Douglas G. Wah and J. Scott Wood to Join National
Litigation Firm Foley & Mansfield

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 2, 2007) The national litigation firm of Foley & Mansfield announces today that Douglas G. Wah and J. Scott Wood, shareholders in the Emeryville, CA firm of Bishop Barry Howe Haney & Ryder will become partners of the firm effective April 1, 2007.  Mr. Wah is a nationally recognized trial lawyer handling mass tort/environmental claims and Mr. Wood handles construction defect claims on behalf of developers, builders and contractors.  Foley & Mansfield’s San Francisco office in Walnut Creek will be relocated to 1111 Broadway, 10^th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607 in the Oakland City Center.      

About Foley & Mansfield.  Founded in 1989, Foley & Mansfield is fast becoming one of the nation’s leading litigation law firms. The attorneys serve clients ranging in size from multi-million dollar corporations to small businesses and their owners in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, construction law, employment litigation, environmental and pollution claims, insurance coverage matters, intellectual property, probate and trust, and product liability litigation, as well as commercial transactions and bankruptcy.   The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis and has additional offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, St. Louis and San Francisco.