Wilke Fleury associate Samson R. Elsbernd recently became a member of the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Elsbernd was sworn in on December 6, 2010 by a three-judge panel of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court in Washington, D.C. Mr. Elsbernd is now eligible to practice before the courts of the District of Columbia, in addition to all California courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.