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Two new partners at Irell & Manella

By Richard Binder

Irell & Manella announced yesterday the election of two new partners, Lisa Sharrock Glasser and Ellisen Shelton Turner.  Ms. Glasser, 31, is resident in the Newport Beach office.  Mr. Turner, 34, is resident in the Los Angeles office.

Ms. Glasser has substantial intellectual property experience counseling and litigating on behalf of clients in the computer, real estate development, and manufacturing industries.  She also sits on the Orange County Bar Association?s Professionalism and Ethics Committee. A native of Saint Paul, Minn., Ms. Glasser earned a B.A., summa cum laude, in economics at the University of St. Thomas, in Minnesota.  She received her J.D., magna cum laude, in 2002 from Duke University, where she was Order of the Coif, Notes Editor for the Duke Law Journal, and received the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Intellectual Property and Technology Law.

Mr. Turner?s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation where he has advocated for clients in the Supreme Court of the United States, the International Trade Commission, the International Court of Arbitration, and in federal district courts nationwide. He is also the Chair of the firm's Los Angeles summer associate program. Mr. Turner earned a B.S., magna cum laude, in computer engineering at the University of Southern California, and his J.D., cum laude, in 2002 from the University of Michigan, where he was a Clarence Darrow Scholar and contributing editor to the University of Michigan Law Review.

Ms. Glasser and Mr. Turner are members of Irell's Hiring Committee.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).