RJO - Key Persons
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- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Aaron Scolari is a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Law, Complex Commercial Litigation, and Cybersecurity and Privacy practice groups.
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- Co - Chair
- Leader
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Silberman is co-chair of the firm's Construction Law Practice Group, a member of the Government Contracts Practice Group, and a member of the firm's Management Committee.
Mr. Silberman is a leader in several prominent construction and government contracts organizations. He is a past chair of the ABA Public Contract Law Section. (He is also a former member of the Section Council and a past chair of its Federal Procurement, State & Local Procurement, and Construction Divisions and of its Procurement Fraud and Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committees.) He is a past member of the ABA Forum on Construction Law's Governing Committee and past chair of its Specialty Trade Contractors & Suppliers Division. He is a member and past chair of the Board of Directors of the Bay Bridges District of AGC-California, is a former chair of the AGC-C's Legal Advisory Committee and is a former member of its Executive Committee.
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- Co - Chair
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Ms. Cotton is co-chair of the firm's Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Group, and a member of the Environmental Law and Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Groups.
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- Co - Chair
- Shareholder
- Member of the Bar Association of San Francisco 's Labor
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Ms. Morris is co-chair of the firm's Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Group, and a member of the Labor and Employment and Environmental Law Practice Groups.
Ms. Morris is a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Labor and Employment Law Section and Litigation Section.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Co - Chair of the Attorney Liability
Ms. Bomse is co-chair of the Attorney Liability and Conduct Practice Group, and a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Group. She is also adjunct faculty at the Berkeley School of Law where she teaches legal ethics and the law of lawyering. Her practice focuses on the law of lawyering. She represents lawyer, law firms and clients in a wide variety of disputes involving professional negligence, fiduciary duties, breach of contract. She also counsels and advises lawyer and law firms concerning risk management and legal ethics.
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- Discuss Cybersecurity and Government Innovation for George Mason University Webinar April 26, 2024
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- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
Ms. Lopez is a member of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation, Government Contracts, and Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Groups.
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- Co - Chair
- Director
- Director / Executive Summary
Mr. Paik is co-chair of the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group and a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law and Government Contracts Practice Groups.
Dean has served on the faculty of trial advocacy workshops at Stanford Law School and the University of San Francisco, School of Law. He has also served as a mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and on the Criminal Justice Act panel for indigent defendants. In the past, he has served as the President of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California and co-chair of the Judiciary Committee of the Asian American Bar Association. He also has been named a Northern California "Super Lawyer."
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
Ms. Rodin is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Cybersecurity & Privacy, and Labor & Employment practice groups. Ms. Rodin focuses her practice on government contracts litigation and helping clients navigate the complex regulatory compliance issues facing government contractors.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Huie is co-chair of the firm's Labor & Employment Law Practice Group.
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- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Presents at the 2023 Government Contracts Review & Outlook Conference November 15, 2023
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Callahan is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Complex Commercial Litigation and Construction Law Practice Groups.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Jacob Lubarsky is a member of the firm's Environmental Law and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups.
Mr. Lubarsky has extensive experience in all facets of environmental and complex civil litigation matters. He possesses deep knowledge of California, Washington, and United States environmental legal issues, and has represented clients in matters arising under CERCLA, the Clean Water Act, FIFRA, the Endangered Species Act, Washington's Model Toxics Control Act, and California's Proposition 65 and the California Environmental Quality Act.
Mr. Lubarsky also has a wide-range of civil litigation experience. He has overseen all aspects of litigation, including discovery, lay and expert depositions, dispositive and pre-trial motions, trial preparation, and trial. He has tried several cases to successful verdicts, conferring on trial strategy, preparing and arguing trial motions, and cross-examining witnesses. As lead pro bono counsel, Mr. Lubarsky successfully represented a California state prison inmate in a federal Section 1983 lawsuit, handling all aspects of litigation from pleadings to arguing dispositive motions to successful settlement negotiation.
While in law school, Mr. Lubarsky was co-founder and Symposium Editor of the Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal. He interned for the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Natural Resources Section, where he assisted in the defense of California's environmental and natural resources agencies in civil actions.
Prior to joining Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, Mr. Lubarsky was a litigation associate at Dentons US LLP.
Education
J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Ms. Murphy is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment, Government Contracts, and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups.
Ms. Murphy is an active member of her community and enjoys serving as an Advisory Board Member for the Me-One Foundation.
Ms. Athanacio co-chairs the firm's Labor & Employment practice group and is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Construction and Complex Commercial Litigation practice groups.
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- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
- Member of the Firm
Mr. Stegner is a member of the firm's Attorney Liability and Conduct, Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction, White Collar Criminal Defense, and Government Contracts Practice Groups.
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- Co - Chair
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Maxwell is co-chair of the firm's Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Group, and a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation and Environmental Law Practice Groups. His practice areas include unfair trade, Proposition 65, white collar crime, government contracts and medical device related litigation. He practices in state and federal court and has handled mediations, arbitrations and representations before various administrative tribunals. He also provides regulatory advice to clients in all these areas.
Job Titles:
- of Counsel
- Shareholder
- of Counsel / Executive Summary
Mr. Heller focuses on trials and appeals of commercial litigation, professional liability, civil rights, insurance coverage, employment and real estate matters. He is the former Chair of the Litigation Section Executive Committee of the San Francisco Bar Association, and former member of the Bar Association's Judiciary Committee. He is Co-Chair of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Group. As an adjunct to his litigation practice, Mr. Heller serves as a mediator in a variety of civil disputes.
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- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Magnus is a member of the firm's Environmental Law and Retail Trade Industry Regulation Practice Groups.
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- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. McGowan is a member of the firm's Construction Law, Environmental Law and Government Contracts Practice Groups.
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- of Counsel
- Construction
- Member of the Firm
Josh Maltzer is a member of the firm's Construction and Government Contracts practice groups. His practice focuses on representing contractors, owners, developers, property managers and real estate purchases in a wide variety of construction and contract claims.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
- Member of the Firm
Ms. Caruso is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Construction and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Ms. Sujeeth co-chairs the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group, and is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Complex Commercial Litigation, Attorney Liability and Conduct, and Construction Practice Groups. A seasoned trial attorney, Ms. Sujeeth's practice focuses on litigation from the start through verdict. From 2016 through present, she was listed as a "Rising Star" among government contracts attorneys in Northern California by SuperLawyer®.
Ms. Sujeeth's commercial litigation practice focuses on breach of contract, fraud and trade secret disputes. She also has represented companies, directors and officers in federal and state securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and regulatory investigations. With her ability to quickly understand thorny cases and her significant trial experience, Ms. Sujeeth is able to efficiently and strategically drive matters forward and produce excellent results for her clients.
Ms. Sujeeth served as an arbitrator for the Attorney Fee Disputes Committee for the Bar Association of San Francisco and is the former chair of the Litigation Section Executive Committee. She also served as the chair of the Associated General Contractors of California (AGC) Legal Advisory Committee.
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- Government
- of Counsel
- Member of the American Bar Association Litigation
- Member of the Firm
- of Counsel / Executive Summary
Ms. Himes is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Construction, Labor and Employment, and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. She is the current Chair of the firm's COVID-19 Task Force and serves on the Law360 Aerospace & Defense and Government Contracts Editorial Boards.
Ms. Himes' government contracts experience includes terminations, contract disputes, and bid protests, and her tort work includes significant class action and mass tort litigation experience. She also has experience litigating employment matters. She regularly advises clients on tort mitigation and insurance issues, with a current emphasis on COVID-19 counseling.
Ms. Himes is a member of the American Bar Association Litigation, Public Contract Law, and Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Sections. She is also involved with the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDIL).
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Hanback is co-chair of the firm's Government Contracts Practice Group, and is also a member of the Construction and Labor & Employment Practice Groups. He litigates civil matters on behalf of government contractors, and offers business and compliance counseling with the goal of helping clients avoid the need to litigate. He has been named a "Rising Star" by Legal 500, one of only six attorneys recognized nationwide, and he has also been listed as a "Rising Star" among government contracts attorneys for five consecutive years by SuperLawyers®. He has extensive experience before the Court of Federal Claims, the Government Accountability Office, and the Boards of Contract Appeals, as well as other federal and state courts and various administrative forums.
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- Executive Research Editor, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
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- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mark Linderman co-chairs both the firm's Government Contracts and Construction Practice Groups. He is also a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
Mr. Mark Linderman is admitted to the Bars of the State of California and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law and a member of the committee on Health Care Contracting.
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- Co - Chair
- Shareholder
- Appointed Co - Vice - Chair, California State Bar 's Closing the Justice Gap Working Group November 13, 2020
- Member of the California Lawyers Association Legal Ethics Committee
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
- Speaker on "Ethical Issues for Privacy and Data Security Professionals" in Webcast May 7, 2019
Ms. Baldwin is co-chair of the firm's Attorney Liability and Conduct Practice Group, and a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Group. She focuses on litigating business disputes and attorney liability matters, including trials, arbitration and mediation, and appeals. She is a certified specialist in Legal Malpractice Law, California Board of Legal Specialization.
Ms. Baldwin is a member of the California Lawyers Association Legal Ethics Committee, and is a past chair and member of the State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Ms. Baldwin is on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Ms. Baldwin was the President of the Bar Association of San Francisco in 2017 and served as the Vice-Chair of the State Bar's Closing the Justice Gap Working Group until 2022. She is a committee co-chair for the American Bar Association Litigation Section Committee on Professional Services Liability Litigation. Ms. Baldwin has served as the vice-chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Program, and received an Award of Merit in 2008 from the Bar Association of San Francisco for her role on the marriage fairness task force. She has been named by Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Northern California every year since 2006. She is a fellow of the American Bar Association, and regularly represents pro bono clients through the Justice and Diversity Center. She provides ethics and related advice to a number of public interest and civil rights legal organizations.
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- of Counsel
- Member of the Firm
- of Counsel / Executive Summary
Ms. Tindall Webb is a member of the firm's Government Contracts, Cybersecurity & Privacy and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups.
Ms. Tindall Webb has counseled clients regarding disputes with government entities before the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Government Accountability Office. She conducts legal research relating to government contract disputes and prepares related legal documents before the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Government Accountability Office.
Before joining Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, Ms. Tindall Webb was the Senior Law Clerk to the Honorable Lydia Kay Griggsby of the United States Court of Federal Claims and served on the leadership committee staff of Senators Harry M. Reid and Charles E. Schumer and on the staffs of Representatives Melvin L. Watt and Eleanor Holmes Norton. Ms. Tindall Webb has also served in Of Counsel and Associate roles in private practice, during which she worked on, among other things, government contracts litigation and antitrust matters.
Education
J.D., Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Dean D. Paik
- Member of the Government Contracts and Construction
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. O'Donnell is a member of the Government Contracts and Construction Practice Groups. He was chair or co-chair of both Groups for more than 25 years.
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- of Counsel
- Member of the Firm
- of Counsel / Executive Summary
Ms. Meagher is a member of the firm's Government Contracts and Construction Law Practice Groups. She has more than thirty years of experience in public contracting and litigation at the federal, state and local levels.
Ms. Patricia Meagher concentrates in the areas of government contracts, litigation and construction law. Her practice includes counseling both prime contractors and subcontractors in a wide variety of procurement matters, including commercial item acquisitions, technical data rights, submission of claims, bid protests, small business issues, terminations, teaming agreements and joint ventures. She also represents firms involved with performing state and local public works projects and has particular expertise in protests, claims and payment disputes. Her practice includes providing strategic legal advice to federal grant recipients. In addition, Ms. Meagher advises clients on compliance issues and conducts internal investigations.
Ms. Meagher has litigated government contracts and construction cases and bid protests in state court, federal district court, the Boards of Contract Appeals, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Government Accountability Office and private arbitrations. Representative matters include: prosecution of claims for delays and changes; litigating claims arising from renovation of the historic federal prison facility at Alcatraz Island; termination for convenience of major weapon systems in development phase; defense of national construction contractor and its pipe supplier against latent defect claim on a significant federal aqueduct project; providing advice and counseling to Department of Energy grant recipients on electric and solar projects; protest of award of major federal hurricane protection project in and around New Orleans.
Ms. Meagher is ranked by Chambers as a leading government contracts attorney. She is a past chair of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law (2007 - 2008), the Section's liaison to the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the Section of Public Contract Law. She is a National Partner of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a public policy organization that advocates for women-owned small businesses, and a member of the Board of Directors of the WIPP Foundation. Ms. Meagher is a former Adjunct Professor of Evidence Advocacy at UC Hastings College of the Law.
After graduating from law school, Ms. Patricia Meagher served as a law clerk to the Honorable Philip Nichols, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.
Education
J.D., Catholic University of America
Columbus School of Law School
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Harris is a member of the firm's Construction, Government Contracts, and White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Groups.
Mr. Harris served as General Counsel for a public works construction firm for over six years. He has extensive legal experience in public and private construction matters, including bid protests, contract negotiation, and claims including unforeseen conditions and delay claims. He protects his contractor clients' right to payment by way of mechanic's liens and stop notices. He has mediated, arbitrated, and litigated construction disputes of many types. He has resolved disputes with general contractors, suppliers, and state and local government owners.
Mr. Harris is a former deputy public defender, representing nearly one thousand indigent clients through the criminal justice system, from arraignment through jury trials. In one twelve-month period, Mr. Harris obtained six acquittals for his clients in jury trials. He has also drafted, argued, and won multiple appeals before the Appellate Division of the Superior Court.
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- Chairman
- Shareholder
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Goodman is chair of the firm's Environmental Law Practice Group and a member of the Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Group.
Mr. Goodman is a frequent speaker and lecturer on environmental issues. He served as an adjunct professor of Environmental Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law from 1996 to 2007, where he taught courses on California environmental law and environmental litigation.
Bob Metzger heads the Washington, D.C. office of Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC, a firm that has specialized in government contracts for over 40 years. Chambers USA 2021 placed RJO in "Band 2," among the "Elite" group of government contracts law firms nationwide. RJO is the only "boutique" among the top seven firms in this group. Chambers describes RJO as:
Robert S. Metzger is a shareholder specializing in government contracts, security, and compliance matters. He is chair of the firm's Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Group.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
- Member of the Firm
Ms. Zapien is a member of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction, Government Contracts, Labor and Employment, and Retail Industry Trade Regulation practice groups.
Ruby Zapien has extensive experience representing various individual and corporate clients from several industries in both litigation and transactional matters. Ms. Zapien's practice focuses on all facets of litigation, including discovery and motion practice, negotiations leading up to early resolution, and trial.
Ms. Zapien represents employers and business owners in connection with various employment matters, involving wage and hour, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. Ms. Zapien also assists prime and subcontractor clients with public and private complex construction issues, inclusive of contract negotiation, bid protests, and claims concerning unforeseen conditions, fraud, and delays. She also works closely with retailers, vendors, and manufacturers with matters related to consumer products and regulatory compliance.
While attending law school, Ms. Zapien acquired legal experience as a summer associate with RJO and at the Contra Costa County Superior Court interning with five civil court judges. Prior to returning to RJO as an associate, Ms. Zapien worked at a national litigation firm on contractual disputes, torts, employment, and construction law matters.
Ms. Zapien is an active member of multiple organizations that promote diversity equity and inclusion in the legal profession such as the ABA Judicial Intern Opportunity Program and San Francisco Latino Lawyers Association where she sits as an active board member.
Education
J.D., Hastings College of the Law, University of California
B.A., University of California, Davis
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
- Member of the Attorney Liability
Ms. Lee is a member of the Attorney Liability and Conduct and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. She focuses on professional liability matters and complex business litigation.
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- Shareholder
- Member of the Firm
- Trustee for the Alpha Epsilon Phi Foundation
Ms. Rossi is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment and Complex Commercial Litigation practice groups.
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- Shareholder
- Member of the GovConnects
- Member of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association
- Shareholder / Executive Summary
Mr. Bacon is focused on helping clients achieve their business goals by efficiently resolving disputes and navigating the complex web of laws and regulations that apply to government contractors. He understands how to effectively litigate claims and bid protests against the government when that is necessary, but he also appreciates how to strategically avoid disputes and compliance issues before they threaten to undermine business objectives. While Mr. Bacon's work concentrates on government contract-related controversies, he frequently represents clients in construction matters and other commercial contract disputes.
Mr. Bacon is an active member of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association. He serves as a Co-Chair of the Section's influential Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee.
Mr. Bacon is also an active member of the GovConnects Advisory Council for the Howard County, Maryland Chamber of Commerce. GovConnects is an organization that supports the growth of government contractors in Howard County and the surrounding area where Mr. Bacon resides.
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- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
- Member of the Firm
Ms. Kamdar is a member of the firm's Retail Industry Trade Regulation, Complex Commercial Litigation and Government Contracts Practice Groups.
Job Titles:
- Senior Counsel
- Member of the Firm
Ms. Young is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment and Government Contracts practice groups.
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- Associate
- Associate / Executive Summary
- Member of the Firm
Ms. Miner is a member of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups.
Ms. Miner is an active member of several community organizations, including California Lawyers for the Arts, where she represents individuals on a pro bono basis. Ms. Miner was selected for inclusion as a Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star" in 2017, 2018, and 2019.