Ka-On Li was promoted to partner of Jones Day in Silicon Valley.

Li is a member of the firm's intellectual property/technology transactions practice. She focuses her practice on commercial transactions for clients active in the technology, medical, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, education, media and entertainment fields. Li advises both customers and service providers in strategic front-end and back-end technology contracting.

Debra Beth Vernon joined VLP Law Group LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Vernon is a member of the firm's corporate practice. She specializes in startup formation and capitalization, financings, corporate venture, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and corporate governance.

David Enrique Amaya was promoted to partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP in San Diego.

Amaya represents clients in a range of industries, including healthcare, retail and education. His practice is focused on advising employers in both union and non-union settings and defending them in matters including discrimination litigation and wage and hour class actions. Amaya also works with companies to develop creative and business-oriented solutions that resolve workplace issues.

Sarah G. Conway was promoted to partner of Jones Day in Los Angeles.

Conway is a member of the firm's business & tort litigation practice. She represents corporations, businesses, and individuals in commercial litigation matters involving product liability, contracts, fraud, consumer class actions, deceptive trade practices, health care, securities and financial products, and business torts. Conway has defended clients in bench and jury trials as well as in arbitrations.

Benedict O. Kwon joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in Orange County.

Kwon is a member of the firm's corporate practice group, focusing on fund formation and taxation.

Benedict Kwon joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter @ Hampton as partner in Orange County.

Kwon's practice focuses on private equity fund and hedge fund formation and structuring, as well as domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

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.

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.

Colin P. Calvert was promoted to partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP in Irvine.

Calvert's practice covers all areas of labor and employment law, with a focus on claims of discrimination and harassment under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, as well as class action wage and hour lawsuits. In addition to his litigation practice, he provides counseling to clients on various issues, including labor relations and workplace safety issues.

Shannon Marie Nessier was promoted to partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Nessier focuses her practice on the defense of product manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and premise owners in personal injury and defective product/premise litigation, and toxic tort matters. She also provides advice and litigation defense on matters involving product and food labeling claims, Organic labeling issues under COPA, and Proposition 65 claims.

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.

Timothy Quinn Evans was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in Los Angeles.

Holland & Knight LLP announced Timothy Quinn Evans has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Evans is a member of the firm's government section. He practices in the area of Native American law in several capacities, including tribal governmental, transactional and litigation work. Evans also frequently interacts with the federal regulatory agencies involved in tribal client matters.

Christine S. Yun Sauer was promoted to principal of Robins Kaplan LLP in Silicon Valley.

Robins Kaplan LLP announced Christine Yun Sauer has been promoted to principal in Silicon Valley. Sauer is a legal technology strategist who practices as an intellectual property trial lawyer and legal technology consultant. She represents technology companies in multimillion-dollar litigation, with particular experience working with semiconductor fabrication/packaging and life science entities, including medical device, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical companies.

Caroline Hoadley Mankey joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kanika Dziko Corley joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Brian Adair Sutherland was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Reed Smith LLP announced Brian Adair Sutherland has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Sutherland, an attorney in the firm's appellate group, briefs and argues appeals and class action matters in federal and state courts.

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.

Logan Mitchell Elliott was promoted to counsel of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.

Venable LLP announced Logan Mitchell Elliott has been promoted to counsel in Los Angeles. Elliott is a trial and appellate litigator who has represented companies and individuals in a variety of business litigation matters.

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.

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.