Lawrence M. Hadley joined Glaser Weil as partner and chair, intellectual property in Century City.

Mr. Hadley focuses his intellectual property litigation practice advising clients on patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. A 25+ year veteran attorney, he brings a diverse and specialized background, including extensive trial and appellate experience before both federal and state courts, and the International Trade Commission, to the firm's Century City and Orange County offices.

Daniel Rashtian joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as of counsel in Orange County.

BIO: https://www.gtlaw.com/en/professionals/r/rashtian-daniel

Greenberg Traurig Adds Two Attorneys in Southern California, Further Strengthening Corporate and Litigation Practices

LOS ANGELES - November 27, 2018 - Continuing the strategic growth of its southern California offices, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added corporate attorney Daria K. Boxer as of counsel in Los Angeles, and litigator Daniel Rashtian as of counsel in Orange County.

"We are excited to welcome these two experienced attorneys," Orange County Co-Managing Shareholder Susan L. Heller and Los Angeles Co-Managing Shareholder Jeff E. Scott said in a joint statement. "Daria and Daniel further strengthen our existing capabilities in key practice areas, in keeping with our strategic vision of hiring talented lawyers to address clients' needs."

Boxer focuses her practice on corporate and commercial finance transactions, including structured finance and secured lending, as well as private and public offerings of debt and equity securities. She regularly advises clients on securities law and corporate governance issues and general corporate matters. She has been involved in a broad range of financial transactions, including asset-backed financings, marketplace loan financings, bank credit agreements, revolving and term credit facilities, monetization of earn-out rights and financing transactions under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Southwestern Law School, and her B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from San Diego State University.

Rashtian represents clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in litigation matters involving breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, class actions, business torts, construction, employment, insurance coverage, and insurance bad faith. He counsels clients on claims brought by business partners, shareholders, employees, homeowners, customers, and policyholders. Rashtian advises clients on strategy and risks in active litigation, and provides guidance on how to minimize or eliminate future litigation. He received his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and his B.A. in Economics and Political Science, summa cum laude, from University of California, Los Angeles.

Most recently, in the firm's Corporate and Litigation Practices, Greenberg Traurig's southern California offices added Corporate Shareholder Kevin Friedmann, and Litigation Shareholders J. David Bournazian and Elizabeth Valentina.

About Greenberg Traurig, LLP -- California
Greenberg Traurig has more than 175 corporate, entertainment, government law and policy, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and taxation attorneys in California, located in Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley.

Andrew B. Schwaab joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder in Silicon Valley.

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Greenberg Traurig Continues Strategic Growth of Intellectual Property Practice, Adds Andrew Schwaab in Silicon Valley

SILICON VALLEY – Nov. 21, 2018 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP further expanded its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice with the strategic addition of Andrew B. Schwaab as a shareholder in its Silicon Valley office. Schwaab joins the firm from Knobbe Martens.

Schwaab is the third intellectual property shareholder to join the firm in California in 2018. Joining earlier in the year were Elizabeth Valentina in Los Angeles and Gretchen A. Ramos in San Francisco.

“Andy has more than 20 years of experience in strategic intellectual property matters, which makes him a tremendous resource for our clients,” said the co-managing shareholders of Greenberg Traurig’s Silicon Valley office, Michelle Ferreira and William J. Goines. “We are proud to welcome to our Silicon Valley team a practitioner with this level of commitment to clients, experience, and reputation. Andy is a leader in the IP law community in this market.”

Schwaab is a past president of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association and currently the president of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association. He was also the co-founder and co-chair of the greater China practice group at his prior firm, serves as the Vice-Chair of the CNIPA (Chinese Patent & Trademark Office)/U.S. Bar Liaison Council, and is involved in several other professional organizations, such as IEEE.

He focuses his practice on strategic intellectual property matters, including counseling, global patent prosecution, patent litigation, licensing, validity and infringement analyses/opinions, due diligence, and freedom-to-operate issues. He also handles matters related to a wide range of electrical and computer technologies.

Schwaab often assists clients with matters relating to software (from apps to global software platforms), computer systems and memory, semiconductor fabrication equipment and processes, digital rights management, blockchain, optical networks and components, flat panel displays, energy collection and conversion, global navigation and positioning systems, semiconductor devices, nanofabrication and other nanotechnologies, and internet enabled/related applications.

“Andy is an outstanding addition to our intellectual property team, particularly because of his international work and background in electrical and computer technologies,” said Ian C. Ballon, co-chair of the firm’s Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. “His extensive experience and industry knowledge are invaluable to our clients, who rely on our team to help them navigate unique and increasingly complex intellectual property matters.”

“I am proud to join Greenberg Traurig and its robust, highly-regarded team of intellectual property attorneys,” Schwaab said. “I was drawn to the firm’s global platform, which I believe will serve my clients well and enable me to continue to grow my practice.”

Schwaab received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he was a founding member of the Science & Technology Law Society. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Virginia.

About Greenberg Traurig’s Intellectual Property & Technology Practice
With more than 180 intellectual property attorneys and agents in the United States, Asia, and Europe, Greenberg Traurig provides a broad range of patent, trademark and copyright protection and strategic counseling. Greenberg Traurig was named a “National Tier 1” Law Firm for IP Litigation, Patent Law, Trademark and Information Technology Law by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, 2017 “Best Law Firms Rankings."

Jon Kyle J. Kyle Janecek joined Newmeyer & Dillion LLP as associate in Newport Beach.

Janecek's experience and skillset includes insight into various facets of the legal industry, breadth of dispute resolution knowledge, a business-oriented background, and an inquisitive spirit. He enjoys contributing to the strategic process of finding creative and effective solutions to move a client's end goals further to highly favorable results.

Janecek has also spent time working with nonprofits, such as the Legal Aid Society of Orange County and the Compton Self-Help Center, where he provided pro bono legal advice to individuals across a variety of legal disciplines.

"Kyle is a great addition to the team, and his capabilities not only benefit our firm, but also fit our goal of continued strategic growth," said Firm's Managing Partner, Jeff Dennis.

Janecek earned a B.A. in Business Communications and B.S. in Economics from Arizona State University and his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law.

Peter K. Huston joined Baker Botts LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Prior to entering private practice, Peter served as the Assistant Chief of the DOJ's Antitrust Division San Francisco office and led multiple high-profile trial victories for the Antitrust Division. He will be based in Baker Botts' San Francisco office and become the latest addition to an expanding West Coast presence of the firm's award-winning global antitrust team.

"Peter is an outstanding lawyer with over 25 years of experience in the antitrust, complex commercial, white collar and high stakes criminal and civil litigation arena. His government and private sector experience will add tremendous value for our clients and speaks to the expansion of our Antitrust Practice and the momentum and growth we are seeing in the Bay area," said Andrew M. Baker, Managing Partner of Baker Botts.

"Peter is one of the most highly regarded antitrust lawyers on the West Coast, with a strong track record for top-quality work in high-profile matters both at DOJ and in private practice. We are thrilled that he has decided to join our team," said Stephen Weissman, Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice.

During his tenure as a top DOJ enforcer, Peter led the Antitrust Division's trial teams in U.S. v. BazaarVoice, a merger challenge in the high-tech industry, and in the agency's historic criminal price-fixing trial victory against AU Optronics, a maker of consumer electronics.

"Peter is the second acclaimed antitrust partner to recently join our San Francisco office. Together with Stuart Plunkett, who joined Baker Botts in 2016, Peter's addition reaffirms that San Francisco is an integral part of our global antitrust solution," said John Taladay, Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice. "In addition, Matthew Levitt recently joined our Antitrust practice in Brussels, another sign of the momentum and growth in the department," added Mr. Taladay.

"We are thrilled that Peter is joining our San Francisco office. Baker Botts is one of the fastest growing law firms in San Francisco and, with the addition of Peter, we will continue our momentum in expanding the range and depth of services we offer our clients from our California offices," said Pat Stanton, Partner-in-Charge of the firm's San Francisco office.

Evan M. Wooten was promoted to counsel of Mayer Brown LLP in Los Angeles.

Wooten, a Litigation & Dispute Resolution counsel in Los Angeles, is an experienced civil litigator who focuses on privacy, consumer class action defense and actions by public officials and public enforcement bodies. He assists clients in drafting agreements, policies, and terms of use to minimize litigation and government investigations. A member of Mayer Brown's Consumer Litigation & Class Action and Commercial Litigation groups, Mr. Wooten has represented clients in telecommunications, false claims, false advertising, unfair competition, foreign commerce and consumer protection matters.

Gurpreet S. Bal was promoted to partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Palo Alto.

Bal advises technology companies on a wide array of corporate matters in all stages of their business life cycle, including formation, governance and capital raises in private and public markets, as well as day-to-day legal challenges. His clients include innovative companies in AI, semiconductors, biotech, software and consumer tech. He also leads deal teams in M&A transactions, representing private and public companies in mergers, asset purchases, cross-border transactions and other strategic transactions. Since 2010, Bal has closed more than a forty such transactions, with an aggregate deal value of well over $10 billion.

Breann E. Robowski was promoted to partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Palo Alto.

Robowski handles state and local tax controversy work with an emphasis on property tax and transfer tax. She has resolved property tax appeals in nearly all of California’s 58 counties, including a recent multimillion-dollar settlement in Los Angeles County and San Francisco County. She has substantial experience with taxation of personal property and real property and is particularly adept at resolving issues of taxation of property owned by technology companies.

Naveed Anwar joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as associate in Palo Alto.

Naveed specializes in public and private mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He regularly advises private equity firms and companies on a wide range of transactions and corporate governance matters. He received his L.P.C. in 2007 and his G.D.L. in 2006 from the University of Law, London and his B.A., with honours, and his M.Eng., with honours, from the University of Cambridge in 2004.

Yitai Hu joined Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto.

Hu has been lead counsel in more than 50 cases before U.S. federal and state courts, litigating patent, trade secret, and licensing disputes involving a range of different technologies, from computer hardware and communications devices to software and wireless products. He also has substantial experience with Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), litigating more than 20 ITC cases. He was lead counsel in 15 of those matters. Throughout his career, Hu has helped clients obtain more than $100 million in patent licensing fees.

"We're seeing increasing demand for patent litigation experience, and a steady rise in cases involving China-based clients," said Doug Clark, managing partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. "Yitai is an experienced patent litigator and trial attorney who provides Asia-based companies the highly sophisticated representation they need. He is fluent in both Mandarin and English, and his engineering background reinforces his detailed understanding in a variety of technological fields. These qualities are of great interest and utility to our clients involved in patent disputes, and we're very pleased to welcome him to our firm."

In addition to patent litigation, Hu has represented clients in other intellectual property matters, including trademark, copyright, and trade secret-related disputes. He also has experience with IP counseling, arbitration, technology transactions, white collar criminal defense matters associated with the Economic Espionage Act, commercial disputes, and mergers and acquisitions.

"Joining the firm's established and successful patent litigation team allows me the opportunity to continue representing Asia-based clients, especially those in China, where the firm already has a stellar reputation representing Chinese companies in capital markets, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. It also will allow me to introduce companies to other practices and professionals in the firm," said Hu. "As more Chinese companies are involved in patent disputes and other lawsuits involving IP connected to new and innovative technologies, they depend on legal counsel that knows their business, their products, and their language. I am extremely excited to be joining this firm."

Hu received his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1994. He earned his B.A. degree in physics from the University of Kansas in 1991.

Most recently, Hu was a partner at Alston & Bird, based in that firm's office in East Palo Alto, Calif.

With nearly 100 IP litigators--including more than 30 partners and nearly 60 associates, counsel, and Of Counsel--and over 65 attorneys admitted to the Patent Bar, WSGR has the experience and resources to represent clients in related patent disputes heard in multiple jurisdictions, including parallel proceedings underway in courts and tribunals inside and outside the U.S.

Regina A. Trainor joined Nelson Hardiman LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Regina Trainor joins the firm from NYU Langone Health, where she served as Vice President for Ambulatory Network Strategy and Associate General Counsel of one of the nation's premier academic medical centers devoted to patient care, education, and research. Regina also previously served in a leadership role at the Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens, one of the first multi-hospital systems in New York, where she led the team that created Fidelis Care New York (Fidelis), New York's first Medicaid managed care program, and served as its Chief Legal Officer/Corporate Compliance Officer for Fidelis. In her subsequent positions at Northwell Health and NYU, Regina innovated a model bundled payment program, developed system-wide clinical care initiatives, and facilitated receipt of a multi-million dollar federal grant to support physician quality improvement, cost reduction efforts in outpatient care settings. In her roles, Regina has worked extensively on healthcare operational issues, detection and response to provider fraud and abuse, physician practice acquisitions, and cutting-edge healthcare and life sciences initiatives and business ventures. "Regina's leadership and superlative regulatory and transactional legal skill and experience, made her a compelling addition to our team. Our clients are already reaping the benefits of her deep understanding of healthcare infrastructure, claims payment, and finance." said Managing Partner Harry Nelson.

Christine Parkins Johnson joined Nelson Hardiman LLP as attorney in Los Angeles.

Christine Parkins Johnson joins Nelson Hardiman from the global firm of McDermott Will & Emery, where she counseled healthcare organizations on complex regulatory compliance and transactional issues. "We are thrilled with the wealth of experience that Christine brings advising different types of healthcare clients," said Nelson Hardiman partner Stacie Neroni. "She brings great knowledge of the issues facing a wide range of providers, including health systems, hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory surgery centers, pharmacies, laboratories, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, and behavioral health providers." In addition to counseling clients, Christine also works with Nelson Hardiman clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations and dispositions of healthcare entities. She has particular experience with hospital and multi-state pharmacy changes in ownership. Christine also joins Nelson Hardiman attorney Larry Gill in working closely with private equity firms and real estate investment trusts (REITs) on health entity acquisitions and is particularly skilled at helping these companies understand and address regulatory challenges associated with contemplated acquisitions.

Jonathan A. Stieglitz joined Nelson Hardiman LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Stieglitz brings to Nelson Hardiman his practice focusing on recovering under-or unreimbursed medical claims, representing parties including hospital systems, surgery centers, physicians and related healthcare practitioners and facilities. "Jonathan adds a new dimension to our reimbursement practice," said Nelson Hardiman Litigation Group co-chair John Mills. "We are excited to add someone so well-versed in claims reimbursement, medical compliance, and ERISA." Jonathan also brings a strong knowledge of healthcare finance to strengthen the bargaining power of hospitals, surgery centers, and other medical providers, and works closely with insurers and other payers on reimbursement challenges.

David Markman joined DLA Piper as partner in Los Angeles.

Markman maintains a prolific range of practices in the entertainment and sports sectors, including a corporate entertainment practice, a talent practice, and a practice that focuses on celebrity licensing and endorsements, including transactions from both the talent and corporate sides.

Markman represents sports, media and entertainment companies in all aspects of their business activities, and handles entertainment transactional issues from project acquisition and financing to distribution and sales. Additionally, he serves as production counsel, negotiating on behalf of production entities with above and below-the-line talent, bond companies and banks for film and television projects. His practice also includes counseling corporate clients on the integration of their brands into television programming, motion pictures and music projects, as well as forging collaborations between brands and studios and production companies to develop branded content.

"As we continue to expand our capabilities on the West Coast, David will be an excellent addition to our growing media and entertainment team, which also recently welcomed Tom Ara and Rob Sherman," said Stuart Liner, co-managing partner of DLA Piper in Los Angeles. "We are focused on building a stellar practice with the capacity to represent studios, production companies and agencies, and David's experience spanning transactional and other entertainment work make him an ideal fit."

"David's well-rounded practice and his experience handling a wide variety of matters for both traditional and new media companies will be a tremendous advantage to our clients in the entertainment industry," said Frank Ryan, global and US co-chair of the firm's IPT practice and deputy chair of the Media, Sport and Entertainment sector. "We are pleased to welcome him to the firm."

"I am thrilled to join DLA Piper and reunite with my former colleagues, Tom and Rob, as the firm continues building a first-rate entertainment team in Los Angeles," Markman said. "The opportunity to leverage the firm's global platform, along with its local commitment to serving the entertainment and media industry, is one I could not pass up."

Markman, who joins from Greenberg Traurig LLP, previously served as a telecommunications policy specialist for the US Department of Commerce in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. He received his J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jerry D Roth joined Union Internationale des Avocats as president-elect.

Mr. Roth, who will become president of UIA at next year's congress in Luxembourg, will serve as only the fifth president from the United States in its 91-year history, and will be the first from the Western United States. He will take over from the newly installed president, Issouf Baadhio, of Burkina Faso.

"It's a great honor to continue serving UIA and to further its critical mission of fostering international information exchange and collegiality among lawyers around the world and of defending their freedom to represent their clients against unwarranted restrictions, political interference and on occasion persecution. That mission is just as critical now as it was nearly a century ago when UIA was founded. In fact, it has never been a more important time to break down boundaries and to create open dialogue across borders," Mr. Roth said.

"We are so proud of Jerry for taking on this important role with UIA. His accomplishments working with our international clients to solve their most complicated problems, defending human rights on a pro bono basis and promoting diversity in the profession are a few examples of Jerry's exemplary leadership," added Co-Managing Partner Sandra A. Seville-Jones.

Established in 1927 in the wake of World War I, the UIA is the world's oldest and most multi-cultural international law organization. The Paris-based association brings together more than two million lawyers from more than 110 countries through its individual and bar association members, and employs three official and five working languages.

UIA is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information among the world's lawyers; promotion of collegiality, friendship and networking; study and training on a broad range of international legal topics; and the global "defense of the defense," such as protecting lawyers persecuted for representing human rights advocates and ensuring the independence of bar associations and their members worldwide.

Mr. Roth has been active in UIA for nearly 20 years, and has held various positions within the association, including president of UIA's American committee, chair of its Criminal Law Commission, and a member of its Human Rights Committee.

Mr. Roth is a trial lawyer who specializes in business and international litigation and arbitration, as well as white collar criminal defense and investigations. He has both U.S. and French law degrees, and has represented European, Asian and Latin American clients in domestic criminal and civil litigation matters, as well as U.S. companies in matters abroad. Mr. Roth is also an ICC-trained international arbitration lawyer and has handled arbitrations and mediations before a range of arbitral tribunals. He works in several languages including French, Spanish and English.

Munger, Tolles & Olson's international practice represents both U.S. and foreign companies and individuals in cross-border civil disputes as well as investigations by U.S. and foreign authorities involving civil, criminal and regulatory issues. Our team prides itself on digging deeply into foreign legal issues to meet the global needs of our clients.

William J. Caplan joined Judicate West as mediator in Santa Ana.

"Bill has a proven track record in mediation, accentuated by hundreds of successful settlements. He takes mediation very seriously and is rigorously prepared for sessions, where he really digs in with the parties until they reach a resolution," said Var Fox, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of Judicate West. "We are excited to work with Bill, and his diverse experiences in mediation and litigation make him a strong addition to our line-up in the region."

A mediator since 2001, Caplan has successfully handled more than 1,500 civil matters, including real estate, business, construction and employment disputes. He draws upon 40 years of legal experience, including 22 years as a trial lawyer with Rutan & Tucker LLP. Caplan has served as a temporary judge for the Orange County Superior Court since 1988. He also taught mediation courses as an adjunct professor at the Chapman University School of Law.

Caplan has been a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers (ABTL) for nearly two decades and a member of the Orange County Bar Association since 1979. He received a mediation certificate from Harvard University, Program of Instruction for Lawyers as well as formal mediation training at Pepperdine University, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. Caplan received his J.D. (1978) and his B.A. (1975) from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Katuri Kaye as director

Katuri's move adds to the firm's growth in the Southern California market, and increases our ability to provide a full suite of employee benefits legal services in Southern California. Katuri joins our other employee benefits and ERISA law attorneys in the Los Angeles office, including Directors Nick White and Joe Faucher.

"We are thrilled Katuri has decided to make the move to join our growing team in Los Angeles. Her involvement in the local legal and employee benefits community helps continue the momentum we have gained and allows the firm to further expand our service offerings to more businesses in Southern California," said managing partner Brad Huss.

"I am very excited to move to our firm's Los Angeles office and help expand our service offerings in Southern California. The LA legal and business community have already been incredibly welcoming. I look forward to the opportunity to serve the community and develop new relationships," stated Katuri.

Katuri focuses her practice primarily on qualified retirement plans, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans, and plans of tax exempt entities and public schools and universities, including 403(b) and 457 plans.She was the recipient of the National Bar Association's 2012 Top 40 Advocates Under 40 Award and was named to the Lawyers of Color 2013 Inaugural Hot 100 List. She is a member of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the California Association of Black Lawyers. Moreover, service is of the highest importance to Katuri. She has been instrumental in giving back and impacting the community, and is a zealous advocate of advancing women and promoting diversity and inclusion in the profession.

William ("Bill") Donovan joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP in McDermott Will & Emery LLP (LA).

McDermott Bolsters Class Action and Complex Commercial Litigation Capabilities with Addition of Bill Donovan
Former Head of Cooley's Los Angeles Litigation Practice Enhances McDermott's West Coast Bench

November 12, 2018

LOS ANGELES - McDermott Will & Emery today announced the addition of William ("Bill") Donovan, Jr. to the Firm's Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. Bill represents clients across various industries in all stages of litigation, including trials, appeals and arbitration. As a first chair trial lawyer, he is known for handling high-profile civil matters and for defending accounting firms in the face of complicated litigation issues.

"Clients trust McDermott to handle 'bet-the-company litigation' matters, and this is exactly what Bill is known for," said Ira Coleman chairman of McDermott. "When everything is on the line, our goal is to be that trusted partner for our clients - and that's what Bill has excelled at throughout his career. Bill also joins us at an exciting time for our growing West Coast team, and we couldn't be more delighted to welcome him to the family."

Bill offers a valued perspective after having served in legal positions spanning the government, in-house and private practice. Earlier in his career, he served as a trial attorney with the US Department of Justice where he honed his litigation skills through a number of trial and appellate matters. He also spent part of his legal career as in-house counsel at a Fortune 50 telecommunications company where he defended the company in class actions and other complex litigation matters. Bill most recently served in private practice as the head of Cooley's Los Angeles litigation group with a focus on complex commercial cases and consumer class actions.

Bill has in-depth experience in accounting liability matters and has successfully defended a number of high profile tax and accounting cases through trial. He also provides counsel on compliance, enforcement and regulatory issues and advises clients during all phases of investigations conducted by federal and state agencies.

"Bill's legal prowess both inside and outside the courtroom will benefit clients seeking strategic guidance at every step of the litigation process," said David S. Rosenbloom, global head of the firm's Litigation Practice Group. "His arrival enhances the services we offer to companies facing their biggest commercial cases not only on the West Coast but across the firm's global platform. We are thrilled to have a litigator of his caliber on the team."

"With the constant threat of litigation, companies need a law firm to rely on when things get complicated - and McDermott is the type of trusted partner I'd want," Donovan added. "The firm has the talent to staff even the most complex matters, and I'm looking forward to becoming an integral part of McDermott's already comprehensive litigation capabilities."

Consistently ranked by Super Lawyers, Bill has a reputation as a top litigator in Southern California, and this year he was named a BTI Client Service All-Star MVP.

Bill joins McDermott's other recent arrivals in Los Angeles, including fellow litigation partner Mike Piazza and employment partners Maria Rodriguez and Michelle Strowhiro.

Quynh-Anh V. Nguyen joined Structure Law Group LLP as attorney in San Jose.

Quynh-Anh commits 100% of her practice to business litigation matters. This includes partnership or shareholder disputes, intellectual property conflicts, employment disputes, and breach of contract matters. Quynh-Anh V. Nguyen is a passionate litigator with diverse experience and a strong background in alternative dispute resolution.

Quynh-Anh's litigation practice includes employment and partnership dispute resolution, intellectual property conflicts, mediation, arbitration, reviewing business contracts, and drafting operating and employment agreements. She also handles matters involving breach of contract, creditor and shareholder rights, and membership disputes.

"Quynh-Anh is the real deal. Her love of the fight, intellectual rigor, and direct communication style will all be great additions to the firm. I certainly would not want to find myself against her in a litigation--I'm glad she's on our team," says SLG attorney Ethan Solove.

Before joining Structure Law Group, Quynh-Anh was an associate attorney at Hoover Krepelka, LLP where she grew her litigation practice. Quynh-Anh received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, which she attended on the Dean's Scholarship. While at Hastings, she served as Senior Managing Editor of the Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal. Quynh-Anh graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a double major in Comparative Literature and Film & Media Studies. While at UCI, she was selected to present at the Undergraduate Conference in Critical Theory hosted by the acclaimed Critical Theory Emphasis Program.

Quynh-Anh speaks English and conversational Vietnamese. In her free time, she enjoys reading high fantasy novels and playing with her dog, Cookie.