San Francisco, CA/ August 3, 2006 -- Littler Mendelson, P.C. today announced the acquisition of Baker Law Corporation (BLC), a San Jose-based business immigration law firm. BLC will join forces with Littler Mendelson's Global Corporate Migration Group ("Littler Mendelson Global"), solidifying its position as a leading business-based immigration practice focusing on worldwide migration. Debra Baker, founder and CEO of BLC, and her staff have joined the firm, residing in Littler's San Jose office.
With a team of more than 130 migration attorneys and professionals, Littler Mendelson Global is a leader in providing corporate migration solutions worldwide. The practice uniquely incorporates compliance solutions for worldwide employment, benefits and immigration law under a single global model.
"We are thrilled to add the expertise and enthusiasm of Debra Baker and her team to our office," said Dennis M. Brown, managing shareholder of Littler's San Jose office. "First-class global business migration services have become an essential part of Silicon Valley's human capital needs in the 21st Century. Deb's addition will allow us to address these vital issues in a much more complete and client-oriented way. In fact, having someone of Deb's caliber truly sets us apart here in the valley, where hiring and retaining the best and brightest candidates is no longer simply a local issue, but has become a global challenge."
Baker added, "This is an incredible opportunity for BLC and for our clients. The merger will allow us to expand our client service offerings to include global migration and worldwide labor and employment expertise, a powerful combination for Silicon Valley companies with cross-border employment needs."
Littler Mendelson Global's extensive immigration expertise further differentiates the firm from its competitors. As the former corporate immigration specialist for Hewlett Packard, Baker strengthens the firm's experienced in-house perspective. Additionally, Littler shareholders Belkis Muldoon and Rod Malpert both ran worldwide immigration services for Fortune 500 Companies before joining the practice. More recently, the addition of Tanya Lee, a managing immigration attorney who previously worked in-house as counsel for Proctor & Gamble further sharpened the practice's competitive edge.
About Littler Mendelson and Its Global Corporate Migration Group
With nearly 500 attorneys and 36 offices in major metropolitan areas nationwide, Littler Mendelson is the largest law firm in the United States devoted exclusively to representing management in employment, employee benefits and labor law matters. The firm's client base ranges from Fortune 500 companies to small-business owners. Established in 1942, the firm has litigated, mediated and negotiated some of the most influential cases and labor contracts in the nation's history.
Littler Mendelson Global, a division of Littler Mendelson, P.C., is a leading multi-cultural, multi-national, migration and cross border employment practice, providing migration law solutions for employers worldwide. Representing many of the world's largest and most sophisticated multi-national companies in thousands of U.S. and global immigration matters every year, Littler Mendelson Global has a team of more than 130 migration attorneys and professionals in Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix, San Jose and Shanghai, PRC. For more information, visit www.littlerglobal.com.