2025 Noche de Gala

Thursday, October 30

Palace Hotel in San Francisco

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 47 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 6.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono.

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Thank you to Omar Parra for his support! Omar Parra is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and represents private equity funds, privately held businesses and strategic investors in a wide range of corporate matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, growth equity investments, and general corporate governance.

Omar’s concentrations include Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), private equity, mergers and acquisitions, breaches of contract, and construction.

Keker, Van Nest & Peters is a trial-practice litigation firm located in San Francisco. For more than 40 years, we have devoted our practice exclusively to complex civil and criminal litigation. Our record of success at trial, motions practice, appeals and alternative dispute resolution has earned the firm its reputation for solving bet-the-company intellectual property, commercial and white-collar crime disputes. We litigate and try cases in state and federal courts throughout California and the nation.

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Thank you to Franco Muzzio for his support! Franco specializes in high-stakes litigation in state and federal court. His clients include technology companies, professional sports leagues, investors, and criminal defendants. He has significant experience at every phase of the litigation process and has played a leading role in multiple trials where his clients were victorious on all claims. He maintains a robust pro bono practice with an emphasis on prisoners’ rights.

Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation, where innovation meets the law. Cooley has over 1,300 lawyers across 19 offices in the United States, Asia and Europe, and a total workforce of nearly 3,000.

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Special thank you to Beatriz Mejia for our her support! Beatriz Mejia's practice focuses on complex business disputes and general business litigation. In recent years, Beatriz’s practice has focused on international cartel investigations and related litigation. Her experience includes representing both corporations and individuals in government investigations brought by antitrust authorities around the world, including the US, Europe, Korea and Japan, and in litigation brought in multi-district and related class actions. Beatriz also has represented clients in antitrust litigation involving a range of federal and state antitrust claims, including monopolization claims. Beatriz is also a previous SFLRLA’s Attorney of the Year awardee!

Hanson Bridgett LLP is a full service AmLaw 200 law firm with more than 200 attorneys across California. Creating a diverse workforce by fostering an atmosphere of belonging and intentional support has been a priority at Hanson Bridgett since its founding in 1958. They are dedicated to creating an environment that provides opportunities for people with varied backgrounds, both for attorneys and administrative professionals. As the first law firm recognized as a certified B Corp, Hanson Bridgett is committed to the communities where their employees live and work and consider it part of their professional obligation to serve justice by encouraging and supporting pro bono and social impact work.

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Thank you to David C. Casarrubias-González and Jennifer Martinez for their support!. David is in Hanson Bridgett’s Appellate Practice Group where he focuses on writs, appeals, and law and motion in both state and federal court. In addition, he has experience litigating a variety of business disputes and has a robust practice representing government agencies throughout California in complex and multi-party litigation.

Jennifer is the firm's Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer (CDEIO). As CDEIO, she provides strategic, programmatic, and operational leadership for initiatives that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values of the firm.

Bracamontes & Vlasak, P.C., is a Bay Area litigation practice for plaintiffs with offices in Oakland and San Francisco. They focus on catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, housing cases on behalf of tenants, and other civil rights cases on behalf of individuals and families.

Thank you to Bracamontes & Vlasa’s Michael R. Bracamontes and Ryan Vlasak for their support!

Michael focuses his practice on helping individuals in landlord-tenant, employment, and personal injury matters.

Ryan focuses his practice on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, tenant, employment, and corporate unfair business practices litigation, always for plaintiffs.

Express Depositions is a boutique, customizable legal support firm with an unparalleled commitment to customer service. They believe that clients come first and strive to not only meet but exceed their clients' expectations. Express Depositions can assist with Court Reporting, trial technology, legal videography, interpreting, and translation. As well as attorney services, records retrieval, and digital imaging. They are a small local company that provides service in areas all over CA and nationwide.

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Thank you to Emily Yesenia Bradshaw for her support! Emily is an Account Executive at Express Depositions. She is a proud Latina with a passion for civil litigation. Emily has a strong commitment to customer service and is eager to help clients with their deposition and attorney service needs. Emily can be reached at 650-435-9587 or emilyb@expressdeposition.com.