Sonnenschein Attorney Gary Hernandez Named One of Nation's 100 Most Influential Hispanics

October 11, 2006

(SAN FRANCISCO, October 11, 2006)--Gary A. Hernandez, a partner with law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, has been named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine. 

Hernandez, who is based in Sonnenschein’s San Francisco office, is chair of its national Insurance Regulatory practice group and a member of the firm-wide management committee.   Before joining Sonnenschein, he was deputy commissioner and chief of enforcement at the California Department of Insurance and was a San Francisco deputy city attorney.  He serves on the board of directors of the Latino Community Foundation and is a trustee of the University of California Merced Foundation.  Hernandez also was honored as one of the “Bay Area’s Most Influential Hispanics in 2005” by the San Francisco Business Times.  In 2004, he was named a “California Attorney of the Year” by California Lawyer magazine. 

The Hispanic Business “100 Influentials List 2006” was published in the October issue.  Other influential Hispanics on the list include New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Wal-Mart General Counsel Alberto Mora, Ballet Pacifica Academy Director Evelyn Cisneros-Legate and Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra.  The list includes five diverse categories—Government, Corporate, Education, Arts & Entertainment and Other Vistas—and profiles “extraordinary individuals chosen for their insight and drive, and, most importantly, for the examples they set in their communities.”

Sonnenschein, with more than 700 attorneys and other professionals in 10 U.S. cities and a global reach, serves the legal needs of many of the world’s largest and best-known businesses, nonprofits and individuals.  For more information, visit www.sonnenschein.com.

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Linda Butler
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
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