Five Mintz Levin Members Named San Diego Super Lawyers
6/11/2008
San Diego, CA - Mitch Danzig, Jeffry A. Davis, Craig E. Hunsaker, Daniel T. Pascucci, and Eddie Rodriguez of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. have been selected as San Diego Super Lawyers for 2008. San Diego Super Lawyers are selected based upon ballots sent by Law & Politics to over 11,000 area attorneys. Only five percent of San Diego lawyers were named 2008 San Diego Super Lawyers.
Mitch Danzig is a member in the firm’s San Diego office and practices in the Employment, Labor and Benefits, Litigation, Israel Business and Intellectual Property Sections. He has extensive experience in employment law and in intellectual property litigation. Mr. Danzig’s work focuses on litigation in the areas of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, employee raiding, trade secrets, contracts, defamation, and unfair competition. As part of his counseling practice, he has performed management training for employers and regularly renders employment advice on various employment related issues. In 2007, he was named to the San Diego Super Lawyers list. Mr. Danzig received his B.A., cum laude, from Hunter College (1990), and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Arizona College of Law (1995).
Jeffry A. Davis is a member in the firm’s San Diego office, practicing in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Commercial Law Section. He is also a member of the firm’s Subprime Practice Group. Mr. Davis’ practice is focused on all aspects of bankruptcy (including debtors, creditors, and committees), out of court workouts, insolvency, receiverships, and debtor/creditor rights. He is also a commercial law litigator, in areas such as contract and business disputes. Mr. Davis has been included in Best Lawyers in America every year since 1997, and was named to the 2007 San Diego Super Lawyers list. He received his B.A. from the State University of New York (1977) and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law (1980).
Craig E. Hunsaker is the Managing Member of the firm’s San Diego office and practices in the Employment, Labor and Benefits Section. His practice is centered around employment litigation and counseling, particularly regarding trade secret and employee mobility issues. Mr. Hunsaker has extensive experience in the protection of proprietary information and drafting and/or litigating covenants not to compete, defending claims of harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination. He regularly advises employers on a wide range of issues including personnel policies, wage/hour laws, EEO compliance, mergers and acquisitions due diligence, executive employment agreements, and reductions in force. Mr. Hunsaker earned his B.S. in Finance and International Business, magna cum laude, from Brigham Young University (1988), and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law (1993), where he was honored as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He served as an Articles Editor and Member of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.
Daniel T. Pascucci is a member in the firm’s San Diego office, practicing in the Litigation Section. His practice is focused on complex business litigation, intellectual property litigation, class action defense, unfair competition and telecommunications. Mr. Pascucci has extensive experience litigating patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. He was named to the 2007 San Diego Super Lawyers list. Mr. Pascucci received his B.A. from Fordham University (1990), and his J.D., cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law (1993).
Eddie Rodriguez is a member in the firm’s San Diego office, practicing in the Corporate Section. His practice focuses on a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, venture financing, technology licensing, and general business counseling. He has extensive experience with counseling public and private companies in the life science, telecommunications, software, hardware, e-commerce and information technology industries in a broad range of transactional matters. Mr. Rodriguez has represented clients in more than 200 mergers and acquisition transactions, investors and private companies in numerous private equity financings valued in excess of $200 million, and clients in numerous securities offerings. He was named to the 2007 list of San Diego Super Lawyers, Lawdragon’s Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds and 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, and The Daily Transcript’s 2006 “Transcript Ten,” a list of San Diego’s top attorneys across all practice areas. He was also named to The Daily Transcript’s “Top Influential People” in San Diego in 2006. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He was the editor-in-chief of the Stanford Journal of International Law and the articles editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review.
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