Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Michael Russell
joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partner and colead of the mergers and acquisitions practice in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Corporate partner Michael Russell has rejoined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to colead the mergers and acquisitions practice. He previously was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP for five years.
"I think it's worth noting I wasn't on the market," said Russell. "I was happy at Goodwin. I had a great experience and I really enjoyed working there."
Russell said he was approached by Robert Ishii, a longtime friend, about the opportunity to return to Wilson Sonsini. Ishii is now colead of the mergers and acquisitions practice alongside Russell.
"I have had that conversation off and on over the last five years with him," Russell added. "But what was a little different this time was that it was a little more concrete. I think that given the demand in the marketplace, both from Wilson's existing clients and externally, they decided that there were a number of areas that they wanted to make meaningful investments in to build out the practices, and mergers and acquisitions was one of them. So the outreach from Rob was not just, 'Hey, do you want to come back?' but, 'Do you want to come back and be part of this effort and initiative to build up the practice and help me do it?'"
Additionally, the ability to practice with attorneys he has known for the majority of his professional career attracted him to the opportunity, he added.
Russell previously was with Wilson Sonsini for 18 years as part of the corporate and securities practice. He joined the firm in 1998 from the San Francisco city attorney's office and became a partner in 2007.
Russell focuses on representing public and private companies and investors in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. His clients include technology and life sciences companies on both the buy and sell side of transactions. Notable companies he has worked with include Micron Technology Inc., Twitter, TiVo, Fitbit Inc., Slack Technologies Inc. and Sumo Logic.
Address
650 Page Mill Rd
Palo Alto, 94304-1050 USA
T:
(650) 493-9300
Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP
Eric B. Shortz
was promoted to partner of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP in Los Angeles, CA.
Shortz specializes in transactional real estate with an emphasis on the representation of borrowers in complex financing.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Suzanne M. Martindale
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as senior deputy commissioner of consumer financial protection at the california department of financial protection and innovation in Oakland.
Martindale was senior policy counsel and Western states legislative manager at Consumer Reports since 2010.
She is based in Oakland.
Edwin F. Lowry
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chair of the occupational safety and health appeals board in Sacramento.
Lowry has been a member of the board since 2011. He was a hearing officer for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and was a state deputy attorney general from 2005 to 2007.
He is based in Sacramento.
Atheria Law
Amanda Graham Brazinski
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Brazinski advises insurers in cyber, privacy, technology and media claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Tammy Chang
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in Los Angeles.
Chang represents insurers in technology, media, intellectual property and privacy claims.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Aishlin Cook
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Cook advises insurers in errors and omissions claims against attorneys, accountants and real estate professionals.
She is based in San Francisco.
EJ Kim
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Kim represents insurers in cyber and privacy claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP
Andréanne Breton
joined Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP as associate in San Francisco.
Breton represents insurance companies in litigated and non-litigated coverage disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
101 Montgomery Street Suite 2300
San Francisco, 94104 USA
T:
(415) 890-5223
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Sean M. Moran
joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Moran specializes in asset finance with a focus on renewable energy, zero carbon and infrastructure assets.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Michael P. Joyce
joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Joyce focuses his practice on energy and infrastructure finance.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Lauren A. Collins
joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Collins focuses her tax practice on project finance with a focus on renewable energy and infrastructure assets
She is based in Los Angeles.
Josh Heideman
joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Heideman specializes in renewable energy asset finance and acquisitions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Trevor Shelton
joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Shelton advises equity investors, lenders, sponsors and project developers in energy and project finance.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 West Fifth Street 26th Floor
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
JAMS
Christopher Keele
joined JAMS as neutral in San Jose.
Keele specializes in business and commercial, health care, real property, environmental and personal injury disputes. He is a former commercial and complex disputes litigator.
He is based in San Jose.
Address
160 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 1600
San Jose, 95113 USA
T:
(408) 346-0736
F:
(408) 295-5267
California Lawyers Association
Terrance J. Evans
was promoted to chair of the litigation section of California Lawyers Association in Los Angeles and San Franciso.
Evans is a trial partner at Duane Morris LLP. He is vice chair of the firm's banking practice for the western United States and co chairs the diversity and inclusion committee.
He is based in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Judicate West
Daniel I. Spector
joined Judicate West as neutral in Sacramento.
Spector has served as a judge pro tem and a pro tem settlement conference judge for the Sacramento County Superior Court since 2000.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
980 9th Street Suite 2200
Sacramento, 95814 USA
T:
(916) 394-8490
F:
(916) 394-8495
King, Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP
Harold Papineau
was promoted to attorney of King, Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP in Los Angeles.
Papineau was formerly a paralegal at the firm. He specializes in entertainment law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Melinda Haag
joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Haag is a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California. She has more than 30 years of experience handling complex white collar and civil rights cases, as well as corporate investigations and complex commercial litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Walter Brown Jr.
joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Brown represents companies and individuals in criminal and regulatory investigations, parallel civil and administrative litigation and proceedings, as well as complex business litigation and crisis management.
He is based in San Francisco.
Randall "Randy" Luskey
joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Luskey is a former prosecutor and specializes in conducting internal investigations and representing clients in white collar criminal cases, fraud and abuse matters, complex class actions and cases brought under the False Claims Act.
He is based in San Francisco.
Jeremy M. Veit
joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Veit focuses on private equity transactions such as leveraged acquisitions of public and private targets, as well as equity and debt financing. He also has experience in securities offerings, fund formation, executive compensation and general corporate matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
VLP Law Group LLP
Elliot G. Freier
joined VLP Law Group LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Freier specializes in taxation of mergers and acquisitions, establishing and growing companies, bankruptcy and workout taxation and tax controversy representation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 Bryant Street Suite 820
Palo Alto, 94301
T:
(424) 344-9770
SulmeyerKupetz APC
Steven F. Werth
was promoted to partner of SulmeyerKupetz APC in Los Angeles.
Werth represents Chapter 11 debtors, creditors and creditors' committees in bankruptcy cases.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Asa S. Hami
was promoted to partner of SulmeyerKupetz APC in Los Angeles.
Hami advises debtors, creditor committees, trustees and other parties in a range of bankruptcy-related matters in industries like real estate, retail, entertainment and health and fitness.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Heidi Walas
joined Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP as partner in Redwood City.
Walas specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies and early stage investors in venture financings, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfers and general business matters.
She is based in Redwood City.
Address
550 Allerton Street
Redwood City, 94063 United States of America
T:
(650) 321-2400
Waymaker LLP (formerly Baker Marquart LLP)
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP
Allyson K Thompson
joined Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Thompson specializes in employment litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
11755 Wilshire Boulevrd
Los Angeles, 90025 US
T:
(301) 775-6511
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP
Adrian Cyhan
joined Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP as partner in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Cyhan is a patent attorney with a focus on identifying, protecting and leveraging intellectual property assets.
He is based in Sherman Oaks.
Address
15260 VENTURA BOULEVARD, 20TH FLOOR
Sherman Oaks, 91403
T:
(818) 444-4500
F:
(818) 444-4500
Nixon Peabody LLP
Rachel L. Conn
was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco.
Conn specializes in labor and employment law. She represents and advises clients on matters related to the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
She is based in San Francisco.
Jade E. Turner-Bond
was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.
Turner-Bond represents clients in the financing and refinancing of infrastructure and capital improvements projects for state and local municipal entities.
She is based in Los Angeles.
DLA Piper LLP
Richard Rahm
joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Rahm advises and represents employers in wage and hour class and collective actions, in addition to other complex litigation matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 Mission St, Ste 2400
San Francisco, 94105-0922 USA
T:
(415) 638-2524
F:
(415) 659-7324
Higgs Fletcher & Mack
Jonathan A. Grissom
joined Higgs Fletcher & Mack as partner in San Diego.
Grissom specializes in nonprofit organizations, business and corporate law and tax.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
401 West A Street, Suite 2600
San Diego, 92101 USA
T:
(619) 236-1551
F:
(619) 696-1410
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Saralyn M. Ang-Olson
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief compliance officer at the california department of health care services in Sacramento.
Ang-Olson is a former senior assistant attorney general, director of the California Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, acting chief of civil prosecutions and supervising deputy attorney general in civil prosecutions.
She is based in Sacramento.
Lisa Niegel
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of rehabilitation in Sacramento.
Niegel has served as acting chief of the department since 2020. She was previously an attorney in the department from 2007 to 2020.
She is based in Sacramento.
Arthur “Ari” Krantz
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california public employment relations board in Berkeley.
Krantz has served on the board since 2018. He is a pro bono attorney for the Centro Legal de La Raza Asylum Project since 2014.
He is based in Berkeley.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Timothy A. Worrall
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Denver and San Francisco.
Worrall is a patent prosecutor and focuses his practice on developing client's patent portfolios.
He is based in Denver and San Francisco.
Address
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 3100
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(303) 861-0600
F:
(303) 861-7805
Paul Hastings LLP
Lucas M Rachuba
joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Rachuba focuses on private equity, credit, hedge funds, venture capital and real estate.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
101 California Street Forty-Eighth Floor
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 856-7060
F:
(415) 856-7160
Reed Smith LLP
Maytak Chin
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.
Chin focuses on complex litigation related to fiduciary duties, unfair competition and business torts.
She is based in San Francisco.
Reed Smith LLP
Ashley B. Jordan
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Jordan focuses on insurance recovery. She advises policyholders in negotiation, litigation or alternative dispute resolution.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Reed Smith LLP
Benjamin R. Fliegel
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Fliegel is a commercial litigator with an emphasis on representing policyholders in large or protracted litigation with insurance companies.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Olson Remcho
Kristen Mah Rogers
was promoted to partner of Olson Remcho in Oakland.
Rogers represents clients in litigation related to election law, education funding, public policy and constitutional issues.
She is based in Oakland.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
William A. Diedrich
was promoted to shareholder of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Riverside.
Diedrich advises school districts, community college districts and public agencies in all aspects of labor and employment law.
He is based in Riverside.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Anthony P. Niccoli
was promoted to shareholder of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Cerritos.
Niccoli represents contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers and owners in construction issues such as licensing, contract drafting and negotiations.
He is based in Cerritos.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Scott K. Holbrook
was promoted to shareholder of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Sacramento.
Holbrook advises school districts, county offices of education and community college districts in labor and personnel matters.
He is based in Sacramento.