Jennifer W. Chang joined Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLP (HechtSolberg) as associate in San Diego.

Chang will be involved in all real estate matters with an emphasis on acquisitions, dispositions and leasing transactions.

Yaron Shaham joined Kahana & Feld as partner in Kahana & Feld (Santa Ana).

Shahan is a general litigator with a focus on banking and financial services, and bankruptcy in the mortgage and lending industries.

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

Kroll-Rosenbaum's practice focuses on complex employment litigation in the federal courts, particularly class actions and PAGA matters, she has considerable experience providing clients with strategic advice and representing them in major litigation and board level matters.

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, along with state and local governments, in a broad range of disputes including intellectual property, contracts, unfair competition, and trade secret issues in both California state court and federal courts across the country.

Ryan T. Bricker was promoted to partner of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in San Francisco.

Bricker is a member of the firm's trademark & copyright team. He focuses his practice on litigation involving trademark, copyright, Internet law, and related commercial issues.

Jason Corbitt Wright was promoted to partner of Jones Day in Los Angeles.

Wright is a member of the firm's business & tort litigation practice. His practice focuses on defending companies in consumer class actions - particularly matters involving claims based on unfair competition laws and the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act. In addition, Wright has represented companies in civil and criminal investigations by the government.

Mark Easton Earnest was promoted to partner of Jones Day in Irvine.

Earnest is a member of the firm's labor & employment practice. He focuses on helping his clients implement correct employment policies to avoid litigation. Earnest also defends companies against class actions and individual lawsuits alleging wage/hour and accessibility violations, as well as litigating trade secret and employee mobility issues.

Angela Maechelle Clements was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Clements represents private and public employers in litigation and counseling matters involving all aspects of employment law, including issues such as wrongful termination, wage and hour claims, harassment investigations, management of leaves of absence and reasonable accommodation, and other personnel issues. She also represents public agencies in disciplinary actions and grievances, unfair labor practice charges, and other collective bargaining agreement disputes.

Usama Kahf was promoted to partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP in Irvine.

Kahf is a member of the firm's electronic discovery committee. He represents employers in matters of workplace privacy, data security, unfair competition, and trade secret theft and corporate espionage, both on the plaintiff and defense side. He also defends employers in wage and hour, harassment and discrimination cases. Additionally, Kahf conducts training for clients on effective performance management strategies, prevention of harassment and compliance with state and federal employment laws.

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.

Matthew Chase Wickersham joined Alston & Bird LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Wickersham's practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on environmental litigation and regulatory practice.

Samir J Abdelnour was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Abdelnour advises and represents clients in regulatory environmental enforcement actions, remediation of contaminated properties, land use entitlement and permit proceedings, litigation over water rights and product labeling.

Jeffrey Harlan Reeves joined Umberg Zipser LLP as partner in Irvine.

Umberg Zipser LLP announced Jeffrey Harlan Reeves has joined as partner in Irvine. Reeves is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on litigating complex business disputes in the trial and appellate courts, as well alternative dispute resolution settings. He represents companies from the sports, nutrition, apparel, life sciences, entertainment and other industries in business and tort cases, including handling high-profile endorsement contract disputes, trade secret misappropriation cases, and data breach class actions.

Kirsten Diane Wolff was promoted to partner of Sideman & Bancroft LLP in San Francisco.

Sideman & Bancroft LLP announced Kirsten Diane Wolff has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, estate and gift taxation, charitable gift planning and probate for individual clients. She also representing trustees and other fiduciaries on issues relating to California state income taxation of trusts. Additionally, Wolff assists clients with philanthropic planning and advises on ongoing tax and administration issues.

David Andrew Revelt was promoted to partner of Alston & Bird LLP in Los Angeles.

Alston & Bird LLP announced David Andrew Revelt has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Revelt is a member of the firm's corporate transactions & securities group, representing public and private businesses and commercial clients across several industries in a variety of complex real estate and corporate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, debt and equity financings, leasing, licensing, and joint venture arrangements.

Shareef Swamy Farag was promoted to partner of Baker Hostetler in Los Angeles.

Baker Hostetler announced Shareef Swamy Farag has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Farag, a member of the firm's employment group, represents employers in addressing employment law issues. He focuses his practice on wage and hour class action litigation, discrimination and harassment litigation, and traditional labor arbitration. He has first- and second-chair experience in trial and arbitration.

Paul James Beard II was promoted to partner of Alston & Bird in Los Angeles.

Alston & Bird announced Paul James Beard, II has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Beard is a member of the firm's environment, land use & natural resources group. He represents agricultural interests, developers, and industry associations in permitting and litigation issues arising from the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, California Environmental Quality Act, and California Coastal Act, among other statutes.

Maxwell Vaughn Pritt was promoted to partner of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in Oakland.

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Maxwell Vaughn Pritt has been promoted to partner in Oakland. Pritt represents plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state court in matters including antitrust, unfair competition, class action, contract, securities, civil rights, and other disputes.

Michael Heath was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Los Angeles.

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP announced Michael Heath has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Heath represents emerging growth companies, technology incubators and venture funds with a focus on venture financing, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, token investments and corporate governance matters.

Ashley Lynn Shively was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Reed Smith LLP announced Ashley Lynn Shively has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Shively is a member of the firm's financial industry group. She represents financial institutions and businesses in consumer class and individual actions, including fair lending, privacy, credit reporting, debt collection, false advertising, and unfair business practices.

Caroline Powell Donelan was promoted to partner of Blank Rome LLP in Los Angeles.

Blank Rome LLP announced Caroline Powell Donelan has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Donelan counsels and defends domestic and foreign corporations in all areas of employment law compliance and litigation, including wage and hour class actions, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, trade secret disputes, data protection, and alleged fiduciary breaches.

Eric Richard Bardwell was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Irvine.

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP announced Eric Richard Bardwell has been promoted to partner in Irvine. Bardwell's practice focuses on all aspects of wealth transfer planning, including estate planning and charitable planning. He also provides tax strategies to business owners in the sale of their businesses, and in succession planning.

Mark David Sayre was promoted to equity partner of Foley & Mansfield PLLP in Los Angeles.

Foley & Mansfield PLLP announced Mark David Sayre has been named equity partner. Sayre focuses his practice on product liability and toxic/mass tort litigation.

Margaret Johnson was promoted to partner of Foley & Mansfield PLLP in Los Angeles.

Foley & Mansfield PLLP announced Margaret Johnson has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Johnson focuses her practice on product liability and toxic/mass tort litigation.

Amanda Dorothy Hairston was promoted to partner of Farella Braun & Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Farella Braun & Martel LLP announced Amanda Dorothy Hairston has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Hairston represents corporate policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. Her clients include companies in the technology, healthcare, retail, and financial services industries.