Michael E. Rosenberg joined Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP as a counsel in Los Angeles. The move was April 28, 2026.

Rosenberg represents companies and individuals in complex civil litigation, government investigations, internal investigations, and high-stakes commercial disputes in both state and federal court. He has defended clients against securities enforcement actions, class action lawsuits, and trade secret claims, and has guided companies through investigations by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission. Rosenberg's practice spans a diverse range of industries--including construction, shipping, pharmaceutical, insurance, health care services, technology, cryptocurrency, electric vehicle, and financial services--advising clients through every stage of litigation, from pre-suit counseling and early case assessment through trial and appeal.

Benjamin Marsh joined Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP as a counsel in Los Angeles.

Marsh is a seasoned litigator who represents clients in complex media, entertainment, employment, real estate, and business disputes. With nearly two decades of experience, he has developed a reputation for achieving favorable outcomes through strategic thinking and meticulous preparation. Marsh handles all phases of litigation--from case development and discovery through trial and arbitration--and has co-chaired bench trials and arbitrations resulting in multimillion-dollar judgments and settlements. He is equally adept at resolving disputes outside the courtroom, having negotiated numerous favorable settlements and provided pre-litigation counseling that helps clients avoid costly litigation altogether. His work spans First Amendment and defamation matters, intellectual property disputes, insurance coverage litigation, and complex commercial contracts.

Rowley J. Rice joined Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP as a counsel in Los Angeles.

Rowley J. Rice is a litigator at Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP, where he represents clients in complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes in state and federal court. His practice focuses on matters in the media, entertainment, and technology industries. Rowley has substantial experience litigating cases through all stages of litigation, including dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeal. He has achieved significant summary judgment and trial victories, including a $62.4 million statutory damages awards in a copyright infringement case and a preliminary injunction for which he received the Daily Journal’s California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) Award.

Alina Litoshyk Adams joined Sheppard as a partner in San Diego.

Adams leads technology transactions across the life sciences, biotechnology, materials science, and complex service delivery industries. Her work spans patent and trade secret licensing, research and development collaborations, clinical trial agreements, sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements, and supply, distribution, and manufacturing arrangements across the full product lifecycle, from early-stage research and development through commercialization. She also advises on IP licensing in adjacent technology sectors, including digital healthcare, AI-optimized semiconductor technology, food and beverage, and agriculture. In addition, Adams counsels clients on the IP aspects of mergers & acquisitions and strategic investments, drawing on her experience with advanced therapeutics, diagnostics, and immune-enhancing technologies.

Paul Deeringer joined Hooper, Lundy & Bookman as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 13, 2026.

Deeringer advises health care providers on complex business, regulatory and strategic matters. A former associate at the firm, he returns to Hooper, Lundy & Bookman after serving since 2012 at John Muir Health, where he was associate general counsel before becoming senior vice president and chief strategy officer. His experience includes legal, executive and business leadership across acute care hospitals and physician organizations, and he will work across the firm's practice groups while helping expand its health care practice through his industry relationships.

G. Andrew Lundberg has launched LundbergADR in Los Angeles.

G. Andrew "Andy" Lundberg has left Burford Capital to focus full time on his commercial arbitration practice at LundbergADR. He spent 35 years at Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles, where he chaired the office's Litigation Department and the firm's global Insurance Recovery practice while maintaining a nationwide trial and appellate practice. Most recently, Lundberg served for eight years on the investment committee of Burford Capital, a legal finance firm, where he frequently wrote and spoke on litigation funding and related issues. Based in Rancho Santa Fe, he now serves as an American Arbitration Association arbitrator and Master Mediator, with a practice focused on complex insurance coverage, contract and tort-related disputes.

Christopher Raidy joined BakerHostetler as a partner in Los Angeles.

Raidy regularly represents sponsors, borrowers, issuers, public and private companies and investment funds in sophisticated financing matters and has advised on transactions with an aggregate value exceeding $30 billion. His experience includes financing matters related to multibillion-dollar acquisitions, investments, debt restructurings, Chapter 11 reorganizations and strategic growth transactions across a broad range of industries.

Darren J Chetcuti joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as an associate in San Francisco. The move was July 15, 2026.

Prior to joining the firm, Chetcuti worked as an associate attorney at an insurance defense firm representing companies and individuals in landlord-tenant and personal injury matters.

Daniel Stephen Rothberg joined Mayer Brown as a partner in Los Angeles.

Rothberg leverages institutional discipline and commercial practicality to assist clients in real estate transactions, translating commercial priorities into practical deal strategies and execution. He represents a diverse client base, including institutional and non-institutional investors, and guides them through the full spectrum of real estate and real estate finance matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, development, mortgage and mezzanine financing (on behalf of lenders and borrowers), preferred equity arrangements, workouts, restructuring transactions, joint venture formations, asset management, and leasing matters. He advises on transactions across all major asset classes nationwide.

Anne B. Easton joined Entertainment Law Partners as a senior counsel in Los Angeles. The move was Feb. 1, 2026.

Easton represents filmmakers, production companies and creative entrepreneurs in transactional entertainment matters involving film, television and digital media. Her practice includes advising clients throughout the production process on chain of title, talent and producer agreements, guild compliance, financing structures and distribution for both independent and studio-backed projects. She also handles matters involving literary publishing, new media, intellectual property, media financing and music.

Before joining Entertainment Law Partners, Easton practiced at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and completed secondments with TelevisaUnivision and Amazon Studios. At Amazon, she worked on the Amazon-MGM merger and provided legal support on film and television productions including "Play Dirty," "Don't Make Me Go," "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," "The Summer I Turned Pretty" and "The Power". She also continues to maintain her boutique practice, Blakemore Law.

Michelle Wasserman joined Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight as a partner in San Diego. The move was July 8, 2026.

Wasserman represents employees, executives and whistleblowers in complex employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, executive employment, ERISA and False Claims Act matters. She also handles whistleblower retaliation claims and other complex civil litigation. Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, she served as executive counsel for global investigations at GE Vernova, advising on internal investigations, ethics, compliance and regulatory matters. Previously, she spent nearly 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of California, where she prosecuted white collar matters involving procurement fraud, public corruption, health care fraud, financial crimes and False Claims Act cases, trying 15 cases to verdict and handling appeals before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier in her career, she practiced commercial litigation at Cooley LLP, representing clients in false advertising, unfair competition, intellectual property and securities disputes.

Jeffrey M. Weiner joined Foundation Law Group as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was July 10, 2026.

Weiner represents public and private companies, investors, entrepreneurs and executives in business and corporate matters. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions, securities offerings, corporate governance, technology outsourcing, intellectual property licensing, and general business and securities law. He serves as primary outside counsel to numerous companies, advising on strategic transactions and day-to-day corporate matters. His M&A experience includes representing buyers, sellers and investors in transactions valued at up to approximately $1 billion, and he advises clients ranging from emerging growth companies to established enterprises across multiple industries.

Harrison Brown joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was July 6, 2026.

Brown represents companies and executives in complex litigation, class actions and mass arbitrations involving consumer protection, privacy, advertising, telemarketing and unfair competition. His practice focuses on claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, state telemarketing laws, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other privacy statutes, as well as disputes involving false advertising, product labeling, pricing, email marketing, automatic renewal programs and website accessibility. Brown also advises clients on compliance strategies to reduce consumer litigation risk and handles business disputes involving fraud, breach of contract and partnership issues. He has represented clients in state and federal courts nationwide, including U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and California Courts of Appeal.

Erica Graves joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was July 6, 2026.

Graves defends companies in consumer fraud class actions, false advertising, commercial litigation and regulatory enforcement matters across industries including food and beverage, cosmetics, supplements, fashion, chemicals and renewable energy. Her practice includes disputes involving product labeling, marketing and environmental claims, country-of-origin representations, pricing, Lanham Act claims, contract disputes, patent litigation and Proposition 65. Graves also advises clients on product launches, advertising compliance, endorsements and environmental requirements, including FDA, FTC, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Proposition 65 and Extended Producer Responsibility laws, with a focus on reducing litigation and regulatory risk. She also maintains a pro bono practice involving intellectual property, civil rights, pardons and housing matters.

Allyson Deraps joined Farella Braun + Martel LLP as a counsel in San Francisco. The move was July 8, 2026.

Deraps advises public charities and other nonprofit organizations on legal issues including formation, tax-exempt status, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, contracts, employment matters and intellectual property. She previously served as in-house counsel for the Burning Man Project from 2014 to 2022 and later founded her own firm, where she provided outside general counsel services to nonprofit organizations and social enterprises.

Leahana Grimley joined Dechert LLP as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 7, 2026.

Grimley is a corporate partner whose practice focuses on private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions in the United States and Asia-Pacific. She advises private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, leveraged buyouts, strategic acquisitions, incentive equity arrangements and other corporate matters throughout the investment lifecycle. Her experience also includes advising on complex restructuring matters, including a Chapter 11 bankruptcy involving a major satellite operator. Before joining Dechert LLP, Grimley practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sydney and Ho Chi Minh City, representing clients in cross-border transactions, fund formation, and portfolio acquisitions and divestitures.

Sunita Bali joined Arnold & Porter as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 7, 2026.

A seasoned commercial litigator, Sunita represents technology, retail, and other clients in complex privacy, consumer class-action, and other commercial litigation disputes. She advises clients on compliance with privacy and consumer protection laws, particularly those that regulate the collection and use of biometric and other sensitive data. Sunita regularly defends large, high-stakes privacy and consumer class-action cases brought under the federal Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and California's consumer protection laws. She also has well over a decade of experience litigating and advising clients on content moderation issues and has represented some of the world's largest companies in high-profile cases implicating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.

Her arrival builds on the firm's ongoing West Coast strategic growth and follows several other additions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle this year.

Joshua M. Masur joined Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Masur represents technology companies in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing disputes and related business claims. He has more than 25 years of experience handling cases in federal and state courts, before the International Trade Commission, and in arbitration and mediation. His practice spans technologies including computer networking, online services, streaming video, encryption, biometric authentication, mobile devices, cannabis, automotive emissions controls and digital media.

Carolyn Enciso Sieve joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Costa Mesa. The move was July 6, 2026.

Sieve is an experienced employment litigator who represents employers in state and federal court litigation, arbitrations, mediations, and administrative proceedings. She handles matters involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour issues, the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and unfair competition and trade secrets. Sieve manages lawsuits involving individual plaintiffs as well as class and representative actions from risk assessment through trial.

In addition to her litigation work, Sieve advises on general workplace issues, conducts workplace investigations, and reviews employment policies. She counsels employers across various industries, including retail, logistics, transportation, security, healthcare, entertainment, technology, construction, financial services, manufacturing, restaurants, and hospitality.

Sieve earned her J.D. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Arizona. She is a founding member of the Filipino-American Lawyers of Orange County (FLOC), where she serves on the board of governors and as treasurer.

Tom Krzeminski joined Michelman & Robinson LLP as a partner in Irvine. The move was July 6, 2026.

Krzeminski has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in commercial, patent and trade secret litigation. His practice focuses on intellectual property and business disputes across the pharmaceutical, software, manufacturing, automotive, semiconductor and consumer products industries. He has substantial experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation, representing generic and branded pharmaceutical companies, and also advises clients on FDA regulatory matters involving NDA, ANDA and 505(b)(2) approvals. In addition, he has handled Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Bonny E. Sweeney joined Hausfeld LLP as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 6, 2026.

Sweeney represents clients in complex antitrust and competition litigation, with more than 30 years of experience handling price-fixing, monopolization, Robinson-Patman Act and tying claims, as well as related consumer protection and commercial disputes. She previously served as senior trial/litigation counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, where she advised attorneys on trial practice and antitrust law and participated in enforcement actions, including the government's monopolization case against Live Nation/Ticketmaster and its successful challenge to the American Airlines-JetBlue Northeast Alliance. She has also served as lead and co-lead counsel in private antitrust class actions.

Ronald F. Frazier joined Judicate West as a neutral in San Diego. The move was July 1, 2026.

Judge Frazier has four decades of legal experience handling product liability, personal injury, employment, medical malpractice, real estate, business and commercial, and probate disputes. Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court in 2009, he spent 17 years presiding over civil, probate and juvenile dependency matters, including service in the Independent Calendar Civil Court. Before joining the bench, he practiced civil litigation for more than 26 years representing both plaintiffs and defendants, and also served as a mediator. He now serves as a mediator, arbitrator and private judge.

Steven W. Moore joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Moore is an experienced labor and employment litigator with a national practice representing domestic and international employers across a wide range of industries, including health care, technology, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality. He focuses his practice on defending employers in complex employment litigation, including wage and hour class and collective actions, discrimination and retaliation lawsuits, and large-scale government investigations.

Tricia Legittino joined Eisner LLP as a partner in Beverly Hills.

Legittino is a trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience in federal and state courts. Before entering private practice, she served as an assistant Illinois attorney general, trying jury and bench cases and later becoming the youngest deputy bureau chief of the Sexually Violent Persons Bureau. Her practice focuses on employment, commercial, securities and entertainment litigation, as well as employment counseling.

Nicholas Medellin joined Eisner LLP as an associate in Beverly Hills.

Medellin represents clients in entertainment, employment and intellectual property disputes. He also has experience in the business and legal affairs departments of a major entertainment studio and in television production, providing insight into the legal and business issues facing media and entertainment clients.

Kaitlin Kines joined Venable LLP as a partner in Irvine. The move was June 22, 2026.

Kines advises private equity sponsors, growth equity investors, financial institutions, family offices, and emerging and late-stage companies on corporate transactions. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, growth equity investments, strategic partnerships, buyouts, financings, joint ventures, and other complex transactions. She also serves as outside corporate counsel to portfolio companies and management teams across a range of industries, including technology, health and wellness, beauty, sports, entertainment, and hospitality.

Ben Riley joined JAMS as a neutral in San Francisco. The move was June 30, 2026.

Riley has more than 40 years of trial and alternative dispute resolution experience, with a practice focused on intellectual property, complex business litigation, class actions, and trust and estate disputes. He has handled cases involving copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets, technology licensing, securities, financial fraud, venture capital, unfair advertising, and real property disputes. Riley has tried more than 30 cases to verdict, spent approximately 18 months in trial, and litigated matters valued at more than $500 million, including numerous high-stakes arbitrations. As a neutral, he serves as an arbitrator, mediator, neutral evaluator, and special master/referee in intellectual property, commercial, class action, and probate-related matters.