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Included on the highly anticipated list of 2018's Outside Counsel of the Year is Stephen Henning, one of the co-founders of WSHB. Henning will be one of the honorees during the opening ceremonies of the CLM Annual Conference which takes place on March 14, 2018, in Houston, Texas.

"I am surprised, humbled and thrilled to be honored as one of the Outside Counsel of the Year nominees." said Henning. "People who navigate, litigate and resolve the most complex legal issues in the nation are the ones who drive the nomination process and award. Peer driven recognition is the best validation a lawyer can receive."

WSHB is pleased to announce eight attorneys have been elected to the Firm's partnership, effective January 1, 2018.

“Elevation to partnership at WSHB is a reflection that each of the attorneys identified below has demonstrated exceptional legal, supervisory and management skills over their case loads,” said Dan Berman, Firm Chairman and Co-founder. “Each has also consistently exhibited a strong desire to provide the firm's clients with first class legal representation, while always working hard to be a team player dedicated to maintaining the unique culture of WSHB that makes this firm special.”

Kicking off 2018 are promotions for thirteen of the nation’s most talented lawyers at WSHB. “Senior counsel criteria at WSHB is one of the highest bars set by law firms in the nation. In addition to having sharp legal skills, litigation prowess and consistent results, lawyers enjoying this designation must have the “full package” which clients have come to expect,” said Stewart Reid, Managing Partner at WSHB. “This accomplished group includes a sports coach, an improv comedian, and a volunteer advocate for children’s literacy.”

Kicking off the New Year are promotions for eight of the nation’s most talented lawyers at WSHB.

“Senior counsel criteria here at the Firm is one of the highest bars set by law firms in the nation. In addition to having sharp legal skills, litigation prowess and consistent results, lawyers enjoying this designation must have the “full package” which clients have come to expect,” said Stewart Reid, Firmwide Managing Partner. “This accomplished group includes a licensed real estate broker, a world champion equestrian, and a champion for special needs children.”

New procedural rules will impact both deadlines and the substantive handling of new and pending civil cases in federal court. At least 35 States base their own rules of civil procedure on the federal rules, so the impact of these changes may be even more widespread.

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure adopted by the Supreme Court in April 2015 and accepted by Congress took effect on December 1. The changes affect Civil Rules 1, 4, 16, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 55, and 84, and the Appendix of Forms. The amendments govern all proceedings commenced on or after December 1, 2015, and all proceedings then pending “insofar as just and practicable.”

WSHB is pleased to announce that we have elected eleven associates to senior counsel: Summit Dhillon (Fresno), Steven Disharoon (Concord), Robin Holseth (Las Vegas), J. Paul Lewis (San Diego), Haley Maglieri (Denver), Graham Miller (Portland), Andrew Mallon (Rancho Cucamonga), Graham Miller (Portland), Jodi Mullis (Phoenix), Kamran Shahabi (Rancho Cucamonga), D. Sean Smith (Denver), and Erin Varriano (Seattle).