Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is pleased to announce that Mollie Burks and Alyson Cabrera have assumed the roles of Co-Managing Partners of Northern California effective February 1, 2026. In these roles, Burks and Cabrera will oversee 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 succeed Adam Sugarman following a six-month transition period as he prepares to assume his role as Firmwide Managing Partner in June 2026, following his unanimous election to that position. This coordinated transition is designed to ensure continuity and alignment across regional and firmwide leadership.
Burks joined as a second-year associate and has built her entire 21-year legal career at the firm, while Cabrera has spent her full professional career at GRSM since joining in 2003. Together, they embody the firm’s value in creating an environment where talented attorneys can build enduring careers, not simply pass through. Their leadership will focus on supporting the growth and advancement of their colleagues by championing individual contributions, fostering meaningful mentorship, and ensuring attorneys at every level have the resources, guidance, and opportunities needed to excel and build long-term careers with the firm.
“Mollie and Alyson are the right leaders to guide our Northern California region forward,” said Sugarman. “They bring complementary strengths, strong judgment, and deep respect across the firm. I am confident in the leadership they will provide as they step into these roles.”
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, supported by Assistant Managing Partner Bobby Kalra; and Elizabeth Thomasian, Managing Partner of Fresno.
The firm’s enhanced management structure reflects both its size and geographic reach as the 11th largest U.S. law firm, the fastest growing in the Am Law 100, and the only full-service firm with attorneys and offices in all 50 states.
This leadership transition also underscores GRSM’s national leadership in advancing gender equity. Women represent more than 48% of the firm’s attorneys, 39% of partners, and 54% of associates and senior counsel, exceeding industry benchmarks. GRSM 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, reflecting a 22-spot rise from the prior 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.
Read the firm’s prior announcement here.