by James D. CrosbyHenderson Caverly Pum & Charney LLP Attorneys Tsu, Mardian and Baggett Pass State Bar Specialty Certification Exams.
Henderson Caverly Pum & Charney LLP (HCPC) attorneys Brian Tsu, Robert Mardian and Eric Baggett have just passed the State Bar of California legal specialist exams in two HCPC core practice areas.
Tax and estate planning partner Brian Tsu has passed his California legal specialist exam in California Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Tsu currently holds a legal specialist certification in Taxation Law, which will soon make him a member of the small group of California attorneys holding multiple specialist certifications.
Probate and trust litigation senior counsel Robert Mardian has also passed his California legal specialist certification exam in California Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.
Tax and estate planning associate Eric Baggett passed his California legal specialist certification exam in Taxation Law.
Congratulations to Tsu, Mardian, and Baggett!
Attorneys Tsu, Mardian, and Baggett are not alone at HCPC with respect to legal specialist certification. Other HCPC attorneys hold legal specialist certifications as follows:
Partners Adryenn Cantor and Richard Hyatt – Family Law.
Partners Nancy Henderson, Kristen Caverly, Shirley Kovar and Debra Vella – Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.
Partner Clancy Wilson – Taxation Law.
The legal specialist certifications held by HCPC attorneys are reflective of the significant experience and expertise of the firm’s attorneys and the sophistication and quality of its legal representation.
P.S. – I think I need to go back to school. I am starting to look like a slacker around this place. Jim.
by James D. CrosbySan Diego Business Journal “Best of the Bar” and San Diego Magazine Top Lawyer for 2016.
Very pleased to be voted a San Diego Business Journal “Best of the Bar” for 2016 and a San Diego Magazine Top Lawyer 2016 for Civil Litigation.
by James D. CrosbyHenderson Caverly’s Growing Litigation Practice Group – Trust/Probate and Business/Commercial/IP Litigation.
Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney, LLP (HCPC) is no longer only an estate planning and trust/probate litigation firm.
HCPC has long been known for its estate planning and trust/probate litigation expertise. Partners Nancy Henderson (planning), Kristen Caverly (litigation), and Shirley Kovar (litigation) are well known and highly sought-after San Diego lawyers in these fields.
But, with the addition of partner James Crosby in late 2014 and partner Doug Lytle in late 2015, the utilization of current HCPC senior counsels and associates, and expected new admittee hirings late this year and in 2017, HCPC’s expertise and capacity in complex and general business, commercial and IP litigation is rapidly expanding. Crosby brought 30+ years of business litigation experience and an active trial practice to the firm. The addition of Doug Lytle, a 20+year litigator with an intellectual property practice emphasis, served to further expand the firm’s business litigation expertise and capacity.
HCPC has long been known for the experience and expertise of its attorneys and the sophistication and quality of its legal representation. Those same firm traits are guiding and informing the rapid expansion of its litigation department from its trust/probate litigation roots into business/commercial/IP litigation and trial representation.
by James D. CrosbyCrosby Elected to Serve As President-Elect/President of the USD School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors.
I am very pleased and quite honored to have just been elected to serve as the 2016-17 President-Elect and the 2017-18 President of the USD School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors. Thank you to President Knut Johnson, to the nominating committee, and to my fellow Board members for this honor. I look forward to what will surely be a busy, interesting, and, hopefully, successful two years working on behalf of the USD School of Law alumni and students. Thanks.
by James D. CrosbyHenderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney LLP – Seven Honorees on 2016 San Diego Super Lawyers List.
Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney, LLP (HCPC) has seven honorees on the 2016 San Diego Super Lawyers list. They are:
Adryenn Cantor, CFS. AAML – Family Law
Kristen Caverly – Estate & Trust Litigation
James Crosby – Business Litigation
Nancy Henderson – Estate Planning
Richard Hyatt, CFS, AAML – Family Law
Shirley Kovar – Estate & Trust Litigation
Clancy Wilson – Tax
Kirsten Caverly was also named one of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in San Diego for 2016.
The inclusion of HCPC partners Adryenn Cantor, James Crosby, Richard Hyatt and Clancy Wilson on this year’s Super Lawyers list emphasizes the growth of HCPC beyond its estate planning and trust/probate litigation roots.
HCPC has long been known for its estate planning and trust litigation expertise. Super Lawyers Nancy Henderson (planning), Kristin Caverly (litigation), and Shirley Kovar (litigation) are well known and highly sought-after San Diego lawyers with big case experience.
But, HCPC is no longer just an estate planning and trust litigation firm. The firm has expanded and continues to expand into new and different practice areas.
Family Law – Super Lawyers Adryenn Cantor and Richard Hyatt are the core of a busy and rapidly-expanding family law practice group.
Business and IP Litigation – Super Lawyer Crosby and partner Doug Lytle, both litigators with considerable trial experience, are rapidly growing a business and intellectual property litigation practice group at HCPC.
Tax – Super Lawyer Clancy Wilson is, and has been for many years, one of the most well-known and well-respected tax attorneys in San Diego.
HCPC looks to expand further in 2016, and beyond, through additional lateral moves and new admittee hirings.
by James D. CrosbySelected a 2016 San Diego Super Lawyer.
I am honored to be selected a 2016 San Diego Super Lawyer for Business Litigation!
by James D. CrosbyTrial Attorney Doug Lytle Joins Henderson Caverly Pum & Charney LLP’s Growing Litigation Group.
This week, trial attorney Doug Lytle joined us at Henderson Caverly Pum & Charney LLP as a partner and new member of our growing litigation practice group.
I am very pleased to have Doug join us here at HCPC. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, and trial chops, to our expanding group of trust/estate and business litigators here at the firm. Doug’s particular experience in intellectual property disputes and “Soft IP” battles, and his trial readiness, will further enhance our business and IP litigation expertise and expand our trial capacity. I hope to work closely with Doug on a variety of matters and on further expanding our litigation practice group.
Doug is the real deal! He has held an AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating for ten years, and has been recognized as a Top Lawyer in Business & Intellectual Property Litigation in San Diego Magazine. For over 20 years, Doug has enforced and defended the rights of businesses and individuals in state and federal courts, including disputes concerning trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, and other types of intellectual property; disputes involving media and advertising, internet marketing and commerce, privacy rights, defamation, and unfair competition; disputes arising from contracts, fiduciary duties, business relationships and separations, and fraud; and matters concerning real property rights. Doug has authored numerous articles appearing in national and local publications, including ALM’s Law Journal Newsletters – The Intellectual Property Strategist and Product Liability Law & Strategy, the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the San Diego Business Journal, and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report. He is an active member of the San Diego County Bar Association, the International Trademark Association, the Federal Bar Association and the California State Bar Intellectual Property Section.
On top of all this, Doug is just a great guy. And his wife, Maureen, is wonderful. We welcome them and their beautiful daughters, Grace and Katie, to our HCPC family!
by James D. CrosbyWork/Life Balance – A Generational Divide Among Lawyers?
Yesterday, I moderated a San Diego County Bar Association Roundtable Discussion on Generational Divide in the legal community. Interesting discussion with three veteran attorneys (Radmila Fulton, Thomas Warwick and me) and three young attorneys (Jeremy Evans, Hali Anderson and Anton Vialtsin) which will be reported in the Nov/Dec edition of San Diego Lawyer. Work/Life balance was a major topic of discussion, and a clear point of difference – but, not necessarily division – between the veteran and the emerging attorneys.
A newly published study on Integrating Work and Life (http://bit.ly/1LnWVkG) validates much of what was discussed yesterday on this topic. Young professionals, both men and women, are no longer focused only on career trajectory – they want “rich, multidimensional lives”. And companies, including law firms, can no longer afford to ignore or minimize this desire for multidimensional lives or invest in it solely as a “woman’s issue.” Both men and women, including lawyers, will be choosing educational and career paths that enable them to be successful in work and in life.
Law firms would do well to acknowledge and embrace this new reality!
by James D. CrosbyTrial Call – Trademarked!
I am now the proud owner of the registered trademark – “Trial Call”. How about that!
by James D. Crosby2015 Top Attorney for Corporate Litigation.
Proud and happy to be named a San Diego Daily Transcript 2015 Top Attorney for Corporate Litigation! Thank you. http://bit.ly/1SMR61p