Ian Ballon was first admitted to practice in 1986 ( in Maryland ) and is also admitted to practice in California ( admitted in 1989 ) and the District of Columbia ( in 1988 ) . He started practicing law in the DC area and moved to California in 1989 , just days before the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . Since 2000 , he has worked out of offices in both Silicon Valley and Los Angeles , focusing in particular on technology and entertainment industry clients . His clients have included eBay , Inc. , Hewlett-Packard , 20th Century Fox Film Corporation , Sony Pictures Entertainment , EMI Records , CaféPress , the McClatchy Company newspaper chain and MySpace
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Ian C. Ballon