Recent Hires

Since our founding in 1970, Much Shelist has maintained a strategy of intelligent growth that acknowledges and anticipates our clients' evolving needs. While some firms compete on size alone, we act in our clients' best interests by adding attorneys and skill sets that offer specific, value-added services.

We take great care in choosing the attorneys who join our team. Most have more than a decade of real-world, practical experience. Even our associates generally join the firm with a strong background in specific legal disciplines and come to us ready to hit the ground running.

The following attorneys have joined Much Shelist during the past year.

Isaac R. Zfaty

Principal

Isaac serves as chair of Much's West Coast Litigation group and has a broad practice that spans business litigation, partnership and corporate disputes, trademark prosecution...

Katharine G. Shaw

Principal

Kathy capitalizes on more than 20 years of legal experience to provide counsel on employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She drafts employee benefit plans...

Ian A. Shaffer

Associate

Ian is a real estate attorney who counsels clients on commercial transactions. He represents the full range of real estate players, including buyers, sellers, investors...

Madison C. Schmid

Associate

Madison counsels clients on corporate law matters. She drafts and reviews contracts, including separation, partnership agreements and other documents for a variety of sophisticated transactions...

Garrett M. Prybylo

Associate

Garrett concentrates on civil litigation, representing clients in both the prosecution and defense of complex business and real estate matters as well as land use...

Kaeleen E. N. Korenaga

Associate

Kaeleen's litigation experience includes business litigation, complex civil actions, partnership and corporate disputes, real estate matters, breach of contract and various tort actions, representing both...

Arian R. Hassanalizadeh

Associate

Ari is a versatile intellectual property and technology attorney with a strong operations background and a track record of implementing strategic initiatives and end-to-end solutions...

Reid J. Fulkerson

Associate

Reid focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, corporate governance, and corporate formation for closely held businesses. He represents businesses and high-net-worth individuals in...

Laya Dogmetchi

Principal

As a principal at the firm, Laya is an experienced and valued legal and business counselor whose practice focuses on complex civil litigation, business litigation...

David W. Clough, Ph.D.

Principal

As a lawyer, litigator and scientist, David focuses his practice on protecting worldwide intellectual property rights on behalf of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical companies. He...

Christopher M. Cabral, Ph.D.

Principal

Chris's background in science allows him to help clients develop effective strategies for protecting their intellectual property. He counsels clients in all aspects of patent...

Ryan N. Burns

Principal

Ryan represents businesses and individuals in state, federal and international litigation. He handles all manner of contractual disputes, whether related to business/partnership issues, real estate...

Patrick Barnett

Associate

Patrick focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution in the construction industry. His experience spans commercial, contract, real estate, employment, and insurance defense matters...