Oleg "Alex" Stolyar joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Stolyar has represented plaintiffs and defendants in all phases of complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution proceedings. He focuses on disputes between majority and minority shareholders, limited and general partners, founders and investors, joint venturers, trustees and beneficiaries, and other principals and their fiduciaries.

Stephen Reed Isbell was promoted to partner of Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP in Orange County.

Isbell primarily practices in the areas of banking and real estate litigation, with a focus on breach of contract, commercial loan collections, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, trade secret, unfair competition, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

Joseph Von Meier joined Crosbie Gilner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as senior counsel in San Diego.

Meier focuses his practice on student housing, multifamily, luxury residential and retail.

Eoin Henry Gubbins joined Crosbie Gilner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gubbins focuses his practice on negotiating and documenting complex purchase and sale agreements, leases covering all asset types and advising clients on day-to-day real estate management issues and strategies.

David Abel Alvarado joined Crosbie Gilner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Alvarado focuses his practice on purchase and sale, debt and equity financing, development, construction and leasing transactions. He advises clients regarding day-to-day operational matters and property management issues.

Daniel Adam Rozansky joined Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP as partner in Sherman Oaks & Santa Monica.

Rozansky concentrates his practice on entertainment, privacy, First Amendment and complex business and real estate disputes.

Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum was promoted to partner of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP in Century City.

Kroll-Rosenbaum's practice focuses on complex employment litigation in the federal courts, particularly class actions and Private Attorneys General Act matters.

Shuchee A. Shah joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as associate attorney in Costa Mesa, California.

Corporate and Transactional matters

Joseph Scott Schoeffel joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as senior attorney in Costa Mesa, California.

Healthcare businesses, strategic development and regulation of integrated healthcare delivery systems, state and federal healthcare regulation, licensing and counseling of healthcare service plans, managed care contracting and dispute resolution, antitrust, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, administrative law, and government affairs

Jennifer J. McGrath joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as senior attorney in Century City, California.

Entertainment and business clients, intellectual property litigation, copyright, trademark and breach of implied contract matters.

Erika L. Georgiou Cumbee joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as associate attorney in Century City, California.

Complex Commercial Litigation

Kimberly Maria Talley was promoted to equity partner of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP in Century City.

Talley specializes in management-side labor and employment law. She regularly represents employers in single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, representative and class-action lawsuits, in both state and federal court, including claims for discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour, and other statutory and common law claims arising from the employment relationship.

Bianca Marie Lansdown was promoted to counsel of Baker & McKenzie LLP in San Francisco.

Lansdown advises multinational companies in the design, implementation and ongoing compliance of global executive and employee incentive programs, handling matters related to securities law compliance, tax obligations, data privacy, exchange controls and labor law compliance. She advises companies on U.S. and international tax considerations and related recharge arrangements.

Steven Dwight Di Saia joined Buchalter APC as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Di Saia is a member of the firm's litigation and products liability practice groups. He focuses his practice on the defense of mass and catastrophic injury claims, mass and complex tort litigation, and products liability litigation.

Khoa D. Do joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Do is a member of the firm's corporate practice and mergers & acquisitions group. He has represented leading technology companies in Silicon Valley, and has significant experience advising businesses across a broad range of industries.

Chitra M. Kalyanaraman joined Maynard Cooper & Gale in San Francisco.

Kalyanaraman is a member of the firm's intellectual property practice group. She joins the firm from the D.C. office of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, where she prosecuted patents in the computer, electrical and mechanical arts over a wide range of technical areas.
"Chitra is an extremely personable attorney, she's very easy to talk to," said Sasha G. Rao, chair of the firm's intellectual property practice.
According to Rao, Kalyanaraman is "able to communicate with engineers very easily."
"She has a degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon, which is one of the best schools in the country to study computer science," Rao explained. "For clients in the Bay Area ... she has a very unique skill set in that area."
In a news release, Kalyanaraman said she is looking forward to working with the firm's innovative clients in the Bay Area.

Marcus Orazio Colabianchi was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Francisco.

Colabianchi practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors' rights and real estate law. His bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice includes representing secured and unsecured creditors, financial institutions, business debtors, Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, committees, leasing companies, and receivers in corporate bankruptcy cases and litigation. His real estate practice includes representation of commercial developers, owners, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in all aspects of disputes concerning commercial properties.

Justin Jeremy Fields was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Francisco.

Fields represents individuals and businesses in commercial litigation, with a focus on professional liability, legal malpractice, intellectual property, real estate and construction-related disputes. Fields has represented clients in complex commercial litigation disputes in both state and federal courts.

Wendi Jill Berkowitz joined Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Berkowitz focuses her practice on complex and high-stakes litigation.

Joanna Fuller was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Fuller represents pharmaceutical and high-tech clients in patent litigation nationwide in cases encompassing a wide range of technology.

Graham Christenson Mills was promoted to partner of Newmeyer & Dillon LLP in Walnut Creek.

Mills concentrates in the areas of complex insurance law with an emphasis on insurance recovery, construction litigation, real estate litigation, and business litigation.

Frank H. Busch was promoted to partner of Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP in San Francisco.

Busch's practice focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation. He represents companies, with state and local governments, in disputes including intellectual property, contracts, unfair competition, and trade secret issues in California state court and federal courts across the country.

Robert Kum joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kum focuses his practice on complex litigation matters concerning catastrophic injuries and business disputes in various state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has handled dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation, and has served as a mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Michael Louis Fox joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Fox represents energy companies, chemical and equipment manufacturers, construction companies and public entities in toxic tort, environmental release, general liability and serious personal injury matters.

Michael Portnov was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Portnov focuses his practice on client counseling and preparing and prosecuting patent applications directed to computer-related technologies.

Parisa Farokhi Weiss was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Weiss' practice includes estate planning and probate and trust administration, and representing clients in trust, estate and fiduciary litigation.

Annie Lau was promoted to partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP in San Francisco.

Lau defends employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, with an emphasis in single-plaintiff discrimination and harassment litigation claims. She represents construction firms and manufacturing and retail companies in wage and hour, disability and leave management matters, and layoff claims related to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Lau counsels employers on preventive strategies and compliance matters and assists in developing employee handbooks, policies and procedures.

Joel Michael Athey joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Athey is a member of the firm's litigation practice. He focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement, private securities litigation, internal corporate investigations, banking and regulatory investigations and litigations, consumer protection matters and complex civil litigation.

Stuart Alexander Johnson joined Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP as partner in Manhattan Beach.

Johnson will head the firm's commercial real estate and partnership matters practice group.
Johnson and his team represent family-owned companies and large institutional clients in the acquisition, sale, development, and financing of a variety of real estate assets, including retail centers, office buildings, multifamily developments and industrial space.

Neil A. Warren was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Warren focuses his practice on both federal district court litigation and practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board with client technologies relating to semiconductors, integrated circuits, medical devices, and computer software.

Michael Paul Shepherd was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Shepherd focuses his practice on client counseling and patent prosecution in the areas of software and other computer-related technologies.

Nathan Vern Okelberry was promoted to partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP in Los Angeles.

Okelberry focuses his practice on employment litigation, with an emphasis on defending businesses, from startups to large corporations, against disability access claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act. He defends clients against discrimination, harassment, retaliation and termination claims and wage and hour matters. Okelberry also advises employers concerning wage and hour matters, employee leave management, internal investigations and other day-to-day employment and legal issues.

Rachel Elena Blucher was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in Sacramento.

Blucher advises clients on regulatory compliance, federal and state fraud and abuse laws, licensure, Medicare and Medi-Cal reimbursement and certification, HIPAA compliance, corporate governance, contract drafting and business structuring.

David Alvarado joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as partner in Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) Los Angeles office.

Alvarado has built a successful commercial real estate practice focusing on purchase and sale, debt and equity financing, development, construction and leasing transactions. He has broad-based experience across all asset classes and property types, from retail and residential to office, industrial and raw land. David also advises clients regarding day-to-day operational matters and property management issues.

Eoin Gubbins joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as partner in Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) Los Angeles office.

With a more than 10-year background in representing publicly traded REITs, large developers and smaller property owners on projects throughout the Western United States, Gubbins has negotiated and documented complex purchase and sale agreements and commercial leases and counsels clients on day-to-day real estate management

Joseph von Meier joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as senior counsel in Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) San Diego office.

Representing clients nationwide, von Meier has handled a wide range of high profile, complex deals – with a focus on student housing, multi-family, luxury residential and retail – and is particularly adept at forming joint ventures, corporations and partnerships for the purpose of investing in and developing property.