Law360, New York (May 9, 2014, 1:55 PM EDT) -- Patricia Y. Trendacosta is the managing shareholder of Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato LC in Los Angeles. She spent the early years of her career as a government relations officer for commercial banks. During the course of that career, she rose from a government relations specialist, analyzing and communicating industry positions on key legislative and regulatory proposals to establishment and managing a government relations department for a large California banking institution. Eventually, she went back to law school at night while managing her government relations duties, joined the law firm of then-named Frandzel & Share and eventually succeeded as managing shareholder of the 35-lawyer firm, a position she has held for 16 years....