Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is one of the leading start-up law firms in Southern California. We pioneered a fixed fee start-up package making the formation and organization of your start-up as seamless as possible. Our Preccelerator Program is a platform offered to select start-up companies out of our Santa Monica office that provides interim office space and sophisticated legal services, with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. The Preccelerator Program provides free co-working space and other perks for 5-6 promising young startups.
The perks include:
For more information about the Preccelerator Program, visit https://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator or contact Heidi Hubbeling at (310) 746-9803 or
Leading Business Litigation Group Headed by Michael Sherman Joins Firm
Los Angeles, CA (March 11, 2014) – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Southern California’s leading business law firm, has announced that nationally recognized litigator Michael Sherman has joined the firm as a partner in its Sherman Oaks office. Mr. Sherman will lead the firm’s newly-created Business Litigation practice group.
Michael Sherman is an accomplished trial lawyer in high-stakes, “bet-the-company” litigation, and has represented both large and early-stage companies as well as entrepreneurs in all facets of business and complex commercial litigation. He has evenly split his litigation practice on both the plaintiff and defense side of cases, has first-chaired numerous trials in complex matters in industries as varied as securities, healthcare, environmental, consumer products, technology, project development/finance, advertising, real estate and apparel, and is highly skilled in class actions and unfair competition law. Michael’s trial skills and courtroom success resulted in his having been named to the “Top 100 Lawyers” in California list, published by the Daily Journal newspaper chain.
“Stubbs Alderton & Markiles has been planning to expand our capabilities by creating a vibrant business litigation practice, and we could not be more excited about having someone of Michael’s stature joining us to do so. We have worked closely with Michael for many years, often referring our most important litigation matters to him at Bingham McCutchen. Michael is one of the best litigation attorneys in Los Angeles, and together we are going to build a general litigation practice that is as dynamic, efficient and effective as the transactional practice we have built over the last 12 years.”
The addition of the Business Litigation practice group continues the firm’s strategic expansion in the Southern California market, following the opening of their Santa Monica office and addition of a Brand Development and Content Protection practice in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
“Southern California is one the world’s largest economies. Its business life-blood is entrepreneurs and start-ups that have grown to become many of the world’s leading businesses. The partners of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles know that as well as any lawyers. Managing disputes efficiently and strategically is on occasion the key to success, and that’s what I bring to the Firm. I’m very excited to participate in the Firm’s continued success.”
Michael has been recognized as a leading trial lawyer by his peers and featured in the press for some of his significant victories on behalf of clients. He is a recent past president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. He is a frequent speaker and writer on business litigation and trial advocacy, and has consistently been named to “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of commercial litigation.
Also joining the firm is David Gubman, a seasoned business litigation attorney. David will join the firm as of counsel in its Sherman Oaks office. David has big-firm experience and he and Michael have successfully tried cases together.
Please visit www.stubbsalderton.com for complete attorney bios.
About the Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Business Litigation Practice
The Firm’s litigators have significant depth and breadth of resources and a detailed knowledge of clients’ industries and business concerns. In providing the best possible representation, our litigators appreciate that on occasion disputes may need to be tried to a judge, jury or arbitrator, and that in other instances the client is best served with an early resolution that is designed to preserve business relationships and minimize expense and litigation distraction.
Our litigators have a proven track record for analyzing complex legal and business challenges. Our attorneys are experienced, innovative and aggressive in their pursuit of strategic outcomes.
Our litigation clients include household name Fortune 500 companies along with middle market, and emerging growth companies. We seek to make long term relationships with our clients throughout their evolutionary path. We deliver efficiency and value to every client we serve through a well-defined budget and clear communication about their case.
About Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and business litigation practice groups focusing on the representation of venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology and Internet companies, entertainment, video games and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, video games, apparel, consumer electronics and medical device sectors. The firm’s mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of the firm. For more information, please visit www.stubbsalderton.com
Contact:
Heidi Hubbeling
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
(310) 746-9803
Los Angeles, CA (February 25, 2013) - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Southern California’s leading business law firm, has announced the expansion of its Santa Monica office at 1453 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA. This office is located on the corner of Third Street Promenade and Broadway Boulevard. The growth of the Firm and its Preccelerator Program has provided the opportunity for this expansion. The new office opening makes an inspiring statement about the support and involvement that Stubbs Alderton will continue to contribute to the Silicon Beach marketplace. An open house celebration will be scheduled for some time in March.
Scott Alderton, a founder and managing partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, comments: “Since opening our office in Santa Monica, we have assisted in the growth of a handful of super early-stage businesses, two of which (Fleck and 3Ten8) have moved on to prominent Accelerator Programs. Fleck moved to the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) in Portland, Oregon (http://www.piepdx.com) and 3Ten8 moved to The Alchemist in the Bay area (http://www.alchemistaccelerator.com). We have also produced and hosted dozens of “Preccelerator Events” ranging from simple mixers to substantive educational seminars. That level of involvement is vital to Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, given our historical commitment to the start-up ecosystem. Our expansion and growth in Santa Monica is a demonstration of our commitment to be leaders and innovators in this community.”
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Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property practice groups focusing on the representation of venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, videogame, apparel and medical device sectors. Their mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of their Firm.
About the Preccelerator Program
The Preccelerator is a novel platform offered to select start-up companies out of the Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Santa Monica office that provides interim office space and access to sophisticated legal services, with the objective of helping start-ups grow their idea from business concept to funded startup. For more information, visit www.stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator
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Stubbs Alderton is featured in the November 12th LA Business Journal story: "Catching the Wave - Service providers flock to Westside to shore up Silicon Beach clients." The article specifically features SAM PartnersLouis Wharton, Greg Akselrud and Kevin DeBré, as they discuss our launch of a Santa Monica office and commitment to the LA startup scene. See more here.
Santa Monica, Calif., November 8, 2012 – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, a leading Southern California business law firm, announced today the opening of its Santa Monica office. The firm, already boasting a broad practice representing emerging growth and technology companies, large technology, consumer electronics and internet companies, and entertainment and video game companies, now has a second Los Angeles office to serve the area’s robust and growing technology, digital media and start-up community in Silicon Beach.
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles also announced the launch of its Preccelerator program for startups looking to access accelerators and venture capital. The Preccelerator will offer on a rolling basis 5-6 entrepreneur groups or start-ups free co-working space as well as the ability to leverage the firm’s resources, including access to legal services, business plan reviews and introductions to sources of capital and service providers offering targeted expertise.
“Since founding the firm more than 10 years ago, we have been committed to the growing venture capital and start-up communities in Southern California, and in Silicon Beach specifically,” said Scott Alderton, a founder and managing partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles. “As this area continues to foster the growth of startups, accelerators and venture capital firms, we wanted to demonstrate our commitment to Silicon Beach. We believe there is no better way to do that than being there full-time.”
Founded in 2002 by Joe Stubbs, Scott Alderton, Murray Markiles, John McIlvery and Greg Akselrud, Stubbs Alderton has grown to 17 lawyers and possesses a broad practice representing emerging growth and technology companies, middle market public companies, large technology, consumer electronics and internet companies, investors, private equity funds, investment bankers and underwriters, and entertainment and video game companies in all aspects of business formation, corporate transactions, seed and venture capital finance, securities, mergers & acquisitions and internet, mobile and other intellectual property transactions. Partners Joe Stubbs, Scott Alderton, Kevin DeBré, Greg Akselrud and Louis Wharton will have offices in Santa Monica.
The firm understands the business challenges faced by companies and provides contextual representation throughout the growth and life cycle of its clients.
“Our Preccelerator program is not intended to compete with the existing Silicon Beach accelerators that are doing so much for our community, or provide initial funding to startups, “ added Alderton. “Rather, we will provide a platform for them to get interim office space and sophisticated legal services, and to ultimately grow their ideas from business concept to funded startup. We hope that the platform will allow entrepreneurs a streamlined transition to an accelerator program, financing or to otherwise launch their businesses.”
For more information, or to apply to the Preccelerator program, visit our Preccelerator site.
About Stubbs Alderton & Markiles
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property practice groups focusing on the representation of venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology and internet companies, entertainment, video games and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, video games, apparel, consumer electronics and medical device sectors. The firm’s mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of the firm.
V. Joseph Stubbs is a founder and partner of the firm and co-chair of the Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Practice Group. Joe practices in the areas of corporate and securities law, emphasizing the corporate representation of both publicly-held and privately-held growth and middle-market companies, venture capital firms, angel investment groups and investment banks. He acts as outside general counsel to numerous emerging growth and technology companies, advising on a wide range of legal and strategic issues at each stage of a company’s evolutionary path.
Scott Alderton is a founder and partner of the firm, and co-chair of the Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Practice Group. Scott is a corporate and technology lawyer who focuses exclusively on advising middle-market, technology, emerging growth, and development stage companies in the areas of corporate and securities, mergers and acquisitions, high technology, business, licensing, intellectual property, the Internet and multimedia.
Kevin DeBré is chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group and advises entrepreneurs and companies engaged in building businesses based upon technology or intellectual property assets and he has particular expertise in structuring and negotiating intellectual property-driven deals. A business lawyer, a registered patent lawyer and a former engineer, Kevin handles a wide range of transactions, develops IP protection strategies and advises management teams on compliance with privacy and data security laws and regulations.
Greg Akselrud is a founder and partner of the firm and chair of the firm’s Internet, New Media and Entertainment practice group. Greg acts as outside general counsel to entertainment, Internet, apparel, digital media and other technology companies in a variety of corporate, financing and transactional matters; serves as strategic counsel to clients, representing their interests in investment transactions, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions; and serves as primary counsel to publicly-held companies, providing advice on all aspects of their business activities, securities filings and public and private offerings.
Louis A. Wharton is a partner of the firm. Louis’ practice focuses on advising startup, emerging growth and middle market companies across a spectrum of industries in securities compliance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. He counsels clients in the technology, internet/e-commerce, pharmaceutical, apparel and entertainment industries, among others.
Contact:
Heidi Hubbeling
Director of Marketing
(818) 444-4526
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP – Office Locations
Santa Monica
1453 3rd Street Promenade
Suite 310
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Sherman Oaks
15260 Ventura Blvd.
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Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
The LA Times recently released a story entitled “Silicon Beach: Real or high-tech hype?” discussing the thrilling rise of the tech company market in the Southern California region. According to venture capitalist Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon Partners, quoted in the article, “We’ve never seen a level of activity higher than it is today.” Several SAM clients, including Riot Games, are mentioned as companies that are benefitting from the growing tech market in Southern California. Also mentioned in the article is SAM client and venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners, who is actively involved in the Los Angeles venture capital market and believes that the Los Angeles area is “one of the most undiscovered tech hubs in the country.”
Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, LLP is a leading law firm in representing venture-backed companies based in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, the so-called “Silicon Beach”, and provides services to a broad spectrum of tech start-up companies in both the Southern California and San Francisco Bay areas such as Rdio, Inc., SuperGiant Games, ADLY Inc., Mogreet, Inc., Leisurelink, Inc., Illfonic LLC, and The Illusion Factory to name a few. A core focus of SAM’s practice is serving the needs of emerging growth and technology companies.
SAM also has extensive relationships with “Silicon Beach” area venture capital firms, angel investors and start-up incubators such as GRP Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, Greycroft Partners, Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, FocalPoint Partners, Europlay Capital Advisors, DFJ Frontier, TechCoast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Ventura Ventures Technology Center. The Firm is a sponsor of LaunchPad LA and regularly sponsors tech events such as LA Tech Week, the E3 Expo, the Game Developers’ Conference (GDC), the CalTech/MIT Enterprise Forum, Digital Hollywood, LAVA Meet the VCs, and many others. SAM is also actively involved with the “First Wave” accelerator and fund projects of Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management.
To view the December 11th Los Angeles Times’ article, click here.
For more information regarding the Venture Capital and Emerging Growth practice of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, please contact Scott Alderton at or (818) 444-4501.
For more information regarding the Internet, New Media & Entertainment practice, please contact Greg Akselrud at or (818) 444-4504.