Los Angeles, Ca., USA - November 12, 2009, Los Angeles, Ca., USA - Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Incorporated announced the addition of Wesley D. Hurst as partner and Christopher C. Fowler as business litigation attorney.
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Mr. Hurst was the managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Folger Levin & Kahn LLP. His practice includes complex commercial litigation, construction litigation, class action defense and real estate disputes. Mr. Hurst will focus on expanding Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff's commercial/business litigation practice. Fowler, an associate, who also joins the firm's litigation group, handles complex commercial/business disputes, intellectual property, partnership dissolution and securities litigation.
Mr.Hurst has successfully represented a range of mid–size and large national and California–based clients, including Enterprise Rent–A–Car, Lenovo, Empire Cleaning Supply, Pacific Bay Homes and a number of real estate and construction firms. Prior to joining Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff, he spent his entire legal career at Folger Levin & Kahn, where he was a member of the firm's executive committee, recruiting committee and co–chair of the firm's strategic planning committee.
After nearly 10 years with Folger Levin & Kahn in San Francisco, Mr. Hurst moved to Southern California in 1995. He continues to maintain relationships with clients and other law firms in the Bay Area and throughout the State. Mr. Hurst obtained his juris doctorate from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mr. Hurst recently completed two terms on the finance committee of the UCLA Alumni Association and is a volunteer attorney for the Alliance for Children's Rights.
Prior to Mr. Fowler's work with Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor in Los Angeles, he was an associate with Heller Ehrman LLP in both its New York and Los Angeles offices. He also served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Sterling Johnson, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. ■