Areas of PracticeSonnenschein's San Francisco office combines its vast experience with the wealth of resources available from other Sonnenschein offices nationwide to offer top-notch legal services. Listed below are primary areas of practice in the San Francisco office:
Litigation
Lawyers in our San Francisco office are adept at all types of litigation, including commercial; real estate; environmental; labor and employment; government contracts; franchising and distribution; insurance; antitrust; construction; stockholder derivative suits; patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property; and white collar and government investigations. The San Francisco Litigation Practice comprises more than 30 attorneys, including appellate practitioners who frequently are called in at the post-trial stage to represent parties and amici before all levels of federal and state appellate courts.
Corporate
Sonnenschein's San Francisco office has an active Corporate Practice. Our lawyers are experienced in mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance (including tax-exempt financings), venture capital, franchise and distribution matters, banking matters and a full range of general corporate counseling matters. Our clients in San Francisco include major publicly held companies and private companies, among them a number of start-ups.
Real Estate
Our San Francisco Real Estate lawyers are experienced in dealing with the legal and practical issues related to virtually every type of real estate, including office buildings, shopping centers, multi-family residential projects, industrial developments and agricultural projects.
Insurance
Sonnenschein has a national reputation based on its extensive representation of insurers in wide-ranging litigation, counseling and transactional matters. Lawyers in our San Francisco office play a leading role in this national practice. They not only handle matters in California for numerous insurance carriers but also represent insurers on many matters outside of California, including serving as nationwide coordinating counsel for insurers in major cases or areas of litigation.
Insurance Regulatory
The firm's Insurance Regulatory Practice is based in the San Francisco office and offers a wide range of corporate, administrative and regulatory law services to insurance organizations and government entities that regulate the insurance industry. The practice advises insurance regulators, insurers and insurance organizations on a wide variety of regulatory matters, including the formation of insurance companies and agencies, demutualization of companies, monitoring and achieving regulatory compliance, and resolution of licensing issues. Our practice has represented clients in almost every state and in jurisdictions outside the U.S. Insurance Regulatory clients are served through advice and counseling, as well as through proactive intervention with insurance regulators to head off administrative or judicial action.
Indian Law & Tribal Representation
Sonnenschein’s San Francisco office has a vigorous and growing practice representing tribal governments, tribal organizations and tribal-affiliated businesses. Our Indian Law & Tribal Representation lawyers understand that tribes want to promote economic development while retaining sovereignty, and that the challenges our tribal clients face are constantly changing and increasingly complex. We have abundant know-how in a range of legal fields important to tribes.
Government Contracts
Our San Francisco office represents major contractors in every facet of federal and state procurement. San Francisco lawyers assist clients in presenting bid protests; preparing claims under federal and state law; accounting for contract cost under applicable cost principles; handling contract disputes before federal and state courts, boards of contract appeals and arbitration panels; and defending civil and criminal fraud investigations.
Labor & Employment
Our San Francisco office includes lawyers who handle labor and employment cases before federal and state trial and appellate courts, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state administrative agencies. The office also handles matters under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); provides practical advice to union and nonunion employers in a wide variety of industries seeking to avoid or minimize disputes with employees and independent contractors; and assists employers in drafting employment contracts, handbooks and policies.
Environmental
Sonnenschein's Environmental lawyers in San Francisco represent clients across the country in a wide array of environmental and natural resource matters. Our practice emphasizes preventive environmental law and encompasses counseling on ways to avoid or minimize environmental liability and on the environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions. We offer representation before federal and state agencies, assistance with environmental permitting and impact assessments, and litigation services.
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