Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
Michelle Park Chiu
joined Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area as president in San Francisco.
Chiu is the hiring partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP for the San Francisco office. She is also deputy litigation practice leader and specializes in complex commercial litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Paul Hastings LLP
Tamerlin J. Godley
joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner.
Following 23 years at Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP, Tamerlin J. Godley has joined Paul Hastings LLP in Los Angeles as a partner in the entertainment and media practice.
"They gave me an offer that I couldn't refuse," said Godley of her decision to move.
She is the third prominent entertainment attorney to join the firm in Los Angeles in recent years as part of its efforts to develop "a first class entertainment group that is soup to nuts," she added.
Recent notable additions include Steven A. Marenberg from Irell & Manella LLP and James Bo Pearl from O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
"Paul Hastings is just firing on all cylinders. All their metrics are really strong. Their trajectory is incredible-everything from profitability to being a great place to work and a commitment to pro bono," Godley said. "I'm excited to be a part of this larger platform and really build a first class entertainment litigation group, the best of the city."
As an entertainment litigator, Godley has represented NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, Time Warner and the Warner Music Group Corp. Her work focuses on investigations and commercial disputes, as well as a subspecialty in trademark and copyright.
Paul Hastings' reputation in employment law will enhance her sensitive investigations practice and was another reason for her move, Godley said.
Outside of her practice, Godley is active in education impact litigation. She is one of the founders of Public Funds Public Schools, which focuses on ensuring that public funds stay in public schools and are not siphoned off for other purposes.
"Just this past year, I led the team that was granted summary judgment to permanently vacate a Betsy DeVos rule that attempted to siphon off hundreds of millions away from public schools to private schools," she said. "My work in the education impact litigation space is really important to me and I will continue doing that at Paul Hastings."
Address
515 South Flower Street Twenty-Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
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(213) 683-6230
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(213) 996-3230
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Ken Whiting, Jr.
joined Rutan & Tucker LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Whiting specializes in real estate transactions. He represents owners, developers, landlords, tenants and borrowers in the acquisition, development, construction, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial and industrial properties.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
455 Market St, Ste 1870
San Francisco, 94105-2451 United State
T:
(650) 263-7902
Haynes and Boone LLP
Jason T. Lao
was promoted to partner of Haynes and Boone LLP in Costa Mesa.
Lao specializes in intellectual property litigation, including disputes related to patents, trade secrets, copyrights and complex technology issues.
He is based in Costa Mesa.
Signature Resolution LLC
Catherine E. Bauer
joined Signature Resolution LLC as neutral in Los Angeles.
Bauer retired from the Central District of California Bankruptcy Court in September.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 N 5th Street, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(213) 622-1002
Duane Morris LLP
Maxine D. Bayley
was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Francisco.
Bayley specializes in immigration law related to employment of foreign nationals. She also advises clients in family based permanent residence and naturalization.
She is based in San Francisco.
Meagan E. Garland
was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Diego.
Garland specializes in employment litigation. She advises startups, multi-jurisdictional and multinational employers in various industries, particularly in fashion and beauty.
She is based in San Diego.
Joseph J. Machi
was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Diego.
Machi focuses on complex transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, as well as general corporate matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Jason Moberly Caruso
was promoted to partner of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in Newport Beach.
Caruso specializes in environmental law related to contaminated sites including administrative actions, cost recovery and nonlitigation site remediation.
He is based in Newport Beach.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin
James Bell
joined District Attorney Chesa Boudin as member of the the san francisco ethics commission in San Francisco.
Bell replaces former judge Fern Smith, who is stepping down after serving on the commission for two years. Bell is the founding president of the W. Haywood Burns Institute.
He is based in San Francisco.
Munoz Dispute Resolution, Inc.
William Munoz
as president and ceo
in Sacramento
Munoz specialized in defending professionals in professional liability matters. The new arbitration and resolution firm focuses on professional liability, employment and personal injury matters throughout California.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
555 University Avenue
Sacramento, 95825 United States
T:
(916) 437-5900
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP
George S. Howard Jr
joined Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP as partner in San Diego.
Howard represents employers in discrimination, wage and hour, harassment, trade secrets and employee mobility, retaliation, whistleblower, ERISA and contract issues.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
101 W. Broadway 9th Floor
San Diego, 92101 USA
T:
(619) 243-1577
F:
(619) 615-0700
Holland & Knight LLP
Sarah A. Marsey
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco.
Marsey represents Alaska Native Corporations and others, plus individuals in complex commercial disputes, construction litigation, professional liability and tort claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Daniel R. Golub
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco.
Golub is part of the firm's West Coast land use and environment group. He represents developers, nonprofits and public agencies in litigation and in the permitting and entitlement process.
He is based in San Francisco.
Jackson Lewis PC
Nicky Jatana
was promoted to office managing principal of Jackson Lewis PC in Los Angeles.
Jatana represents clients in employment litigation and counsels employers on daily workplace issues.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Gaines & Stacey LLP
Kimberly A. Rible
was promoted to partner of Gaines & Stacey LLP in Encino.
Rible specializes in land use, planning, zoning and environmental matters including administrative approvals and land use entitlements.
She is based in Encino.
Alicia B. Bartley
was promoted to partner of Gaines & Stacey LLP in Encino.
Bartley focuses on litigation related to property transactions, boundary disputes, project development and the California Environmental Quality Act.
She is based in Encino.
USC Gould School of Law
Jeffrey M. Dennis
joined USC Gould School of Law as lecturer in Newport Beach.
Dennis is a partner and head of the privacy and data security practice at Newmeyer & Dillion LLP.
He is based in Newport Beach.
Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP
Corinna Arbiter
was promoted to senior attorney of Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP in San Diego.
Arbiter represents developers, general contractors, architects, and subcontractors in complex construction defect matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Daniel J. Brast
was promoted to senior attorney of Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP in San Diego.
Brast represents real estate developers and general contractors in complex construction related disputes, in addition to advising in general business transactional matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Katherine C. Bissett
was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles.
Bissett advises lenders and borrowers in real estate finance, including the structure, underwriting and negotiation of clients' loans. Most recently, she has been specializing in asset management work such as assisting clients with loan modifications, assumptions, collateral substitutions, extensions, workouts and enforcement actions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Baker McKenzie
Helena Engfeldt
was promoted to partner of Baker McKenzie in San Francisco.
Engfeldt specializes in international commercial law with an emphasis on assisting and advising technology companies with cross-border transactions, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, as well as advising on global data privacy law compliance.
She is based in San Francisco.
Elizabeth Lieb
was promoted to partner of Baker McKenzie in Palo Alto.
Lieb specializes in international tax planning for multinational corporations, including structuring and implementing international operations.
She is based in Palo Alto.
Kela Shang
was promoted to partner of Baker McKenzie in Palo Alto.
Shang advises clients on implementation and compliance of equity compensation plans and issues such as securities law, local and cross-border taxes, data privacy, exchange control and labor law.
He is based in Palo Alto.
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Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP
Rupa Patel
was promoted to partner of Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP in Walnut Creek.
Patel specializes in complex litigation with an emphasis on construction claims and products liability plus business and corporate disputes.
She is based in Walnut Creek.
Weintraub Tobin
Jessica Rankin Corpuz
was promoted to shareholder of Weintraub Tobin in Los Angeles.
Corpuz specializes in complex commercial disputes with a focus on entertainment and intellectual property.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Kabateck LLP
Shant A. Karnikian
was promoted to partner of Kabateck LLP in Los Angeles.
Karnikian specializes in insurance bad faith and catastrophic personal injury. Since joining the firm in 2013, he has been involved in obtaining over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Mary Kimura
was promoted to partner of Norton Rose Fulbright in San Francisco.
Kimura is a public finance lawyer. She represents clients as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel and borrower's counsel in tax exempt and taxable financing throughout the country.
She is based in San Francisco.
Miller Barondess, LLP
Casey B. Sypek
was promoted to partner of Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles.
Sypek is a trial attorney and focuses on employment, contract, fraud, copyright, trademark, entertainment and false advertising disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP
Kari J. Brown
was promoted to partner of Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP in Santa Rosa.
Brown focuses on employment and general civil litigation.
She is based in Santa Rosa.
Withersworldwide
Helen S. Cheng
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Cheng is a trusts and estates attorney with a focus on exempt organizations and international tax planning.
She is based in San Diego.
Matthew R. Owens
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Owens specializes in trust, estate and inheritance disputes.
He is based in San Diego.
Catherine M. Swafford
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Swafford specializes in trust, estate, conservatorship, elder abuse and fiduciary litigation.
She is based in San Diego.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Farnaz M. Alemi
joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Alemi provides strategic and consulting services to clients on issues related to intellectual property, brand strategy and protection and risk management.
She is based in Los Angeles.
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2049 Century Park East Suite 1700
Los Angelea, 90067 USA
T:
(310) 312-4267
F:
(310) 312-4224
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Lisa Halko
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel of the department of conservation in Davis.
Halko has been chief counsel since 2017. She is a former administrative law judge at the California Department of Social Services.
She is based in Davis.
Sahana Ayer
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of technology in Sacramento.
Ayer was formerly acting chief counsel. She has been with the department since 2014.
She is based in Sacramento.
Amy Cordalis
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in McKinleyville.
Cordalis has been general counsel for the Yurok Tribe since 2016.
She is based in McKinleyville.
Fern Steiner
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in San Diego.
Steiner has been a shareholder with Smith, Steiner, Vanderpool APC since 1987. She is a member of the San Diego County Water Authority's board of directors.
She is based in San Diego.
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Chandra S. Andrade
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Andrade defends and advises employers in workplace disputes including class actions and Private Attorney General Act litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Winston Liaw
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Liaw represents technology companies in patent infringement litigation and intellectual property matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Kelly M. Matayoshi
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Matayoshi specializes in litigation on products liability claims, subrogation defense, contract and other disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Janice W. Reicher
Reicher is co-chair of the white collar defense and internal corporate investigations group and also specializes in complex business litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Brent Saldaña
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Saldaña focuses on real estate transactions including acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, financing, management and ownership transactions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Travis Credit Union
Michael J Levy
was promoted to general council / travis credit union of Travis Credit Union in Vacaville.
Levy will oversee all company litigation, provide guidance on regulatory compliance and bring a legal perspective to the company's strategic vision.
He is based in Vacaville.
Tyz Law Group
Rachel Waters
was promoted to partner of Tyz Law Group in San Francisco.
Waters provides technology companies, entrepreneurs and emerging businesses with advertising, product and privacy counseling in the digital commerce and software industries.
She is based in San Francisco.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Patrick Shannon
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder and co-leader of the government law and policy practice in Sacramento.
Shannon specializes in government relations and administrative law before the Legislature and state regulatory and enforcement agencies.
He is based in Sacramento.
Alice Kessler
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder and co-leader of the government law and policy practice in Sacramento.
Kessler most recently was involved in advocacy before the Legislature, where she specialized in the interests of technology firms, automakers, trade associations and government entities.
She is based in Sacramento.
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1201 K Street Suite 1100
Sacramento, 95814 United States
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(916) 442-1111