fiduciary responsibilities, and employee benefit plan administration. Mary focuses her practice on helping employers implement and comply with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20...

Elizabeth Loh is a Director in the health and welfare practice at Trucker Huss APC in San Francisco, California. Her practice focuses on Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and health and welfare compliance matters affecting employers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers. For more than twenty years, Elizabeth has advised clients on a broad range of employee benefits and compliance issues involving ERISA, HIPAA privacy and security, Internal Revenue Code Section 125 plans, COBRA, Medic...

Bernie Pistillo is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Tax Law. Bernie practices law in San Francisco, California Best Lawyers has recognized Bernie Pistillo since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Bernie Pistillo is held by other lawyers.

Mr. Fiero serves as a co-chair of the firm's Committee Practice Group and maintains a national practice representing debtors, committees, acquirers, and other significant parties in interest in complex reorganizations and financially distressed situations, both in and out of court. Mr. Fiero is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and received his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law, where he was associate note editor for the Hastings Journal of Communications and Entert...

Patrick Gunn is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Commercial Litigation. Patrick practices law in San Francisco, California Best Lawyers has recognized Patrick Gunn since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Patrick Gunn is held by other lawyers.

Theo is a fourth generation trial lawyer – his great grandfather served as the Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, as well as a State Senator, his grandfather practiced law until he was 92, and his father served as president of both the Tennessee Trial Lawyers’ Association and the Tennessee Bar Association. Driving around with his dad during the holidays visiting clients made a lasting impression on Theo. Without fail, every person who came to the door during those ...

Kelly Woodruff is a seasoned appellate advocate, having represented clients and amici curiae in dozens of significant writs and appeals in the state and federal appellate courts in her 25 years of practice. Over the course of her career, Kelly has gained experience with appellate matters in nearly all subject areas related to business and civil litigation, including intellectual property, breach of contract, torts, probate, and trust matters. Recently, Kelly preserved a multi-million-dollar i...

Erin Fraser focuses his practice on private client matters, advising global and domestic family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals on strategic planning around wealth transfer and preservation, the formation of trusts and new entities to hold real estate or investments, as well as advising on charitable entities and giving. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/erin-l-fraser/

Mr. Kevane is the managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office. He has worked on transactional and bankruptcy matters with clients from a variety of industries, and is listed among the "Best Lawyers in America" and "San Francisco's Best Lawyers" for his work in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law. He has also been named a "Northern California Super Lawyer" every year since 2004 in a peer survey conducted by Law & Politics and the publishers of San Francisco magazine, an honor...