Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (AALRR) is a full-service law firm with over 250 attorneys in nine offices throughout California. The firm provides a broad spectrum of legal services to both private and public sector clients. Through decades of dedicated commitment to high quality legal work and providing practical management solutions, AALRR has earned a reputation as one of California’s leading law firms.

Board Governance

AALRR attorneys are well versed in all aspects of the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, conflict of interest provisions, and other laws pertaining to board governance. The firm provides legal interpretations, advice, and training to boards, administrators, management, and board staff, working proactively to reduce exposure to challenges under these laws.

Corporate Finance & Transactions

The firm's corporate attorneys have extensive experience in business matters affecting for-profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, and general and limited partnerships, including business formations, dissolutions, redemptions, mergers and acquisitions, venture and private equity capital, debt financing, corporate operations and governance, buy-sell agreements, franchise and distributor agreements, sales and service contracts, executive employment agreements, and employee benefits.

Data Privacy & Security

AALRR’s Data Privacy & Security Team has a demonstrated history of helping clients efficiently navigate the complex and rapidly evolving laws, regulations, and industry best practices relating to privacy and cybersecurity. The Data Privacy and Security team helps clients understand their information protection practices and navigate the full lifecycle of data protection issues: from building and implementing privacy programs from the ground up to data breach response and privacy litigation.

Education

AALRR began with an emphasis on education law, and the firm's attorneys helped shape this unique legal practice. AALRR represents over 450 school districts, county offices of education, community colleges, California state university campuses, the UC Regents, and private schools and universities. The firm created the benchmark for evaluating and improving teacher performance—the FRISK® Documentation Model—now used throughout California and in other states. AALRR attorneys advise educational clients, large and small, in a broad range of legal matters.

Facilities, Construction, Real Estate & Business

AALRR is extensively involved in all aspects of public and private facilities, construction, real estate, and business matters throughout California. The firm provides full construction-related services, including preparing and negotiating contract documents, bidding and construction administration, handling claims, CEQA and litigation.

Intellectual Property

Firm attorneys have successfully litigated numerous intellectual property cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in myriad types of disputes. AALRR proudly serves as trusted advisors to clients on legal issues as they arise—and often before they arise. In addition, the firm helps clients protect and enforce their valuable intellectual property.

Labor and Employment

AALRR’s experience representing California employers is second to none. The firm brings high-value, effective, and unparalleled expertise to the most complex labor and employment matters. AALRR labor and employment groups provide expertise in advice, counsel, and training, litigation and trials, and traditional labor.

Litigation

Firm attorneys represent clients throughout all stages of litigation, including: drafting and filing initial complaints or responsive pleadings, preparing and responding to discovery, conducting factual investigations, preparing witnesses and defending depositions, retaining and deposing expert witnesses, preparing summary judgment motions, trial preparation, appeals and other post-judgment issues. AALRR has considerable experience successfully representing clients in mediation, arbitration, and before dispute review boards, and have routinely taken on and defeated the country’s largest and best-known law firms.

Public Safety

Whether dealing with aggressive union counsel, needing guidance through the disciplinary process, or assistance with developing strategies to achieve your agency’s personnel goals, AALRR works closely with management including, police and fire chiefs, sheriffs, and command staff to solve the most difficult problems with effective solutions. The firm has a team of attorneys with expertise in the full spectrum of representational issues related to our public safety practice. AALRR attorneys offer invaluable experience as well as technical expertise critical to public safety management.

Tax Law

AALRR's tax attorneys advise clients on the intricacies of business and personal taxes in order to minimize their tax liabilities. The firm's tax attorneys hold advanced degrees in taxation that allow them to advise clients regarding the complexities of tax laws and regulations, as well as tailor strategies that benefit their short- and long-term objectives. AALRR regularly counsel corporations, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, and individuals in a broad range of income, employment, property, and sales tax matters. Additionally, the firm assists companies with respect to matters relating to their qualified pension plans, including reviewing plan documents; obtaining IRS determination letters for qualified plans; and other ERISA matters. Other areas of expertise include tax audits, controversy, and litigation; reorganizations; 1031 exchanges; and tax-deferred transactions.

Water Law

AALRR attorneys represent both public and private clients in civil actions involving water rights and supply, state water contracts, and environmental natural resources. The firm helps clients manage guidelines pertaining to Proposition 1 and the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, SB 610 and 221, contractual entitlements, reclamation law, and water transfers. In addition, AALRR represents clients before a number of state and federal regulatory agencies, including the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and the State Water Resources Control Board.