Legal Management

2008 Outstanding Legal Management Professionals and Best Office Environment and Culture in a Law Firm

This is the culmination of a peer voting process in which The Daily Transcript and the Association of Legal Administrators honor outstanding law firm management professionals and firms with the best office environment and culture.

2008 Outstanding Legal Management Professionals

Individual

Joel DeVos

Administrator

Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner

Individual

Tom Dickerson

Practice Services Manager

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Individual

Patricia Groff

Director of Administration

Butz Dunn & DeSantis

Individual

Darlene Hart

Director of Human Resources

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Individual

Judith A. Hissong, CLM

Chief Operations Officer

Solomon Grindle Silverman & Spinella

Individual

Melanie Leander

Office Manager, San Diego

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Individual

Liz Mackres

Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP

Individual

Patty Marshall

Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP

Individual

Betty Murphy

Levine, Steinberg, Miller and Huver

Individual

Wendy Wilkins

Administrator

Latham & Watkins LLP

2008 Best Office Environment and Culture in a Law Firm

2008 Best Office Environment and Culture in a Law Firm

Luce Forward

Luce Forward's dynamic practice is home to more than 200 attorneys working in major business centers throughout California. We are known as a top law firm throughout the state and represent clients from across the country.

Luce Forward has been a vital part of business and civic life in San Diego for more than a century. In recent decades, we have been at the leading edge of the growth and development of the city and surrounding area into a major business market, technology center and tourist destination. Our San Diego lawyers are intensely involved in the Southern California community, serving civic, charitable and professional organizations and providing pro bono representation.

The legal and business experience of Luce Forward lawyers is broad and diverse, encompassing corporate transactions, government regulation and dispute resolution, including a highly regarded litigation and appeals practice. We also counsel individuals and families in arranging the orderly transfer of wealth and business interests.

We provide comprehensive legal counsel to a broad spectrum of businesses, including many startup ventures, closely held firms, publicly traded companies and multinational corporations headquartered in Southern California, across the United States, and in Canada, Mexico and the rest of Latin America, Asia and Europe. Our service to companies engaged in international trade and investment is supported by the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, a network of 30 major law firms with offices in more than 60 commercial centers around the world.

Robert Bell is a managing partner in the San Diego office.