Dresie assumes leadership of the firm's litigation practice effective immediately. Dresie, who has been at Los Angeles-based Greenberg Glusker throughout his 26-year legal career, plans to expand the firm's client base and work with its transactional attorneys and litigation attorneys to capitalize the firm's full-service capabilities, he says.

"People in the world outside of law want to be able to know that whatever they have to do in their field—whether its green issues, lending issues or development issues—that they can go to one firm and have people handle it," Dresie tells Globest.com.

Dresie has litigated, arbitrated and negotiated various business disputes, with an emphasis on real estate and business-related matters. He also serves on the firm's management committee, and he's headed its mentor program. Dresie is on the board of directors for the American Industrial Real (AIR) Estate Association, and he earned his JD from UCLA Law School in 1982.