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Nathaniel M. Cartmell III is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities / Capital Markets Law. Nathaniel M. practices law in San Francisco, California Best Lawyers has recognized Nathaniel M. Cartmell III since 2005. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflect...

Donald C. Arbitblit is a leader among plaintiffs’ attorneys in assessing the legal, medical, and scientific aspects of personal injury, mass torts , and environmental and toxic exposure litigation . Don has served on Plaintiffs’ Science/Expert Committees in several national cases and served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Actos bladder cancer injuries federal multidistrict litigation that settled in 2015 for $2.4 billion. Since 2022, Don has contributed to the d...

Gavin Grover'’s practice is focused on the representation of growth companies in a wide variety of transactional matters. He serves as primary outside counsel to a large number of both private and public emerging and established growth companies, and counsels companies from formation through the initial public offering stage and beyond to ultimate sale or merger. He has completed more than 200 merger and acquisition transactions, including tender offers, auctions, special committee repr...

Neema Jalali is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Neema practices law in San Francisco, California Best Lawyers has recognized Neema Jalali since 2024. 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 Neema Jalali is held by other lawyers.

Christian R. Jagusch, MD, JD, joined the legal team at Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger after a distinguished medical career as an Emergency Medicine Specialist. He began his academic journey at Creighton University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry summa cum laude and continued his academic success at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his postgraduate training at the Los Angeles County and University of Southern Cali...

Susan Horst is a specialist in writs of mandamus and prohibition in the California appellate courts. For more than 31 years, Susan served as the writ attorney for the California Court of Appeal for the First District, Division One, in San Francisco. Susan is one of the only practicing attorneys in California to have devoted virtually her entire career to appellate writs. As writ attorney in the First District, Susan evaluated thousands of pre- and post- trial writ petitions in all types of ci...

Jill Dodd chairs the firm’s estate planning and personal representation practice, focusing on gift, estate and philanthropic planning for very-high-net-worth individuals and families. Jill counsels very-high-net-worth individuals in all aspects of gift, estate and philanthropic planning. She has extensive experience designing and implementing a variety of sophisticated structures, including family limited partnerships, grantor retained annuity trusts, insurance trusts, complex grantor t...

Alison Baird is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Alison practices law in San Francisco, California Best Lawyers has recognized Alison Baird since 2027. 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 Alison Baird is held by other lawyers.

Brent Wisner is the managing partner and lead trial attorney at Wisner Baum, where he focuses his practice on complex, high-stakes litigation, including complex and multidistrict litigation, class actions, toxic torts, and products liability cases. Recognized as one of America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers by Trial Lawyer Magazine, Brent has built a reputation for taking on large corporations in high-stakes litigation and winning significant verdicts and settlements for his client...

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...