LOS ANGELES, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Five lawyers in the Los Angeles office of Sidley Austin LLP are among the 36 associates and counsel elevated to partnership in the firm, which now has 659 partners in offices in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. The new Los Angeles partners are Aimee M. Contreras-Camua, Real Estate; Sandra S. Fujiyama, Intellectual Property Litigation; Kelly L.C. Kriebs, M&A and Private Equity; Jennifer A. Ratner, Complex Commercial Litigation; and Robert M. Stone, Financial Services/Consumer Class Actions. All had been associates with the firm.
"All of our new partners embody the client service values and collegial culture of Sidley, in addition to being exceptionally talented lawyers," said Thomas A. Cole, chair of the firm's Executive Committee. "We are proud to have them join Sidley's partnership."
"It is gratifying to have these accomplished lawyers join Sidley's partnership ranks because they truly deserve and have earned this honor," said Moshe J. Kupietzky, managing partner of Sidley's LA office. "This addition increases the total number of LA partners to 70, continuing the growth of the office, which is currently the largest office in LA of a non-LA headquartered law firm."
Aimee M. Contreras-Camua, 33, is a partner in the Real Estate practice. She practices in a broad spectrum of real estate law, including the representation of capital market institutions, banks and life insurance companies in the origination of mortgage-secured loans involving hotel, office, retail and mixed use properties located throughout the U.S. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Contreras-Camua served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Harry Pregerson, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Ms. Contreras-Camua received her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California-Los Angeles.
Sandra S. Fujiyama, 33, is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation practice. Her practice focuses predominantly on complex patent litigation. She also provides intellectual property counseling to clients in the biotechnology and medical fields.
Ms. Fujiyama received her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law where she was associate editor of the Pacific Basin Law Journal. She received her B.S. in Biochemistry, summa cum laude, from the University of California-Los Angeles.
Kelly L.C. Kriebs, 34, is a partner in the M&A and Private Equity practice. She practices in a broad range of corporate matters, including public and private company mergers, acquisitions and recapitalizations, corporate governance and other transactions.
Ms. Kriebs received her J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law where she was on the UCLA Law Review. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of California-Riverside where she was a University of California Regents Scholar.
Jennifer A. Ratner, 34, is a partner in the Complex Commercial Litigation practice. She has extensive experience in all areas of state and federal litigation and arbitration forums representing numerous corporations in connection with claims often brought as class actions regarding unfair business practices, consumer fraud, breach of contract, copyright issues, enforceability of contractual provisions and misappropriation of trade secrets. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ratner was an Extern to the Honorable Spencer Williams, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Ms. Ratner received her J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law. She received her B.S., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Tufts University.
Robert M. Stone, 34, is a partner in the Financial Services/Consumer Class Actions practice. Mr. Stone has represented several financial services institutions and other major corporations in state and nationwide class actions involving such issues as credit card processing, money transfers and banking and other financial services. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Stone served as a clerk to the Honorable Edward Rafeedie, Central District of California.
Mr. Stone received his J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law. He received his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of California-Berkeley.
Sidley also named the following to partnership in its other offices: Brussels - Arnoud R. Willems; Chicago - Michael C. Andolina, Jeannette K. Arazi, John A. Chamberlin, Anny C. Huang, Kenneth P. Kansa, Christopher P. Lokken, Brian A. McAleenan, Daniel J. Neppl, Clinton R. Uhlir, Robert L. Verigan and J. Randal Wexler; Frankfurt - Jerome S. Friedrich; Hong Kong - Charles Allen; London - Jonathan Edge, Theresa D. Kradjian and Paul Matthews; New York - Laura M. Barzilai, Madeleine J. Dowling, Lynn A. Dummett, Isaac S. Greaney, Joseph Kelly, Dennis M. Manfredi and Aryeh H. Zarchan; San Francisco - Teague I. Donahey; Tokyo - Akira Nakazawa; Washington, D.C. - Kevin J. Campion, Mark B. Langdon, Eric A. Shumsky, Eric M. Solovy and John K. Van De Weert, Jr.
Established in 1980, Sidley's Los Angeles office, with over 150 lawyers, provides clients with a broad range of legal services. Sidley is one of the world's largest full-service law firms, with more than 1,700 lawyers practicing in 16 U.S. and international cities including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. In 2006, Sidley was named to Legal Business' Global Elite, their designation for "the 15 finest law firms in the world." Sidley was again named the number one law firm for overall client service by BTI, a Boston-based consulting and research firm, in 2007. BTI has also named Sidley to their Client Service Hall of Fame as one of only two law firms to rank in the Client Service Top 10 for six years in a row.
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