Stephen H. Sulmeyer joined JAMS as neutral in San Francisco.

Sulmeyer will handle cases including business/commercial, employment, estate, probate, trusts, family law, partnership disputes and business torts. He has a background as a commercial and intellectual property litigator. Sulmeyer also has a clinical psychology practice, in which he helped settle disputes involving professional and intimate relationships.

Richard T. McCaulley joined Haley Guiliano LLP as partner in San Jose.

McCaulley has experience litigating patent disputes in federal courts and tribunals as well as in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office across a wide range of technical areas.

Talia L. Delanoy joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP as partner in Sacramento.

Delanoy defends employers against claims of wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and breach of contract. She has experience defending clients such as retail chains, construction industry clients, nonprofit organizations, long term care and skilled facilities, restaurants and more.

Eliot A. Adelson joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Adelson's practice includes civil and criminal antitrust litigation as well as internal and governmental investigations. He has significant experience representing U.S. and Japanese companies.

James F. McCabe joined Alston & Bird LLP as counsel in San Francisco.

McCabe's practice focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on consumer financial products and consumer reports. He defends financial services companies in class actions and civil litigation.

Dave A. Rand joined California Housing Partnership Corp. as board member in Los Angeles.

Rand specializes in land use law and governmental regulatory matters. His expertise includes aspects of municipal law, the planning and entitlement process, the California Environmental Quality Act, the Subdivision Map Act and the Coastal Act.

Charles E. Weir joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Weir focuses on class actions, shareholder derivative suits, qui tam litigation and commercial disputes. He regularly represents public and private companies and executives in industries including healthcare, entertainment, energy and technology.

Collie F. James was promoted to managing partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Costa Mesa.

James counsels clients on business litigation matters, including mass tort, product liability, environmental liability, unfair business practices claims and consumer class actions.

Hannah Y. Lee was promoted to partner of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in Menlo Park.

Lee has significant trial experience focusing on life sciences and technology cases. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving patent law.

Sarah B. Axtell was promoted to partner of Goodwin Procter LLP in Redwood City.

Axtell specializes in corporate and securities law, with a primary focus on advising emerging growth technology companies and capital markets transactions.

Brian J. Raynor was promoted to partner of Goodwin Procter LLP in San Francisco.

Raynor advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in transactions including acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, minority and growth equity investments and joint ventures.

Lily N. Chinn joined Baker Botts LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Chinn is a civil and criminal environmental litigator. Her clients include energy, oilfield services, refining, manufacturing and chemical companies as well as individuals charged with criminal wrongdoing.

Matthew R. Baker joined Baker Botts LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Baker provides strategic advice to clients industries such as security and crisis preparedness, with a specialization in the energy and chemical sector. He focuses on civil and white collar defense and has extensive experience with domestic and international data privacy issues and information security.

Tara R. Burd joined Klinedinst PC as counsel in San Diego.

Burd has extensive probate and trust litigation experience, with an emphasis on trust administration, probate avoidance and probate litigation. She helps clients with matters such as breach of contracts, business disputes, partition actions, employment and personal injury lawsuits.

Kevin K. Org joined Goldberg Segalla LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Ong concentrates on counseling insurers, self-insured employers and third-party administrators in the defense of workers' compensation claims and claims-handling strategy.

Ali Mojibi Yazdi was promoted to partner of Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles.

Mojibi Yazdi is a trial lawyer who focuses on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. He has represented clients from the medical device, pharmaceutical, consumer electronics, energy, fashion and food industries.

Neema T. Sahni was promoted to partner of Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles.

Sahni has experience in legal issues facing clients in the sports, media and entertainment industries. She handles commercial matters at the trial and appellate levels and maintains a counseling and advisory practice.

Megan L. Rodgers was promoted to partner of Covington & Burling LLP in Palo Alto.

Rodgers specializes in defending clients in complex commercial disputes, mass tort cases and class actions in state and federal court.

Nichole Rapier Rocha joined Judicial Council of California, Governmental Affairs office as supervising attorney in Sacramento.

Rocha has focused on family law, medical privacy and mental health issues, administrative law, the California Public Records Act and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Jeffrey M. Reisner joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Reisner works with private equity, hedge funds, high-net worth individuals as well as private and public companies in connection with reorganization of financial affairs and as purchasers, lenders, creditors and creditors' committees.

Ali U. Nardali joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Nardali's practice focuses on executive compensation matters, including business leaders involved in public, private, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and other transactions.

William Mark Levinson joined Carlton Fields LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Levinson has a transactional practice in which he represents businesses such as consumer, technology, food service, sports, real estate, cannabis and municipal finance entities.

Brad S. Markoff joined Carlton Fields LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Markoff handles real estate and domestic and cross-border corporate transactions in the securities, financial services and technology sectors.

Pamela R. Davis joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Davis is a white collar and regulatory defense attorney with a focus on global investigations. She also conducts global reviews of existing compliance plans, performs due diligence associated with mergers and acquisitions work and vendor onboarding.

Thomas J. Stipanowich joined JAMS as neutral in Century City.

Stipanowich is experienced in commercial and construction arbitration. He will serve as an international arbitrator, mediator, special master and neutral evaluator in business, commercial, engineering and construction disputes.

Cheryl C. Yakey joined Clyde & Co. LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Yakey's focuses on representing insurance companies and insurtechs in transactional and regulatory matters. She also has previously offered in-house counsel to insurers.