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BB&K Welcomes Four New Partners; Two Of Counsel Attorneys

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Attorneys Focus on Business, Litigation, Environment and Labor Law

For Immediate Release: Jan. 24, 2012
Media Contact: Jennifer Bowles • 951.826.8480 • jennifer.bowles@BBKlaw.com

RIVERSIDE, Calif. _ Best Best & Krieger LLP has promoted four attorneys across California to partner for 2012 and elevated two associates to of counsel, the law firm announced Tuesday.

“We feel we have a very strong group of new partners and we are excited to have them become part of BB&K’s future,” said Eric Garner, managing partner of the law firm, which has 200 attorneys working in eight offices across California and a ninth office in Washington, D.C.

The new partners are:

- Stacey N. Sheston, based in the Sacramento office and co-leader of the firm’s labor and employment practice group. As a litigator, Sheston represents public agency and private employers in mediations, arbitrations, administrative hearings and court proceedings involving wrongful termination, breach of contract, unpaid wages, harassment, discrimination and retaliation. She also provides legal advice on day-to-day employment matters such as discipline and termination, requests for disability accommodations as well as leave of absence, and wage and hour issues. Prior to joining BB&K in 2010, she was a shareholder at McDonough Holland & Allen in Sacramento. She received her law degree from the University of California, Davis, in 1996.

- Jason M. Ackerman, who is a Riverside-based member of the environmental and natural resources practice group.  His practice focuses on assisting renewable energy clients with site control, securing water rights and project permitting, and helping them to comply with state and federal environmental laws. In addition, Ackerman provides general and special counsel services to several of the firm’s public agency clients. He received his law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 2001.

- Peggy Hosking, a Riverside-based business attorney whose practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions and commercial real estate transactions, such as the recent acquisition of a film and television editing studio and the sale of a minor league baseball team. In addition, she serves as general counsel for various corporations such as iHerb.com in Moreno Valley. Hosking serves on the board of the Commercial Real Estate Women-Inland Empire Chapter. She graduated from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1997. 

- Tyree K. Dorward, who is based in San Diego where he is a member of the firm’s school law, special districts and municipal law practice groups. Dorward’s practice focuses primarily on school business and facilities issues, public works purchasing, bidding, construction and environmental issues. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000.

The attorneys who were promoted to of counsel are:

- Joseph T. Ortiz in Riverside who is part of the firm’s labor and employment practice. An experienced trial lawyer, Ortiz has successfully tried employment matters before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration tribunals on claims of all types. He received his law degree from the University of Minnesota in 2001.   

- Matthew L. Green, based in the San Diego office and whose practice focuses on civil litigation where he represents both public entities and private clients in state and federal court. Prior to joining BB&K in 2004, Green served as a judicial law clerk to the late U.S. District Judge Napoleon A. Jones, Jr. in the Southern District of California. Green received his law degree from California Western School of Law in 2003. 

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