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New LA litigation partner at Manatt

By Richard Binder

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP have announced the addition of Becca J. Wahlquist as a partner in the litigation department in Los Angeles. Before coming to Manatt, she was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Wahlquist focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, including contract disputes, business tort claims, class-action cases, and putative class-wide arbitrations. She has also successfully argued before the California Court of Appeal.

Wahlquist earned her J.D., cum laude, from the New York University School of Law and her M.A. in Literature from the University of California at Los Angeles. She also earned an M.A. in Literature and her B.A., cum laude, from Brigham Young University. Wahlquist was a law clerk to the Honorable Louise Gruner Gans, New York State Supreme Court.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).