• Coblentz Sponsors Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting

    Coblentz is proud to be a principal sponsor of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Fall Meeting, taking place over four days in San Francisco. The annual ULI Fall Meeting brings together more than 6,000 attendees to connect with thought leaders in every sector of the real estate industry. The meeting is scheduled for October 5-8 at the Moscone West Center, where attendees range from developers to investors, architects, planners, brokers, academics, attorneys, decision makers, and government. Coblentz partner Harry O’Brien will be among the distinguished conference speakers.

    The Urban Land Institute is a global nonprofit education and research institute with more than 35,000 members worldwide. Its mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in sustaining and creating thriving communities worldwide.

    Announced at the 2014 ULI Fall Meeting, Coblentz client project, The Exploratorium, was awarded a ULI Global Award for Excellence.

    More information about the Fall Meeting can be found here.

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  • Julie Greer To Speak At ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law Annual Meeting

    Julie Greer will speak at the American Bar Association Forum on Entertainment and Sports Law Annual Meeting “The Year of Thinking Big”, October 8-10, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC. The program will include coverage of current trends such as unauthorized data breaches, copyright revision, net neutrality, fantasy sports, collective bargaining agreements in film and television, license and litigation updates, use of pre-existing music in theatre and changes to artists’ musical income stream. Julie will join Kenneth Freundlich from Freundlich Law; Sandra Crawshaw-Sparks, Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP; and Stan Soocher, Associate Professor, Music and Entertainment Industry Studies at the University of Colorado as a panelist during this session entitled, Litigation Update and Review of Court Decision, which will examine key topics that have had an impact on how sports and entertainment lawyer will conduct business in the coming year and beyond. Register for the program, and find additional info, here.

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  • Richard Patch Named Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America

    Richard Patch has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, which recognizes the nation’s top trial attorneys. Fellowship in the LCA is by invitation only, and is composed of less than one-half of one percent of American Lawyers.

    The LCA is a highly selective membership known for its excellence in trial and appellate work, its integrity in practice, and its commitment to diversity throughout every aspect of the profession of law and the administration of justice. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. The LCA is aggressively diverse in its composition. Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership. The number of Fellowships has been kept at an exclusive limit by design, allowing qualifications, diversity and inclusion to align effectively, with recognition of excellence in litigation across all segments of the bar.

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