PARTNERS

Nohemi Gutierrez Ferguson. Has represented the County of Los Angeles in numerous cases involving a wide range of potential local government liability. Experience: associate, Haight Brown & Bonesteel; associate, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; associate, Law Offices of Anthony P. Serritella. Education: BA 1982, Claremont McKenna College; JD 1986, UCLA School of Law. Bar Admissions: California; United States District Court for the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California. Affiliations: American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association.
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Arthur C. Preciado. Former Deputy District Attorney and experienced trial lawyer. Experience: Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney; senior trial attorney, Automobile Club of Southern California; trial attorney, Ochoa & Sillas. Education: BA 1976, California State University - Los Angeles; JD 1981, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Bar Admissions: California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; United States District Court for the Central District of California. Affiliations: ABOTA, arbitrator and judge pro tem, Los Angeles County Superior and Municipal Courts; American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Judicial Evaluations Committee); Mexican-American Bar Association; Lawyers Club of Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Bar Inn of Court.
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Calvin House. Experienced trial and appellate lawyer. Experience: associate, Cravath Swaine & Moore; Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Consumer Affairs; partner, Ratner House & Murch; assistant professor, Western State University College of Law; of counsel, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. Education: BA 1973, Columbia College; JD 1976, Columbia Law School. Bar Admissions: California; New York; United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Affiliations: ABOTA.
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ASSOCIATES

Clifton A. Baker. Experience: Extern for Magistrate Judge Robert Stone of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Education: BFA 1986, Sam Houston State University (cum laude); JD 1994, Southwestern University School of Law (Note and Comment Editor of the Law Review). Bar Admissions: California; United States District Court for the Central District of California. Affiliations: Los Angeles County Bar Association.
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Isaac Ortiz. Experience: Assistant City Attorney, Glendale, CA. Education: BA, California State University Northridge; JD, Loyola Law School. Bar Admissions: California; United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Sarosh Qaiser. Experience: Law clerk, Metropolitan Water District. Education: BA 2000 UCLA; JD 2003 UCLA. Bar Admissions: California.
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Robert D. Petersen. Experience: law clerk, Hadsell & Stormer. Education: BA 1999, UC Berkeley; JD 2005, UCLA. Bar Admissions: California, United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Nicholle Safavi Mineiro. Experience: General counsel, N54 Inc., Pasadena, CA; Elementary school teacher. Education: BA, UCLA; MA Educ., Claremont; JD, Loyola. Bar Admissions: California. Affiliations: LA County Bar Association, Pasadena Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of LA, UCLA Alumni Association.
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Angel D. Pluas. Experience: Legal intern, Legal Aid Foundation; Legal intern, Office of Independent Review; Legal intern, California State Senator Gilbert Cedillo. Education: BS 1998, Cal Poly Pomona; JD 2007, UCLA. Bar Admissions: California.
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Amy Osborne. Experience: Legal intern, EEOC; Certified legal intern, San Diego County District Attorney's Office. Education: BA 2005, National University; JD 2008, California Western. Bar Admissions: California.
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Andrew C. Rawcliffe. Experience: Legal extern, Community Redevelopment Agency; Judicial extern, Hon. George P. Schiavelli. Education: BA 2005, Boston University; JD 2008, Southwestern University School of Law. Bar Admissions: California.
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Jeremy R. Schwartz. Experience: Human resources legal intern, Target Corporation; Legal intern, Fox Cable Networks; Intern, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Education: BA 2005, University of Miami; JD 2008, Southwestern University School of Law. Bar Admissions: California.
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