Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has added four partners across its San Diego and Phoenix offices, further strengthening its litigation capabilities in the Southwest. Lyn Bailey joins the Phoenix office, while Matthew Bures, Brett Ferguson and John Freeman join the San Diego office. Their backgrounds span commercial litigation, insurance defense, employment, professional liability, healthcare, and environmental and toxic tort matters.
“Lyn, Matt, Brett and John bring valuable trial experience and perspectives that further strengthen our Southwest team,” said Brandon Saxon, Regional Oversight Partner of GRSM’s Southwest offices. “Their additions deepen the support we provide to clients in Arizona and Southern California, with the resources of our 50-state platform behind them.”
With more than 30 years of legal experience, Bailey handles trials, arbitration and complex litigation involving wrongful death, serious bodily injury, construction accidents, trucking accidents, multidistrict litigation, homeowners association disputes and construction defects. She is admitted to practice in Arizona.
Bures focuses his practice on environmental and toxic tort litigation, representing insurance carriers and publicly and privately held entities. His experience includes groundwater contamination disputes, matters involving the Environmental Protection Agency and local agencies and litigation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. He also brings broad litigation and trial advocacy experience. He is admitted to practice in California, the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ferguson focuses his practice on employment and civil litigation matters. With more than 15 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants, he handles matters from inception through trial, including jury trials, arbitration, mediation, appeals, workplace investigations and administrative proceedings. His employment litigation experience includes discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, wage and hour, PAGA and worker misclassification disputes. He is admitted to practice in California.
Freeman focuses his practice on general liability coverage, professional liability defense, healthcare and insurance matters. He brings more than 20 years of litigation experience in medical malpractice and general liability disputes, representing insurers, third-party administrators, public entities, school districts, healthcare providers and corporate clients. His background includes evaluating medical evidence, assessing case value and negotiating settlements. He is admitted to practice in California.
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