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Gottschalk's new, larger store in Fresno, CA, shortly after it opened in 1914. Gottschalks was founded by German Jewish immigrant Emil Gottschalk in 1904 as a dry goods store in downtown Fresno, California. [4] Ten years later, the store grew enough to move into another building downtown with ten times the amount of space. [4]
The Harris Company was a retail corporation, based in San Bernardino, California, that operated a chain of department stores named Harris', all in Southern California.Philip, Arthur, and Herman Harris – nephews of founder Leopold Harris of what was once the large Los Angeles–based chain Harris & Frank – started the company with a small dry goods store in 1905, and the company eventually ...
On July 13, 2015, DonJon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut with a debt of $32,509,549.91. Modern bankruptcy law often distinguishes reorganization , in which only some of the bankrupt's assets are taken, a repayment plan is devised and part of the debt is discharged , from ...
During Lamonts third bankruptcy in 2000, Troutman's offered a bid on the company but was outbid by Gottschalks. The company proposed to change some stores to Troutman's Emporium and sell others to The Bon Marché, an upscale department store chain based in Seattle. Lamonts would eventually be acquired by Gottschalks out of bankruptcy court ...
Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP (MTO) is an American law firm founded in 1962 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. The firm is known for handling litigation and corporate matters across multiple industries, including entertainment, technology, energy, healthcare, and financial services.
Hong Yen Chang (1888): [6] First Chinese American male lawyer in the U.S., but was denied the right to practice law in California [7] Washington J. Oglesby (1902): [8] [9] First African American male to pass the California State Bar exam in 1896, but was refused bar admittance until 1902; Theodore Grady (1897): [10] First deaf male lawyer in ...
Thomas Vincent Girardi (born June 3, 1939) is a former attorney and co-founder of the now-defunct Girardi & Keese, [1] a downtown Los Angeles law firm. He was disbarred in 2022 after accusations of defrauding clients. [2]
Bingham McCutchen LLP was a global law firm with approximately 850 attorneys in nine US offices and five international offices. [3] It ceased operations in late 2015, when several hundred of its partners and associate lawyers left the firm to join Philadelphia-based Morgan Lewis.