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Murphy Pearson welcomes three new associates, Matthew J. Frauenfeld, Lauren Holappa and Kai’Ree Howard, to the San Francisco litigation team this month. Matthew’s represents clients in litigation in a variety of areas including professional liability and commercial litigation. He also advises clients on corporate and data privacy compliance. As...
Shareholder James A. Lassart obtained a defense verdict in a case brought against his client, a former American Airlines pilot, accused of sexual assault and harassment. The eight-person California federal jury cleared the pilot in the multimillion dollar civil case brought on by two flight attendants who claimed the...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C is pleased to announce the elevation of Arthur J. Harris and Thomas F. Mazzucco to Shareholders, and Laura R. Grealish and Ebony A. Koger to Directors. Arthur Harris has represented MPBF clients in commercial, business, professional liability and real estate litigation matters, with...
After a three-week trial, it took a San Francisco jury less than 50 minutes to return a defense verdict in favor of a rideshare driver represented by MPBF attorneys Mark Perelman and Laura Grealish. The case arose out of an April 2019 two-car collision on I-405 in Long Beach....
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney Los Angeles welcomes Senior Counsel J. Andrew Wright and Senior Counsel Steven J. Pearse to the firm. Andrew’s practice focuses on representing CPA’s, fiduciaries, attorneys, directors and officers, and other professionals in litigation and regulatory matters. He also represents creditors in post-judgment enforcement and...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney is thrilled to announce that 16 firm attorneys have been named to the 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is an annual publication that recognizes the top lawyers in Northern California via a patented multiphase...
Dear Valued Clients and Members of the Community/Friends, We are pleased to announce our Sacramento office has moved to following address: 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814.
MPBF is pleased to announce the elevation of Tina L. Li to Director. Tina joined the firm in March 2022, and has significant experience counseling clients in matters relating to professional liability, cybersecurity, construction, medical malpractice, general liability, and defense of directors and officers. Tina obtained a defense verdict...
MPBF is thrilled to welcome four new associates to the firm. Joining the San Francisco team is Gerald C. Kipper (B.A., California State University, Chico/ J.D., University of California, Davis School of Law), Richard Li (B.A., University of California, Los Angeles/ J.D. University of California, College of Law), and...
On Saturday, January 20th, MPBF attorneys gathered for another successful mock trial. The annual event was hosted at the University of San Francisco School of Law and featured the Hon. Michael McNaughton who offered guidance to the next generation of trial lawyers.
Dear Valued Clients and Members of the Community/Friends, We are pleased to announce our office has moved to the following new address: 550 S. Hope St, Suite 2170, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Murphy Pearson is pleased to announce two new additions to the San Francisco office: Associate Jonathan J. Kim (University of San Francisco School of Law) and Senior Counsel Jon C. James (University of San Francisco School of Law). Jonathan’s practice areas include intellectual property and privacy. While in...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is an annual publication that recognizes the top lawyers in Northern California via a patented multiphase selection process...
MPBF’s Association of Professional Women hosted a lunch time Café Chat with San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. Topics discussed were the challenges facing women in the legal profession, public safety, and the need to remove politics from law-and-order related decisions. Ebony Koger and Mariah Cooks hosted the interview....
A Los Angeles County Judge dismissed all charges against Silverado Senior Living Management Inc., two other corporate entities, and three company officials in connection with the COVID-related deaths of 14 people beginning in March 2020. The MPBF litigation team was led by Shareholder Philip J. Kearney and Director Christopher...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, PC is pleased to announce the elevation of Suzie M. Tagliere, previously Director, and I. Hooshie Broomand, previously Senior Counsel, to Firm Shareholders. “The firm is thrilled that we have elected two new shareholders: Suzie (San Francisco) and Hooshie (Sacramento). Suzie Tagliere is an...
Dear Valued Clients and Members of the Community/Friends, We are pleased to announce our office has moved to the following new address: 520 Pike Street, Suite 1205, Seattle, WA 98101.
Murphy Pearson welcomes two new associates, Miguel Mendez-Pintado (University of San Diego, School of Law), and Javkhlan Enkhbayar (University of San Francisco, School of Law) to the litigation team this month. Miguel’s practice includes civil litigation with an emphasis on business and employment law, as well as intellectual property...
Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney won a two-week FINRA arbitration against Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC and its clearing and custodial subsidiary National Financial Services, LLC (collectively, “Fidelity”), on behalf of an options trader. The FINRA Panel awarded Murphy Pearson Bradley & Feeney’s client nearly $4 million in compensatory damages....
By: Associates Stephanie Yee and Stephanie Roque-Hurtado The U.S. Supreme Court recently published a decision in Twitter, et al. v. Taamneh, et al. that provides some insight as to how it might handle a Communications Decency Act § 230 analysis. The Court in recent years appears reluctant to address...
Verdict in favor of Defense following one-week bench trial in San Diego. Murphy Pearson attorneys Suzie Tagliere and Tina Li successfully defended a large HOA against claims of unfair election conduct. Through their presentation of evidence and cross-examination of Plaintiffs’ expert and percipient witnesses, Suzie and Tina were able...
Murphy Pearson is pleased to announce the elevation of Claire E. Bellefleur, Alston L. Lew, and Adrian P. Sacharski to the positions of Directors. Claire‘s primary practice consists of representing fiduciaries and beneficiaries in Washington State’s Title 11 rules and California State’s Probate Code, including trust and probate litigation,...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney begins 2023 with expansion in both their San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. This month, associates Mariah S. Cooks (Golden Gate University School of Law) and Marlin Gramajo Gillespie (University of California, Los Angeles School of Law) joined the firm. An associate practicing out...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney is hosting its Annual Mock Trial, scheduled for Saturday, February 4th, 2023, at USF School of Law. A firm with dozens of attorneys who possess decades of trial experience, MPBF is dedicated to training the next generation of trial lawyers through the mock trial...
MPBF today announced the additions of attorneys Tony S. Mekari, Stephanie Roque-Hurtado and Aman K. Joea to the San Francisco and Sacramento offices. An associate in the San Francisco office, Tony counsels individuals and businesses in all aspects of general civil litigation, business disputes and white collar criminal defense....
Earlier this month, MPBF’s Association of Professional Women hosted a packed house for its quarterly event- an evening with renowned author and public speaker, Cara Hale Alter. Relying on 20 years of research, Alter has a deep understanding of how nonverbal communication shapes the perception of leadership presence. Particularly...
A Southern California native in MPBF’s Los Angeles office, Joshua Quaye is arguably the most well-traveled and uniquely experienced litigation associate at the firm. A graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, Josh holds an Unlimited Tonnage Second Mate license. In his previous...
With the stablecoin meltdown of early May, and the recent collapses of cryptocurrency hedge funds like Three Arrows Capital, there has been increased public and media scrutiny of crypto regulation and a call for protection for investors. Read “SEC and DOJ file first ever crypto insider trading cases: A...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney is pleased to announce that 14 attorneys have been selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is an annual publication that recognizes the top lawyers in Northern California via a patented multiphase selection process...
By: Senior Counsel I. Hooshie Broomand and Associate Collin Chandler Employers throughout California won a significant battle to protect their interests against the onslaught of cases involving California’s Private Attorney General Act (PAGA”) this week after the United States Supreme Court handed down its opinion in the case of...
Murphy Pearson is pleased to announce the elevation of Thomas F. Mazzucco, Christopher R. Ulrich and Joseph S. Leveroni to the positions of Directors. All three newly appointed directors bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the firm. Serving a wide range of practices, they have each forged...
Long before Zoom, virtual backgrounds and home offices, Murphy Pearson (MPBF) attorney Nick Larson needed to relocate from San Francisco and work remotely from Washington state. MPBF agreed to this arrangement on a trial basis. Nearly a decade later it is clear that this arrangement did not simply function,...
MPBF welcomes the additions of Senior Counsel I. Hooshie Broomand (University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law) and Associate Collin Chandler (UC Davis School of Law) to their Sacramento office this month. Hooshie’s practice includes general civil litigation with focuses on product defects, professional liability defense, construction, real estate,...
Attorney Overcomes Obstacles and Now Seeks to Inspire Mothers to Return to the Workforce It is the year 2005 and like many young working mothers, Nicole Engler has a tough decision to make- continue to pursue her passion working as an HR consultant or stay home to raise her...
Murphy Pearson is pleased to announce the addition of attorneys Jayde Y. Logan and Tina L. Li in the firm’s Seattle and San Francisco offices, respectively. Jayde Logan received her B.A. from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and her J.D. from New England Law in Boston. Jayde was...
Update Marries Traditional Client Service Values with 21st Century Approach to Business Since 1978, Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney has been home to seasoned trial and business lawyers, and in the past four-plus decades, that “home” has expanded to include three additional West Coast offices and more than 50...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley and Feeney begins 2022 with the addition of new attorneys Liza Milanes (UC Hastings College of the Law), Michael Saenz (UC Berkeley School of Law), Chekwume Ufoegbune (University of San Francisco School of Law), Hollyanne Raymond (Seattle University) and Lauryn Robinson (University of the Pacific, McGeorge...
The firm wants to take a moment to recognize the prestigious group of our shareholders, directors, and associates who have been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, Northern California. Each year, Super Lawyers Magazine publishes a list of the top 5% of lawyers in each state. Murphy, Pearson,...
The recent appellate decision on Griggs v. Guess?, Inc. provides us with important guidance on how courts will weigh evidence and determine the creditability of witnesses when deciding whether an electronic signature is valid or not. Read “Employer’s Bid for Arbitration Denied Based on Unauthenticated E-Signature” by Shareholder Patrick J....
Murphy Pearson Senior Trial Counsel Philip Kearney, who previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, an international war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations and as an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco will be a panelist...
Upset clients are an unfortunate reality of veterinary practices. No matter how experienced the veterinarian or how diligent the treatment, some clients still leave unhappy. In the age of social media, this unhappiness can lead to problems, even when the veterinarian’s care was entirely proper. Clients can use social...
Murphy Pearson is pleased to announce the elevation of Nicholas C. Larson and Heather A. Barnes, both previously Directors at the firm, and Philip J. Kearney, Senior Trial Counsel, to Firm Shareholders. “The firm is very pleased to announce that we have elected three new shareholders: Heather Barnes (Sacramento), Nick Larson (Seattle),...
Ringing in the new year at midnight on January 1, 2021 looked quite different from previous years. Many people welcomed the changes that would come from the fresh start of a new calendar year. For Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, a California-based litigation firm, the ending of 2020 was...
Many know that lawyers are required to turn over non-privileged documents during discovery when the opposing party requests them to do so. Imagine, however, that the burden extends to proactively disclose information, even when there is no request and/or even when the lawyer is not aware of any evidence...
Nicholas Larson, Managing Partner for the firm’s Seattle office, was recently re-elected co-chair of the Washington State Bar Association’s (WSBA) Pro-Bono and Public Service Committee (PBPSC) for the third consecutive year. He contributed to the Bar Association’s monthly newsletter with an article highlighting some of the important work that...
On October 1st, the California State Bar issued Formal Opinion No. 2020-20, which addresses the ethical considerations for lawyers using third-party litigation funding in exchange for potential proceeds recovered in a lawsuit. “State Bar Offers Ethical Guidance on Third-Party Litigation Funding,” published in the Daily Journal on October 9,...
Judgment in Favor of Defense. Murphy Pearson attorneys, including John P. Girarde and Ebony Koger, obtained a defense judgment in favor of their accountancy firm client after successfully filing a demurrer to Cross-Complainant’s First Amended Cross-Complaint for equitable indemnity and declaratory relief. On July 10, 2020, the Monterey County Superior Court...
In its decision, United States v. Sanmina Corporation and Subsidiaries, 2020 DJDAR 8299, the court recognized the key distinctions between the invocation of the attorney-client privilege compared with the attorney work product privilege and when those privileges are waived, if at all. The 9th Circuit decision provides important case...
The restaurant industry was one of the hardest hit industries of the Covid-19 shelter-in-place. As restaurants navigate partial and modified reopening, restaurant owners and managers are also faced with managing a magnitude of variables in their operations. Harlan Watkins and Geoff Macbride have a strong background in representing restaurant owners in a...
Murphy Pearson is extremely proud of the prestigious group of our shareholders, directors, and associates who have been recognized by Super Lawyers. The 14 lawyers who have been acknowledged by Super Lawyers Magazine as a 2020 “Northern California Super Lawyer include”: Michael Bradley Adrian Driscoll Janet Everson Jason Fellner...
While HIPAA does not protect the confidentiality of veterinary medical records, California law does. California, along with many other states, have passed confidentiality laws which protect information related to veterinary care and impose steep criminal, civil, and disciplinary penalties for their violation. The law has numerous exceptions, which could...
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney is pleased to announce the elevation of Erik Weiss to Shareholder. Erik began his career at the firm in March 2006. Erik is an experienced litigator who has represented clients in complex civil litigation in a wide range of areas, frequently conducts investigations, and counsels businesses...
Murphy Pearson Announces the Elevation of three Associates to Director: Heather Barnes, Dina Zagari, and Suzie Tagliere “MPB&F continues to foster the development of the next generation of attorneys and is proud that Dina, Heather, and Suzie have earned the elevation to Director status at the firm.” – Timothy...
When does the relationship between an attorney and the client end? A closing letter to the client does not always draw the line in the sand that the representation is complete. “Lines can easily become blurred as to when the work on a certain client and subject matter ends.”...
“There are going to be a lot more smoking guns lying around in the future.” With many large corporations encouraging and supporting their employees to work from home for an indefinite period of time, it translates to an increase in written – and documented – correspondence amongst employees. “Attorneys...
Busy partners who are under pressure to spend their time on billable work may underestimate the risk and exposure of staffing inexperienced associates on pro bono cases without closely supervising their work. Murphy Pearson attorneys Jason Fellner and Kevin Cardona share insights into this topic in an October 9,...
With increasing lateral movement, it is more important than ever that firms take a close look at who they are hiring and how to build an ethical wall around new hires to prevent disqualification of the entire firm by conflicts of interest. Stephanie Yee, Associate in Murphy Pearson’s San...