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Month: August, 2018
The Daily Journal and Recorder Cover Early Sullivan New Hires David Giannotti and William Lalor
Category: News, Press | Friday, August 17th, 2018 | Comments Off on The Daily Journal and Recorder Cover Early Sullivan New Hires David Giannotti and William Lalor
On August 8, 2018, the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal highlighted the firm’s hire of senior counsel David Giannotti. The Daily Journal notes David’s three decades of environmental law experience, as well as his successful negotiation of a settlement in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund program, among other accomplishments.
The Recorder says: “Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae brought on environmental law attorney David Giannotti and litigator William Lalor to its practice. Giannotti represents clients regarding due diligence, compliance, remedy implementation, environmental risk assessment and environmental litigation. Lalor represents clients in issues regarding complex insurance coverage, toxic torts, mass torts, business disputes and regulated matters.”
Seven Early Sullivan Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
Category: Awards | Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 | Comments Off on Seven Early Sullivan Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America
Early Sullivan attorneys Eric Early, Scott Gizer, Sophia Lau, Stephen Ma, Devin McRae, Christopher Ritter, and Bryan Sullivan have been recognized among the top lawyers in the nation in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest and most distinguished guides to the legal profession.
The following attorneys earned a spot in the 2019 edition for their work in the following practice areas:
Eric Early: Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law – Music; Litigation – Real Estate
Scott Gizer: Commercial Litigation
Sophia Lau: Commercial Litigation; Entertainment Law – Music; Litigation – Intellectual Property
Stephen Ma: Entertainment Law – Music
Devin McRae: Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Litigation – Intellectual Property
Christopher Ritter: Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Litigation – Intellectual Property
Bryan Sullivan: Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Entertainment Law – Music
“Best Lawyers” is one of the oldest and most respected guides to the legal industry. The selection process is based on a comprehensive peer-review process designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within common legal practices and geographical areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called “The Best Lawyers in America” “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Early Sullivan’s Demurrer Victory Upheld on Appeal
Category: News, Results | Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 | Comments Off on Early Sullivan’s Demurrer Victory Upheld on Appeal
The California Court of Appeal has affirmed, in its entirety, the judgment of dismissal that Partner William Wright obtained for the Firm’s client First American Title Insurance Company, in the case entitled Jaisinghani v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al.. The Court of Appeal agreed with Mr. Wright on all five causes of action that were asserted against First American in the various amended complaints filed in Santa Monica Superior Court by Jaisinghani (including causes of action for negligent undertaking, negligent supervision/selection of agent, breach of title insurance policy, breach of agency agreement and unjust enrichment/restitution).
Click here to read the full Court of Appeal ruling.
Early Sullivan Lands Top Names David Giannotti and William Lalor
Category: News | Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 | Comments Off on Early Sullivan Lands Top Names David Giannotti and William Lalor
August 02, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA – Leading business, real estate and entertainment litigation and transactional law firm Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP (“Early Sullivan”) is proud to announce the addition of David Giannotti and William Lalor, two high-profile attorneys with track records of representing Fortune 500 companies.
Giannotti has been an environmental law attorney for more than 35 years. He has played significant roles in landmark environmental law cases and negotiated the largest partial settlement to date in EPA’s Superfund program totaling more than $650 million. He represents clients throughout the U.S. and internationally in matters concerning due diligence, compliance, remedy implementation, environmental risk assessment and environmental litigation. Giannotti served as in-house counsel to leading petroleum company Occidental Petroleum Corporation and on its Board of Directors’ Environmental Committee, and has served as common counsel for multiple parties at several Superfund sites around the country, currently representing a group of companies at a Superfund site in Los Angeles.
Lalor is a litigator with almost twenty years in practice representing a diverse group of individual and commercial clients in litigated and other matters involving complex insurance coverage (including coverage-in-place agreements, structured settlements, and other coverage issues), employment, FINRA (including “dirty” U-5 issues), toxic torts and mass torts, business disputes, and regulatory matters. Lalor has litigated cases throughout the United States, including for “CNA” insurers and the Lloyd’s of London insurance market, including serving as National Coordinating Counsel for clients including Alcoa Inc., Arkema, and a unit of BP Chemicals.
“David and Bill are both smart, well-respected lawyers in their fields who represent industry leaders,” says Eric Early, Managing Partner. “There is synergy in what they do, and they also complement our existing practice areas to provide our clients with additional, necessary services.”
Giannotti received his law degree in 1971 from Emory University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969 from Ithaca College. He is admitted to practice in Georgia, New York, Tennessee and California. Lalor earned his Juris Doctor at Penn State where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Environmental Law Review and he earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from Penn State as well. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.
Early Sullivan represents a wide variety of major national corporations and individuals in litigation, trial, transactions and appeals.