Paul Hall and Todd Toral Join DLA Piper's Litigation Practice in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- DLA Piper announced today that Paul J. Hall and Todd C. Toral have joined the firm's Litigation practice as partners in the San Francisco office. They come to DLA Piper from Nixon Peabody LLP where Hall was leader of the national Financial Institutions Litigation Team and Toral was deputy practice group leader for the Commercial Litigation practice and a member of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department.

At DLA Piper, Hall will focus on the representation of financial institutions in class action, wage and hour, and ERISA matters, and Toral will focus on finance and workout and insolvency matters.

"Paul and Todd have each developed successful and growing practices, both of which supplement and expand our class action and financial institution representation capabilities in Northern California and nationally," said Robert J. Mathias, joint global leader and US chair of DLA Piper's Litigation practice. "Their deep pool of contacts and client relationships are extraordinary and will be invaluable as we continue to grow and diversify the practice."

"Paul and Todd are exceptional lawyers who add tremendous depth and experience to our already strong Litigation practice on the West Coast," said Stephen Cowan, managing partner of DLA Piper's San Francisco office. "We are pleased to welcome them to the San Francisco office."

About the Lawyers

Paul Hall's practice focuses primarily on class actions involving financial institutions. He has significant trial experience in the areas of lender liability, corporate acquisitions, unfair competition, labor, trade secrets, real estate secured transactions, tax, inverse condemnation, construction, and administrative law.

Hall's appellate work includes several unpublished decisions affirming favorable judgments in the trial court and published decisions in Union Bank of California, N.A. v. Superior Court, 130 Cal.App.4th 378 (2005); Hirsch v. Bank of America, N.A., et al, 107 Cal.App.4th 708 (2003); International Mortgage Co. v. Butler, 177 Cal.App.3d 806 (1986); and Southern California Financial Corp. v. United States of America, 634 F.2d 521 (1980).  

Hall has published and lectured extensively on labor class actions, arbitration and mediation, lender liability cases, accountants' liability cases, and directors' and officers' liability cases. He previously served as a Regent of the University of California, President of the Boalt Hall Alumni Association, and President of the University of California, Santa Cruz Alumni Association.

Hall received a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkley and an A.B., with Highest Honors, from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Todd Toral is a commercial litigator with a particular focus on investment partnerships, finance, tax disputes, and unlawful business practices claims. His litigation experience includes serving as restructuring counsel to national and international banks and syndicators concerning investments in tax credit projects. He has served as first chair in several high-profile tax shelter disputes with the California Franchise Tax Board, the Internal Revenue Service, and promoters of tax advantaged products involving complex financial derivatives and hedge transactions, European call/put options, and OID boards. He has also handled tax controversy matters for national and international companies as well as banking operational controversies for financial institutions and large companies.

Toral previously served in the US Marine Corps and had successful tours as a platoon commander and rifle company executive officer where he planned and directed the deployment of infantry units throughout Hawaii, Japan, and Southwest Asia. In 1993, Toral was selected to be the adjutant for Second Battalion Third Marines and later led a team of 20 Marines in adjudicating more than 175 matters ranging from administrative separations for violations of Marine Corps policy to felony prosecutions for serious violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Active in the community, Toral currently serves as an appellate panelist for the Veterans' Consortium Pro Bono Program assisting veterans in appealing adverse decisions made by Veterans Affairs. He has also successfully represented the Berkeley Food and Housing Project and the San Francisco Center for Criminal Juvenile Justice in various proceedings before the Internal Revenue Service. In 2005, Toral was named "Outstanding Volunteer Attorney" by the Bar Association of San Francisco's Legal Services Program.

Toral received a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law, an L.L.M. in Tax from the New York University School of Law, and a B.A. from San Jose State University.

About DLA Piper (www.dlapiper.com)

DLA Piper has 3,500 attorneys in 30 countries and 69 offices throughout the US, UK, Continental Europe, Middle East and Asia. In certain jurisdictions, this information may be considered attorney advertising.

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