Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is pleased to announce that Mollie Burks and Alyson Cabrera have been named Co-Managing Partners of Northern California, effective February 1, 2026. This leadership role oversees a broad and strategically significant region that includes the firm’s offices in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Silicon Valley, Sacramento, Monterey, and Fresno.
Burks and Cabrera will succeed Adam Sugarman, who has been unanimously elected to serve as the next Firmwide Managing Partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, effective June 2026. Over a six-month period, they will work closely with Sugarman to ensure a seamless leadership transition.
Under the new regional structure, all existing office-based leadership roles will report to Burks and Cabrera, while continuing to operate under the direction of their current leaders: Marie Trimble Holvick, Managing Partner of San Francisco and Monterey, supported by Assistant Managing Partners Quyen Le and Nick Deming; Andy Port, Managing Partner of Walnut Creek; Lindsey Romano, Managing Partner of Silicon Valley; Jennifer Holly, Managing Partner of Sacramento; and Elizabeth Thomasian, Managing Partner of Fresno.
The appointment of two equity partners, Mollie Burks, who joined the firm in 2005, and Alyson Cabrera, who joined in 2003, to co-lead Northern California reflects the firm’s longstanding commitment to providing meaningful opportunities for women to build thriving practices and ascend to leadership at the highest levels.
“Mollie and Alyson are the ideal individuals to lead our Northern California team,” said Sugarman. “They are both tremendously talented leaders whose skill sets will complement one another.”
The firm’s enhanced management structure reflects both the vast size and geographic breadth, which is currently the 11th largest U.S. law firm, the fastest growing in the Am Law 100, and the only full-service firm with lawyers and offices in all 50 states.
This leadership transition also underscores GRSM’s national leadership in advancing gender equity. Currently, women represent more than 46% of GRSM’s total attorneys, 38% of partners, and 52% of associates and senior counsel, exceeding industry benchmarks across the board. The firm ranks No. 9 on Law360′s Women in Law Report (601+ attorney category), No. 20 on the NLJ Women in Law Scorecard, and No. 67 on The American Lawyer’s 2025 Diversity Scorecard, a 22-spot rise from the previous year.
Mollie Burks is a Partner in the San Francisco, Walnut Creek and Los Angeles offices and a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. She enjoys helping clients solve their toughest problems and her practice is focused on high stakes, complex employment litigation. She regularly litigates complex multi-plaintiff and wage and hour class action cases in both state and federal courts. She is among the small group of attorneys who have taken such a case to trial in California Superior Court. In recent jury trials she has defended clients against claims for violations of the equal pay act, retaliation, and discrimination. She also advises clients on employment law compliance and best practices across a wide range of industries, including technology, food service, healthcare, retail, education, and entertainment.
Alyson Cabrera, based in San Francisco, is a Partner in GRSM’s Employment practice and serves as Chair of the firm’s Hispanic/Latino Affinity Group. She has represented both public and private entities in matters involving discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and workplace harassment, with a strong focus on educational institutions and healthcare organizations. Recent trials have involved disability accommodation and whistleblower allegations in sensitive medical environments. She regularly advises clients with a litigator’s insight and was recently named to the Daily Journal’s 2025 Top Labor & Employment Lawyers list in recognition of her impact on the field.
The firm congratulates Burks and Cabrera on their new roles and looks forward to their continued leadership as GRSM enters its next chapter of growth and innovation.