Kalpana Srinivasan was promoted to managing partner of Susman Godfrey LLP in Los Angeles.

In her litigation practice, Srinivasan, represents clients in matters involving antitrust, patent, trade secret, copyright, class action and media disputes. She is based in Los Angeles.

Jacquelyn H. Choi joined Rimon PC as partner in Los Angeles.

Choi advises secured and unsecured creditors in all facets of corporate bankruptcy. She is based in Los Angeles.

Thomas J. Posey joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Posey has a labor relations and employment practice. He represents employers in collective bargaining, unfair labor practice proceedings, grievance arbitrations and responses to union organizing campaigns. He is based in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Mary-Christine Sungaila joined Buchalter as shareholder and leader of the appellate practice group in Orange County.

Sungaila is an appellate attorney who has briefed and argued in federal and state courts nationwide including the U.S. Supreme Court. She is based in Orange County.

Raymond H. Sheen joined American College of Coverage Counsel as fellow in San Francisco.

Sheen is a partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP. He represents policyholders in technology and consumer products industries in complex insurance recovery disputes. He is based in San Francisco.

Elizabeth M. Weldon joined The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation as fellow.

Weldon is a partner at Snell & Wilmer. She is certified by the State Bar as a specialist in franchise and distribution law. She focuses her practice on business and franchise litigation. She is based in Orange County and Los Angeles.

Raul Farias joined DLA Piper as partner in San Diego.

Farias joins the firm's corporate practice and energy sector. He was previously senior counsel for a fortune 500 energy company. He is based in San Diego.

Katharine P. Moir joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in Menlo Park.

Moir advises private equity firms and companies on tax issues related to complex transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, the formation of private investment funds and securities offerings. She is based in Menlo Park.

Christopher J. Palermo joined Baker Botts LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Palermo has over 25 years of experience in patent prosecution and counseling. He advises companies doing business in artificial intelligence and machine learning, e-procurement, security, networking, telecommunications, object-oriented software and the internet. He is based in Palo Alto.

Michael D. Thomas joined Jackson Lewis PC as principal in Los Angeles.

Thomas advises employers in workplace law matters including preventative advice and counseling. He is based in Los Angeles.

Stephen C. Ferruolo joined Perkins Coie LLP as partner in Sam Diego.

Ferruolo, who was dean of the law school, joined the firm's emerging companies and venture capital practice. He will focus on guiding clients through private and public financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues, licensing, collaboration and commercial agreements and compliance matters. He is based in San Diego.

H. Thomas Anderton joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Anderton focuses his practice on intellectual property matters in the life sciences, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices industry. He is based in San Francisco.

William B. Tate II joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Orange County.

Tate focuses on commercial real estate, development and lending transactions. He joined the firm's real estate practice. He is based in Orange County.

Holly R. Lake joined Women in Law Empowerment Forum as global advisory board member in Los Angeles.

Lake is a partner at DLA Piper and focuses her practice on employment
litigation. She is based in Los Angeles.

Saul S. Rostamian joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in Century City.

Rostamian provides strategic outside counsel to clients in private equity, venture capital and real estate. He advises clients on high value litigation and transactional matters. He is based in Century City.

Hermine Valizadeh joined Munck Wilson Mandala LLP as principal attorney in Los Angeles.

Valizadeh focuses on patent prosecution and litigation in the electrical and computer software arts. She is based in Los Angeles.

Vanessa Barsanti joined Redgrave LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Barsanti's practice is focused on complex commercial litigation. She specializes in multidistrict litigations and restructuring. She is based in Los Angeles.

John Schultz was promoted to chief operating officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP in San Jose.

Prior to his promotion, Schultz was general counsel of Hewlett-Packard Co. since 2012 and became general counsel of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2015. He joined HP in 2008 as deputy general counsel. He is based in San Jose.

Sara Yunus was promoted to senior supervising attorney of am ez pc of Antonyan Miranda LLP in San Diego.

Yunus is a certified family law specialist and has been with the firm since 2015. AM EZ PC is the firm's new, lower-cost division. She is based in San Diego.

Ashok W. Mukhey joined Reed Smith LLP as partner in Century City.

Mukhey is the former co-chair of the transactions practice at Irell. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private investment, corporate finance and securities regulation. He is based in Century City.

Mitchell S. Cohen joined Reed Smith LLP as partner in Century City.

Cohen focuses on debt finance transactions, in addition to advising entertainment and media companies on financing for the development and production of films and the sale of assets. He is based in Century City.