Daniel F. Freedman was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.

Freedman advises clients in real estate development, zoning, land use entitlements and compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Ryan D. Nowicki was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.

Nowicki specializes in domestic and international tax planning and controversies, business structuring and complex transactions, as well as nonprofit tax-exempt organization law.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Andrew K. Steenbock was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.

Steenbock focuses on wealth transfer planning, including estate, gift tax and charitable planning, probate and trust administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Stuart K. Tubis was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in San Francisco.

Tubis focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on claims related to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
He is based in San Francisco.

Nicholas V. Janizeh was promoted to counsel of Tucker Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Janizeh focuses on product liability defense in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Kristina D. Lawson was promoted to managing partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

promotes Kristina D. Lawson to managing partner
Lawson specializes in complex entitlement, land use, environmental and municipal matters.
She is based in San Francisco.

Michael J. Gorback was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Gorback advises clients in corporate formation, debt and equity financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, technology transactions, employment counseling, public securities offerings, SEC reporting and corporate governance.
He is based in San Francisco.

Constance Liu was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Liu advises clients in tax strategies and international estate planning, including issues related to investments in the U.S. and tax reporting requirements for foreign trusts.
She is based in San Francisco.

Sandra L. Rappaport was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Rappaport specializes in employer- side labor and employment law.
She is based in San Francisco.

Mohammad Walizadeh was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Walizadeh focuses on commercial litigation related to real estate such as lease and contract actions, partition actions, debt collection cases, partnership disputes and bankruptcy matters.
He is based in San Francisco.

Christopher A. Rheinheimer was promoted to partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Rheinheimer focuses on complex trials and litigation with an emphasis on environmental, energy, land use
and real estate-related matters.
He is based in San Francisco.

Ann Mary Olson was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Olson represents clients in the health and long-term care services industries in civil and regulatory litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.

Nicole S. Witt was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Witt advises clients on government and public agency law.
She is based in San Francisco.

Elisha J. Yang was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.

Yang is a transactional lawyer with a focus on commercial, real estate and land use matters.
She is based in San Francisco.

Kevin M. O'Malley was promoted to partner of Blank Rome LLP in Los Angeles.

O'Malley specializes in financial services and secured lending in the manufacturing, health care and technology industries.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Arash Beral joined Blank Rome LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Beral represents clients in complex and high-stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

John K. Stewart joined JAMS as neutral in San Francisco.

Stewart was appointed to the bench in 2000 and served for 20 years, presiding over civil, criminal, juvenile and probate calendars. He was presiding judge in 2015.
He is based in San Francisco.

Nicholas D. Brauns was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.

Brauns specializes in complex business and transportation litigation.
He is based in San Diego.

Scott J. Ingold was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.

Ingold specializes in estate and trust litigation.
He is based in San Diego.

Rachel R. James was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.

James is a family law attorney that specializes on high-asset, high-conflict divorce matters.
She is based in San Diego.

Nicole M. Martinez was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.

Martinez specializes in family law with an emphasis on high-asset, high-conflict divorce matters.
She is based in San Diego.

Eric D. Tetrault was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.

Tetrault advises clients in planning and structuring of tax, corporate and real estate transaction matters.
He is based in San Diego.

Steven N. Feldman joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Feldman represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including complex commercial disputes, intellectual property matters and class actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Eric Compere joined Littler Mendelson PC as counsel in Los Angeles.

Compere counsels employers in workplace safety standards, compliance regulations and emerging issues.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Helen B. Kim joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kim focuses on securities litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Sarah Hibbard joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as associate in San Diego.

Hibbard is a corporate and securities attorney and joins the firm's life sciences and medical technology industry group.

Idan Netser joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Netser advises emerging and international companies on transactional matters including cross-border transactions, funding and investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, international tax, tax planning, tax controversy and transfer pricing.
He is based in Palo Alto.

Andrew Harper joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Harper advises clients on complex business and financing issues with an emphasis on emerging and high growth companies. He has experience in equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.
He is based in Palo Alto.

Analea Patterson joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as legal affairs secretary in Sacramento.

Patterson has been chief deputy legal affairs secretary in the governor's office since 2019.
She is based in Sacramento.

Diana Becton joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california victim compensation board in El Sobrante.

Becton is a former superior court judge who has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017.
She is based in El Sobrante.

Cinthia N. Flores joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california agricultural labor relations board in Los Angeles.

Flores was appointed to the board in 2020. She is a former staff attorney at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Coby King joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board for professional engineers, land surveyors and geologists in Los Angeles.

King has been on the board since 2013. He is president and CEO of High Point Strategies.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Erin M. Choi joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california exposition and state fair board of directors in Sacramento.

Choi was appointed to the board in 2020 and is the corporate counsel at Sutter Health.
She is based in Sacramento.

Rex Hime joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of california exposition and state fair board of directors in Loomis.

Hime has been a member of the board since 1996 and is the president and chief executive officer of the California Business Properties Association. He has been president and CEO since 1984.
He is based in Loomis.

Raymond Kim was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in Los Angeles.

Kim is a commercial litigator with a focus on consumer class action defense.
He is based in Los Angeles.

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.

Mark E. Powell joined Holland & Knight LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Powell specializes in estate and gift tax planning, family governance and succession planning and trust and probate administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.

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.

Bao M. Vu was promoted to partner of Stoel Rives LLP in San Francisco.

Vu specializes in consumer products law and advises clients in compliance matters related to Proposition 65 labeling requirements and federal advertising and chemical product safety laws and regulations.
He is based in San Francisco.