Jonevin Sabado was promoted to partner of Locke Lord LLP in Los Angeles.

Sabado concentrates his practice on defending companies in complex and class action litigation, typically involving labor and employment claims. He has defended employers in litigation involving wage and hour claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act, California Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA"), California Labor Code and Industrial Welfare Commission ("IWC") Wage Orders, alleged worker misclassification, claims of discrimination and harassment and alleged violations of family and medical leave laws.

Michael R. Guerrero joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Guerrero helps companies manage regulatory and compliance issues across a wide range of consumer-focused products, including automotive finance and leasing, earned wage access products, Buy Now Pay Later products, point-of-sale and personal property financing and leasing, rent-to-own products, credit cards, and installment loans. In addition, he advises contractors and financing companies on residential solar energy sales, financing, and leasing issues. A recognized thought leader, he is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, has been quoted by several media outlets, and has authored numerous articles on emerging fintech regulatory issues.

H. Thomas Felix III joined Morrison Foerster as partner in San Diego.

Felix brings to the firm over a decade of experience advising public and private companies, private equity firms, and investment banks on a multitude of legal matters, including leveraged buyouts, debt and equity offerings, initial public offerings, mergers & acquisitions, liability management transactions, cross-border transactions, securities law compliance issues, and stock exchange requirements.

Christopher L. Tinen joined Snell & Wilmer as partner.

Tinen is an experienced capital markets and securities attorney well-versed in all facets of securities law compliance and transactions. He regularly counsels public and private companies on a wide range of capital markets and corporate transactions, including IPOs, de-SPAC transactions, follow-on offerings, up-listings, cross-border dual listings and PIPE transactions, as well as SEC reporting, corporate governance, and private securities offerings for both emerging and established businesses. Additionally, he provides counsel on the formation, funding, and exit strategies for high-growth startups.

Matthew Yelovich joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as partner in San Francisco, CA.

Yelovich's practice focuses on government and internal investigations, including defending companies and individuals in a wide range of high-stakes domestic and international enforcement actions and trials. Prior to joining Cleary, Yelovich served as deputy chief of the Criminal Division in the Northern District of California, helping to oversee approximately 100 federal criminal prosecutors and 15 supervisors, and managing division policies and operations. Before this, he served for approximately three years as appellate chief, overseeing all briefing and argument at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and personally briefing and arguing numerous federal appeals. In these roles, he provided legal and strategic advice on some of the Office's most significant cases--including one of the largest cryptocurrency seizures in DOJ history--and all major corporate fraud cases.

Polina Bernstein joined Judicate West as neutral in Los Angeles.

Bernstein possesses over two decades of combined litigation and mediation experience, and she has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in employment law disputes involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, misappropriation of trade secrets, wrongful termination, retaliatory discharge, defamation and breach of contract. Bernstein has also handled many single-plaintiff wage and hour and representative PAGA matters, including unpaid commissions claims.

Cameron Stewart joined Pearlman, Brown & Wax as senior counsel in Encino.

Stewart brings to the position 30 years of experience defending clients in disability and pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour violations and wrongful termination claims. In her diverse practice, she represents insurance carriers, healthcare companies and providers, restaurants and other large corporations.

Jessica Lienau joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Lienau worked at the State Bar of California, Office of Chief Trial Counsel, as both deputy and acting senior trial counsel, representing the State Bar and the Committee of Bar Examiners. She currently serves as an arbitrator for the State Bar of Arizona Fee Arbitration Program, 1st vice president of the Association of Discipline Defense Counsel in California and as a volunteer attorney for the State Bar Defense Consultations for the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel. She previously served as a member of the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Advisory Group and as a member of the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Nima Mohebbi joined Sidley Austin as partner in Century City.

Mohebbi is a recognized trial lawyer who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, counseling clients on unsettled issues in connection with the growing intersection between entertainment content development and technology, including digital assets, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming, and intellectual property, including in film and music. He represents studios, and artists in disputes and transactions with billions of dollars at stake, including jury trials.

Emily M. Karlberg was promoted to partner of Ropes & Gray LLP in San Francisco.

Specializing in intellectual property, Karlberg guides clients through complex private equity deals and strategic transactions, with expertise in carve-outs. Her practice combines deep knowledge of technology and consumer brands with extensive transaction experience. She structures and negotiates strategic partnerships across borders, including joint ventures, licensing agreements, and collaborative ventures. Karlberg provides critical IP and technology counsel for emerging companies, from initial formation through corporate partnerships, systems integration, and product commercialization.

Missy Leon joined MG+M The Law Firm as partner in Los Angeles.

Leon has extensive experience in commercial litigation, including cases involving breach of contract, fraud and defamation. She has served as a client liaison to Fortune 500 companies, managing multimillion-dollar litigation. Her background includes professional liability litigation in legal and medical malpractice and director and officer liability cases involving negligence and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Additionally, she has defended clients across a vast range of industries facing toxic tort, product and premises liability, and personal injury claims. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, major retailers and large organizations, such as oil and gas companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmacies, automotive supply manufacturers, amusement parks and ice-skating rinks, gyms, and apartment complexes.

Brian Gustafson joined Haynes & Boone LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Gustafson's practice emphasizes strategic patent counseling and prosecution in technology areas, including computer science, cloud computing, electronics, semiconductor fabrication, optics, machine learning, and visual effects. He helps his clients align their patent portfolios with business goals to identify and protect innovations that secure technological leadership and provide the best business outcomes.

Alfred C. Tierney joined Stradling Yocca as partner in Newport Beach.

Tierney focuses his practice on securities enforcement, regulation, and compliance matters. He has significant experience navigating complex issues faced by asset managers, private and registered funds, broker-dealers, public companies, executives, and boards of directors in connection with SEC, FINRA and other government investigations and examinations, litigations, internal investigations, and the development and implementation of effective compliance programs. Prior to joining the firm, he served for over 10 years with the SEC as senior counsel in the Division of Enforcement, including over six years in the Asset Management Unit, and in the Division of Investment Management's Chief Counsel's Office.

Jeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D. was promoted to partner of Knobbe Martens in Irvine.

Helm has been appointed to the Advisory Council for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore appointed Helm for a three-year term, effective Oct. 1. Helm has represented clients in a variety of technological fields, with an emphasis on patent litigation and appellate practice. Helm has appeared before the Federal Circuit on several occasions and has argued over a dozen cases before the Court. Before joining the firm in 2017, he was an associate solicitor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In that role, he represented the director in both district and appellate courts and provided legal advice about intellectual property law policy and regulation.

Matthew J. Michaels joined Barnes & Thornburg as partner in Los Angeles.

Michaels specializes in guiding federal government contractors through complex legal and regulatory challenges. His expertise spans bid protests, contract disputes, federal investigations, compliance matters, and transaction due diligence. He's a seasoned advocate before key government bodies, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal agencies, and the Small Business Administration's Office of Hearings and Appeals. His experience ranges from small business contracts to multibillion-dollar acquisitions across diverse industries - from aerospace and IT to shipbuilding, data analytics, military supplies, and space technology.

David Andersen joined Barnes & Thornburg as partner in Los Angeles.

Andersen's practice is primarily concentrated in the middle market but includes transactions ranging from small acquisitions and divestitures by emerging growth companies to platform acquisitions and billion-dollar exits. Andersen has represented clients in a variety of industries, with an emphasis on media and entertainment, technology, and healthcare.

Monique Carter joined Quarles & Brady as of counsel in San Diego.

Carter is an experienced litigator and trial attorney who also advises employers on all aspects of employment law and disputes. She applies her deep knowledge of trial practice to the full spectrum of labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation wage and hour disputes, and class actions.

Emily G. Horrigan joined Melmed Law Group as associate in San Diego.

Horrigan represents employees navigating complex disputes against powerful employers. Her client-centered approach is rooted in empathy and clear communication, ensuring clients feel supported and heard throughout the legal process.

Sarah J. Guske joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Guske is a first-chair trial lawyer who counsels technology clients and other Fortune 500 companies in patent litigation in U.S. district courts and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trials. In her practice, focused on high-stakes competitor litigation, she leverages her technical background in electrical engineering and physics and her trial experience to serve clients in the San Francisco Bay Area of California and beyond in the United States.

Danielle C. Foster joined Jackson Lewis P.C. as principal in Los Angeles.

Foster focuses her practice on defending private companies and public entities in complex litigation, with a particular emphasis on employment actions brought under Title VII, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and the California Labor Code.

Sonya Goodwin joined Signature Resolution as neutral in Los Angeles.

Goodwin's career is defined by her ability to transform disputes into productive dialogues. Her specialization includes resolving employment disputes involving single-plaintiff, multi-party, class-actions, and representative actions under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Her approach emphasizes the importance of building trust with clients, a quality she honed during her years as a litigator.

Bryan Hudson joined Hanson Bridgett as counsel in San Francisco.

Hudson brings an extensive legal background, and strong business acumen to the Health Section. His broad skillset includes notable experience in corporate governance, strategic transactions, risk and crisis management, operations support and regulatory compliance, among others, bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the firm's Chambers-ranked Health Section.

Tom Stout joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Stout has more than 15 years of trial experience, including as a federal prosecutor and as a litigator at a California firm he co-founded before joining DWT. His expertise in white-collar defense, government investigations, and complex litigation delivers top-tier results for businesses, executives, and entrepreneurs in key sectors across the Bay Area and beyond.

Melanie L. Chaney was promoted to firm co-managing partner of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore.

Chaney's leadership journey has been shaped by a practical and comprehensive approach that emphasizes listening to and valuing the input of all team members. Her ability to foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders underscores her recognition of the importance of teamwork in achieving successful outcomes. Her exceptional listening skills are a cornerstone of her leadership style, going beyond mere hearing to actively understand, validate, and appreciate the viewpoints of others. This empathetic approach fosters an inclusive environment where individuals feel heard, valued, and motivated to contribute their best. Navigating complex situations and guiding diverse groups toward shared goals, Chaney's bona fide approach ensures that all stakeholders feel involved, engaged, and invested in the collaborative process. This fosters a strong team spirit and unity among stakeholders, impacting her firm, clients, and colleagues.

James G. Perry joined Atticus Injury Law, P.C. as senior trial lawyer in Irvine.

Perry comes with a decade of experience as a prosecutor, primarily with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and a proven record of accomplishment in civil and criminal law. Perry brings a wealth of expertise to the firm's personal injury practice. He has written extensively on various topics, including the intersection of the Fifth Amendment and civil discovery, spoliation of evidence, and state and federal public records requests. He is actively involved in the legal community. He serves on the Top Gun Event Committee for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and Education Committee with the Orange County Bar Association. He holds board positions with the Consumer Attorneys of California's Inland Empire Chapter. Perry is also a member of several other bar associations, including the San Bernardino and Riverside County Association.

Matthew J Frauenfeld joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as associate in Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney (San Francisco).

Frauenfeld represents clients in litigation in a variety of areas including professional liability and commercial litigation. He also advises clients on corporate and data privacy compliance. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), he advises clients in matters involving privacy and cyber security. As a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP) with the Society Corporate Compliance and Ethics (CCEP) he advises on corporate governance and ABAC issues (Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery).