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ABOUT BARTKO PAVIA LLP
Bartko Pavia combines a high-level approach with personalized client service to deliver clear, decisive guidance and efficient solutions that prioritize your business's success. We offer an unparalleled commitment to solving your most complex and sophisticated legal challenges.
Our firm is built on a foundation of trust, precision, and a collaborative culture that delivers big-firm results with the personalized care of a boutique law firm. With attorneys fluent in Italian, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese, in addition to our domestic work, we offer a full range of legal services to foreign companies, individuals and governmental organizations and agencies.
With Bartko’s robust presence in Northern California since 1978 and Pavia & Harcourt’s deep roots in the dynamic New York City market since 1951, we pair local expertise with a national reach from coast to coast. After years of working together Bartko Pavia LLP has come together as a partnership of shared values, complementary strengths, and a vision for delivering unmatched legal service.
A Firm For The Future
Whether you are listening to the recommendations of a trusted in-house colleague or exploring new representation, Bartko Pavia LLP offers a rare blend of world-class expertise, personalized attention, and deep relationships that move the needle for clients. With decades of combined experience, we are a boutique powerhouse committed to delivering exceptional results for our clients.
Press Release
30, October 2025
An Ruda Serves as Judge at the Berkeley Female Founders & Funders Summit
Media Mentions
27, October 2025
Press Release
09, October 2025
Steve Vieux to Chair the California Lawyers Association’s Golden State Institute
Press Release
08, October 2025
Melissa Harvey to Present at ICSC on Non-Retail Development in Shopping Centers
Publications
06, October 2025
Meredith Vanderbilt Publishes Article in AHLA Health Law Weekly on FDA Drug Shortage Tracking
Press Release
03, October 2025
Howland Gordon to Participate in ICSC Mock Negotiation on Anchor Exclusives
Press Release
29, September 2025
ABA Antitrust Plaintiffs’ Roundtable Will Feature Insights from Ian Papendick
Press Release
24, September 2025
Honors and Awards
23, September 2025
Patrick M. Ryan Earns Repeat Recognition as 2025 Top 100 Lawyer
Publications
05, September 2025
Client Alert: Texas Telemarketing Law Expands To Texts - Key Requirements
Effective September 1, 2025, SB 140 expands Texas’ telemarketing law to cover SMS/MMS and image messages. Businesses who send marketing texts from Texas or to persons located in Texas must register with the Texas Secretary of State ($200 filing fee; $10,000 security deposit).
Speaking Engagements
04, September 2025
An Nguyen Ruda and Josiah Jenkins Present for the San Francisco Employer Advisory Council
Bartko Pavia's CEO & Co-Managing partner An Nguyen Ruda and associate Josiah Jenkins will present for the (SF EAC) California Employer Advisory Council on DEI: A New Four-Letter Bad Word and What It Means in this New Environment on September 11th, in San Francisco. This seminar features discussions on the latest legal changes impacting DEI programs, compliance strategies and risk-reduction tacticsand how to design DEI initiatives that align with today’s shifting landscape
Media Mentions
07, August 2025
Law360 Spotlights Ian Papendick’s Arrival at Bartko Pavia
Ian Papendick, a seasoned antitrust attorney and former enforcer with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, was recently featured in Law360 following his arrival at Bartko Pavia LLP as a litigation and antitrust partner.
Leadership
Bartko Pavia is an elite boutique law firm bringing together Bartko and Pavia & Harcourt, with collective experience of more than a century representing domestic and international clients. Our core common values focus on providing business-centric strategic advice that views every client’s interest and long-term goals holistically. We put our clients’ interest first and we succeed when they succeed, which is our paramount goal.





