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Effective February 2, 2010, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell is pleased to announce the addition of two experienced labor and employment lawyers, Linda L. Daube and Dennis C. Huie, to RJO's Employment Law Practice Group.
Linda L. Daube – Linda has practiced management side labor and employment law for more than 25 years, both in the private and public sector, is a past Deputy City Attorney for the City of Long Beach, has served as chief strategist in labor negotiations and has been trial counsel in over 30 state and federal trials. Linda's clients include a broad range of public agencies and municipalities throughout California. She will continue to emphasize her general counsel and litigation work in the areas of labor relations, representation before regulatory agencies, and in cases alleging wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Dennis C. Huie – has litigated employment cases for nearly 15 years, representing corporate clients and public agencies in state and federal courts, in jury trials, arbitrations and before administrative agencies, including the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the EEOC, DFEH and the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. He has litigated class actions for corporate clients in the areas of discrimination and wage and hour violations as well as individual cases across the employment spectrum. Dennis' clients include both private business and public agencies. He will continue to emphasize his litigation work, particularly wage and hour, discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination. Dennis also regularly advises employees in all areas of employment law with a special focus on disability-related issues.
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RJO Shareholder Aaron Silberman co-edited and co-authored the second edition of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry's Federal Government Construction Contracts book. Mr. Silberman co-authored two chapters: "Provisions and Issues Unique to Government Contracts" and "Equitable Adjustments and Claims." See the the Book's Table of Contents. Purchase Book from the ABA Web store.
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RJO Shareholder Allan Joseph chaired a committee of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law responsible for authoring a comprehensive text on the complex issues intrinsic to the acquisition of a government contractor. Mr. Joseph edited and co-authored the Best Practices in the Acquisition of a Government Contractor manual together with a team of experienced practitioners including RJO shareholder Aaron Silberman and associate Suhani Kamdar. The manual is an essential resource which examines the issues in the acquisition process, including the due diligence process and the recommended scope of government contracts review; cost issues peculiar to government contracts; claims, disputes and bid protests; adequacy of the Target's government contracts compliance program; antitrust reviews and approvals; Exon-Florio approvals and the requirements of classified contracts; anti-assignment statutes, novations, guarantees of performance and restructuring. The manual provides practical answers to the questions that arise in these acquisitions, including more than 90 Best Practice Tips that the authors have developed from their wide-ranging experience. See the manual's Table of Contents. Purchase manual from the ABA Web store.
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Rogers Joseph O'Donnell is proud to announce that five of its attorneys have been included among Super Lawyers magazine's top attorneys in California for 2009. Shareholders Robert Goodman, Allan Joseph, Neil O'Donnell, Dean Paik and Aaron Silberman were named to the 2009 Super Lawyers' list for the Northern California Region. Super Lawyers names Northern California’s top lawyers, chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. Super Lawyers selects the top 5 percent of Northern California attorneys in more than 60 practice areas, based on surveys of more than 52,000 active lawyers across the northern part of the state. The list of Northern California Super Lawyers is published annually in the August issues of San Francisco Magazine and Northern California Super Lawyers.
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On October 15, 2009, Aaron P. Silberman was presented with a pro bono award from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for his exceptional committed service in the federal court through the Assisted Mediation and Settlement Conference Program. Link.
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For the fifth consecutive year Chambers USA has recognized Rogers Joseph O'Donnell as one of the premier government contracts law firms in the United States. RJO is proud to be among the only two boutique-sized firms to be ranked as among the country's best government contracts firms. Once again founding partners Allan Joseph and Neil O'Donnell are also ranked as two of the twenty top government contracts attorneys in the nation. Mr. Joseph was recognized as "an icon of the Bar" and Mr. O'Donnell as a "strong litigator with fabulous judgment." To view the Chambers USA rankings for Rogers Joseph O'Donnell and our attorneys, visit the Chambers USA Website.
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Aaron P. Silberman
will present "Disputes and Litigation of Energy Savings Performance Contracts" at the ABA Litigation Section Construction Committee Breakfast at the Annual Meeting of ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. This program will be held at the Hilton Austin.
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May 13-14, 2010
Seattle, WA
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Aaron P. Silberman
will co-chair the ABA Public Contract Law Section's 5th Annual State & Local Procurement Symposium: "Pointing the Way: State and Local Procurement in Challenging Times."
Thomas D. Blanford will speak on "There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: The Obligations That come with ARRA Funds." This program will be held at the Seattle Renaissance
Hotel.
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