After defeat in a dispute over the price of mobile home lots in Oxnard, a branch of one of Ventura County’s most prominent land-owning families is suing its longtime law firm on allegations of malpractice the family claims cost it $9.8 million. Terry McGrath Aggler and J.D. McGrath Farms LLC are among the plaintiffs suing Read More →
Oxnard-based Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton, the largest law firm in the region as recently as 2011, has dissolved after more than 75 years in business. The firm said a number of retirements and departures over the last few years have forced it to close its doors this summer. “We are proud of our firm’s Read More →
By Stephen Nellis / Friday, June 14th, 2013 / Columns, Law & Goverment / Comments Off on Top lawyers on the move as big firms raise stakes in recruiting game
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Thomas Hopkins and Ian Smith, two of the top deal-making attorneys in the Tri-Counties, have left Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton for technology powerhouse Cooley. Hopkins and Smith both joined Sheppard Mullin in 2001 when it acquired Santa Barbara firm Nida & Maloney. They accumulated a roster of billions of dollars of deals with local Read More →
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The “guillotine termination” of two partners from a Ventura County law firm has erupted into an acrimonious court battle over confidential client lists and more than $4 million in alleged damages. In a lawsuit filed in Ventura County Superior Court, Roy and Ted Schneider claim they were unexpectedly expelled from what was then Myers, Widders, Read More →
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