Howard Rome Martin & Ridley LLP
1775 Woodside Road Suite 200
Redwood City, CA 94061-3436
Telephone (650) 365-7715
FAX (650) 364-5297

 


PARTNERS
Joseph C. Howard, Jr. Todd H. Master
Henry D. Rome Bobbie R. Bailey
Glenn D. Martin Vanthara Meak
Shawn M. Ridley  

SENIOR COUNSEL
Frederick W. Gatt Darin A. Leviloff
Peter Tuann Jane B. Yee
Trina M. Clayton Lisa K. Rauch

ASSOCIATES
Naomi L. Fribourg Brian A. Fiorino
Christina M. Helwig Eduardo Robles
Ryan C. Kujawski Helen Tsai
Craig W. Ching Mellissa M. Holmes
Lisa A. Corman David L. Barch

OF COUNSEL

Eric D. Bergstrom

 

PARTNERS
JOSEPH C. HOWARD, JR. Born Portland, Oregon, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972 California; U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court.  Education: Seattle University (B.C.S., 1966); University of San Francisco, (J.D., 1971).  Arbitrator, San Mateo County, 1979 to present.  Judge Pro Tem, San Mateo County, 1985 to present.  Member: San Mateo County and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Counsel. [Capt., U.S. Army, active duty, 1966 - 1968]; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.
E-mail:
jhoward@hrmrlaw.com
HENRY D. ROME Born San Francisco, California, 1945; admitted to bar 1971, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit and U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., 1967); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1970).  Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County, 1974 – 1976.  Arbitrator, San Mateo County, 1979 to present.  Judge Pro Tem, San Mateo County, 1985 to present.  Member: San Mateo and Los Angeles County Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute, Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.  [Capt., Judge Advocate, USMCR, active duty, 1971–1974].
E-mail:
hrome@hrmrlaw.com
GLENN D. MARTIN Born Brooklyn, New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.  Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1978); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1981); Southwestern University.  Arbitrator, Mediator, San Mateo County, 1987 to present; Judge Pro Tem, San Mateo County Superior Court, 1991 to present; ADR Panel Member.  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association, Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California
E-mail:
gmartin@hrmrlaw.com
SHAWN M. RIDLEY Born Jersey City, New Jersey, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.  Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1986); Santa Clara University (J.D. 1989).  Arbitrator, San Mateo County, 1997 to present.  Member:  San Mateo County and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute.
E-mail:
sridley@hrmrlaw.com
TODD H. MASTER Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.  Education: Skidmore College (B.A. with highest honors, 1992); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1996).  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
tmaster@hrmrlaw.com.
BOBBIE R. BAILEY Born Russellville, Kentucky, 1959; admitted to bar, 1992, California, California and Missouri; 1993, Kansas; U.S. District Court Missouri; U.S. District Court Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.  Education: University of Missouri (B.J. 1981); University of San Francisco (J.D. 1991).  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association. [Lt. Comdr. U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty, 1982-1988; Desert Storm 1991]
Email:
brbailey@hrmrlaw.com
VANTHARA MEAK Born Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1970; admitted to Missouri bar 1997; admitted to California bar 2003.  Education: University of Missouri (B.A. 1994; J.D. 1997). Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
vmeak@hrmrlaw.com
SENIOR COUNSEL
FREDERICK W. GATT Born San Francisco, California, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, California.  Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1983). Arbitrator, Alameda County, 1997-2002.  Mediator, Alameda County, 1999-2002.  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
fgatt@hrmrlaw.com
PETER TUANN Born Beijing China, 1967; admitted to California bar 1992. Education:  University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1988), University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D., 1991).  Member: Asian American Bar Association.
E-mail:
ptuann@hrmrlaw.com
TRINA M. CLAYTON Born Mountain View, California, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, California.  Education:  California Polytechnic State University (B.A., 1995); University of San Francisco ( J.D., 1999).  Member: San Francisco and San Mateo Bar Associations.
E-mail:
tclayton@hrmrlaw.com
DARIN A. LEVILOFF Born Los Angeles, California, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, California. Education:  University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1991); University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco (J.D. 1994).  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
dleviloff@hrmrlaw.com
  JANE B. YEE  Born Boise, Idaho, 1946; Admitted to bar 1985, California; U.S. District Court, District of California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., honors, 1975); Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley (M.P.P., 1977); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1984). Member: San Mateo Bar Association; State Bar of California; Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to Honorable Harry S. Low, First District Court of Appeal. Moot Court Instructor, 1983-1984.
E-mail:
jyee@hrmrlaw.com
  LISA K. RAUCH Born Los Angeles, California, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990 California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1986); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1990). Member: Queen's Bench (Member, Board Director; President, 2002); San Mateo Bar Association; State Bar of California; San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association; California Women Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 2004-2008; First Vice President and Treasurer).
E-mail:
lrauch@hrmrlaw.com
ASSOCIATES
NAOMI L. FRIBOURG Born Upland, California, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, California.  Education:  University California Berkeley (B. A., 1995), University California Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2002).  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
nfribourg@hrmrlaw.com
CHRISTINA M. HELWIG Born Hayward, California, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, California.  Education: California State University (B.A., 2001); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2005).  Member: Alameda County, San Francisco County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County Bar Associations.  Languages: American Sign Language.
E-mail:
chelwig@hrmrlaw.com
RYAN C. KUJAWSKI Born Manhasset, New York, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California.  Education: State University of New York College at Geneseo (B.A. 1999); University of Oregon (J.D., 2003).  Associate Editor, Oregon Review of International Law.  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
rkujawski@hrmrlaw.com
CRAIG W. CHING Born Santa Clara, California, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006 California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., 1998); Golden Gate University, San Francisco (J.D., 2005).
E-mail:
cching@hrmrlaw.com
LISA A. CORMAN Born Chicago, Illinois, 1968; admitted to bar, 2001, California.  Education:  San Diego State University (B.A. 1991); Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver (M.A. 1996); Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D. 2001).  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association.
E-mail:
lcorman@hrmrlaw.com
BRIAN A. FIORINO Born Warren, Ohio, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, California, New York, and New Jersey. Education: The George Washington University (B.A., 1997); American University Washington College of Law (J.D., 2005 cum laude). Served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Frederic S. Kessler, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Union County, 2005-2006.  Member: San Mateo and Santa Clara County Bar Associations .
E-mail:
bfiorino@hrmrlaw.com
EDUARDO ROBLES Born Santa Barbara, CA, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education:  University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1997); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento (J.D. 2002).  Member: Alameda County Bar Association, Contra Costa County Bar Association, Northern California Fraud Investigators Association and Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California & Nevada.
E-mail:
erobles@hrmrlaw.com
HELEN TSAI Born Houston, Texas, 1980; admitted to California bar 2008. Education:  Stanford University (B.A., 2001), University of  Houston Law Center (J.D., 2006).
E-mail:
htsai@hrmrlaw.com
  MELISSA M. HOLMES Born Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973; admitted to bar 2002, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.  Education: University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., 1995); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 2001).  Law Clerk to Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (September 2007 to September 2008).  Member: San Mateo County Bar Association, Barristers’ President (2005).
E-mail:
mholmes@hrmrlaw.com
  DAVID L. BARCH Born San Jose, California, 1964; admitted to bar 2004, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1987); Yonsei University, Graduate School of International Studies (M.A., 1999); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2004). Summer Intern, Environmental Law, Center for Law and Global Justice, Cambodia (2002). Legal Assistant, Employment Law, Legal Aid Society, San Francisco (2003). Member: State Bar of California; San Francisco Bar Association; San Mateo Bar Association.
E-mail:
dbarch@hrmrlaw.com
OF COUNSEL
  ERIC D. BERGSTROM Born Greenbrae, California, 1956; ADMITTED TO BAR 1987. Education: California; University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1983); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1986). Member: San Mateo Bar Association; State Bar of California.
E-mail:
ebergstrom@hrmrlaw.com