Tamara L. Osborne joined Ballard Spahr LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Osborne is known for her work representing syndicators, investors, and developers in all phases of affordable multifamily property acquisition, ownership, and financing, with emphasis on tax credit-driven transactions. She negotiates all financing documents and reviews and oversees borrower due diligence and closing documents for institutional and tax-exempt bond financing, as well as for funding from government sources such as HUD/FHA and the USDA's Rural Development program.

Brian Tsu joined Higgs Fletcher & Mack as partner in San Diego.

Tsu is a partner in the firm's trusts, estates and estate planning practice group.

Alex S. Kaufman joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Kaufman advises private equity funds and stand-alone technology companies on mergers and acquisitions transactions, including leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments and divestitures with an emphasis on the software and technology sectors.

Lisa M. Simonetti joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Simonetti focuses her practice on the defense of complex litigation, including financial services class actions and mass actions.

Noelle M. Natoli joined Clark Hill PLC as member in Los Angeles.

Natoli previously chaired Foley & Mansfield's elder law and transportation practices. She represents long-term and residential care facilities, adult family homes, hospitals, doctors, nurses and other employees of nursing facilities. Her experience in the transportation industry includes service as national counsel for a transportation insurance company, defending personal injury claims including catastrophic losses, conducting emergency response investigations, and litigating trucking matters through trial.

Renée Delphin-Rodriguez joined Crowell & Moring LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Delphin-Rodriguez has represented both public and private companies, as well as private equity funds, in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, and joint ventures. She also advises clients on corporate governance.

Andrew M. Ouvrier joined Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Ouvrier represents landlord and tenant clients, including institutional investors and entrepreneurial individuals and entities. He has represented landlords in office leases totaling more than 10 million square feet across the nation and represented numerous office tenants as well, including a more than 2 million square foot office portfolio for one of the world's largest e-commerce companies.

Michelle M. McCarthy joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

McCarthy's works on federal and state taxation issues pertaining to individuals and entities, and she represents them in Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor audits, corrective programs and determination requests.

Kelly D. Gemelli was promoted to principal of Jackson Lewis PC in San Diego.

Gemelli provides advice and counsel to management on a wide range of employment issues. She is a certified leave of absence specialist and is an active member of the California Advice and Counsel Resource Group.

Michael J. Shuster joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Shuster provides strategic intellectual property legal services to biotechnology, chemical and pharmaceutical companies. His practice includes patent prosecution, portfolio analysis, due diligence, litigation and opinion work. His clients include start-up and established biotechnology companies, venture capital firms, research universities and hospitals.

Kevin Kabler joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Kabler builds and manages patent portfolios for companies and institutions in the life sciences industry in the fields of immuno-oncology, antibodies, personalized medicine, vaccines, genetics, biologics, RNA interference, stem cells and immunotherapy. He provides strategic patent counseling and due diligence to clients at all stages of the business cycle, and also analyzes and evaluates third-party patents for risk reduction from assertions as well as investment purposes.

Deepa M. Rich joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Rich practices general securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on private and public companies and venture capital funds primarily in the life sciences and health care industries.

G. Samuel Zucker joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Zucker focuses on corporate transactions for high growth, life sciences and health care companies around the world, including representation of investors and portfolio companies in biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, and digital health. His practice covers mergers and acquisition, financings, capital markets and general corporate matters. Zucker advises clients’ management and boards of directors on corporate governance and critical strategic matters.

Alyssa D. Bell joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Bell is a criminal defense attorney and appellate specialist. She brings extensive federal litigation experience at all stages of proceedings and wide-ranging expertise in criminal matters, including extradition, financial fraud, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act conspiracy, narcotics offenses, and Fourth and Fifth Amendment challenges to government overreach.

Gabriel L. Pardo joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Pardo brings a combination of criminal trial and civil litigation experience to the firm. He has achieved results for his clients at all stages of criminal cases, including favorable pre-indictment resolutions, dismissals and multiple jury acquittals.

Jennifer Resnik joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Resnik has experience in sophisticated criminal and civil litigation. She has successfully handled a wide variety of cases at all stages of litigation, including health care and other criminal fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, environmental and narcotics crimes.

David J. Sutton joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Sutton represented people charged with complex federal crimes, including cryptocurrency offenses, financial fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, structuring, insider trading, health care fraud, and foreign corrupt Practices Act violations. He now represents clients in matters ranging from complex white-collar cases to driving under the influence misdemeanors.

Dominique Y. Tauzin joined Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Tauzin advises individuals, couples and family-owned and small business owners in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, probate and business succession planning. She also has extensive experience with trust administrations, including disputes involving fiduciaries, beneficiaries, charitable organizations and probates.

James E. Sell was promoted to equity partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Francisco.

Sell is managing partner of the firm's Northern California office and leads a multi-attorney litigation team. He is a trial attorney with experience in construction, public works, products liability, catastrophic injury, wrongful death and professional liability litigation. He also serves as general counsel to a number of Bay Area contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, handling a full scope of construction matters and disputes.

Barbara Spector joined JAMS in Silicon Valley.

Spector will serve as an arbitrator, mediator, special master and neutral evaluator in disputes including appellate, aviation, business-commercial, employment, government-public agency, insurance, real property,personal injury and other tort.

Brian T. Seltzer was promoted to chairman of the board of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Seltzer is a longtime shareholder and also chief operating officer of the firm. His practice encompasses real property, business law and commercial financing with a particular emphasis in real property transactions.

John W. Martin

Martin has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, capital markets and complex technology transactions. In his new role, Martin said he aims to grow the firm in a strategically focused way.

Kate S. Gold joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gold is a partner in the firm's labor and employment department. She has represented clients in all types of employment-related suits, including class and collective actions, discrimination and harassment, non-compete and wage-hour matters. In addition to litigating, she routinely counsels clients on matters involving the full range of state and federal employment issues.

Gene E. Berk joined Buchalter as of counsel in Sacramento.

Berk is a member of the firm's health care practice group. He represents major health care entities and has led significant acquisitions in the expansion, reconstruction and implementation of various hospitals, surgery centers and medical groups throughout the United States.

James Andrew Caprile joined Buchalter as shareholder in Sacramento.

Caprile is a member of the firm’s health care practice group. He represents clients in the healthcare sector on a wide range of issues, including business transactions, hospital and ambulatory surgical center syndications, and the formation, sale and merger of medical practices and management service organizations.

Beth J. Jay joined Horvitz & Levy LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.

Jay served as the principal attorney to three California chief justices and brings 35 years of Supreme Court and three years of federal appellate court insights to Horvitz & Levy's clients. In her role as senior adviser to the chief justice, Jay led and participated in numerous Supreme Court, Judicial Council, and State Bar committees focusing on judicial ethics issues such as multi-jurisdictional practice, insurance legislation, and court procedures.

Andrea L. Russi joined Horvitz & Levy LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Russi has served as a staff attorney to Presiding Justice Ignazio Ruvolo (retired) in the 1st District Court of Appeal. She also served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, where she was a member of the criminal appeals section.

Tia Boatman-Patterson was promoted to senior adviser on housing of California Housing Finance Agency in Sacramento.

Boatman-Patterson will continue to serve as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, where she has served since 2014. Boatman-Patterson was general counsel at the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency from 2009 to 2014 and special assistant to California State Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez from 2004 to 2008 and to California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass from 2008 to 2009.

Christina E. Snider was promoted to tribal advisor of The Native American Heritage Commission in Auburn.

Snider has been reappointed tribal adviser in the Office of the Governor and Executive Secretary to the Native American Heritage Commission. Snider is a member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians and has served as an Indian Child Welfare Act representative for the tribe since 2017. She was of counsel at Ceiba Legal LLP from 2016 to 2017, staff attorney at the National Congress of American Indians from 2015 to 2016, a legal fellow at the Wishtoyo Foundation in 2014 and a law clerk in the Office of Tribal Justice at the U.S. Department of Justice in 2012.

John T. A. Rosenthal joined Klinedinst PC as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Rosenthal represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters in state and federal courts across the country as well as before various regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, and the Federal Trade Commission.

Ranjini Acharya was promoted to partner of K&L Gates LLP in Palo Alto.

Acharya focuses on complex patent litigation, trade secrets misappropriation, and copyright disputes in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission.

Ruth Delaney was promoted to partner of K&L Gates LLP in Los Angeles.

Delaney counsels domestic and offshore private fund advisers on organizational, regulatory, and compliance issues, including forming hedge funds, negotiating agreements, and structuring of funds.

Alan J. Hart was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Los Angeles.

Hart is a member of the firm's business and commercial litigation and intellectual property law practices. He represents and advises clients in commercial litigation and intellectual property matters involving issues including defense of business torts, contract disputes, false advertising, defamation, construction, products liability, trademark and patent litigation, labor disputes and insurance.

Spiros E. Fousekis was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Redwood City.

Fousekis practices in the firm’s business and commercial litigation, employment law and corporate law practice areas. He works closely with employers, tackling labor and employment law issues such as harassment, discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act; wrongful termination, wage and hour matters; meal and rest period disputes; whistleblower retaliation claims; the California Private Attorneys General Act; and employee-independent contractor classification disputes.

German A. Marcucci was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Los Angeles.

Marcucci practices in the firm's business and commercial litigation, employment law and insurance services areas. He regularly handles litigation involving personal injury and property damage claims occurring in commercial settings, including in relation to premises design and conditions, fire suppression systems and private security personnel. He also advises clients on liability, damages, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith matters.

Peggy Dayton was promoted to partner of Scheper Kim & Harris LLP in Los Angeles.

Dayton represents clients in both civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. Her practice encompasses all phases of litigation, including appeals, in both state and federal court. In civil matters, Dayton has represented clients in fraud actions, contract disputes, business tort matters, legal malpractice cases, class action litigation, False Claims Act litigation, and securities matters, including actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Todd A. Lorenz joined Squire Patton Boggs as partner in San Francisco.

Lorenz is a member of the firm's intellectual property and technology practice. He has extensive experience in the life sci-ences sector with a particular focus on patent prosecution, counseling and IP transactions.

Christian E. Mammen joined Womble Bond Dickinson LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Mammen has more than 20 years of experience representing tech sector companies in complex patent litigation. His specific experience includes serving as lead counsel in patent infringement cases and other IP disputes. In addition, he guides clients in federal patent appeals.

Rebecca B. Hoyes was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco.

Hoyes is a member of the firm's healthcare practice group. She has an extensive background in the healthcare sector, with a primary focus representing hospitals and their medical staffs in a variety of issues, such as peer review and investigations; corrective action, hearings, and appeals; privileging and credentialing; development of bylaws, rules, and policies; compliance with accreditation, licensure and regulatory requirements; disruptive behavior, disability, and impairment issues; and mandatory reporting obligations.

Jill N. Jaffe was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco.

Jaffe is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group. She is a litigator who specializes in disputes between adjacent property owners as well as those involving public procurements and infrastructure projects. She also litigates intellectual property/privacy and data protection matters in addition to professional liability actions.

Anna C. L. Tang was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in Los Angeles.

Tang is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group. She represents and advises emerging and established companies as transactional and general corporate counsel with respect to a wide variety of business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and corporate governance. She also provides counsel on offerings of equity and debt securities and private equity investments.

Elyse W. Whitehead was promoted to shareholder of Keesal, Young & Logan in San Francisco.

Whitehead represents employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, disability, unfair competition and class action matters. She also has exten-sive experience defending financial services firms in state and federal courts and before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.