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Eight Horvitz & Levy Attorneys Recognized as Rising Stars
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Horvitz & Levy had eight attorneys selected by their peers for inclusion in Rising Stars 2008, published by Law & Politics magazine. Attorneys Peder Batalden, Adam Flake, Curt Cutting, Kim Nguyen, Alicia Pell, Jeremy Rosen, Felix Shafir, and Margaret Thomas were included in the field of Appellate Law. Mr. Rosen was also included in Civil Litigation Defense and First Amendment/Media/Advertising. Click here to read the firm's press release.
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Nine Horvitz & Levy Partners Recognized as Super Lawyers
Eight partners were selected by their peers for inclusion in Super Lawyers – Southern California (back row left to right): Peter Abrahams, Mary-Christine “M.C.” Sungaila, Barry R. Levy, David M. Axelrad, John A. Taylor, Jr., (front row left to right) Ellis J. Horvitz, Lisa Perrochet, Frederic D. Cohen, and Mitchell C. Tilner (not pictured). All attorneys were recognized in the area of Appellate law, with Mr. Horvitz also being included in the fields of Business Litigation and Civil Litigation Defense. M.C. Sungaila was ranked among the “Top 50 Women” in Southern California.
Super Lawyers is an annual ranking of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. |
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Eight Horvitz & Levy Partners Included in The Best Lawyers in America(R) 2008
Horvitz & Levy LLP had eight partners selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Peter Abrahams, David M. Axelrad, Frederic D. Cohen, Ellis J. Horvitz, Barry R. Levy, John A. Taylor, Jr., and Mitchell C. Tilner were noted for thier work in the field of Appellate law. Mr. Horvitz was also included in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Health Care Law, and Mr. Levy was included on the Commercial Litigation list. Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States.
Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which 24,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.” |
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M.C. Sungaila
H&L partner M.C. Sungaila has been named chair of the Board Governance Committee of "Break the Cycle." (Click here to read the Board Spotlight.) M.C. has also been named one of the Top 50 Female Southern California Super Lawyers. She has also been named one of California's top 75 women litigators by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. (Click here to read the article and accompanying profile of M.C.) |
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Curt
Cutting
H&L partner Curt Cutting has
been named one of the top 20 California lawyers under
the age of 40 by the Daily Journal. (Click
here to read the article.) Curt is also one of
the primary contributors to the
firm's new blog on
punitive damages litigation.
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David
S. Ettinger
H&L partner David Ettinger has
been named as one of the state's 20 outstanding pro
bono lawyers for 2007 by California Lawyer magazine.
David received an "Angel
Award" as a result of over a decade of pro
bono work on child and family issues for the Harriett
Buhai Center for Family law, Public Counsel, and The
Alliance For Children's Rights.
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pleased to welcome its newest partners for 2008: |
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Jason
R. Litt
Jason is a Harvard Law School graduate
who joined Horvitz & Levy in 2001 after working
as a civil rights lawyer and as an Internet entrepreneur.
In the course of briefing and arguing numerous appeals,
he has developed a particular expertise in the fields
of insurance bad faith, government entity litigation,
employment law and trade secret law. |
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Jeremy
B. Rosen
Jeremy, who has argued five cases
in the California Supreme Court, was named by the Los
Angeles Daily Journal to its "Top
20 Under 40" list
of California attorneys, and has also been named a California "Super
Lawyer Rising Star" in 2006 and 2007. |
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John
A. Taylor, Jr.
H&L partner John A. Taylor, Jr.
has been appointed to the Judicial Council Appellate
Advisory Committee of California. (Click
here to read the press release.)
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| (Back row) Felix
Shafir, Peder
Batalden, and Kim
Nguyen and (front
row) Jeremy
Rosen and Curt
Cutting were
recently selected as Rising Stars by the Southern California
Super Lawyers
Magazine after being
nominated by their peers and then evaluated for selection
by the
Super Lawyers magazine staff. Factors considered in being
named a Rising Star include experience, honors and awards,
bar and other professional activity, pro bono and community
service, scholarly writings, and educational background.
The five H&L attorneys selected as Rising Stars account
for one-quarter (25%) of all attorneys named as Southern
California Rising Stars in the area of appellate practice. |
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its newest associates: |
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Adam
M. Flake
Adam was a former judicial clerk
to Hon. Arthur L. Alarcon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth
Circuit. |
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Alicia
A. Pell
Alicia
was a former judicial clerk to Hon. Ferdinand
F. Fernandez, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit, and Hon. Thomas M. Shanahan, U.S. District
Court, District of Nebraska.
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Margaret
S. Thomas
Margaret was a former judicial clerk
to Hon. Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth
Circuit, and Hon. George H. King, U.S. District Court,
Central District of California. |
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| H&L partners, Barry
Levy, Lisa
Perrochet and Curt
Cutting have been honored with a CLAY (California
Lawyer Attorneys of the Year) award for their work
on the Border
Business Park, Inc. v. City of San Diego case.
(Click
here to read the article.) |
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In Memoriam: Patricia Lofton (1947-2007)
It is with sadness
that we report the passing of Patricia Lofton on
March 19, 2007 following a long-fought battle with
breast cancer. Read more about Patricia's life and
career.
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David
M. Axelrad
H&L partner David Axelrad has
been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for
the Friends of the Los
Angeles County Law Library. The Board helps provide
the financial and other resources necessary for the
L.A. County Law Library to fulfill its mission of serving
the legal information needs of all of Los Angeles County's
citizens. |
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Brad
Pauley
Brad Pauley has been elected for a
two-year term on the Executive Committee of the American
Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers. |
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Mitchell
C. Tilner
Mitchell C. Tilner has been appointed
to a three-year term on the Insurance Law Committee
of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Tilner recently co-authored an article, "Appeals,
Writs and Post-Trial Motions," that appeared
in the California Litigation Review.
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