Contacts:
Traci Stuart / Chuck Brown
Blattel Communications
415.397.4811
traci@blattel.com / chuck@blattel.com
James McManis
McManis Faulkner
408.279.8700
jmcmanis@mcmanisfaulkner.com
JAMES MCMANIS AND WILLIAM FAULKNER NAMED TO SUPER LAWYERS CORPORATE COUNSEL EDITION 2010 ®
SAN JOSE, March 3, 2010 – James McManis and William Faulkner, name partners of McManis Faulkner, have been selected for and included in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition 2010. Both attorneys are recognized in the area of business litigation.
Attorneys are chosen for inclusion in Super Lawyers by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics magazine.
Head of 35-year-old McManis Faulkner, McManis also was named a 2009 Northern California Super Lawyer. He has represented many Silicon Valley companies with regard to commercial, trade secret and intellectual property issues and also represents individuals in civil rights actions, employment disputes and criminal defense. A member of the trial bar for more than 40 years, McManis is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 11 consecutive years and appears in Who’s Who in America. McManis received his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley Law School (1967) and his B.A. in history, with Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Stanford University (1964).
Leader of McManis Faulkner’s business practice, Faulkner also was named a 2009 Northern California Super Lawyer and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the second consecutive year. Faulkner is a seasoned civil trial lawyer in commercial litigation, including trade secrets and real estate and leasing disputes. He represents a wide range of mid-sized Silicon Valley businesses, including high technology companies and advises on corporate and partnership matters. Faulkner earned his J.D. from University of California Hastings College of the Law (1978) and his B.A. from Stanford University (1973).
McManis Faulkner, a San Jose, Calif.-based trial firm, provides a full range of services, representing both corporations and individuals through trial and appeal. The firm handles a wide range of litigation, including business, civil rights, class actions, criminal, employment, family, general civil, intellectual property, personal injury, probate, and professional negligence. With experienced, well-trained trial lawyers and staff, McManis prides itself on its diversity – beyond ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, women comprise a majority of the firm’s management and staff.
