Three Snell & Wilmer Partners Selected As Finalists in SDBJ's 2023 Business Women of the Year Awards
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SAN DIEGO - Californer -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that San Diego Partners Jaime D. Choi, Ph.D., Steffi Hafen, and Monique Lashbrook have been selected as finalists in San Diego Business Journal's 2023 Business Women of the Year Awards. According to the publication, the awards recognize dynamic women business leaders who have contributed significantly to San Diego's workplaces and communities.

Lashbrook is a real estate partner who focuses her practice on real estate, corporate and commercial finance-related matters and transactions. She has extensive experience handling real estate acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, commercial mortgage financing, commercial leasing for industrial and retail spaces, and property management matters. She received her J.D. from University of Illinois, College of Law, her MBA from Saint Ambrose University, and her B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles. To learn more about Lashbrook's practice, www.swlaw.com/people/monique_lashbrook.

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Hafen is the managing partner of our San Diego office, and is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, California Board of Legal Specialization. She is a co-leader of the firm's Private Client Services practice group and a partner in the General Federal Tax practice group. Her practice is focused in tax, trust, and estate law. She received her L.L.M in Taxation from Loyola Law School, her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, and her B.A. from University of California, Santa Barbara. To learn more about Hafen's practice, visit www.swlaw.com/people/steffi_hafen.

Choi is an intellectual property partner whose practice focuses on patenting complex, interdisciplinary technologies and building strategic patent portfolios, with an emphasis on evaluating and mitigating risk from third-party patents. Choi also has deep experience in disputes, including litigation, arbitration, licensing, and trade secrets. She received her J.D. from University of San Diego School of Law, her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her B.A. in Chemistry from Rice University. To learn more about Choi's practice, www.swlaw.com/people/jaime_choi.

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About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.