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Umberg/Zipser Adds Brent Colasurdo as Litigation Associate

  • April 20, 2015
Brent ColasurdoBrent S. Colasurdo has joined the firm as a litigation associate. Brent previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cormac J. Carney and the Honorable Alicemarie H. Stotler in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 2013 to 2015. Before his two-year clerkship, he was a litigation associate with Rinos & Martin, LLP in Tustin.

February 5, 2015 – Irvine, California – Umberg/Zipser is pleased to announce that Brent S. Colasurdo has joined the firm as a litigation associate.

Mr. Colasurdo previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cormac J. Carney and the Honorable Alicemarie H. Stotler in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from 2013 to 2015. Before his two-year clerkship, he was a litigation associate with Rinos & Martin, LLP in Tustin.

“We are very pleased to have Brent join our busy litigation practice coming out of his clerkship,” said Dean Zipser, co-founding partner of Umberg Zipser. “Brent’s a skilled lawyer and his experience in the Central District will help him hit the ground running,” added co-founder Tom Umberg.

Mr. Colasurdo received a J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2011 and a B.S. cum laude from Santa Clara University in 2008. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Umberg/Zipser is a premier business litigation boutique firm located in Irvine, California. Drawing on decades of experience in some of the nation’s largest and most prestigious law firms, as well as national and state government service, Umberg/Zipser provides clients with unparalleled legal services. For more information visit www.umbergzipser.com

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