Duane Michael Montgomery joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Duane Michael Montgomery has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Montgomery focuses his practice on real estate and business transactions. He represents real estate clients in secured financing matters, acquisitions and dispositions, title reviews, foreclosures, loan workouts, commercial leasing, finance lender licensing, joint venture matters, and manufactured housing transactions.

Jeeyoung Kim joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Baker & Hostetler LLP has announced that Jeeyoung Kim has joined the firm as counsel in Los Angeles. Her practice focuses on healthcare-related issues, including federal and state licensing and regulatory compliance, peer review and credentialing, medical staff governance, medical staff bylaws and policies, hospital operations, fraud and abuse, contracting, patient privacy and telemedicine. Kim represents hospitals, medical staffs, managed care organizations, medical groups, and other healthcare entities and providers in these matters.

Steven Edward Swaney joined Schiff Hardin LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Schiff Hardin LLP has announced that Steven Edward Swaney has joined the firm's product liability and mass torts practice as a partner in San Francisco. He represents companies in product liability, class action, and multidistrict matters arising out of product defect, breach of warranty, toxic tort, and consumer fraud claims. As former assistant U.S. attorney, Swaney also advises on commercial and white collar criminal matters.

Jonathan Sterling Gross joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Jonathan Sterling Gross has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Gross' practice focuses on commercial real estate, including entity formation, major office and retail leasing, construction, and design agreements; service, engineering, consulting, and management agreements; brokerage agreements; title insurance; real estate secured lending; purchase and sale of developed and undeveloped property; reciprocal easement agreements and covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs); ground leases; and fine art commission agreements.

Thomas Wright Casparian joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Thomas Wright Casparian has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. His trial and appellate practice focuses on commercial, real estate, environmental and employment litigation. Casparian represents clients in land use and real estate development, providing counsel on entitlement strategies and protecting projects from litigation challenges.

Diane Jebb Hvolka joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Diane Jebb Hvolka has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Hvolka has more than 15 years of experience handling complex real estate transactions, and represents clients in commercial real estate and business transactions. She has negotiated and drafted hundreds of leases, amendments, and option agreements on behalf of office, industrial, and retail landlords and tenants, both large and small, including leases for social media companies and other creative office users, restaurants, and high-end retailers, law firms, and financial institutions, entertainment companies, and fitness facilities.

Jonathan Hawk was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Hawk has been named a partner in our Global Commercial Litigation Practice. Jon is based in Los Angeles, and focuses on providing compliance and regulatory counsel in complex business disputes, including matters involving domestic and international data protection and privacy laws.

Robert Morrison was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.

Robert Morrison has been named a partner in our Global Banking Practice. Based in Los Angeles, he represents agent banks, lead arrangers, investors and private equity funds in domestic and global secured and unsecured syndicated credit facilities, private placements and leveraged acquisition financings.

Julie A. Treppa joined Farella Braun + Martel LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP has announced that Julie A. Treppa has joined the firm's tax group as a partner in San Francisco. Treppa's practice focuses on developing tax planning strategies for corporations, nonprofits, partnerships and joint ventures and assists clients with transaction planning, equity incentive programs, and deferred compensation matters. Treppa counsels investors, businesses and community-based organizations seeking to use tax incentives and tax credits to maximize profits while achieving social, financial and environmental goals, and has experience advising clients on the formation and operation of private equity investment and joint venture capital funds.

Ellen Minda Berkowitz joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has announced that Ellen Minda Berkowitz has joined the firm's land use, land development and real estate practices as a shareholder in Los Angeles. Berkowitz provides strategic, legal advice to, and lobbying on behalf of, clients involved in the development of real property throughout California. She also has a wide-ranging background in governmental advocacy and represents clients in connection with local government contracting issues, compliance with governmental regulations, and political reform for a variety of sectors including airport concessions, billboards, energy, advertising, pipeline franchises, restaurants, health facilities, and sports and entertainment venues.

Donald Cook Nanney joined Cozen O'Connor as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Donald Cook Nanney has joined as of counsel in firm's Los Angeles office. Nanney's practice focuses on environmental law and real estate, including environmental aspects of business and real estate transactions; regulatory compliance counseling; environmental assessments/audits; contractual allocation of environmental risks; environmental insurance; environmental litigation, claims and penalties; hazardous materials emergencies; and sustainability issues.

Ronald Anthony Valenzuela joined Lathrop Gage LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Lathrop Gage LLP has announced that Ronald Anthony Valenzuela has joined the firm's policyholder and insurance coverage practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Valenzuela represents policyholders in disputes with insurers involving a wide range of coverages and has extensive experience in other complex litigation matters including products liability, mass tort, environmental and consumer cases.

Nancy Sher Cohen joined Lathrop Gage LLP as partner-in-charge in Los Angeles.

Lathrop Gage LLP has announced that Nancy Sher Cohen has joined the firm's policyholder and insurance coverage practice as partner-in-charge in Los Angeles. Cohen has been lead counsel in the prosecution of many insurance coverage lawsuits related to life insurance claims and environmental and product liabilities.

Anjna R. Mehta was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Palo Alto.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Anjna R. Mehta has been promoted to partner. Mehta is a corporate partner in the firm's Palo Alto office.

Tyler Guy Welti joined Venable LLP as counsel in San Francisco.

Venable LLP has announced that Tyler G. Welti has joined the firm's environmental practice as counsel in San Francisco. Welti counsels clients on federal and state environmental, natural resource, and land use litigation, including enforcement actions, citizen suits, National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act challenges, and Administrative Procedure Act lawsuits and appeals.

Laura Jean Maechtlen was promoted to chair of labor & employment department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in San Francisco.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has announced that Laura Maechtlen has been named chair of the firm's labor and employment department. Maechtlen has served as vice-chair since January 2016. Maechtlen is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office and focuses her practice on employment litigation, including the defense of class, collective and multi-plaintiff actions.

Bryan T. Ikegami was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Bryan T. Ikegami has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Ikegami concentrates his corporate practice in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate securities and finance and corporate governance. He represents buyers, sellers, private equity funds and their portfolio companies and financial institutions in a variety of corporate transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing transactions, restructurings, recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts.

Michael Alexander Onufer was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Michael A. Onufer has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Onufer's practice focuses on litigation.

James Andrew Rapore was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that James A. Rapore has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Rapore's practice focuses on litigation.

Kristin Elizabeth Rose was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Kristin E. Rose has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Rose's practice focuses on complex civil litigation in federal and state courts. Her experience encompasses federal and state securities claims and other complex commercial litigation matters. She also has experience with various stages of complex litigation, including fact investigation, managing discovery, motion practice, and trial.

Candace Marie Harrison joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. as shareholder in Orange County.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. has announced that Candace Gomez Harrison has joined as a shareholder in the firm's Orange County office. Harrison's clients cover a wide range of industries, such as finance, healthcare, real estate, retail, technology, and others. She has represented her clients in matters involving wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, workplace violence, and more. She also provides on-site trainings and counsels her clients on litigation avoidance and workplace investigations.

Kristen Elaine Kane joined California Department of Tax and Fee Administration as chief counsel in Sacramento.

Governor Jerry Brown has announced that Kristen Elaine Kane has been appointed chief counsel in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration's Office of Tax Appeals. Kane will serve as acting director. Prior to being appointed to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Kane served as deputy director of the California Competes Tax Credit Program at the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.

James W. M. Beach was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that James W. Beach has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Beach's practice focuses primarily on the representation of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their businesses, including structuring and negotiating strategic and leveraged acquisitions of private and public targets, sale transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, equity financings, minority and growth equity investments and restructurings and workouts. He also represents private equity portfolio companies in routine corporate, executive compensation and governance matters.

James Warren Beard was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that James W. Beard has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Beard is an intellectual property partner whose practice focuses on patent litigation. Beard's experience includes representations involving a wide range of technologies, including computer science and signal processing, biotechnology and medical devices, and consumer products. He has represented clients in numerous Federal forums, from district courts and the International Trade Commission, to the Court of International Trade and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.