GMSR’s Timothy Coates will be speaking at the League of California Cities® 2018 Annual Conference. This year’s conference will be held September 12 – 14, 2018 in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach Convention Center. This year, Tim will return to present the session Municipal
GMSR is proud to be an attending sponsor of the League of California Cities® 2018 Spring Conference. This year’s conference will be held May 2 – 4, 2018 in San Diego, California at the Paradise Point Hotel. This year, Managing Partner Timothy Coates will present
GMSR is proud to sponsor and be invited to speak at the International Municipal Lawyers Association’s (IMLA) Mid-Year Seminar in Washington, D.C. from April 20-23, 2018. The IMLA is one of the foremost organizations serving the needs of attorneys representing governmental entities across a broad spectrum
GMSR appellate attorneys Tim Coates, Bob Olson, Robin Meadow, Marc Poster, Kent Richland, Alana Rotter, and Cindy Tobisman have been named 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers. “Super Lawyers” are nominated by their peers and vetted by the research team at Super Lawyers. Only five percent of
We are proud to share yesterday’s Daily Journal profile of our firm, describing how some of our colleagues and adversaries perceive us: “clear thinkers,” “clear writers,” and “very civil.” LA-based appellate firm scores big wins handling major cases Appellate law is part ivory tower and
GMSR supports DRI—The Voice of the Defense Bar—and is once again co-sponsoring one of the receptions at this year’s annual Civil Rights & Governmental Tort Liability Seminar, in New Orleans, Louisiana, from January 25 to January 27. GMSR managing partner Timothy Coates, who is on
GMSR is proud to sponsor and be invited to speak at the International Municipal Lawyers Association’s (IMLA) 82nd Annual Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada from October 14 to 18, 2017. The IMLA is one of the foremost organizations serving the needs of attorneys representing governmental
GMSR Managing Partner, Timothy Coates will present the session Municipal Tort and Civil Rights Litigation Update at the City Attorneys’ Track at the League of California Cities® 2017 Annual Conference. The conference is September 13 – 15 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, California.
Eight GMSR attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018. Multiple GMSR attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers® every year for more than a decade; Alana Rotter joins the list this year for the first time. Additionally, partner
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