New Partners Connie Ellerbach, Mark Leahy, David Michaels, Robert Sachs, and Jeffrey Vetter were elected members of the firm. Ellerbach s practice focuses on counseling clients regarding the acquisition and enforcement of domestic and international trademark rights including rights in cyberspace. Leahy s practice focuses on start-up counseling, securities financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate formation. Michaels practice is concentrated on representation of issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private financings, mergers and acquisitions as well as other corporate transactions. Centaur Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Flextronics International Ltd., Intuit Inc., Ocular Sciences, Inc. and Symantec Corporation are among the clients Michaels has represented.
Sachs practice emphasizes patent prosecution for software technologies.
Clients he has represented include Apple Computer, Cadence Design Systems, Excite, Inc., Intuit Inc., Macromedia and Sun Microsystems. Vetter s practice concentrates on public offerings of securities and other securities law matters. We are excited about the election of this year s class of partners, all of whom are extremely strong lawyers and have contributed to the growth in our practice. We are happy to be able to welcome these five new members to our partnership at a time when our practice is coming into its own as one of the most exciting and dynamic practices in the valley and the larger high technology community nationally, said Greg Sueoka, firm spokesperson. Management Committee Members, New Chair Laird H. Simons III , a corporate partner known for his extensive practice focused on IPOs and other offerings will join Jacqueline A. Daunt, Kathryn J. Fritz and Greg Sueoka on the firm s management committee as of January 1, 1999.