Pauline Mary Stevens
Partner
Pauline Stevens practices in the commercial finance area where her in-depth knowledge of commercial and creditors-rights laws supports negotiation and implementation of creative solutions to complex issues often involving international, non-traditional, and sometimes exotic collateral, on compressed timelines. Ms. Stevens received her BA degree from Vassar College and J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She has served as an assistant general counsel with Bank of America and as partner with Morrison & Foerster LLP, as well as Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP. Ms. Stevens writes extensively on commercial finance topics. She won a Burton Award for Legal Achievement and has served as a regent of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Ms. Stevens has also been recognized for her achievements by Chambers & Partners USA and included in The Best Lawyers in America.
Paul Nash
Partner
Paul Nash specializes in assisting clients with the purchase, sale, leasing, finance, development, and management of commercial real properties, including office, industrial, retail, mixed-use, and multi-family assets. He regularly represents owners of commercial properties nationwide in property management matters. Mr. Nash graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Business Management, with an emphasis in Corporate Finance, and earned a J.D. from the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law. Prior to joining Allen Matkins, he was an associate with a large law firm in Palo Alto, California, specializing in commercial real estate matters. Mr. Nash has served on many committees of the San Francisco chapter of NAIOP, and is presently a member of the board of directors.
Grayson Marshall
Partner
Trey Marshall is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Allen Matkins. His practice focuses on business and real estate litigation, with experience in a range of substantive legal areas including contractual disputes, fraud and other business torts, partnership and joint-venture disputes, construction, insurance, class actions, and catastrophic injury matters. An accomplished trial lawyer, Mr. Marshall has secured favorable outcomes in bench and jury trials and appeals, as well as in arbitration and through mediation. He represents large companies, small businesses, and individuals across industries, including prominent real estate investors, developers, commercial landlords and tenants, technology clients, and regulated utilities. Before entering private practice, Mr. Marshall gained significant state and federal court trial experience as a deputy attorney general with the California Attorney General’s office. He draws on his extensive litigation experience to provide solutions that efficiently further his clients’ overall business objectives, offering regular counsel on risk avoidance through pre-litigation strategy and trial and appeals, if necessary. Mr. Marshall has a successful track record of resolving disputes in and outside of court, understanding when and how a creative settlement best suits his clients’ needs. Mr. Marshall graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. While in law school, he served as a judicial extern for both the Honorable Marvin R. Baxter of the Supreme Court of California and the Honorable William Q. Hayes of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Mr. Marshall is an editor of California’s Continuing Education at the Bar (CEB) California Trial Objections. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Tara Paul
Associate
Tara Paul is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mall, and a member of the Land Use & Environmental and Natural Resources groups. She represents clients in complex litigation and provides regulatory as well as strategic advice on a number of land use, environmental, and water law issues. Ms. Paul has drafted briefs and argued motions in federal and state trial and appellate courts. Her water law experience includes representing clients in water rights and groundwater contamination disputes, and she has counseled clients on issues arising under the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), Brown Act, Public Records Act, and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Educational History • J.D./M.P.A from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Indiana University O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs • BA, magna cum laude, from California State University, Fresno
Philip B. Adams
Senior Counsel
Philip Adams is a litigation senior counsel in the San Diego office. He advises corporate and individual clients in a wide range of matters across California with an emphasis on commercial litigation involving business and real estate disputes. Mr. Adams primarily represents owners, developers, purchasers, sellers, lessors, and lessees of commercial properties in contract, construction, tort, and environmental litigation.
