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Corporate team from Duane Morris jumps to Sheppard Mullin

By Jason Siegel

Three corporate attorneys from Duane Morris ? Robert G. Copeland, James A. Mercer III and Michael S. Umansky ? have joined Los Angeles-based Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as partners in the San Diego area.

Copeland, who focuses on corporate finance, securities, real estate and mergers and acquisitions, has joined Sheppard Mullin's downtown San Diego office. He represents startups and companies in offshore manufacturing, construction and services, as well as venture capital and private equity firms and real estate developers.

Mercer and Umansky have joined Sheppard Mullin's office in Del Mar, Calif.

Mercer specializes in emerging-growth companies and in securities and mergers and acquisitions. He assists in financings, such as venture capital, initial public offerings and reverse mergers. Umansky also represents emerging-growth companies, as well as technology and life sciences companies, venture capital and private equity investors and entrepreneurs.

All three came from the San Diego office of Philadelphia's Duane Morris.

In separate firm news, Harold J. Milstein has joined Sheppard Mullin's Silicon Valley office in Menlo Park, Calif., as a partner in the intellectual property practice group. Milstein is a former partner at Heller Ehrman's Silicon Valley office, also in Menlo Park.

He specializes in trademark counseling and prosecution services, especially in life sciences and high-technology industries.

-- Amanda Bronstad

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).