William H. Dance joined Sklar Kirsh LLP as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Dance has an extensive background in complex, commercial litigation experience, including contract claims, real property controversies and entertainment intellectual property claims. He also handles business litigation, food and supplement labeling, regulation, safety and product liability.

Scott M. Pearson joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Pearson's practice focuses on litigating in the consumer financial services industry, defending clients against regulatory enforcement and class actions as well as counseling high-profile stakeholders on regulatory compliance issues. Some of his clients include national banks, financial services firms, institutional investors, sports and entertainment companies, real estate firms and prominent retail and consumer product companies.

Christopher G. Van Gundy joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Van Gundy focuses on novel food and beverage products as well as cannabis. He represents clients involving class actions, general commercial disputes, regulatory advice, insurance issues and trademark litigation.

Tracy B. Rane joined Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP as special counsel in Los Angeles.

Rane is a trial lawyer with experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation matters, including insurance, copyright, trademark, defamation, right of publicity, breach of contract and right of privacy issues.

Beth I. Golub joined Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP as partner in San Diego.

Golub serves as litigation counsel for global technology companies by handling their complex tort and general liability matters. She also has experience in medical malpractice defense and general liability, construction accident and catastrophic loss matters.

Philip R. Cosgrove joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as partner in Torrance.

Cosgrove concentrates on complex civil litigation, such as defending product liability, transportation matters and toxic tort cases. He also has served as counsel in automotive product liability cases for major manufacturers.

Ryan E. Cosgrove joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as partner in Torrance.

Cosgrove handles product and premises liability, transportation and general commercial litigation matters, including the defense of catastrophic injury claims involving manufacturers and suppliers of consumer products and automobiles. He is also experienced in appellate practice.

Melissa K. Peters joined Littler Mendelson PC as special counsel in Walnut Creek.

While with the Department of Industrial Relations, Peters gained an in-depth understanding of the regulations that apply to safety and health in the workplace. With this knowledge, she will be able to assist employers in complying with these requirements and provide counsel surrounding workplace incidents.

Jeffrey J. Denham joined K&L Gates LLP as government affairs counselor in Washington D.C..

Denham, a four-term U.S. Congressman, will join the firm's public policy law practice, bringing significant transportation and infrastructure policy experience as well as agriculture, natural resources and energy knowledge. During his time as a state senator in California, he focused on issues that included education, government waste, agriculture and economic development.

Kalama M. Lui-Kwan joined Troutman Sanders LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Lui-Kwan's practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, financial services, class actions, compliance matters and regulatory investigations. He also is experienced in the defense and prosecution of commercial matters involving contract actions, business torts and post-closing disputes from mergers and acquisitions.

Rose B. Sorensen joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Sorensen has experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorgranizations, commercial finance, private placements, venture capital financing, corporate governance, telecommunications services, joint ventures, licensing and entity structure and formation. She has worked with clients in fields such as technology, healthcare, food processing, manufacturing, retail consumer brand, business services and construction and building materials industries.

Bahaar H. Cadambi was promoted to partner of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in Newport Beach.

Cadambi concentrates her practice in business, insurance and real estate litigation. Businesses, homebuilders, developers and general contractors make up her clientele. She handles complex, multi-party real estate, construction defect and insurance disputes.

Nathan A. Schultz joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Schultz advises investors, creditors, debtors, purchasers, official committees, liquidating trustees and other parties in and out of bankruptcy courts. His practice also covers all aspects of the restructuring process for financially distressed businesses in many industries, such as real estate, hospitality, healthcare, gaming and manufacturing.

Sanjeet K. Dutta joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Redwood City.

Dutta's practice involves advising companies on patent prosecution across a variety of technology areas, such as blockchain, big data analytics, finance, virtualization, cybersecurity and software security. Dutta also has experience advising companies on IP issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions and technology transfers and licensing.

Greg A. Chopskie joined Squire Patton Boggs as partner in San Francisco.

Chopskie focuses on developing legal strategies and tactics in domestic and international IP disputes. He also specializes in creating IP, regulatory, litigation and commercial strategies to address generic competitors. IP portfolio design and due diligence are some of his other focus areas as well as international commercial transactions and competition matters.

Sean R. McTigue was promoted to principal of Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller in San Francisco.

McTigue's practice involves state and federal litigation representing both plantiffs and defendants in areas such as enforcement and data privacy, intellectual property, patents, real estate and white collar, international and internal investigations.

Gary Fishbein as partner in Los Angeles

Fishbein joined Brot & Gross LLP as a name partner. As a result, the firm's name changed to to Brot Gross Fishbein. Fishbein's practice has focused exclusively on family law. He handles matters involving dissolution and paternity actions, child custody cases and representation of high net-worth clients in complex financial matters regarding support and marital assets.

Michelle L. Landry joined Vedder Price PC as shareholder in San Francisco.

Landry focuses her practice on prosecuting and defending complex civil litigation across a variety of industries, such as business partnerships as well as private and publicly traded companies. She has defended companies against class actions related to payday lending and lead generation, wage-and-hour claims, unfair business practices and violations of California's Talent Scam Prevention Act.

Ron L. Zambrano joined West Coast Employment Lawyers as chair of litigation practice in Los Angeles.

Zambrano works almost exclusively with victims of workplace discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, whistle blower retaliation and wage and hour violations.

D. Stuart Bartow joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Bartow represents clients from around the globe in intellectual property matters, with an emphasis on complex patent, trade secret and commercial disputes concerning high technology. His technical background in computer engineering and neuroscience allows Bartow to advise clients on intellectual property portfolio management, PTO practice under the American Invents Act and licensing matters.

Garry J. Bowman joined Antonyan Miranda LLP as special counsel in Chula Vista.

Antonyan Miranda acquired the family law and trust and estates practice of Bowman Law. The founding partner of Bowman Law, Garry J. Bowman will join Antonyan Miranda as special counsel in the trusts and estates division. He will focus on family law, probate and estate planning.

Richard C. Miadich joined The California Fair Political Practices Commission as chair in Sacramento.

Miadich's practice focused on litigation matters involving election and campaign finance law, education law, government and administrative law and constitutional law. He also serves on the board of directors of the Sacramento Law Foundation.

Ann C. Kim joined Hogan Lovells LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kim will focus her work on internal investigations, criminal and civil regulatory matters and complex civil business litigation. Her background in the U.S. Attorney's Office positions her to advise a wide variety of clients, such as public companies, health care organizations, financial institutions and investment funds on various investigations or white collar issues.

Emmett E. Seltzer joined Kahana & Feld LLP as partner in Santa Ana.

Seltzer spent his career defending contractors, developers, manufacturers, product suppliers and design professionals in complex disputes involving construction projects. He has experience with cases that involve high-end custom houses, mixed use developments, commercial and tract homes as well as products liability and personal injury matters.

Dr. Jing Liu joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Diego.

Liu is well-versed in the life sciences, including diagnostics, industrial biotechnology and cancer research. She has interdisciplinary technical capabilities and experience in management of patents and other intellectual property assets. Patent validity and non-infringement opinions, IP due diligence and analysis and licensing are some of the services she provides along with other transactions.

Terry W. Ahearn joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Ahearn represents clients in intellectual property and other complex commercial litigation matters related to high technology. He also advises clients in data protection and cybersecurity. Ahearn has experience in cases before the United State International Trade Commission or the American Arbitration Association.

David T. Van Pelt joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Van Pelt represents clients in labor and employment matters, including wage and hour issues, employment termination, employee leave, accommodation of disabilities and employee relations. He also advises clients regarding employment matters related to mergers and acquisitions and acts as special counsel for employment matters in corporate bankruptcies.

Michael L. Gallion joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gallion’s practice focuses on labor and employment law. He specializes in defending California wage and hour class actions and high-stakes discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases. Gallion also has experience serving clients in a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail, entertainment, advertising, healthcare and real estate.

Vivian C Grigorians joined Polsinelli LLP as principal in Los Angeles.

Grigorians brings extensive experience counseling institutional lenders, real estate funds, opportunity funds and other real estate investors to her new firm. She focuses on a broad range of transactions including mortgage and mezzanine financing, single family home rental financing, purchase and sale transactions, mortgage origination for commercial mortgage-backed securitization programs, real estate workouts and restructurings, joint ventures and leasing.

JR Lanis joined Polsinelli LLP as principal/chair in Los Angeles.

Lanis negotiates and structures high dollar value transactions, including public stock and debt offerings, tender offers, distressed company acquisitions and sales. He works with businesses in the technology, financial services, blockchain, hospitality, life sciences and energy sectors. He joined Polsinelli as the firm’s chair of the West Coast corporate and securities practice.

Jennifer A. Kung Gelini joined Bennett, Samuelsen, Reynolds, Allard, Cowperthwaite & Gelini APC as shareholder/managing partner in Alameda.

Kung Gelini's practice focuses on handling defense of litigation matters such as personal injury, products liability, insurance coverage, premises liability. Defense for municipality construction and landlords are other areas she has worked with.

Dennis M. Childs joined Koning Zollar LLP as partner in Encinitas.

Childs has more than 30 years of experience representing employers and management with an emphasis on civil litigation in federal and state courts involving wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, disability claims, trade secrets and unfair competition, union-management issues, defamation, privacy and class action wage-and-hour claims.