Hoge Fenton Grows; Adds Three Lawyers

Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel, a leading Northern California law firm, today announced that Brian Dickman, Lorna Drope and Jill Fox have joined the firm’s San Jose office.

Brian Dickman joins Hoge Fenton’s Business & Tax Group with seven years’ experience in business/corporate law, including formation, capitalization, securities, mergers & acquisitions, and business and intellectual property transactions. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and the University of San Diego School of Law. Dickman is Chair of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and an active member of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the BYU Management Society. He is business-fluent in French, and conversant in Hebrew, German and Spanish.

Lorna Drope is the newest addition to the firm’s Estate Planning and Wealth Management team. She is a 12-year lawyer who focuses her practice on tax and estate planning, wealth accumulation and protection/transfer strategies for high net worth individuals, and business formation and succession planning. Drope is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D.), and the University of San Diego School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation). She is licensed to practice in California, Arizona and Nevada, and supports an active clientele in Las Vegas.

Jill Fox joins the firm’s Litigation Group and works primarily with its professional malpractice defense team. She is a second-year lawyer who, prior to joining Hoge Fenton, practiced with Zitrin & Frassetto of San Francisco, a professional malpractice boutique firm. Prior to entering the practice of law, Fox worked as a professional journalist and television producer. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Hastings College of the Law. Fox is a founding advisory board member of the Bay Area Urban Debate League and a founding executive board member of the Freida C. Fox Family Foundation.

“Brian Dickman, Lorna Drope and Jill Fox are wonderful additions to the firm,” said Kathy Meier, Hoge Fenton’s Managing Shareholder. “With several of our senior members beginning to look toward retirement over the next few years, these new hires increase our mid-level bench strength across several areas of practice. They also bring some very unique and specialized talents and skills that we know our clients will value. We look forward to their contributions.”

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