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HONORS RECOGNITIONS
Nikki Mehrpoo Jacobson has achieved dual certi cation by the Cali- fornia State Bar Board of Legal Special- ization as a legal specialist in Workers’ Compensation and Immigration and Nationality law. is achievement makes Jacobson the only lawyer with this dual certi cation granted by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization since records have been kept for dual certi cation. Jacobson handles catastrophic orthopedic and neurological work-injury cases, and complex employment and family- based immigration matters.
Justice’s Tax Division and former as- sistant United States attorney in Los Angeles, is deputy chair of the rm’s white-collar litigation and govern- ment investigations practice.
fornia Board of Legal Specialization as a le- gal specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Pro- bate Law, Calkins works with families and individuals to plan
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National trial lawyer Alex Romain has joined Irell & Manella LLP as a partner in the Litiga- tion practice group. With nearly 20 years of experience in high-
Colleen Calkins
Nathan Hochman
Morgan Lewis part- ner Nathan Hochman will receive the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles’s Bruce I. Hochman Maimonides Torch of Justice Award
stakes complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense, he will focus his practice on trials, com- plex commercial litigation and inves- tigations. Romain’s advocacy has led to exemplary results for clients in a number of high-pro le cases, and he has also defended individuals and corporations against allegations of bribery, campaign nance violations, obstruction of justice, bank fraud, en- vironmental pollution, fraudulent misappropriation and attempted mur- der.
Akerman LLP announced the na- tional expansion of the Tax Practice Group with the addition of Partner Colleen Calkins in the Los Angeles of- ce. Certi ed by the State Bar of Cali-
Andrew Ouvrier
Cox, Castle & Nichol- son LLP, a full-service law rm focused on real estate in the United States, announced that Andrew Ouvrier has joined the rm as a real
for his lifetime of civic leadership, le- gal excellence, and service to the Jew- ish and greater community. e rec- ognition was renamed a er Nathan’s late father, who served as chairman of the federation and also received the award, following his passing in 2002. Hochman, the former assistant attor- ney general of the U.S. Department of
estate leasing partner. Ouvrier brings more than 15 years of experience in the negotiation and documentation of all types of retail, o ce and industrial leases to the rm’s Retail Group. He represents a wide variety of landlord and tenant clients, including institu- tional investors and entrepreneurial individuals and entities
Alex-Romain
for the care of their families and the transfer of their wealth and represents trustees, executors and bene ciaries in complex trust and probate admin- istration. She also represents individu- als, businesses and charitable organi- zations on general business transac- tions and taxation.
In Memoriam Felipe Plascencia 1965 – 2019
e legal community mourns the loss of renowned trail attorney and political activist Felipe Plascencia, who perished Feb. 23 in an airplane crash in the Tehachapi Mountains.
Plascencia was nationally regarded as an expert in DUI cases.Prior to opening his own practice, Plascencia served as a Los Angeles County deputy public defender, as well as a deputy city attorney for the city of Compton.
Plascencia was known for his charming down-to-earth style in front of a jury and his relentless advocacy on behalf of his clients. In 2009 he was recognized as the Attorney of the Year by the Mexican American Bar Association. Plascencia remained active in California politics and was president of the Mexican American Bar Association Political Action Committee from 2005 to present.
Plascencia is survived by his wife, Yolan- da, and his daughters, Magali and Alena, as well as his father, Rafael, and six siblings. He was 53.
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