[September 02, 2014] |
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Gordon & Rees San Francisco Office Continues Expansion; Adds Three Lateral Partners With Diverse Practices
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--
On Sept. 2, 2014, Gordon & Rees welcomed two new partners to the firm's
expanding San Francisco office, bringing to three the number of lateral
partners who have joined the firm's San Francisco office over the past
month. Fletcher Alford returns to Gordon & Rees from Dentons and Brian
Mulry joins the firm from Gagen, McCoy, McMahon, Koss, Markowitz &
Raines. Robert P. Andris recently joined Gordon & Rees from
Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley.
"As the firm prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary in October, we
are thrilled to welcome home our friend and colleague Fletcher, who
along with Brian and Rob add dynamic new capabilities to our growing San
Francisco office," says firmwide managing partner Dion N. Cominos.
"These outstanding lawyers are the perfect additions for Gordon & Rees's
expanding commercial litigation, class action, land use, and
intellectual property practices."
Alford - previously a partner in Gordon & Rees for 22 years - rejoins
the firm's Commercial Litigation and Class Action Practice Groups. He
focuses on commercial litigation and the defense of class actions and
oter complex matters, with an emphasis on claims involving financial
services, product liability, consumer fraud, breach of contract and
unfair business practices. Alford has extensive trial and appellate
experience before state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme
Court.
Mulry joins Gordon & Rees as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group
with a specific emphasis on land use. His practice includes processing
development projects, environmental review processing, builder
permitting issues, citizen group representation, private land use and
real property disputes, solar and cell tower leasing and transactions,
and state and local government law. Mulry's practice also includes
employment law, environmental law, civil litigation, business
litigation, and trademark and copyright law.
Andris is a partner and registered patent attorney in the Intellectual
Property Practice Group who has been counsel in more than 70 state and
federal appeals. His practice focuses on litigating IP disputes in the
areas of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, product liability
and license agreements. Andris has been lead counsel in infringement and
invalidity jury trials and at numerous Markman hearings,
and he has handled patent suits across the country.
Founded in San Francisco in 1974, Gordon & Rees is a national litigation
and business transactions firm with 31 offices in 20 states. One of the
fastest-growing firms in the country, over the past 10 years, Gordon &
Rees has more than doubled in size, added 25 new offices, and has a
major office in eight of the 10 largest cities in the United States. In
2014, The National Law Journal ranked Gordon & Rees
89th on its list of the largest U.S. firms and 13th on its list of the
largest Bay Area firms. The American Lawyer also ranked the
firm at No. 131 on the Am Law 200 and at No. 26 on its Diversity
Scorecard. Gordon & Rees has been recognized on the "BTI Client Service
A-Team" survey for the past three years and has been honored as a 2014
"Go-To Law Firm" for Fortune 500 companies as
well as selected for inclusion on Corporate Counsel magazine's
2013 "Who Represents America's Biggest Companies" list.
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