January 14, 2010

Media Release

SAN JOSE, CA – January 14, 2010:  Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel, a leading Northern California law firm, today announced that Crystal N. Riggins has joined the firm as an associate attorney.  She is based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office and is a member of its Litigation Group.

Riggins earned her B.A., cum laude, in Political Science from St. Mary’s College of California and her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.  An accomplished orator in law school, Riggins was selected best oral advocate in Appellate Advocacy, and was a finalist and recipient of the Gerald Marer Oral Advocacy Award in the Santa Clara Internal Moot Court Competition.  Prior to her recent admission to the California Bar, Riggins was a summer associate at Hoge Fenton, and also spent a summer clerking at the McNamara Dodge firm in Walnut Creek.

“We are honored to have a person of Crystal’s character on our team, and are thrilled that she has chosen to begin her legal career with us,” commented Steven D. Siner, the firm’s Managing Shareholder.  “We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.”

We hope you have the opportunity to meet Crystal Riggins soon.  In the meantime, please feel free to contact her or any member of our Litigation Group directly.

Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Silicon Valley Office
60 South Market, Suite 1400
San Jose, CA 95113

408.287.9501 main
408.287.2583 fax

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