Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP
George S. Howard Jr
joined Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP as partner in San Diego.
Howard represents employers in discrimination, wage and hour, harassment, trade secrets and employee mobility, retaliation, whistleblower, ERISA and contract issues.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
101 W. Broadway 9th Floor
San Diego, 92101 USA
T:
(619) 243-1577
F:
(619) 615-0700
K&L Gates LLP
Eugene C. Ryu
joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Ryu will lead the California labor, employment and workplace safety practice. He represents employers including global and national companies, emerging growth companies, startups and entrepreneurs.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 8th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067 USA
T:
(310) 552-5000
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Wesley E. Overson Jr.
joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in San Francisco.
Overson specializes in intellectual property and commercial litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
Two Embarcadero Center Suite 1900
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 273-4730
F:
(415) 723-7020
Stoel Rives LLP
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.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Justin H. Haan
was promoted to partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco.
Haan focuses on transactions and counseling involving intellectual property and technology.
He is based in San Francisco.
Alex Iftimie
was promoted to partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco.
Iftimie advises clients in sensitive cyber and U.S. national security matters, internal investigations and government enforcement actions.
He is based in San Francisco.
John R. Lanham
was promoted to partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Diego.
Lanham specializes in litigation related to the life sciences, health care, software and semiconductor industries.
He is based in San Diego.
Maureen Elizabeth Linch
was promoted to partner of Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco.
promotes Maureen Elizabeth Linch to partner
Linch focuses on federal income tax matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
Musical Peeler
Citadelle Priagula
was promoted to partner of Musical Peeler in Los Angeles.
Priagula represents employers in employment matters including claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation and failure to accommodate.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Rodrigo Castro-Silva
was promoted to county counsel of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in Los Angeles.
Castro-Silva was previously acting county counsel and is the former chief deputy for the Office of the County Counsel.
Arnold & Porter
Ellen Kaye Fleishhacker
was promoted to co-managing partner of Arnold & Porter in San Francisco.
Fleishhacker is the co-head of the investment management practice and specializes in formation, compliance and transactional matters for real estate funds, hedge funds, venture funds, private equity funds and impact investment funds.
She is based in San Francisco.
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Kathryn Edgerton
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Edgerton advises addiction treatment and telemedicine providers in complex transactional and regulatory matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
865 South Figueroa Street Suite 2400
Los Angeles, 90017-2566 United States
T:
(213) 633-6800
Miller Barondess, LLP
Max W. Hirsch
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Hirsch is a litigator with experience representing clients in contract, copyright, trademark, false advertising, antitrust, and false claims act cases.
Bryan R. Redfern
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Redfern is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex litigation matters, including breach of contract and business tort claims, products liability defense, complex construction and engineering litigation, and antitrust claims.
Jessica P.G. Newman
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Newman is a litigator with experience representing clients in contract and partnership disputes, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, internal investigations, commercial real estate, and healthcare fraud and abuse.
Evan B. McGinley
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
McGinley is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation, white collar investigations, contract disputes, antitrust litigation, and corporate compliance matters.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, 90067 USA
T:
(310) 552-4400
F:
(310) 552-8400
Holland & Knight LLP
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.
Yoka & Smith LLP
Aaron S. Case
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Case represents clients in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability matters, complex tort and environmental litigation and commercial and business disputes. He also advises clients on state and federal compliance regarding operating businesses in California and selling consumer products.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP
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.
Yoka & Smith, LLP
Chad Chen
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith, LLP in Los Angeles.
Chen defends clients in product liability litigation, commercial and business disputes and class actions. He also advises clients in non-litigation matters including client contracts and business transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
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.
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Julia L. Allen
was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.
Allen represents clients in complex civil litigation and criminal proceedings.
She is based in San Francisco.
Sophie A. Hood
was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.
Hood focuses on high-stakes, complex litigation, including intellectual property, fraud, breach of contract, antitrust and securities disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Vanaman German LLP (formerly Newman Aaronson Vanaman)
Sidley Austin LLP
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.
Address
1001 Page Mill Rd, Building One, Suite 100
Palo Alto, 94304 USA
T:
(650) 862-8293
Snell & Wilmer LLP
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.
Address
4320 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 205
San Diego, 92122 USA
T:
(858) 434-5020
Latham & Watkins LLP
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.
Address
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100
Los Angeles, 90071-1560 USA
T:
(213) 891-8790
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
Littler Mendelson PC
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.
Address
633 West 5th Street, 63rd Floor
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(213) 443-4284
F:
(800) 715-1330
K&L Gates LLP
Helen B. Kim
joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kim focuses on securities litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Ste 800
Los Angeles, 90067-4105 USA
T:
(310) 552-5090
F:
(310) 552-5201
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.
Holland & Knight LLP
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.
Address
400 South Hope Street, 8th Floor
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(213) 896-2426
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.
JAMS
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.
Address
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 774-2600
F:
(415) 982-5287
Miller Starr Regalia
Nicholas E. Ma
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Ma is a commercial litigator. He represents real estate developers, tech companies, financial institutions and public entities.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd.
Walnut Creek, 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
Blank Rome LLP
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.
Address
2029 Century Park E Ste 600
Los Angeles, 90067-2907 USA
T:
(424) 239-3453
F:
(424) 389-7519
Blank Rome LLP
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.