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Executive Compensation Expert Gregory Schick Joins Sheppard Mullin San Francisco
Office Continues Recent Growth Spurt With Another Partner Addition
| Source: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - June 11, 2007) - Gregory C. Schick has joined the San
Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in
the firm's Tax/Employee Benefits/Trusts & Estates practice group. Schick
most recently practiced with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San
Francisco.
Schick's practice focuses primarily in the executive compensation,
corporate securities laws and corporate governance areas and he advises
both public and privately held companies as well as individual clients. He
negotiates, prepares and reviews equity compensation and change of control
plans/agreements, Rule 10b5-1 trading plans along with proxy statements,
prospectuses, and other filings required by the 1933/1934 Securities Acts
and the national stock exchanges. Schick also regularly represents senior
level executives and companies in employment and separation agreement
matters and is currently engaged in the preparation of a new portfolio for
the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) on executive employment agreements.
Schick has developed numerous quantitative models to analyze, among other
things, golden parachutes, personal aircraft use and other executive
compensation arrangements. He has also developed automated tools for
complying with the SEC's executive compensation disclosure rules.
"Greg's stellar reputation, along with his proven expertise in the legal
and financial aspects of executive compensation, is an ideal complement to
our strong tax and employee benefits group. As our clients are facing
unparalleled regulatory and governance challenges, the timing couldn't be
better to add Greg to our team," said Guy Halgren, chairman of the firm.
Commented Schick, "I am delighted to be joining such a talented group of
attorneys who are devoted to finding optimal ways to help companies across
the country with their executive compensation, tax and securities laws
compliance needs. It will be exciting to work with my new Sheppard Mullin
colleagues to help the firm's clients achieve their objectives in this
increasingly important and complex area."
"Competitive and tax-effective compensation structures are essential to
corporations and their employees, and attorneys with Greg's experience are
very hard to find. His legal experience in conjunction with his
significant business, financial, strategic planning and investment analysis
knowledge obtained during his years at Lockheed Martin Corporation
demonstrate that Greg possesses a unique and impressive array of skills.
His invaluable expertise will be a major asset to our clients," said John
Bonn, chair of Sheppard Mullin's Tax/Employee Benefits/Trusts & Estates
practice group.
"The firm's San Francisco office continues its expansion and we are
thrilled to have Greg join us," said Betsy McDaniel, managing partner of
the firm's San Francisco office. "His arrival broadens the office's
breadth of practice expertise in an area that is critical to Bay Area
companies, as well as to clients across the country."
Schick received a B.A., with honors, and an M.A., each in Business
Economics, from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and his J.D.
from the University of California, Hastings College of The Law in 1995
where he received the Arthur Andersen Prize in Taxation for outstanding
scholarship.
Schick is the second Hastings graduate to join Sheppard Mullin's San
Francisco office as a partner in as many months. Scott Hennigh, who
received his J.D. in 1996 from Hastings, joined the firm on May 25 from
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP.
About Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw 100 firm with 490 attorneys in 10
offices located throughout California and in New York, Washington, D.C. and
Shanghai. The firm's California offices are located in Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Santa Barbara, Century City, Orange County, Del Mar Heights and
San Diego. Founded in 1927 on the principle that the firm would succeed
only if its attorneys delivered prompt, high quality and cost-effective
legal services, Sheppard Mullin provides legal counsel to U.S. and
international clients. Companies turn to Sheppard Mullin to handle a full
range of corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and
complex financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm's clients include
more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. For more information, please
visit www.sheppardmullin.com.