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: 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. Maintains the Appellate Counsellor Home Page. 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.
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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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Ann D. Wu. Experience: Benefits Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor. Education: BS 1999, UCLA; JD 2004, George Washington University School of Law. Bar Admissions: California, United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California.
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Rachel M. Pimentel. Experience: Judicial extern, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon; law clerk, Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo. Education: BA 1999, UC San Diego; JD 2004, Loyola. Bar Admissions: California, United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of 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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Milton E. Foster, III. Education: BA, UCLA; JD, Pepperdine. Bar Admissions: California, United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Samantha Cherot. Education: BA, Santa Clara; JD, California Western. Bar Admissions: California, United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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