Global Law Firm Rimôn PC Opens Santa Barbara Office with Four New Partners
Santa Barbara, CA –Rimôn PC is pleased to announce the opening of its Santa Barbara, California office, with the addition of four partners in the firm’s litigation and corporate practice groups. New partners Joseph Abkin, Jennifer Gillon Duffy, Craig Granet and Michael Hellman are joining the Santa Barbara office. All four were previously partners at Fell, Marking, Abkin, Montgomery, Granet & Raney LLP. Joseph Abkin and Craig Granet were founding partners of the firm.
The new Rimôn Santa Barbara team offers a diverse mix of legal services.
Abkin is a corporate attorney who advises clients on transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, and the full breadth of real estate transactions.
The other three Partners are litigators.
Granet is a civil litigator with a dual focus on real property litigation (including property disputes, land use challenges and environmental contamination issues), and business and commercial litigation, including breach of contract actions, wrongful termination claims, telecommunications disputes, and intellectual property matters.
Hellman focuses his practice exclusively on litigation, with an emphasis on disputes concerning trusts and estates. Hellman has been awarded an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, which recognizes lawyers for their strong legal ability and high ethical standards.
Duffy is a civil litigator with a focus on employment law and family law. She was notably ranked in the Pacific Coast Business Times, “Who’s Who in Professional Service” in 2020. Duffy has a comprehensive family law practice and will contribute to expanding Rimôn’s family law offerings.
A testament to the firm’s continued growth, the Santa Barbara office is the fourth new location Rimôn has opened in the first quarter of 2021, following recent openings in Paris, London and South Carolina. “We are excited to expand our presence in the Santa Barbara area and deepen our litigation and corporate practices with the addition of Joseph, Jennifer, Craig and Michael, said Michael Moradzadeh, Founding Partner and CEO of Rimôn. “The group’s diverse experience and existing connections in the Santa Barbara area are an asset to our firm.”
The opening of the Santa Barbara office reflects Rimôn’s continued growth. In the first two months of 2021 alone, Rimôn has added Partners Olivia Le Horovitz, Keith Munson, Sean Byrne, Sonia Oliveri, Jonathan Rosen, Steven Aaron and Peter Wielgosz.
