Myers, Widders, Gibson,
Jones & Schneider, L.L.P., is pleased to announce that Gregory J. Ramirez, James E. Perero
and Jacquelyn D. Ruffin have joined the firm as of counsel and associates of
the firm, respectively.
Ramirez joins the firm
with significant trial experience. His
practice will focus on major litigation cases and class actions involving wage and
hour disputes.
Ramirez is an extremely
active and well-known member of the community having held a number of
leadership positions with various social, civic and professional
organizations. Most notable, Ramirez is
a past President of the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce and has been voted into the highly
prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an organization of
veteran trial lawyers who promote the jury system and civility in the legal
profession. He is currently the
Vice-President of the California Coast Chapter of ABOTA, which is comprised of
attorneys and judges from three counties - Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis
Obispo. Ramirez will become the Chapter
President in January 2013. Ramirez has
served on the City of San Buenaventura Planning Commission since 2006, and is
currently the Chairman of the Planning Commission.
Perero received his law
degree from Southwestern Law School in 2008, and joins the firm as an associate
where his practice will focus on litigation matters. Perero has counseled and represented clients
at all phases of the litigation process, from pre-lawsuit advice and strategy
through trial and final judgment, as well as appeals. Perero’s main practice areas include general
business litigation, employment, personal injury, and landlord/tenant
disputes. Perero also has experience
litigating matters including inverse condemnation, personal injury, fraud, and
bankruptcy adversary proceedings. Perero is an active member of the community,
where he currently serves as the Chairman of the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce’s
Host Committee and is a member of the Ventura Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors.
Ruffin, who also joins the
firm as an associate, is a 2011 UCLA Law School graduate. While in law school, Ruffin spent a summer
clerking at the Ventura County Public Defender’s Office, a semester clerking
with the Hualapai Tribal Court of Appeals/UCLA Tribal Appellate Court Clinic,
and did a spring externship with the Honorable Harry Pregerson, U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, earning significant research and writing
experience in all jobs. Ruffin will be
assisting the firm with litigation support and business transaction
matters. Ruffin will also provide
valuable research and writing skills to the firm and its clients.
Founded in 1971, Myers,
Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider, L.L.P. is a multi-service law firm with
18 attorneys making it Ventura County’s third oldest and third largest law
firm. The firm will continue to focus
its practice in civil litigation, business and corporate, non-profit,
employment law and class actions, estate planning, probate and trust
administration, major personal injury, insurance coverage, community
association, construction and construction defect matters. The firm also represents the City of Fillmore
as City Attorney as well as several special school districts and other public
entities. The firm has offices in Ventura, Santa Clarita and San Luis Obispo,
California and Reno and Las Vegas Nevada.
