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Eleven Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2011

San Francisco, July 13, 2011 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that eleven attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…

Shartsis Friese to Receive the 2011 Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker Award

San Francisco, July 13, 2011 – Shartsis Friese is very pleased to announce it has been selected to receive the…

Private foreclosure sale blocked

A Santa Clara County court ruling last week added some much needed clarity to a controversial area of commercial property…

Derek Boswell Joins Shartsis Friese as a Partner in the Real Estate Group

San Francisco, March 14, 2011 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that Derek Boswell has joined the firm as a…

Ending Lawyers’ Nightmare

The  Association of Business Trial Lawyers gathered Tuesday night at the Four Seasons in downtown San Francisco to dine together…

Fatal Discovery

There was good news and bad news in the magistrate judge’s opinion for six lawyers who had once represented Qualcomm…

Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers of America 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc.

Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc. Robert Friese, Arthur Shartsis,…

Twelve Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2010

San Francisco, July 14, 2010 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that twelve attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…

Centro Legal de la Raza Receives Three-Year Shartsis Friese Fellowship to Support Housing and Employment Legal Services

Oakland, California – April 19, 2010 – Centro Legal de la Raza (Centro Legal) announced today that it is the recipient…

Judge Lifts Sanctions Over Qualcomm Discovery Scandal

Shartsis Friese attorneys Joel Zeldin, Frank Cialone, and John Stein successfully represented Christopher Mammen and Kevin Leung in the closely…

Frank Cialone Elected as Board Chair of the East Bay Community Law Center

San Francisco – December 15, 2009 – Earlier this month, Frank Cialone was elected as Board Chair of the East…

Roundtable – The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers

The International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers has brought together three of the leading practitioners in the world to…

Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc.

Eight Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc. Robert Friese, Arthur Shartsis,…

Thirteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” for 2009

San Francisco, July 15, 2009 – Shartsis Friese LLP announced today that thirteen attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for…

Six Years On, Dregs of Brobeck’s Bankruptcy Coming to a Close

SAN FRANCISCO — The bankruptcy of San Francisco’s Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison — now six years running — is nearing…

The Art of Being Independent

SAN FRANCISCO — Described as irreverent, fiscally conservative and independent, San Francisco’s 57-attorney law firm Shartsis Friese doesn’t do a…

Shartsis Friese turns trash to gold with $261M deal

Derek Wilson of Shartsis Friese has notched another deal for Folsom-based Waste Connections Inc., this one worth $261 million. A…

Suit over lost patent trial rejected

A defunct San Francisco purveyor of invisible braces didn’t hoodwink investors about its chances in a bet-the-company patent case, a…

Mixing Client, Business Ends Badly

SAN FRANCISCO — If you are developing a particularly close relationship with your client — close enough to consider going…

Shartsis Does $314M Garbage Deal in Trashed Market

The market is terrible — and the only deals getting done are garbage. No joke. Shartsis Friese partner Derek Wilson just…

Eye of the Storm

As the hedge fund industry struggles this year, it relies more than ever on its service providers, rated here in…

The Best Lawyers in America 2009

Seven Shartsis Friese partners were chosen as The Best Lawyers in America for 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc. Robert Friese, Arthur…

School-To-College Program – New Funding and Expanded Focus

The Bar Association of San Francisco’s School-To-College (STC) program is planning to expand its reach to include a second San Francisco…

Hedge Funds Get a Lesson

Bear Indictments Prompt Review of Operating Procedure The indictment last week of two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers has potential…

The Holdouts

Larry Rabkin in the late 1990s found his firm facing a doomsday mantra — that the mid-sized law firm wouldn’t…