Patrick Haase was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Haase's practice focuses on estate planning, trust and probate law. He is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as well as a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation.

Scott Perlin was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Perlin represents clients in real estate development and real property disputes, as well as business, construction and general civil litigation.

Sarah Shekhter was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Shekhter’s practice primarily focuses on complex business matters. She is a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and has extensive experience representing clients in complex civil and criminal matters in both state and federal courts.

David S. Kupetz joined Locke Lord LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kupetz advises companies in out-of-court restructurings in a variety of industries, including entertainment, real estate, retail and technology. He ‎represents clients on all sides of bankruptcy, crafting reorganization plans on behalf ‎of debtors, representing secured and unsecured creditors and advising buyers ‎looking to purchase assets from bankruptcy estates. He has also facilitated hundreds ‎of assignments for the benefit of creditors and managed municipal debt adjustment ‎negotiations for government entities.

Cara Sandberg joined Conrad Metlitzky Kane LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.

Sandberg's practice focuses on complex civil litigation and internal and government investigations. She has a decade of experience advising policy makers, executives, and judicial officers on litigation strategy, cutting-edge legal issues, and policy recommendations. Sandberg also served as an attorney for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of the California Supreme Court

Arsen Kourinian joined Mayer Brown as partner in Los Angeles.

Kourinian provides practical and operational guidance on how to harmonize data privacy laws and standards into uniform policies, procedures and practices. He regularly helps clients with privacy policies, adtech standards and data flows, cross-border data transfers, data privacy and security due diligence assessments for mergers and acquisitions, vendor contracts, privacy by design and human resources data.

Arnold E. Brown II joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP. as partner in San Francisco.

Brown's practice focuses on corporate governance, commercial transactions, and complex intellectual property agreements for a large range of clients in the technology space. He represents nonprofit technology standards groups, open source software organizations, and startup technology companies in the communications, consumer electronics, semiconductor, computing, blockchain, and software industries.

Nicholas (Nic) Frey joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Frey focuses on executive compensation and benefits, equity plan and award design, M&A and capital markets transaction support, ERISA matters, and general public and private company compensation and benefit matters.

Lauren Wood joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as associate in San Diego.

Wood's practice focuses on employee benefits and compliance, investment and taw law, international finance and tax planning and controversy.

Allyson N Werner joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as associate in San Diego.

Werner represents individual clients and diverse businesses on a wide range of litigation and appellate matters.

Jake D. Sesti joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as associate in San Diego.

Sesti assists clients in a wide range of complex litigation disputes.

Michael W Hervey joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as associate in San Diego.

Hervey represents a wide range of clients, including high-net worth individuals in the areas of estate and gift tax liability, tax planning, trust formation and administration.

Brian R. Michael joined Morrison & Foerster LLP. as partner in Los Angeles.

Michael's global practice also focuses on providing crisis management and compliance counseling, including on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and anti-corruption; cybersecurity and data privacy; FinTech, blockchain technology, and digital currency; trade sanctions; and workplace conduct matters. He leads global risk assessments and helps to design and implement multi-jurisdictional compliance programs.

Lindsay Puckett joined Stoel Rives LLP as of counsel in San Diego.

Puckett represents public and private clients in transactional and litigation matters involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), endangered species and habitat conservation plans, land use entitlements, conservation easements, alternative energy, coastal development, water issues, and Native American tribes. She also helps her clients obtain local, state and federal permits, including those from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Alex Grigorians joined Hanson Bridgett as partner in Los Angeles.

Grigorians provides counsel to local, national, and international real estate clients on commercial real estate matters, including the acquisition, disposition, development, financing, and leasing in all asset classes. Alex's expertise also includes mortgage lending, portfolio financing, as well as receivership and distressed real estate transactions.

Ben Au joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as partner in Santa Monica.

Au's practice includes complex civil litigation, representation of both plaintiffs and defendants, particularly in the areas of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and funder / founder disputes through arbitration and trial. He has also conducted a number of internal investigations on behalf of corporate clients. Ben has extensive experience in SEC enforcement actions, as well as federal criminal matters ranging from fraud to FCPA to export controls.

Timothy (Tim) Reed joined Ogletree Deakins as shareholder in the San Francisco office of Ogletree Deakins.

Reed represents employers both in the courtroom and before administrative agencies with respect to a wide range of employment law claims, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, trade secrets, breach of contract, economic tort, and wage-and-hour matters. He also regularly conducts workplace investigations and provides employers with preventive counsel regarding personnel management and policy issues.

Kevin Benedicto was promoted to associate of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in San Francisco.

Benedicto was just appointed to the San Francisco Police Commission.
Benedicto is a co-leader of the firm's Mobilizing for Equality Law Enforcement Policy Working Group. He is a member of The Bar Association of San Francisco's Criminal Justice Task Force and the San Francisco Superior Court Committee on Elimination of Bias.

Gayland O. Hethcoat II joined ArentFox Schiff LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Hethcoat develops solutions for complying with the complex web of federal and state laws governing the healthcare sector, including in the emerging fields of telemedicine and digital health.

Trinity E. Taylor as associate in San Jose

Taylor represents clients in employment disputes, real property disputes, and business cases. She has litigated cases involving claims of fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, nuisance, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, and a derivative action. As a former deputy district attorney,

Taylor was previously with Fishman Larsen & Callister in Fresno, and served as a Tulare County deputy district attorney.

Alexandre Cornelius as partner in Calabasas

Cornelius is CEO and senior attorney at Cornelius & Kasendorf. He practices in the areas of commercial and business litigation and transactions including, but not limited to, purchase and sale of real estate, construction related disputes (including construction defects, mechanics liens and general contractor / subcontractor disputes), finance, leasing, development, entitlements, company and entity formation and structure, bankruptcy, reorganization and creditor/debtor rights and remedies.

Alexander Kasendorf as partner in Calabasas

Kasendorf's practice focuses on litigation, dispute resolution, advocacy and lobbying. He utilizes a combination of skills and talents to assist his clients in areas such as complex business transactions, commercial property issues, real estate disputes, construction and sports and entertainment matters.

Mark M. Gnesin was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski in Costa Mesa.

Gnesin is a trial lawyer focusing on personal injury, property damage, and construction defect litigation, including all general liability claims. He also advises corporations and insurance companies on liability, insurance coverage, and indemnity matters, drawing on his extensive training and previous experience as an insurance claims representative. Gnesin takes a creative approach to cases and has obtained numerous favorable jury verdicts and settlements for his clients.

Anna Novruzyan was promoted to of counsel of Ropers Majeski in Los Angeles.

Novruzyan is a business and commercial litigator, handling cases from intake through trial, including setting strategy, trial preparation, and assisting with settlement negotiations. She has extensive experience in commercial contracts and professional liability matters in a variety of industries.

Cameron M. Miller was promoted to senior associate of Ropers Majeski in Los Angeles.

Miller counsels clients on all aspects of insurance matters, including those involving allegations of personal injury, wrongful death, insurance defense, and construction defect. He is experienced in trial management, from intake to depositions to motions to trial preparation and settlement negotiation.

Jamie Garelick joined Blank Rome LLP. as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Garelick focuses her practice on commercial real estate and corporate transactions, notably representing property owners, tenants, landlords, investors, and borrowers in connection with leases, acquisitions, and dispositions, as well as the development and financing of commercial, industrial, and retail properties.

Jennifer Lin Liu as managing partner in Menlo Park

Liu represents individuals in litigation and negotiation in all areas of employment law and focuses on employment discrimination, wage and hour violations, and employment contracts and agreements.

Rebecca Beth Peterson-Fisher as partner in Menlo Park

Peterson-Fisher will continue to litigate employment discrimination and wage and hour class and collective actions, and to represent individual employees in all areas of employment law.

Jonathan S. Shenson joined Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP. as partner in Los Angeles.

Shenson's bankruptcy practice includes representation of debtors, secured creditors (including debtor in possession), lenders, committees, acquirers and other parties in chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructures and work-outs, acquisitions, foreclosures, and assignments for the benefit of creditors. His practice also includes commercial and bankruptcy-related litigation including extensive experience in fraudulent transfer and preference actions and litigation in the areas of breach of contract, breach of duty, alter ego, successor liability, and lender liability.

Leila Sayegh was promoted to partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles.

Sayegh represents corporations and private equity funds as borrowers, and banks and other financial institutions as lenders, in a broad range of domestic and international financing transactions, including acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, bridge loans, first and second lien financings, debtor-in-possession financings and asset-based loans. Her work with corporate and private equity clients has included PayPal, Inc., Intel Corporation, Quiksilver, Inc., EMC Corporation, Permira Advisers, Veritas Capital, Oaktree Capital Management, Calera Capital and The Gores Group. Financial institutions she has advised include Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bank of America.

She also serves as a pro bono coordinator in Skadden's Los Angeles office and regularly advises nonprofit clients.

Reece A. Román joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as partner in San Diego.

Román has litigated hundreds of personal injury, property damage, employment, product liability, class action, and business disputes. He has prevailed on numerous demurrers and motions for summary judgement winning pre-trial dismissals in actions for wrongful death, personal injury, sexual abuse, nuisance, trespass, and inverse condemnation.

Michael R Guerrero joined Ballard Spahr LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Guerrero counsels companies in a wide range of industries on matters of consumer protection and financial services, including point-of-sale financing, personal property financing, rent-to-own products, and installment financing.

Peter Stockburger was promoted to office managing partner of Dentons in San Diego.

Stockburger partners with clients around the globe to strategize about how they can leverage data and talent to grow, operate and protect their business. With a focus on data privacy and security, Peter works with clients of all sizes and maturity to build and shore up global privacy and security programs, enhance compliance and stakeholder confidence, navigate workplace disputes, take new products to market, and harness emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.