Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  “Mary has incredible judgment and great knowledge of the intricacies of criminal law. On a personal level, she is charming and easy to deal with.” Chambers 2024
• Sex Crimes
• Fraud
  Audrey Barron represents individuals and corporations facing investigations and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the California Attorney General, and other federal and state authorities.  Audrey has extensive criminal and civil litigation experience, including representing defendants in accounting fraud, RICO, securities fraud, trade secret, and price fixing actions.
• Robbery
• White Collar Crimes
  Audrey is a Board member for the Berkeley Law Foundation and co-chairs the Year Long Grant Committee, which awards an annual fellowship to a new lawyer providing legal services for underserved communities.  Audrey is also a member of the American Bar Association’s White Collar Crime Young Lawyer’s Subcommittee and the Women in White Collar Defense Association.  Audrey played Division I volleyball at the University of San Francisco, and she continues to play competitive beach volleyball today.
• Theft
• Misdemeanors
• Embezzlement
  Carly Bittman focuses her practice on criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and regulatory and internal investigations.  Carly has experience defending clients in connection with a wide variety of criminal investigations and charges, including wire fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, bribery, theft of trade secrets, obstruction of justice, drug offenses, and internet crimes.  Carly’s civil litigation experience includes defending clients accused of securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and unfair competition.  She has been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of White Collar Criminal Defense every year since 2020.
• Drug Crimes
  August Gugelmann joined the firm in 2005 and practices at the trial and appellate level in criminal defense and complex civil litigation. He represents individuals and corporations in complex criminal cases in both state and federal courts, international antitrust investigations, mail and wire fraud prosecutions, insider trading, obstruction of justice, trade secret theft, economic espionage, and securities fraud prosecutions. In addition, August represents individuals charged with drug offenses, violent crimes, robberies, gun crimes, and gang-related activity. His practice includes defending individuals and corporations in complex civil cases in federal and state court, including SEC investigations. August’s trial experience includes the first economic espionage case to be tried by a jury, which resulted in acquittal or dismissal of all counts. August has been selected as a Rising Star or Super Lawyer by Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2012, and he serves on the Northern District of California’s Criminal Justice Act panel.
• Assault
• Murder
  Overturning manslaughter conviction and dismissal of murder charge against woman prosecuted for stillbirth while having street drugs in her system
• Arson
• Restraining Order
• Money Laundering
  Has obtained outstanding results for her clients through persuading prosecutors and regulators to decline enforcement proceedings, resolving challenging litigation at fractions of the exposure, and mitigating reputational harm for businesses and executives. She handles a broad range of criminal matters including antitrust, tax fraud, health care fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, trade secret and economic espionage and is frequently retained by Fortune 500 companies in complex civil matters, including securities and derivative lawsuits, copyright and trade secret litigation, and a variety of commercial and business disputes.
• Kidnapping
• Manslaughter
  California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Skip Glenn Award:  For pro bono representation of Adora Perez, charged with murder in Kings County after she suffered a stillbirth while having drugs in her system (manslaughter conviction overturned and murder charge dismissed).
• Internet Crimes
  Hannah Pollack represents individuals and corporations in criminal defense and complex commercial litigation matters, as well as government investigations. She has experience litigating a variety of matters including wire fraud, money laundering, internet crimes, police misconduct, breach of contract, defamation, and unfair competition. Hannah has also represented clients in investigations by various government agencies including the DOJ and SEC.
• Extortion
  Britt Evangelist represents individuals and corporations in state and federal courts in a wide variety of both civil and criminal matters at both the trial and appellate level. She has experience defending individuals charged with various federal crimes, including wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, federal securities fraud, extortion, insider trading and antitrust violations.  Britt has also represented individuals in matters involving parallel civil and criminal proceedings, as well as individuals and corporations engaged in civil litigation such as high stakes tort claims and attorneys’ fees disputes. Britt’s practice also includes representing individuals accused of drug offenses, violent crimes, and gang-related activity as a member of the Northern District of California’s Criminal Justice Act Panel. Britt was selected as a Rising Star by Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2012, and she was selected as a California Super Lawyer in 2022.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Before joining Swanson & McNamara in 2009, Britt was an associate in the San Francisco office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan where she worked primarily on intellectual property litigation.
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust

Health Law

• Medical Malpractice

Trusts and Estates

• Trusts