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Associates Michelle E. Hernandez and Priscilla N. Hatton Join Donahue Fitzgerald
Michelle joins Donahue Fitzgerald’s Business and Corporate, Nonprofit, and Real Estate practices. While attending law school, Michelle was a student honors intern with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a legal intern with the Energy and Telecommunications Team of the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, and a legal intern with the Clorox Company’s international in-house legal team […]
Read »Associate Michael Perez Joins the Firm’s Walnut Creek Office
Michael joins the firm from Cooley LLP, where he represented emerging and high-growth companies and their investors in connection with company formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings. Michael received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Davis and his law degree from University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). […]
Read »New Donahue Fitzgerald Partner Named
Sophia E.C. Schwartz has been named partner at Donahue Fitzgerald LLP. A graduate of the University of California, Hastings School of Law, Ms. Schwartz was recruited by the firm during her second year of law school and has been an associate for the past seven years, concentrating her practice in Business and Corporate and Intellectual […]
Read »Sweeping New Music Law Expedites A $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Spotify
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Read »LA punk rock band NOFX aims to share in $1.6 billion Spotify suit
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Read »Senior Litigation Associate, Jesse B. McKeithen Joins the Firm’s Oakland Office
Jesse joins the firm from Latham & Watkins LLP, where he handled antitrust cases, regulatory investigations, complex commercial litigation, and class action lawsuits, amongst other types of litigation matters. Jesse received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and his law degree from UCLA School of Law. He also holds a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from […]
Read »Employment Partner Andrew Shalauta Joins the Firm’s Oakland Office
Andrew joins the firm from Burnham Brown and has over 20 years of experience practicing law. Andrew has significant experience and expertise in handling litigation for private employers, public entities, and educational institutions. Andrew earned his J.D. from University of Colorado School of Law and his B.A. from University of California, Berkeley. About Donahue Fitzgerald […]
Read »Spotify Attorney Estimates the Service Infringed 300,000 Songs in Settlement Hearing
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Read »Donahue Fitzgerald Ranked in Top Tier of 2018 “Best Law Firms”
Donahue Fitzgerald’s Corporate Practice Group specializes in advising public and private companies, from high-tech start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, regarding corporate transactions, private equity and venture financings, and commercial matters. Our attorneys represent clients in the formation, financing, operation, and dissolution of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, and regularly advise these entities on corporate […]
Read »Donahue Fitzgerald Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America© 2018 Edition
OAKLAND (September 11, 2017) – Three attorneys from Donahue Fitzgerald were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018: Dawn Newton, Franchise Law Merrill J. Schwartz, Corporate Law Kristin A. Pace, Tax Law The Best Lawyers in America rankings are based solely on peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of attorneys confidentially evaluate their colleagues. As lawyers do not […]
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