Sahil Ramesh Shah joined Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP as associate in Los Angeles.

Shah's practice focuses on real estate transactions including leasing of industrial, retail and office properties as well as the purchase and sale of residential and commercial properties. He also advises clients on environmental regulatory matters including the remediation of property with environmental contamination and compliance with California's Proposition 65.

Peter S. Selvin joined Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP as partner in Beverly Hills.

Selvin has experience handling commercial litigation, insurance coverage and international litigation. He often represents insurers and national corporations in civil disputes in commercial and business settings.

Pooja S. Nair joined Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP as partner in Beverly Hills.

Nair is a business litigator with a focus on the food and beverage sector. She advises food and beverage clients, startups and other businesses on a range of issues such as employment, trade secrets, partnership disputes, contract negotiations, intellectual property, licensing and franchise disputes.

Steven T. Anapoell joined Carlton Fields PA as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Anapoell's practice focuses on private equity, fund formation, private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and real estate syndications. He has served clients in a variety of industries including technology and software, entertainment, renewable energy, oil and gas, sporting goods, life settlements and medical devices.

Meng Xi was promoted to partner of Susman Godfrey LLP in Los Angeles.

Xi focuses her practice on a variety of high-stakes commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country, particularly patent infringement and business contract disputes. Her elevation will be effective on Jan. 1.

Krysta Kauble Pachman was promoted to partner of Susman Godfrey LLP in Los Angeles.

Kauble Pachman represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes commercial litigation, including class actions, patent cases, copyright matters and other disputes. Her promotion is effective Jan. 1.

Sonya D. Goodwin joined Sauer & Wagner LLP as senior employment counsel in Los Angeles.

Goodwin has extensive experience advising both large and small companies in a wide range of industries on various state and federal employment issues. She counsels employers about their employment policies and agreements such as matters including wage and hour issues, disability issues, employee complaints of discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

Philip J. Smith joined Fisher & Phillips LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.

Smith's practice focuses on employment litigation involving single and class action claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour matters and unfair competition. Risk assessment, litigation avoidance, policy development and compliance, employment contracts and personnel management actions are some of the matters Smith counsels on.

Jonathan J. Goodwin was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Redwood City.

Goodwin's practice focuses on the formation and general representation of early stage to growth-stage venture capital firms. He works with firms on their general fund operations and investment activities, including facilitating the exploration of new investment strategies, advising on tax matters and addressing changes in the legal landscape. Goodwin's promotion will be effective on Jan. 1.

John H. Olson was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Northern California.

Olson advises sellers, buyers and investors in private and public technology and life sciences companies. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions and has experience advising clients in mergers, stock purchases, asset sales and other strategic transactions. His promotion will be effective on Jan. 1.

Michael N. Richman was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Redwood City.

Richman focuses his practice on executive compensation-related aspects of corporate transactions and public offerings, as well as key employee representations and related tax matters. His elevation will be effective on Jan. 1.

Maggie N. White was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Redwood City.

White represents a variety of technology companies and leading venture capital firms in their corporate and governance matters, financing transactions and a variety of merger and acquisition transactions. She focuses on early stage startups across a range of industries. Her promotion will be effective on Jan. 1.

Rob P. Neale joined Clark Hill PLC as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Neale advises clients on all aspects of corporate immigration law, regulation, policy and compliance, including nonimmigrant work visas, permanent residence, naturalization, family-based matters and corporate restructuring.

Stephen Abreu was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in San Francisco.

Abreu brings experience in transactions in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and digital health space. He often advises companies on intellectual property and commercial agreements, including strategic partnering and collaboration agreements, intellectual property licenses, commercial manufacturing, supply and distribution agreements and software licenses. His promotion will be effective on Jan. 1.

Sally M. Wagner Partin was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in San Francisco.

Wagner Partin represents companies in a range of merger and acquisition transactions involving public and private entities, strategic alliances, securities offerings and corporate governance. She focuses on life sciences, financial services and technology companies. Wagner Partin's promotion will be effective on Jan. 1.

Eric R. Garcia was promoted to principal of Polsinelli LLP in Los Angeles.

Garcia is an intellectual property attorney with a hybrid practice in patent prosecution and litigation. He has extensive experience in prosecuting patent applications in the mechanical and electrical arts and has counseled clients of all sizes on matters relating to patents, trademarks, licensing, joint development, IP strategy and litigation. Garcia has also practiced litigated matters involving targeted advertising, touch capacitance sensing, payment systems, digital tuning, haptic feedback, network architecture, water treatment and manufacturing processes.

Adam P. Daniels was promoted to principal of Polsinelli LLP in Los Angeles.

Daniels is a patent attorney with a practice that involves all aspects of intellectual property. He has extensive experience with mechanical and electrical technologies and represents clients on matters involving patent portfolio development, intellectual property litigation, license agreement negotiations and due diligence.

Jaime G. Farias as president in Encino

Farias' practice focuses on personal injury cases, immigration law and workers' compensation.

Luke Kanaly Stanton joined Vicente Sederberg LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Stanton's practice focuses on helping founders and entrepreneurs build compelling and differentiated businesses in the cannabis and hemp industries. He has also helped cannabis companies in all stages of growth, from start-up to exit.

Jeffrey Dennis Welsh joined Vicente Sederberg LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Welsh focuses his practice on advising companies, brands, entertainment and media properties, other law firms and investors on how to navigate the California cannabis marketplace. He has experience with specific legal issues involved when the entertainment and cannabis industries come together, such as intellectual property, endorsements, licensing, criminal and civil liability and other business and other legal considerations.

April B. Kim joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Kim focuses her practice on energy industry transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance. She represents clients in both renewable and non-renewable energy transactions on matters involving credit agreements, security agreements, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, tax equity transaction agreements and commercial project contracts.

Homin Lee joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Lee represents financial institutions on a variety of financing matters and lending transactions, including acquisition financings, asset-based lending, subordinated debt financings and refinancing transactions. Homin represents a wide range of clients in financings, including banks, commercial finance companies, leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies and more.

Bryan K. Brown joined Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson PLC as senior of counsel in Los Angeles.

Brown's practice focuses on local, state and federal land use and environmental laws and regulations. He also regularly defends clients against citizens' suits and claims brought under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.

Kevin D. Reese joined Jackson Lewis PC as principal in San Francisco.

Reese represents employers in a wide range of local, national and international industries including healthcare, transportation, retail, technology, manufacturing and construction. Wage and hour class action cases involving employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, trade secrets, unfair competition and employee raiding are some of the matters he has experience with.

Ovsanna Takvoryan joined Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Takvoryan has experience in structuring business transactions for foreign clients doing business in the United States and domestic companies doing business abroad. She has worked with companies in the entertainment, retail, real estate, finance, technology and manufacturing industries.

Kristine T. Takvoryan joined Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Takvoryan represents business entities and individuals in insolvency and restructuring, including representation of debtors, creditors and trustees in bankruptcy proceedings. She also specializes in intellectual property protection and proper use of trademarks.