Howard Rice Director David Reis Selected As Top Labor & Employment Attorney

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 14, 2010 – Howard Rice Director, and Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group, David Reis was selected by the Daily Journal as one of the top Labor & Employment attorneys in California. David was among 44 employment defense attorneys selected by the Daily Journal as being the California lawyers companies turn to first.

A graduate of Stanford University and Columbia University School of Law, Mr. Reis has defended employers in numerous multi plaintiff discrimination and other employment cases, and has litigated extensively before juries, judges and arbitrators. He represents employers in a variety of industries, including health care, airline, financial services, technology and the public sector. His clients include Alaska Airlines, Blum Capital Partners, Blumberg Capital, El Camino Hospital, Hitachi America, Marin General Hospital, Renesas Electronics America, The Charles Schwab Corporation and TriVascular.

As noted by the Daily Journal, Mr. Reis' experience runs the gamut from trial counsel to Supreme Court advocate. His recent and current work highlighted in the Daily Journal profile includes:

• His work successfully defending a venture capital firm against a lawsuit brought by a former employee who claimed he was a partner of the firm and was entitled to $20 million of the firm's profits.


• His work arguing before the California Supreme Court on behalf of Alaska Airlines in a case that will have important implications for employees making federal whistleblower claims.


• His current work representing the Oakland Raiders and Al Davis in a lawsuit by a former Raiders talent scout who claims he was wrongfully fired after the 2007 season.

Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, P.C., is a San Francisco law firm with leading national and international practices, representing entities and individuals across a comprehensive range of practice areas. Our clients are among the most sophisticated consumers of legal services and include: The Charles Schwab Corporation; Citigroup; Clear Channel Communications; First Republic Bank; Genentech, Inc.; Google, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Co.; Hitachi America, Ltd.; Morgan Stanley; The New York Times Company; The Oakland Raiders; PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.; Prudential Equity Group; The Regents of the University of California; Thomas Weisel Partners; UBS; the United States Olympic Committee and Wells Fargo & Company. For more information, please visit www.howardrice.com.