News
2/9/2007 - M & M Hires New Litigator and Litigation Paralegals
M&M has hired Thomas P. Griffin as an associate attorney who will work in the firm's California litigation group. Tom is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where he served as an editor of the Michigan Law Review. During the past year we have also hired three new paralegal assistants who work in our litigation group. These three paralegals are Jennifer Ordorica, Dolores Contreras, and Laura Avila.
7/1/2006 - M & M Opens Its New San Diego Office
Maldonado & Markham, LLP has opened a new, larger office in San Diego at 402 West Broadway, 24th Floor, San Diego, California 92101. This office is in the same building as our old office -- the Emerald Tower Plaza, which is right next to the downtown California Superior Courthouses and the federal court buildings. The only difference is that now are we are on the 24th Floor instead of in Suite 400, and our new office is considerably larger, specially adapted to our specific purposes, and better suited to accomodate our growing practice. It also offers some breathtaking views of the San Diego Bay, Point Loma, and downtown San Diego!
8/12/2005 - USCIS Announces That the FY 2006 H-1B Visa Cap Has Been Reached.
USCIS announced today that H-1B petitions subject to the annual cap of 65,000 received after August 10, 2005 will be rejected since enough petitions have received and/or approved to meet the congressionally mandated annual limit of new H-1B visas that can be issued in one fiscal year. The H-1B visas for FY 2006 have a start date for 10/1/2005. If your business requires H-1B workers please contact us to determine whether or not you meet the exemptions to the H-1B cap.
7/30/2005 - Eminent Domain Case Handled by M & M Makes the Front Page of the NY Times.
We represent the Lau family in an eminent domain case that lately has been a top story across the nation. The case was discussed in a front-page story that appeared in the New York Times on July 30, 2005. This is an exciting case that raises fundamental questions about when a government agency may condemn and take a private owner's land in order to sell it to another private owner so that the land may be devoted to a better and higher use that indirectly confers a benefit on the public at large. This case has attained national prominence in the immediate aftermath of the surprising Kelo ruling by the US Supreme Court. The case has also received attention from a number of other news organizations, including, most recently, CBS and PBS as well as the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
If you have a question about eminent domain law, contact us at condemnations@maldonadomarkham.com.
