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Patrick M. Ryan, head of Bartko law firm’s Litigation practice and Chair of its IP and Brand Protection and Antitrust groups, named as a “Top Intellectual Property Lawyer” in California by the Daily Journal.

Bartko is pleased to announce that five lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Bartko is pleased to announce that one lawyer has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Bartko is proud to announce its membership in Global Advocaten, a network of 23 mid-sized, independent law firms across Europe and the United States. Founded in 1990, Global Advocaten’s member firms have offices in 28 different countries and include over 1,440 lawyers. The network enables our clients to tap into expert lawyers providing worldwide solutions.

At the State Bar and Judicial Council’s recent annual conference, Bartko partner and shareholder Oliver Dunlap was recognized for his significant work with the Bench Bar Coalition—a statewide association of judges and leading attorneys whose mission is to enhance communication and coordinate activities with the state, local, and specialty bar associations on issues of common interest to the judicial branch. Oliver has served on the Executive Committee of the Coalition since August 2001, and has been involved in its legislative work, remote court proceedings working group, and various DEI and judicial independence initiatives. He is also active with the California Judges Association’s (CJA) Judicial Fairness Coalition, the Conference of California Bar Associations, and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA).

July 18, 2023: San Francisco, CA – Bartko Bunzel Miller, P.C., an elite boutique litigation law firm, which specializes in complex litigation, is pleased to announce the addition of Jason A. Zweig as a Principal of the firm. Jason will be a resident in Chicago, representing Bartko’s first office outside of California.

On the evening of July 17, 2023, the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District for California, in Laatz v. Zazzle, Inc., et al., Case No. 22-cv-04844-BLF, issued a comprehensive twenty-five-page order resoundingly rejecting Defendant Zazzle, Inc.’s second attempt to dismiss Plaintiff Nicky Laatz’s claims that Zazzle stole three of her most popular fonts and the software that renders them, so that Zazzle could allow tens of millions of its customers and others to use the fonts without any compensation to Ms. Laatz.

San Francisco, CA – In a June 5, 2023 Order, only made available on the public docket late June 6, 2023, the Honorable Evelio Grillo of the Alameda Superior Court, in VHS Liquidating Trust, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, et al., Case Number RG21106600, issued a comprehensive Order resoundingly rejecting the Defendant Blues’ second attempt to dismiss the Plaintiffs’ claims.

On February 7, 2023, the San Francisco Superior Court entered its Statement of Decision and Judgment in favor of Bartko clients, the Co-Trustees of the Robert A. Naify Trust, and against Petitioner Christina Cortese. Cortese had sought as much as $680 million in community property damages on behalf of her deceased mother. The Court’s Statement of Decision rejected all of Ms. Cortese’s claims and damages, and Judgment has been entered for the Co-Trustees.

February 2, 2023: San Francisco based law firm – Bartko LLP – celebrated the opening of its Los Angeles office and a new, diverse leadership group at a reception this week, ushering in a new era for the business trials, labor, employment, and real estate transaction firm as it approaches five decades of practice.