Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Stan Lewandowski
joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Lewandowski advises emerging companies in corporate matters including venture capital and private equity financing, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
2550 Hanover Street , Palo Alto 94304-1115 USA
T:
(650) 233-4500
F:
(650) 233-4545
Dentons
Amit Singh
joined Dentons as partner and co-head of the southern california venture technology group in San Diego.
Singh specializes in venture capital and private equity transactions, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, technology transactions and general corporate law.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
4655 Executive Drive Suite 700 , San Diego 92121 USA
T:
(619) 236-1414
F:
(619) 232-8311
Travis Credit Union

Michael J Levy
was promoted to general council / travis credit union of Travis Credit Union in Vacaville.
Levy will oversee all company litigation, provide guidance on regulatory compliance and bring a legal perspective to the company's strategic vision.
He is based in Vacaville.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP

Katherine C. Bissett
was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles.
Bissett advises lenders and borrowers in real estate finance, including the structure, underwriting and negotiation of clients' loans. Most recently, she has been specializing in asset management work such as assisting clients with loan modifications, assumptions, collateral substitutions, extensions, workouts and enforcement actions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Baker McKenzie
Helena Engfeldt
was promoted to partner of Baker McKenzie in San Francisco.
Engfeldt specializes in international commercial law with an emphasis on assisting and advising technology companies with cross-border transactions, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, as well as advising on global data privacy law compliance.
She is based in San Francisco.
Elizabeth Lieb
was promoted to partner of Baker McKenzie in Palo Alto.
Lieb specializes in international tax planning for multinational corporations, including structuring and implementing international operations.
She is based in Palo Alto.
Kela Shang
was promoted to partner of Baker McKenzie in Palo Alto.
Shang advises clients on implementation and compliance of equity compensation plans and issues such as securities law, local and cross-border taxes, data privacy, exchange control and labor law.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Details
(www.bakermckenzie.com)
Miller Barondess, LLP

Casey B. Sypek
was promoted to partner of Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles.
Sypek is a trial attorney and focuses on employment, contract, fraud, copyright, trademark, entertainment and false advertising disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Kabateck LLP

Shant A. Karnikian
was promoted to partner of Kabateck LLP in Los Angeles.
Karnikian specializes in insurance bad faith and catastrophic personal injury. Since joining the firm in 2013, he has been involved in obtaining over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PC
Christine E. Boisclair
was promoted to shareholder of Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin PC in San Diego.
Boisclair represents companies in premises liability and product liability litigation.
She is based in San Diego.
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
Address
1331 Garden Highway , Sacramento 95833
T:
(916) 321-4500
F:
(916) 321-4555
Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP
Rupa Patel
was promoted to partner of Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP in Walnut Creek.
Patel specializes in complex litigation with an emphasis on construction claims and products liability plus business and corporate disputes.
She is based in Walnut Creek.
Rossi Hamerslough Reischl & Chuck
Missy Cornejo
was promoted to shareholder of Rossi Hamerslough Reischl & Chuck in San Jose.
Cornejo represents business entities, commercial developers, real estate buyers and sellers, real estate brokers and agents, as well as commercial landlords and tenants in all aspects of litigation.
She is based in San Jose.
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Kyle T. Overs
was promoted to partner of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP in San Diego.
Overs represents individuals and companies in complex business and trust litigation matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Irell & Manella LLP

Michael Harbour
was promoted to partner of Irell & Manella LLP in Los Angeles.
Harbour specializes in complex civil litigation such as class actions, as well as litigation related to media and entertainment, intellectual property and securities.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth Tuan
was promoted to partner of Irell & Manella LLP in Los Angeles.
Tuan focuses on patent litigation in a range of industries including biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Farnaz M. Alemi
joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Alemi provides strategic and consulting services to clients on issues related to intellectual property, brand strategy and protection and risk management.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 , Los Angelea 90067 USA
T:
(310) 312-4267
F:
(310) 312-4224
Jackson Lewis PC
Nicky Jatana
was promoted to office managing principal of Jackson Lewis PC in Los Angeles.
Jatana represents clients in employment litigation and counsels employers on daily workplace issues.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Gaines & Stacey LLP
Kimberly A. Rible
was promoted to partner of Gaines & Stacey LLP in Encino.
Rible specializes in land use, planning, zoning and environmental matters including administrative approvals and land use entitlements.
She is based in Encino.
Alicia B. Bartley
was promoted to partner of Gaines & Stacey LLP in Encino.
Bartley focuses on litigation related to property transactions, boundary disputes, project development and the California Environmental Quality Act.
She is based in Encino.
Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP
Corinna Arbiter
was promoted to senior attorney of Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP in San Diego.
Arbiter represents developers, general contractors, architects, and subcontractors in complex construction defect matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Daniel J. Brast
was promoted to senior attorney of Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP in San Diego.
Brast represents real estate developers and general contractors in complex construction related disputes, in addition to advising in general business transactional matters.
He is based in San Diego.
USC Gould School of Law
Jeffrey M. Dennis
joined USC Gould School of Law as lecturer in Newport Beach.
Dennis is a partner and head of the privacy and data security practice at Newmeyer & Dillion LLP.
He is based in Newport Beach.
Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP
Kari J. Brown
was promoted to partner of Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP in Santa Rosa.
Brown focuses on employment and general civil litigation.
She is based in Santa Rosa.
Withersworldwide
Helen S. Cheng
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Cheng is a trusts and estates attorney with a focus on exempt organizations and international tax planning.
She is based in San Diego.
Matthew R. Owens
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Owens specializes in trust, estate and inheritance disputes.
He is based in San Diego.
Catherine M. Swafford
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Swafford specializes in trust, estate, conservatorship, elder abuse and fiduciary litigation.
She is based in San Diego.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Lisa Halko
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel of the department of conservation in Davis.
Halko has been chief counsel since 2017. She is a former administrative law judge at the California Department of Social Services.
She is based in Davis.
Sahana Ayer
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of technology in Sacramento.
Ayer was formerly acting chief counsel. She has been with the department since 2014.
She is based in Sacramento.
Amy Cordalis
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in McKinleyville.
Cordalis has been general counsel for the Yurok Tribe since 2016.
She is based in McKinleyville.
Fern Steiner
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in San Diego.
Steiner has been a shareholder with Smith, Steiner, Vanderpool APC since 1987. She is a member of the San Diego County Water Authority's board of directors.
She is based in San Diego.
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Chandra S. Andrade
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Andrade defends and advises employers in workplace disputes including class actions and Private Attorney General Act litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Winston Liaw
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Liaw represents technology companies in patent infringement litigation and intellectual property matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Kelly M. Matayoshi
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Matayoshi specializes in litigation on products liability claims, subrogation defense, contract and other disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Janice W. Reicher
Reicher is co-chair of the white collar defense and internal corporate investigations group and also specializes in complex business litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Brent Saldaña
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Saldaña focuses on real estate transactions including acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, financing, management and ownership transactions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Dechert LLP

Jennifer S. Swan
joined Dechert LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Swan joined Dechert LLP's Silicon Valley office as part of a national intellectual property duo from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, where she practiced for two decades. Dechert announced the addition of Swan and Howard W. Levine, who is based in Washington D.C. on Jan. 11.
"I had made very strong connections [at Finnegan ] and I'm extremely grateful for those, but I thought that the global platform at Dechert and the opportunity to work across different practice groups with lawyers who are at the top of their field was just too good of an opportunity to pass up," said Swan.
Swan specializes in intellectual property counseling and litigation focused on enforcement and defense of patent rights, as well as Hatch Waxman litigation. Her clients have ranged from large companies to life sciences startups, including in the chemical, medical device, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
"It's a unique practice in that I can use my litigation experience to help guide companies with their intellectual property development and make it stronger as they go through the phases of development of their companies," Swan said.
As a former law clerk to Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Ronald Whyte of the Northern District of California, her litigation practice also includes appellate work.
Swan's and Levine's litigation work together began when she was based in Finnegan's Washington D.C. office and continued after Swan relocated to the Bay Area.
"We just have a really strong working relationship. I think actually being on two different coasts now we have found to be an advantage because we can take advantage of the time difference," she said. "We have really long working days now because I have three extra hours to work."
At Dechert, Swan looks forward to contributing her intellectual property experience to the firms, as well as working in collaboration with the firm's practice groups to help clients with their intellectual property needs as they develop their products.
Swan is a member of The American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Address
3000 El Camino Real, Five Palo Alto Square, Suite 650 , Palo Alto 94306-2112 USA
T:
(650) 813-4816
F:
(650) 813-4848
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Patrick Shannon
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder and co-leader of the government law and policy practice in Sacramento.
Shannon specializes in government relations and administrative law before the Legislature and state regulatory and enforcement agencies.
He is based in Sacramento.
Alice Kessler
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder and co-leader of the government law and policy practice in Sacramento.
Kessler most recently was involved in advocacy before the Legislature, where she specialized in the interests of technology firms, automakers, trade associations and government entities.
She is based in Sacramento.
Address
1201 K Street Suite 1100 , Sacramento 95814 United States
T:
(916) 442-1111
Norton Rose Fulbright

Mary Kimura
was promoted to partner of Norton Rose Fulbright in San Francisco.
Kimura is a public finance lawyer. She represents clients as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel and borrower's counsel in tax exempt and taxable financing throughout the country.
She is based in San Francisco.
Weintraub Tobin
Jessica Rankin Corpuz
was promoted to shareholder of Weintraub Tobin in Los Angeles.
Corpuz focuses on complex commercial disputes with an emphasis on entertainment and intellectual property litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Edwards Judelson Jaelyn
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Judelson advises clients in international trade regulatory compliance with an emphasis on U.S. export controls and economic sanctions in the software and technology sector.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Yoka & Smith LLP

Lauren A.R. Lofton
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Lofton defends clients in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and products liability litigation, as well as business tort matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Miller Starr Regalia

Samantha Chen
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Chen is a litigator and advises public agency clients on land use, planning and zoning matters including the California Environmental Quality Act, as well as building and municipal code enforcement, ADA compliance, public works projects and government transparency laws.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PC
James Baca
was promoted to managing partner of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PC in Cerritos.
Baca was the firm's chief operating officer. He represents public and private sector employers in labor relations and negotiations, and represents school districts.
He is based in Cerritos.