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Michael E. Vergara
Michael E. Vergara
Partner
Michael Vergara brings over 35 years of experience representing public agencies and private businesses in environmental litigation, regulatory enforcement, and compliance matters. He has deep expertise in air quality, hazardous waste, water quality, and toxics, and is known for resolving high-stakes disputes efficiently while balancing environmental challenges with business needs.
Sacramento 916.520.5424
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5424
Meghan M. Baker
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5510
Jennifer D. Barcellos
Jennifer D. Barcellos
Senior Associate
Jennifer Barcellos assists families and business owners in various areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate, business, real estate, and estate, gift, and income taxation. Clients trust that she will skillfully guide them through the legal complexities with compassion and empathy.
Sacramento 916.520.5462
Senior Associate
Sacramento 916.520.5462
Kelly M. Breen
Kelly M. Breen
Partner / Co-Chair, Diversity Committee
Kelly Breen has a proven track record of helping clients navigate complex business issues with a common sense approach that achieves optimal results. She applies the right balance of aggressive advocacy, robust understanding of the law, and creative problem-solving to every case she handles.
Sacramento 916.520.5485
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5485
Kristin N. Capritto
Kristin N. Capritto
Partner / Pro Bono Partner
Kristin Capritto assists clients with all aspects of estate planning, trust administration, probate, business entities, and real estate transactions. Her alternative dispute resolution and negotiation expertise offers clients alternatives to litigation and adversarial proceedings.
Sacramento 916.520.5275
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5275
San Francisco 415.848.4818
Bradley C. Carroll
Bradley C. Carroll
Partner
Known for his client-centric approach and effective, efficient resolution skills, Bradley Carroll is a seasoned litigator who focuses on complex business disputes in trial courts and on appeal. His combined experience as an appellate staff attorney and trial attorney allows Bradley to successfully guide clients through arduous, high-stakes business disputes and litigation.
Sacramento 916.520.5299
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5299
Austin C. Cho
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5212
Brian T. Cragg
Brian T. Cragg
Partner
Clients turn to Brian Cragg when they need advice on energy regulatory and transactional matters, including meeting regulatory requirements for the development or purchase of generation, energy storage, and transmission projects, evaluating the risk of energy-related investments, and navigating the interconnection, transmission, and new resource processes of the California Independent System Operator.
San Francisco 415.848.4813
Partner
San Francisco 415.848.4813
James L. Deeringer
James L. Deeringer
Of Counsel
Jim Deeringer is one of Northern California's premier trust and estate attorneys. With more than 35 years of practice, he has handled hundreds of planning, administration, and litigation matters involving estates ranging from the relatively small to over $100 million in value.
Sacramento 916.520.5352
Of Counsel
Sacramento 916.520.5352
Jamie P. Dreher
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5478
Matthew W. Ellis
Partner
San Francisco 415.848.4846
Sacramento 916.520.5495
Cassandra M. Ferrannini
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5387
Sean J. Filippini
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5430
Janlynn Robinson Fleener
Managing Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5227
Thomas A. Gherini
Thomas A. Gherini
Associate
Thomas Gherini, a Sacramento native and litigation associate, knows that ‘good enough’ is never enough. Fueled by an innate competitiveness, Tom found his calling in civil litigation, where he is unwaveringly committed to delivering for his clients, regardless of the complexity of the challenge.
Sacramento 916.520.5244
Associate
Sacramento 916.520.5244
Tyler J. Horn
Senior Associate
Stockton 209.472.3978
Sacramento 916.444.1000
Tyson E. Hubbard
Tyson E. Hubbard
Partner
An experienced trust and estate litigator, Tyson Hubbard draws on more than a decade of litigation experience across a wide range of matters, as well as from his personal experience as a trustee of a family trust, to steer an efficient and effective path for his clients in their trust and estate disputes.
Sacramento 916.520.5216
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5216
Steven B. Hymas, II
Steven B. Hymas, II
Partner / Executive Committee Member
With over a decade of prior experience working in business and technology, Steve Hymas has a deep understanding of the legal issues clients face in relation to how their businesses work, the technical challenges they face, and how to handle those issues to best address their needs.
Sacramento 916.520.5538
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5538
Christopher Miles Kolkey
Christopher Miles Kolkey
Partner
Clients rely on Christopher Kolkey to navigate them through the complex channels of litigation and to be a passionate advocate for them. Christopher takes a client-tailored approach to litigation, assessing the needs and goals of each case as a key driver in litigation strategy.
Sacramento 916.520.5320
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5320
Michael J. Laino
Michael J. Laino
Senior Associate
Since joining Downey Brand in 2019, Michael Laino has represented businesses and individual clients in a wide arrange of civil litigation matters, including partnership and shareholder disputes, construction and product defect litigation, wildfire liability, adversary proceedings in bankruptcy cases, financial security matters, and general real estate and contractual litigation.
Sacramento 916.520.5360
Senior Associate
Sacramento 916.520.5360
Francesca Leonelli
Francesca Leonelli
Senior Associate
Francesca is a dual qualified attorney licensed to practice in Italy and California. Her practice focuses on cross-border and domestic commercial real estate transactions involving the acquisition, disposal, financing and development of different asset classes.
Sacramento 916.520.5458
Senior Associate
Sacramento 916.520.5458
John C. McCarron
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5450
Sean G. McKissick
Sean G. McKissick
Partner
Sean McKissick provides strong and effective legal assistance throughout all stages of trust and estate disputes. Sean has extensive experience across a wide variety of litigation areas and industries in addition to trust and estate work, including healthcare, real estate, civil rights, and white-collar criminal defense.
Sacramento 916.520.5262
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5262
Meredith E. Nikkel
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5211
John Oehmke
John Oehmke
Of Counsel
John Oehmke has been helping his clients buy and sell businesses for more than twenty years. He primarily helps them structure transactions, whether it is a merger, asset deal, or a stock deal, representing both the buyer as they add new businesses and the seller as they exit.
Sacramento 916.520.5480
Of Counsel
Sacramento 916.520.5480
Kelly L. Pope
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5362
Silvio Reggiardo, III
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5374
Scott L. Shapiro
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5234
Rebecca R. A. Smith
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5281
Robert P. Soran
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5364
Danielle R. Stephens
Danielle R. Stephens
Partner
Danielle Stephens is a skilled transactional attorney who assists clients with commercial real estate leasing, financing (including CMBS and SBA loans), acquisitions and sales, easements, and title matters with a focus on contractual negotiations requiring collaborative deal-making. She also advises on matters involving contaminated properties including due diligence and remediation.
Sacramento 916.520.5475
Partner
Sacramento 916.520.5475
Jennifer L. Williams
Jennifer L. Williams
Counsel
Regional public entities, businesses, sole proprietorships, and individuals have benefited from Jenny Williams's legal counsel. In today's challenging economic climate, an increase in case filings have reduced the court's availability to hear oral arguments and resulted in significant delays in obtaining trial dates.
Stockton 209.472.3918
Counsel
Stockton 209.472.3918
Sacramento 916.444.1000
