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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite - California

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What the Team is Known For

Bird Marella is a specialist litigation boutique that undertakes high-profile cases for clients in industries such as media and entertainment, technology and manufacturing. The team offers significant expertise in commercial matters, with strengths in disputes involving issues such as IP and antitrust. The law firm is particularly noted for its stable of talented trial lawyers, with in-depth experience of state and federal courts in California and nationwide.

Work Highlights

  • Bird Marella represented Waste Connections in excess of 30 mass tort actions, with plaintiffs alleging liability for ultrahazardous activity, negligence and nuisance claims.

Strengths

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They are competent, well managed and think about things carefully.

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I appreciate their thoroughness, judgment and strategic thinking.

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Bird, Marella can handle difficult, complex and high-profile matters with great understanding.

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The firm is always highly responsive.

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Notable Practitioners

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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Band 1
Ekwan Rhow is frequently engaged by large corporates, midsize businesses and individual clients to handle significant litigation work, with his expert trial skills considered a significant asset.

He is an excellent lawyer and business adviser.

Ekwan is one of the top trial lawyers in the nation. He constantly gets amazing results.

Ekwan is indefatigable in terms of his work ethic. He has a great reservoir of common sense, and connects respectfully with judges and jurors.

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Paul S Chan
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Paul S Chan
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Paul Chan is the managing partner of Bird Marella. He has over 25 years of experience defending large corporate clients on a wide variety of commercial disputes, including class actions, securities and intellectual property litigation. He is often engaged by clients for representation both in California and across the United States.

He has a very good feel for the matters he is commenting on, how something will turn out and the different alternatives.

Paul Chan develops encyclopedic knowledge about the relevant facts, law and strategic options of a case.

Paul brings a real sense of senior leadership style guidance on strategy and development.

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Mark T. Drooks
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Mark T. Drooks
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Mark Drooks offers specialist knowledge in the field of legal malpractice in addition to experience in varied commercial disputes.

I appreciate Mark's steady hand and his thoughtfulness.

Mark is an extraordinarily smart lawyer. He is strategic and very thoughtful.

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Timothy B Yoo
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Timothy B Yoo
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Up and Coming

Timothy Yoo specializes in IP litigation and commercial disputes in the technology sector. He is co-chair of the firm's Korea practice group.

Timothy is an excellent lawyer with deep IP experience.

Tim has dignity and integrity.

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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Ekwan E. Rhow
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Paul S Chan
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Paul S Chan
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Mark T. Drooks
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Mark T. Drooks
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Timothy B Yoo
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Timothy B Yoo
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Ekwan E. Rhow

Ekwan E. Rhow

Head of Department

Paul S Chan

Paul S Chan

Head of Department