Firm Overview
Rutan
About Rutan
Rutan lawyers are experienced and highly regarded experts, delivering sophisticated and superior client service and value in a wide-range of practice areas, markets and industries. Our lawyers enjoy what they do and appreciate the opportunity to help our clients achieve their goals. We recruit new lawyers from more than 30 top law schools nationwide. Many of our lawyers graduated with law school honors, including Order of the Coif, law review, or moot court, or held judicial clerkships prior to joining the firm. Many of our lawyers hold significant leadership positions in philanthropic, community and professional organizations.
Our lawyers have skill sets that are both broad and deep, with significant emphasis on working with clients to develop cost-effective solutions consistent with client goals. We use technology in all aspects of our practice and welcome collaboration with client in-house counsel, management or other resources to help clients manage their legal budget.
For many decades, Rutan has distinguished itself as the largest, full-service law firm in Orange County. Today, our practice has expanded to Northern California, through our Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and we have also expanded to Arizona through our new Scottsdale office.
Who We Are
Rutan’s team of lawyers are experienced and highly regarded experts, who deliver superior client service and add client value in a wide range of practice areas, markets, and industries. Our lawyers are passionate about practicing law, and they appreciate the opportunity to help our clients achieve their goals.
Rutan actively recruits new lawyers from more than 30 top law schools nationwide. Many of our lawyers graduated with law school honors, including Order of the Coif, law review, moot court, or have held judicial clerkships prior to joining the firm.
Most of our lawyers hold significant leadership positions in philanthropic, community, and professional organizations. They also have extensive legal skills and work closely with clients to develop cost-effective solutions consistent with their specific goals. Our firm uses technology in all aspects of our practice, to save our clients’ valuable time and streamline legal processes. Rutan attorneys also welcome collaboration with our clients’ in-house counsel, management teams, and other resources to help our clients manage their legal budgets.
For many decades, Rutan has distinguished itself as the largest, full-service law firm in Orange County, California. Today, our practice has expanded to Northern California, through our Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and we have also expanded to Arizona through our Scottsdale office.
- Michael Adams
- Randall M. Babbush
- Alan Fenstermacher
- Roger F. Friedman
- Richard K. Howell
- Jeremy Jungreis
- Patrick D. McCalla
- Edson K. McClellan
- William F. Meehan
- Jeffrey T. Melching
- Richard G. Montevideo
- Lisa Neal
- Steven A. Nichols
- Ronald Oines
- Alisha Patterson
- John Ramirez
- Ira G. Rivin
- Michael Rubin
- JR Sechrist
- Brian Sinclair
- Maria Stearns
- Brandon Sylvia
- Hans Van Ligten
- Matthew Francois
- David P. Lanferman
Rutan
Our Clients
Rutan represents a broad spectrum of clients in many markets and industries including, for example, multi-national corporations, financial institutions, publicly traded companies, technology companies, private equity and venture capital funds, real estate developers and financers, construction companies, agricultural enterprises, cities and other public entities, hospitality companies, public/private partnerships, aerospace and defense contractors, educational institutions, family-owned businesses, individuals, non-profit organizations and pro bono clients.
We assist our clients with a wide-range of transactional, litigation, government, financial, intellectual property, real estate, employment, tax and international matters and can readily and efficiently bring expertise in each of these areas to bear on specific issues.
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