Wanger Jones Helsley PC is pleased to introduce three new associates to its growing practice, Christopher Lisieski, Benjamin West, and Hunter Castro.  Mr. Lisieski joins the firm after clerking for the Honorable Dale A. Drozd of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.  WJH welcomes back Mr. West and Mr. Castro, who previously worked as WJH summer associates.

Mr. Lisieski received his Juris Doctor, Order of the Coif, from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an Articles Editor for the Virginia Law Review, president of the Virginia Innocence Project Student Group, and a board member of VITA at Virginia Law.  Prior to joining WJH, Mr. Lisieski clerked for the Honorable Dale A. Drozd of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.  Mr. Lisieski worked at the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center in Charlottesville, Virginia immediately after law school, where he represented clients in post-conviction death penalty proceedings.  Before law school, Mr. Lisieski worked for a private investigation firm performing qualitative due diligence on hedge funds and private equity firms.  He completed his undergraduate studies at Antioch College.

Mr. West received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.  During law school, he served as Executive Notes Editor for the Hastings Law Journal and competed as a member of the mock trial team.  He also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and to the Honorable Erica P. Grosjean of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.  A Fresno, California native, Mr. West received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine.  His practice at WJH focuses on representing businesses and individuals in all areas of commercial, construction, and real estate litigation.

Mr. Castro received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine School of Law.  During law school, Mr. Castro worked in-house at a technology startup company.  Aside from the day-to-day legal tasks required to support a business, his work centered on preparing and maintaining internal compliance tools regarding national and international advertising, laboratory testing, and point-of-sale regulations.  Following this position, Mr. Castro worked as a law clerk for Wanger Jones Helsley PC.  A Fresno, California native, he received a Bachelor of Arts in both Political Science and Sociology from the University of California, Irvine.  His practice at WJH focuses primarily on representing businesses and individuals in all areas of employment and commercial litigation.