HANNA BROPHY

In 1986, Elizabeth began her legal career with Hanna Brophy as a law clerk during her second year of law school at University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She became an associate attorney in 1988 following her graduation and was promoted as one of our partners in 1994. She became the managing partner of the Firm’s Sacramento office in 2000, and, in 2008, she was appointed to the Firm’s executive committee. On December 4, 2010, she was elected as Hanna Brophy’s fourteenth senior partner.

Elizabeth has an accomplished trial practice, obtaining countless “take nothing” decisions before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, many of which were injury AOE/COE psychiatric cases invoking the good faith personnel action defense. Her clients are primarily self-insured governmental agencies and school districts.

In 1997, Todd Ewing joined Hanna Brophy with several years’ experience in employment litigation. He became a partner in 2002 and assumed the role of managing partner for the Riverside office in 2003. Currently, he serves as the Firm Managing Partner, responsible for overseeing the entire firm’s operations.

Todd’s practice encompasses all aspects of workers’ compensation defense, including defense of Labor Code section 132a claims, serious & willful petitions, penalties, and CalPERS issues. He has developed a special interest in representing professional sports teams, self-insured employers, and governmental entities. Todd manages several of the Firm’s accounts, representing both employers and insurance carriers alike. Todd has handled cases at all WCAB locations in Southern California. He is the account manager for a large nationwide self-insured employer as well as a medium size insurance company. Since at least 2011 he has been one of the attorneys helping to defend major league baseball’s nationwide approach to defending the numerous continuous trauma claims filed in California.

William Steuber joined Hanna Brophy’s Stockton office as an associate attorney in 2010 and transferred to the San Francisco office in 2012. Will defends self-insured employers, governmental entities, and insurance carriers in all aspects of workers’ compensation matters. He also defends employers in serious & willful misconduct claims as well as 132a discrimination claims.

Will received his B.A. degree in economics and political science from the University of Southern California. He obtained his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

His prior legal work includes transactional matters related to tax, business, and estate planning as well as defending real estate developers and contractors in complex civil litigation.