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Shartsis Friese Recognized by Best Law Firms
Across a Wide Range of Practice Areas for 2024

San Francisco, November 2, 2023 – Shartsis Friese LLP has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®…

Shartsis Friese Real Estate Associate Jasmine Huff Honored by The National Black Lawyers

Congratulations to Shartsis Friese Real Estate Associate Jasmine Huff for being selected to the The National Black Lawyers Top 40…

Shartsis Friese Elevates Sanjeet Ganjam to Partner

Shartsis Friese is pleased to announce the election of Sanjeet Ganjam to the Firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2023.  Sanjeet…

Corporate Partner Rupert Russell Comments on Legal Fight Over Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla Pay Deal Begins

Elon Musk will seek to prove that he is deserving of a multibillion-dollar pay package from Tesla, as a court…

Shartsis Friese Ranked Among “Best Law Firms” By U.S. News – Best Lawyers®

San Francisco (November 3, 2022): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized in the…

Shartsis Friese Names Neil Koren Managing Partner

San Francisco, November 1, 2022 – Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that Neil Koren will become Managing Partner…

Shartsis Friese Welcomes Rafi Mottahedeh as a Tax Partner

San Francisco, May 31, 2022 – Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that Rafi Mottahedeh has joined the firm…

Shartsis Friese Ranked Among “Best Law Firms” By U.S. News – Best Lawyers®

San Francisco (November 5, 2021): Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized in the…

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. Awarded Shartsis Friese LLP Public Interest Fellowship

Social justice attorney Stephen Zollman to join CRLA’s Santa Rosa office Santa Rosa, CA – Shartsis Friese LLP has awarded…

22 Shartsis Friese Lawyers Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© for 2022

San Francisco, August 19, 2021:  Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that 22 of the Firm’s lawyers are included…

Seventeen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” for 2021

San Francisco, July 12, 2021:  :  Fourteen Shartsis Friese attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for Northern California in 2021. …

Shartsis Friese Mourns Loss of Co-Founder Robert C. Friese

San Francisco, May 17, 2021:  The lawyers and staff of Shartsis Friese LLP are saddened by the loss of co-founding…

Shartsis Friese LLP Condemns Hate Crimes Against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Communities

Shartsis Friese is deeply saddened and outraged by the rise of violent hate crimes aimed at the AAPI communities.  In…

Peter Aitelli to Co-Chair and Speak at ALI-CLE “Modern Real Estate Transactions 2021”, Feb 3, Feb 10, and Feb 17, 2021

Shartsis Friese LLP Real Estate partner Peter Aitelli will be a co-chair of, and a featured speaker at, the American…

SHARTSIS FRIESE MOURNS THE LOSS OF CO-FOUNDING PARTNER MARY JO SHARTSIS

The lawyers and staff of Shartsis Friese LLP are mourning the loss of our dear colleague, partner and friend Mary…

Cutbacks to the Parent-Child Exclusion from Property Tax Reassessment Under Proposition 19

With the passage of Proposition 19, California voters significantly limited the ability of parents to transfer California real property to…

Aitelli Elected President of American College of Real Estate Lawyers

San Francisco, December 18, 2020 – Shartsis Friese real estate partner Peter Aitelli has been elected President of the American…

Shartsis Friese Corporate Lawyers Advise on San Francisco Conservatory of Music Acquisition of Opus 3 Artists

Shartsis corporate partner Rupert Russell, counsel Jeff Braker, and associate Maribeth Charvet counseled the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/san-francisco-conservatory-buys-opus-artists-agency-73717027…

What November’s Election Results Could Mean for Your Estate Planning

November’s election may usher in taxpayer-adverse changes to the current taxpayer favorable gift and estate tax laws. Clients should consider…

Vault Names Shartsis Friese One Of the Top 25 Best Midsize Law Firms to Work For

San Francisco, October 14, 2020:  Shartsis Friese LLP has been recognized on Vault’s 2021 list of the “Top 150 under…

21 Shartsis Friese Lawyers Recognized by “Best Lawyers” for 2021 – Roey Rahmil Named to Inaugural “Ones to Watch” List

San Francisco, August 20, 2020:  Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that 21 of the Firm’s lawyers are included…

IRS Issues Proposed Carried Interests Rules

On July 31, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and U.S. Department of the Treasury released proposed regulations under…

Nineteen Shartsis Friese Attorneys Named “Super Lawyers” or “Rising Stars” for 2020

San Francisco, July 16, 2020: Fourteen Shartsis Friese attorneys have been named “Super Lawyers” for Northern California in 2020. The…

Chambers High Net Worth Guide Recognizes Shartsis Friese Family Wealth Planning Group

San Francisco, July 14, 2020: Shartsis Friese LLP is pleased to announce that the firm’s Family Wealth  Planning  Group  has …

Client Alert: SBA Allows Early Loan Forgiveness Application and Issues EZ Forgiveness Application

On June 22 and June 24, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued new Interim Final Rules that provide additional…