San Diego, CA – The full service San Diego based law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is pleased to announce that they have acquired office space on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, as of February 2012. Roger C. Rappoport, a partner and leader of the firm’s Emerging Growth & Technology practice group, who has expertise in the emerging growth and technology arena, will head the Silicon Valley office effort. Rappoport will be splitting his time, as needed, between Silicon Valley and San Diego to serve clients in both areas. He will be joined by several other Procopio attorneys who will do the same, including, Intellectual Property attorneys Pattric J. Rawlins, Noel C. Gillespie, and Paul E. Burns, and corporate attorneys John P. Cleary, William W. Eigner, and Paul B. Johnson. “Our Silicon Valley office will further enhance our ability to best serve the needs of all of our high tech, medtech and biotech clients on the West Coast, at every stage of their development, from incorporation to funding, through an exit, and everything in between, and we are thrilled to be able to offer our compelling value proposition to the Valley’s startup and emerging growth community,” said Rappoport.Procopio’s corporate attorneys in the Emerging Growth and Technology practice group assist startups and emerging growth companies in various sectors, including those in the high tech, medtech, cleantech and biotech areas, with all aspects of their formation, development and funding, from the initial idea through liquidity. Procopio’s attorneys have the ability to leverage relationships with premier angel investors, venture capital firms and other sources of debt and equity funding, and play an active role in bringing together entrepreneurs and investors. Its team and goal oriented approach offers clients access to attorneys who are familiar with and understand their products, technology and business models and who often become an integral part of the client’s core team.

Intellectual property attorneys within the Emerging Growth and Technology practice group handle all phases of intellectual property protection, from selection, development, registration and licensing, to protection and litigation. Procopio’s Intellectual Property team comprises experienced patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and licensing attorneys and patent agents with technical experience in a wide array of industries. The Emerging Growth and Technology practice group also includes employment attorneys who assist start-up and emerging growth companies with a broad range of employment matters, such as employment policies and agreements, human resource counseling, and advice in specialized areas such as ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA. When needed, the Emerging Growth & Technology practice group draws on the firm’s significant resources in a number of important related practice areas, including tax, corporate finance, litigation, and international law.