Firm Watch
Jul. 30, 2002
Pillsbury Welcomes Two New Partners in Southern California
The month of July brought two new faces to Pillsbury Winthrop's Southern California offices. On July 15, land use attorney Christopher Cheleden brought his practice from real estate powerhouse Cox, Castle & Nicholson to Pillsbury's global real estate group.
On July 15, land use attorney Christopher Cheleden brought his practice from real estate powerhouse Cox, Castle & Nicholson to Pillsbury's global real estate group.
The new partner focuses his practice on land use and environmental law and says he left the 90-attorney real estate boutique for San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop so he could expand his practice area. He had worked in the land use and entitlements group at Cox Castle since 1999.
Lew Feldman, co-managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop's Century City office, calls Cheleden a "rising star' in project development.
"He will hit the ground running as a trusted adviser to public- and private-sector clients throughout California,' Feldman says.
Cheleden's addition to Pillsbury Winthrop came two weeks after the firm added corporate securities partner Ethan Feffer to its Costa Mesa outpost.
For Feffer, the move is a bit of a homecoming. The 36-year-old business lawyer began his career at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro in 1992. (The firm merged with New York's Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts in 2000 to become Pillsbury Winthrop.) Feffer joined the firm from Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison's Orange County office.
Pillsbury has 16 offices throughout the world. California outposts include Costa Mesa, Sacramento and San Diego. Cox Castle has offices in Irvine and San Francisco.
For the Record In a Daily Journal Extra issue published on July 29, 2002 Christopher R. Cheleden's position at his new firm was incorrectly stated. He is a senior attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop.
The Daily Journal Extra regrets the error.
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