San Francisco

	Our San Francisco office has been recognized as a certified Green Business by the City and County of San Francisco.
	The office is also a participant in the Spare the Air Employer Program, which was established by The Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Established in 1991, our San Francisco office has 50 attorneys and patent agents serving regional, national and international clients. Through the resources of the entire firm, we provide the full spectrum of legal services.

Our San Francisco attorneys offer a very high level of expertise in certain focused industries and areas of the law, including:

• Intellectual property. Our team of attorneys and patent agents are particularly experienced in the computer hardware and software, life sciences and cleantech fields—providing clients with strategic advice on their patent and trademark portfolios and helping them navigate the patent procurement and licensing processes.
• Energy. We represent independent power producers, investor-owned utilities and large consumers in both regulatory and transactional matters.
• Telecommunications. We provide representation in a variety of regulatory proceedings at the state and federal level and in a multiplicity of transactions unique to the communications sector.
• Litigation. We bear experience in a wide variety of subject matters, including the areas of intellectual property, health care, energy, telecommunications, media, corporate control and environmental law.
• Employment & labor. We advise clients on the full range of management concerns—from personnel issues to class action litigation to traditional labor union matters.
• Media. We advise major media organizations, newspapers, book publishers, authors and journalists, entertainment, new media and e-commerce companies on issues regarding defamation, privacy, copyright, trademark, advertising, press access, reporters' privilege and related First Amendment issues, and tort and contract claims.
• Corporate finance. We offer extensive experience in company and investor representation, with core areas of focus including mergers and acquisitions, formation and financings of startup companies, strategic alliances and executive compensation.
• Bankruptcy & creditors' rights. We represent companies across many industries in distressed commercial and investment matters, including debt financings and reorganizations.
• Environmental. We counsel clients in such environmental matters as permitting, due diligence and compliance, and also handle negotiations with governmental agencies.