Helen Pfister is a partner in the healthcare practice group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Her practice focuses on advising healthcare providers and nonprofit organizations on legislative, regulatory and transactional matters.

Tip's practice consists primarily of advising on trust and estate matters, gift and estate tax planning, and closely-held business matters, including succession planning.

Herb's practice focuses on estate planning and administration. He has also had extensive experience in the areas of charitable gift planning and tax-exempt organizations.

Ivor Samson has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of general litigation. He is chair of the legacy Litigation practice in San Francisco and is regularly brought in to try cases.

Andy Pratt is an associate in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group.

J. Kent Friedman is a partner in the Public Law Practice Group in the Houston office of Haynes and Boone, LLP. he has participated in numerous corporate governance and highly contentious disputes of various kinds.