Walsh Law Firm Joins With Best Best & Krieger
Combination Enhances Trusts & Estates and Business Legal Teams
SAN DIEGO -- Best Best & Krieger LLP is pleased to announce that the Walsh Law Firm, A.P.C. has joined BB&K effective April 1. Both firms are already well regarded for their Business and Trusts & Estates services, including trust and estate administration, and now they join together to provide clients access to a broader range and deeper bench of attorneys and other professionals.
The move will bring three attorneys, a paralegal and an administrative professional under the BB&K name. They are:
- Partner Joan M. Walsh, the founding shareholder of Walsh Law Firm
- Of Counsel Christine Chacon
- Associate Monica Rosas
- Paralegal Mary Webb
- Legal Secretary Andrea Costa
“In recent years, BB&K has looked for ways to expand to better meet client demands,” said BB&K Business Practice Group Leader and Partner Nancy Park. “Joining with the skilled and experienced Trusts & Estates and Business practitioners from Walsh Law Firm provides tremendous potential for our firm and our collective clients.”
BB&K clients will benefit from the broad estate planning experience the Walsh Law Firm brings. Meanwhile, Walsh clients will now have access to a full menu of legal services, including experienced litigators, real estate, business and employment law attorneys.
“As one firm, we share a client-first, collaborative approach to helping clients throughout California meet their personal goals and attain business success,” said Walsh. “I am looking forward to working with my new, expanded team at BB&K and serving clients for many years to come.”
Walsh Law Firm was founded 4 years ago by Walsh, who was previously in an 18-year partnership with George Foster at Foster Walsh LLP. Prior to that Joan Walsh practiced as a sole proprietor for several years. Walsh Law Firm has a diverse range of clients, from individuals and families with portfolios both large and small to locally owned restaurants, retail stores and professional practices. They will continue serving clients from San Diego.
Founded nearly 130 years ago in Riverside, BB&K is a full-service law firm with more than 200 attorneys in nine offices throughout California and one in Washington, D.C. Our Trusts & Estates practice advises on all aspects of estate planning, wealth management, and trusts and fiduciary dispute resolution. Our Business attorneys provide guidance on entity formation; real estate, contract, and regulatory issues; and structuring sales, mergers and acquisitions. We also have robust teams of Labor & Employment and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation attorneys to provide guidance, as well as litigators who support nearly every practice group.
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Best Best & Krieger LLP is a national law firm that focuses on business, trusts & estates, employee benefits, municipal and telecommunications law for public agency and private clients. With more than 200 attorneys, the law firm has 10 offices nationwide, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.bbklaw.com or follow @BBKlaw on Twitter or @BestBestKrieger on Facebook.
