Category: WTJ Updates

WTJ is proud to announce our two newest Associates joining us in 2025: Brayden Inchcliff and Kristofer Artidiello. Both have accepted ongoing positions as third-year law clerks to continue working with the team throughout the year, and will be returning to WTJ full-time as Associates after they take the bar exam in July 2026.

WTJ enthusiastically welcomed Brayden and Kristofer during the summer of 2025 as second-year law students, where they supported our firm through several trials, key discovery, and motions while they accumulated valuable legal experience, after which they returned to finish their final year of law school. We look forward to continuing to work with Brayden and Kristofer, and are expecting great things from these two as Associates and members of our team.

We are excited to announce that Jessica Thomason has become the newest Partner at WTJ. Jessica joined WTJ upon graduating from Loyola Law School and has spent the past several years building experience in a vast array of legal matters. Jessica’s practice is concentrated on business and civil litigation with a focus on professional malpractice defense, construction litigation, and public entity representation. Jessica is also active and involved in the local legal community, having formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Fresno County Young Lawyers Association (FCYLA), and as Secretary in 2023 and 2024. She is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of the San Joaquin Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL), and was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Fresno County Bar Association.

We know that Jessica will continue to contribute great things to WTJ and our clients in her new role as Partner. We look forward to many years of dedicated service from her in this position.

WTJ is proud to announce our two Summer Associates for 2025: Brayden Inchcliff and Kristofer Artidiello. These two second-year law students will be here supporting WTJ and accumulating valuable legal experience through August, after which they’ll return to finish their final year of law school.

WTJ enthusiastically welcomed Brayden and Kristofer into the fold with a firm and family barbecue on our patio the night of Thursday, May 29. It was a great way to prepare for what’s sure to be an exciting, enriching summer for all of us. We look forward to working with Brayden and Kristofer, and are expecting great things from these two as associates.

Julie R. Campos join the team

Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach is excited to announce the newest partner joining our team for 2025: Julie R. Campos. As an attorney, Julie brings experience advising and representing employers in a broad range of employment manners. With her addition, WTJ intends to expand our already flourishing employment law practice, positioning us to offer clients an extensive range of litigation, class action, and counsel in this area.

Julie R. Campos is a graduate of California State University, Fresno, and the University of Alabama School of Law. She has represented employers of all sizes in class-action and single-plaintiff cases all through California, while providing clients with the strategies they need to minimize exposure, manage risk, and control costs.

The WTJ team looks forward to everything we’ll do in 2025 with the addition of Julie’s talents.

Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach’s attorney Steve McQuillan was awarded the 2024 Blaine E. Pettitt Mentor Award on Thursday, October 10, at the Fresno County Young Lawyers Association’s annual George A. Hopper luncheon. Each year, this award recognizes one attorney who has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to mentoring young attorneys throughout their journey into the legal profession.

This award is a well-earned honor for McQuillan. He has spent much of his career mentoring young attorneys, going back to 2004, when he was one of the founding coaches of the Fresno State Mock Trial program. He coached teams in that program for approximately nine years, mentoring well over 100 different college students in that time. The team won many competitions under his tenure, with several of the members coached by McQuillan winning best attorney awards, receiving scholarships to law school, and going on to practice law locally and throughout the country. Their success is a testament to the incalculable number of hours Steve dedicated to the students on those teams.

From 2010 to 2015, Steve taught civil pretrial litigation at San Joaquin College of Law, and also continued to teach trial advocacy. He maintained his dedication to putting in extra hours to guide students in honing their skills, with many of them becoming local attorneys.

Steve’s guiding role continued at his firm, where he mentored many young attorneys including Kristina Garabedian, Will Jackson, Brooke Bergman, and others. He continues to serve as their mentor today, regularly fielding calls for advice. Some of Steve’s current colleagues at Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach even include former students from that very first mock trial team in 2004, now practicing law alongside him. Steve’s ongoing commitment to being a phenomenal resource and mentor for the next generation of attorneys lets him stand as deserving of this award bestowed on him.

Another Bulldogs win in the books!

The Bulldogs took on the New Mexico Lobos Saturday, Sept. 21, and WTJ was there to cheer on Fresno State. The firm’s tailgate party was just as successful as the Bulldogs’ 38-21 win against New Mexico. At Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach, we love getting the whole team together for community events like this, whether it’s rallying for a win with the rest of the Red Wave, or just bringing together friends and family for a good time. Like the Fresno State Bulldogs, WTJ knows that when we work together, we win together. Thanks to all the teammates who attended, and we look forward to seeing you at our next event!

Marshall Whitney is leveraging his extensive experience in mediations

Whitney Thompson & Jeffcoach is excited to announce that our partner, Marshall Whitney, will be expanding his mediation services. Marshall will continue his current areas of practice, which include business and commercial litigation, professional malpractice defense, ethics advice, and risk management consultation, but he will now devote more of his time to providing mediation services to anyone who may need a dynamic, experienced business litigator to help creatively resolve cases short of trial.

Marshall brings substantial experience to the new role he’s exploring as a mediator. He has received formal training in mediation through the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and has participated in and mediated hundreds of cases throughout his career. Now, Marshall looks forward to expanding his area of practice to focus on this aspect. He is ready to apply his broad and varied background in litigating cases, along with innovative problem-solving skills and a deep commitment to effectively resolving cases, to helping parties and attorneys in resolving difficult and complex matters.

For more details on Marshall’s experience, please view his employee page.

WTJ’s 2023 retreat is in the books! Our firm spent the weekend in Monterey, CA, for a time of bonding with our team and their families. We enjoyed team-building activities such as a scavenger hunt, a catamaran cruise, and golfing. There was also a beach bonfire that included delicious s’mores. We truly value our incredible team members and look forward to our next firm event.

 

Celebrating Jaskarn Chahal

The WTJ team is happy to welcome Jaskarn Chahal to the practice of law as our newest attorney. After passing the July 2022 California Bar Exam, his swearing-in ceremony took place on November 22, 2022, before the Honorable Judge Hamilton. We look forward to having Jaskarn as a key attorney on our team who supports WTJ’s public entity representation practice. Congratulations, Jaskarn!