Notable People
Robert M. Adler is known for his successful defense of Gerald Lankford, a former director of human resources at Tyson Foods, in a seven-week criminal trial brought against Tyson Foods and a number of its employees for allegedly hiring workers know to be undocumented immigrants. The National Law Journal named the acquittal the biggest defense win of the year.
William T. Bagley is a former California state assemblymember representing Marin. He is currently a partner at Nossaman in San Francisco. A Segment of the California 101 is named the William T. Bagley freeway.
George J. Hochbrueckner is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and current Senior Policy Advisor with Nossaman in Washington, DC.
Edward V.A. Kussy is a current partner at Nossaman in Washington, DC and the former chief deputy counsel to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Kurt W. Melchior was inducted into the California Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2004. He is a Nossaman Partner and serves as the Firm's General Counsel.
Linda Morgan has more 30 years of in-depth regulatory and legislative experience in the transportation industry. Ms. Morgan was chair of the Transportation Practice Group and co-chair of the Government Affairs Group at an international law firm. In 1995, President Clinton appointed her as Chairman of the former Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), which became the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in 1996. In 1999, the Senate confirmed Ms. Morgan for a second term, and in 2001, President Bush asked for her continued service as Chairman until he designated a new Chairman in December 2002.
Bonnie Neely was a six-term Humboldt County Supervisor and a 12-year member of the California Coastal Commission. She served on the Commission — which she chaired in 2009 and 2010 — as a governor's appointee.
Robert D. Thornton pioneered the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) concept creating the first such plan for the area around San Bruno Mountain. He authored and advocated the HCP provisions of the Endangered Species Act. In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Thornton was ranked as one of the top 10 environmental lawyers nationally by United States Lawyer Rankings. He is a partner at Nossaman and located in Orange County.
Geoffrey S. Yarema was appointed in 2007 by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters to the National Surface Transportation Financing Commission.
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