Top Attorneys 2010

Academic

University of San Diego School of Law

California Western School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law

University of San Diego School of Law

Corporate Litigation

Caldarelli Hejmanowski Page & Leer LLP

Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Chapin Fitzgerald LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Cooley LLP

Schoville & Arnell LLP

Chapin Fitzgerald Sullivan LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Corporate Transactional

Cooley LLP

CareFusion Corp.

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC

Websense Inc.

Trius Therapeutics

DLA Piper US LLP

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Criminal

Cooley LLP

Michael C. Harkness APLC

Law Offices of Paul H. Neuharth Jr., APC

William F. Nimmo APC

San Diego Deputy District Attorney, Special Operations Division

John G. Phillips APC

Law Offices of James F. Pokorny

Law Office of Russell K. Robinson APC

Kay L. Sunday Law Offices

Office of the Attorney General

Estate Planning/Probate & Trust

Garrison Armstrong Law Corp.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Weissler Law Group

Family

Jones Barnes LLP

ABC Family Law

Basie & Fritz

Ashworth, Blanchet, Christenson & Kalemkiarian

Ashworth, Blanchet, Christenson and Kalemkiarian

Law Offices of Judith Klein

McDougal, Love, Eckis, Boehmer & Foley

Law Offices of Jon D. Rigney, APC

Law Offices of Jon D. Rigney APC

Hervey & Wood APC

Insurance

The Dunk Law Firm

Frantz Law Group APLC

Hilding Law Firm

Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC

Mowbray Law Firm

Osborne & Nesbitt LLP

Coast Law Group LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Klinedinst PC

IP Litigation

Perkins Coie LLP

San Diego IP Law Group LLP

Fish & Richardson

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Jones Day

DLA Piper LLP

Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP

Perkins Coie LLP

Cooley LLP

Foley & Lardner LLP

IP Transactional

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Perkins Coie LLP

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo PC

Foley & Lardner LLP

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP

IP Legal Advisors PC

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Mintz Levin

Sheppard Mullin

Websense Inc.

Labor/Employment

Andrews Lagasse Branch & Bell LLP

Andrews • Lagasse • Branch and Bell LLP

Jones Day

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Law Offices of George L. de la Flor

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Gruenberg Law

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Gordon & Rees LLP

Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

Municipal & Government

ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties

California Office of the Attorney General

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Department of Justice/Office of the Attorney General

GCR LLP

California Department of Justice

GCR LLP

Personal Injury/Property Damage

Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire

Berman & Riedel LLP

The Dunk Law Firm

Gomez Trial Attorneys

The Gomez Law Firm

Mowbray Law Firm

Casey, Gerry, Schenk, Francavilla, Blatt & Penfiel

Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire

Law Office of Steven C. Vosseller

Real Estate & Construction Litigation

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Klinedinst Attorneys

Gordon & Rees

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Kolodny & Pressman LLP

Silldorf & Levine LLP

Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire

Gordon & Rees LLP

Wertz, McDade, Wallace, Moot & Brower

Real Estate & Construction Transactional

Dentons US LLP

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Duane Morris LLP

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Fisch, Spiegler & Ginsburg APLC

Peterson & Price, APC

Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani

Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP

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Law Offices of Aminpour & Associates

Perkins Coie

Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP

U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

Restore International

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

Qualcomm Inc.

Duane Morris LLP

Duckor Spradling Metzger & Wynne

2010 Winner

Julie Mebane

Duane Morris LLP

Education

Law School/Year: University of California Los Angeles School of Law, 1981

College/Year: University of California Los Angeles, 1978

Bar Admissions

California State Bar, U.S. District Court, Southern District

Practice Areas

Real Estate, Construction

Major Cases

1. Ten-plus year involvement with development of Aviara project in Carlsbad, Calif.

2. Development of Kelly Ranch project in Carlsbad, Calif.

3. Representation of University of San Diego in multiple real estate matters.

4. Multi-state real estate secured financing for LaSalle Bank.

5. Real estate secured financings of a large natural gas facility and a biomass energy facility in 2007.

6. Represented bond insurer in several California real estate secured bond transactions.

7. Many large real estate purchase, sale and leasing transactions.

8. Represented foreclosing lenders and loan servicers in connection with sale and leasing of distressed real estate assets.

Professional Background

Practiced in real estate area at Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, 1981-1984.

Attorney in Real Estate Department of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, 1985-1989.

Practiced real estate law in La Jolla from 1990-1994 (Scalone, Stipanov, Yaffa & Mebane).

Partner of Stipanov & Mebane, real estate boutique law firm, 1995-2004.

Partner of Duane Morris LLP in Real Estate Practice Group, 2004-20010.

Professional Affiliations

State Bar of California, Real Property Section member. American Bar Association, member of Real Property, Probate and Trust section. San Diego County Bar Association, member of Real Estate Section and Environmental Law and Land Use Section. Lawyers' Club member, chair of Lawyers Without Courtrooms Committee. Lecturer for Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), Lorman Education Services and Counselors of Real Estate programs related to real estate law. Member of The Counselors of Real Estate, a national organization for real estate industry professionals.

Personal Affiliations

Past member, board of directors of UCLA Alumni Association; general counsel to UCLA Alumni Association from 1992 - 1996. Past member, board of directors of NAWBO, San Diego Chapter (National Association of Women Business Owners). Past member, board of directors of Episcopal Diocese of San Diego. Member, board of trustees of Francis Parker School. Past leader of Girl Scout Troop 3320.

Personal Background

Enjoys spending time with family, travel, reading and sports.