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Sophia Lau Quoted in Main Street Article on Credit Worthiness
Sophia Lau was quoted in Juliette Fairley’s Main Street article titled “Increase Your Perceived Creditworthiness With These Tweet Tips.”  The article discusses the effect posts on social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, have on an individual’s credit ... read more

Bryan Sullivan Quoted in Yahoo! Movies
Bryan Sullivan was quoted in Leslie Gornstein’s Yahoo! article regarding the tragic death of Paul Walker.  The full article can be found here. read more

Stephen Ma Quoted in “REITs Look to Private Offerings”
Early Sullivan partner Stephen Ma was quoted in Andrew McIntyre’s October 25, 2013 Los Angeles Daily Journal article “REITs Look to Private Offerings.” — With the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, rule that last month lifted an 80-year-old ban ... read more

Bryan Sullivan Quoted in Bill Donahue’s Law360 Article
EA Out Of Antitrust Suit But NCAA Won’t Budge An Inch Law360, New York (October 03, 2013, 7:12 PM ET) — EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Co. both reached settlements last week to escape a high-profile antitrust class ... read more

Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae Wins Outstanding Web Award
Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae is proud to announce that its website has won a 2013 Web Award: Outstanding Website from the Web Marketing Association. The WebAwards are the standards-defining competition that sets ... read more

Stephen Ma Quoted in Chicago Sun Times
Early Sullivan Partner Stephen Ma was quoted in Chicago Sun Times music writer Mark Guarino’s piece “Kid Rock banks on $20 tickets to thwart scalpers.” read more

Early Sullivan Lawyers Successfully Defend First American Title Insurance In $26 Million Bad Faith and Breach of Contract Case Following 3 Week Arbitration
On June 25, 2013, after more than a year of hard fought litigation and a 3 week trial, a Panel of 3 arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association denied a wealthy plaintiff’s claims for breach of contract and bad faith ... read more

Devin McRae Earns Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating 5.0 Out Of 5.0
“A Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating reflects a combination of achieving a Very High General Ethical Standards rating and a Legal Ability numerical rating…AV® Preeminent™ (4.5 – 5.0) – An AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment – a testament to the fact ... read more

Scott Gizer Quoted in “Rising Interest Rates Could Trigger Flurry of Real Estate Deals” – Law360
Scott Gizer was quoted in leading national legal publication Law360 in Kaitlin Ugolik’s article “Rising Interest Rates Could Trigger Flurry of Real Estate Deals.”  The article discusses the impending surge of real estate sales and refinancings due to the governments wind-down ... read more

Sophia Lau Provides Expert Advice in July 2013 California Lawyer
Sophia Lau is featured in the July 2013 edition of California Lawyer.  Her article “Duty To Cooperate” discusses McGrory v. Applied Signal Tech., Inc., 212 Cal. App. 4th 1510 (2013), the recent California appellate decision which says an ... read more

Mary Kaufman Leads CAMP Workshop
Mary C.G. Kaufman recently led a workshop for creative entrepreneurs at CAMP, an innovative business conference, entitled “Legal 101: What You Need to Know About Starting and Operating Your Business,” which covered topics such as corporate structures, intellectual property, ... read more

The Ten Commandments Of Crowdfunding
Forbes recently published “The Ten Commandments of Crowdfunding” by Bryan Sullivan and Stephen Ma. With the success of the Veronica Mars and Garden State-sequel Kickstarter campaigns, it appears that the crowdfunding business model has made ... read more

Bryan Sullivan Named Media and Entertainment “Rising Star”
Rising Star: Early Sullivan’s Bryan Sullivan By Bill Donahue Law360, New York (April 11, 2013, 7:16 PM ET) — Working with slew of celebrities and professional athletes — after successfully founding a multimillion-dollar law firm and a legal aid nonprofit ... read more

Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP Claims One of the “Top Defense Verdicts of the Year” by Daily Journal
Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP was honored by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal, California’s premier daily legal publication, for its trial victory in Central Pacific Bank v. Fidelity National Title.   A copy of the article in which Early ... read more

Los Angeles Daily Journal Features Eric Early in Cover Story
Eric Early is one of the managing partners of law firms featured in Ryne Hodkowski’s Daily Journal cover story about the bright future for smaller firms. Download the PDF on the right to read the full article. read more

Sophia Lau Quoted in Law 360
Chinese RE Investments Require Cultural, Tax Savvy Law360, New York (March 08, 2013, 8:52 PM ET) — With rumors of a housing bubble swirling and values down across China, real estate attorneys expect to see more and more wealthy Chinese ... read more

Trump may have trouble collecting on $5 million orangutan bet
Bryan Sullivan was quoted in Joseph Ax’s article titled “Trump may have trouble collecting on $5 million orangutan bet,” which appeared in Reuters.  The full article can be found here. It also appeared in read more

Homeowners facing foreclosures should be wary of scams
Scott Gizer was featured in Lew Sichelman’s article titled “Homeowners facing foreclosures should be wary of scams,” which appeared in the Los Angeles Times on February 3, 2013.  The article discusses how the government is coming down hard on swindlers who cheat owners ... read more

YouTube May Begin Nickel-and-Diming Viewers
Bryan Sullivan was quoted in Erika Morphy’s E-Commerce News article titled “YouTube May Begin Nickel-and-Diming Viewers,” which discussed the possibility of YouTube charging for some of it content. The full article can be found read more

Lawsuit Over ‘Rebecca’ Musical Now Focuses on Role of Publicist
Bryan Sullivan was quoted in Eriq Gardner’s article “Lawsuit Over ‘Rebecca’ Musical Now Focuses on Role of Publicist,” which appeared in the January 30 issue of Hollywood Reporter. Bryan discussed “whistleblowing,” and how its legal application is not ... read more