Julie has been in practice since 1983, first as an associate with a Wall Street law firm (1983-1990) and later as a shareholder with a large Sacramento firm (1990-1999). She co-founded healthcare and business law firm Salem & Green in 1999, which merged with and into Weintraub in 2022.
Julie received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Southern California in 1980, where she majored in Political Science, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received the Order of the Laurel (highest honor for graduating undergraduates.) At USC, she was President of both the Mortar Board and the Trojan Democrats. She played basketball for the USC Trojan’s women’s team from 1976-78. Julie received her Juris Doctor in 1983 from the University of Virginia School of Law. She is a past-President of the Sacramento County Corporate and Securities Bar Association (currently known as the Business Law Section).
Representative Experience
- Representing buyers, sellers and controlling shareholders in mergers, acquisitions and dispositions.
- Securities offerings.
- Private company issuer tender offers.
- Legal due diligence, particularly related to the capitalization table.
- Governance, proxy statements, general corporate, representation of investors, debt financings (including secured and unsecured loans and credit facilities and guarantees) and evaluating complex business arrangements.
- Author of a precedent-setting SEC no-action letter under Rule 701 to expand the definition of “majority-owned” subsidiaries to minority interests in certain non-corporate entities. See Sutter Surgery Centers, Inc. (available November 10, 1993).
- Significant experience in project planning and assisting management, boards and board committees with strategic planning, including estimating legal fees for complex transactions.