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New LA partners at Foley & Lardner

By Richard Binder

Foley & Lardner LLP have announced that three of the firm?s senior counsel have been elected to partnership in the Los Angeles office.

Jeffery R. Atkin is a member of the Energy Industry Team and the Finance & Financial Institutions and Transactional & Securities Practices. Mr. Atkin?s experience in renewable energy and project finance includes representing developers, investors, lenders and landowners in the construction, development, acquisition and financing of renewable energy generation facilities, including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and biomass facilities.

Jaime Guerrero is a member of the firm?s White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Guerrero focuses in the areas of government enforcement actions, white collar criminal defense, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") investigations, accounting litigation, securities litigation, and partnership disputes. He represents companies and individuals in parallel civil and criminal proceedings initiated by regulatory and prosecuting agencies for a variety of alleged wrongdoing and business disputes. Mr. Guerrero has conducted internal investigations in the United States and Latin America in both English and Spanish.

John G. Yslas is a member of the Labor & Employment and General Commercial Litigation Practices. He is also a member of the National Class Action Group and the Litigation Department Training Committee. Mr. Yslas has represented employers in a wide variety of actions, including those involving state and federal claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, breach of employment contract, wrongful termination, unequal pay, breach of fiduciary duty, unlawful interference with prospective business opportunity, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, constitutional rights violations, and wage and hour violations.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).