Garry J. Bowman joined Antonyan Miranda LLP as special counsel in Chula Vista.

Antonyan Miranda acquired the family law and trust and estates practice of Bowman Law. The founding partner of Bowman Law, Garry J. Bowman will join Antonyan Miranda as special counsel in the trusts and estates division. He will focus on family law, probate and estate planning.

Richard C. Miadich joined The California Fair Political Practices Commission as chair in Sacramento.

Miadich's practice focused on litigation matters involving election and campaign finance law, education law, government and administrative law and constitutional law. He also serves on the board of directors of the Sacramento Law Foundation.

Kalama M. Lui-Kwan joined Troutman Sanders LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Lui-Kwan's practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, financial services, class actions, compliance matters and regulatory investigations. He also is experienced in the defense and prosecution of commercial matters involving contract actions, business torts and post-closing disputes from mergers and acquisitions.

Sanjeet K. Dutta joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Redwood City.

Dutta's practice involves advising companies on patent prosecution across a variety of technology areas, such as blockchain, big data analytics, finance, virtualization, cybersecurity and software security. Dutta also has experience advising companies on IP issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions and technology transfers and licensing.

Ann C. Kim joined Hogan Lovells LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kim will focus her work on internal investigations, criminal and civil regulatory matters and complex civil business litigation. Her background in the U.S. Attorney's Office positions her to advise a wide variety of clients, such as public companies, health care organizations, financial institutions and investment funds on various investigations or white collar issues.

Rose B. Sorensen joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Sorensen has experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorgranizations, commercial finance, private placements, venture capital financing, corporate governance, telecommunications services, joint ventures, licensing and entity structure and formation. She has worked with clients in fields such as technology, healthcare, food processing, manufacturing, retail consumer brand, business services and construction and building materials industries.

Bahaar H. Cadambi was promoted to partner of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in Newport Beach.

Cadambi concentrates her practice in business, insurance and real estate litigation. Businesses, homebuilders, developers and general contractors make up her clientele. She handles complex, multi-party real estate, construction defect and insurance disputes.

Nathan A. Schultz joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Schultz advises investors, creditors, debtors, purchasers, official committees, liquidating trustees and other parties in and out of bankruptcy courts. His practice also covers all aspects of the restructuring process for financially distressed businesses in many industries, such as real estate, hospitality, healthcare, gaming and manufacturing.

Sean R. McTigue was promoted to principal of Bartko Zankel Bunzel & Miller in San Francisco.

McTigue's practice involves state and federal litigation representing both plantiffs and defendants in areas such as enforcement and data privacy, intellectual property, patents, real estate and white collar, international and internal investigations.

Dennis M. Childs joined Koning Zollar LLP as partner in Encinitas.

Childs has more than 30 years of experience representing employers and management with an emphasis on civil litigation in federal and state courts involving wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment, disability claims, trade secrets and unfair competition, union-management issues, defamation, privacy and class action wage-and-hour claims.

Dr. Jing Liu joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Diego.

Liu is well-versed in the life sciences, including diagnostics, industrial biotechnology and cancer research. She has interdisciplinary technical capabilities and experience in management of patents and other intellectual property assets. Patent validity and non-infringement opinions, IP due diligence and analysis and licensing are some of the services she provides along with other transactions.

Terry W. Ahearn joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Ahearn represents clients in intellectual property and other complex commercial litigation matters related to high technology. He also advises clients in data protection and cybersecurity. Ahearn has experience in cases before the United State International Trade Commission or the American Arbitration Association.

Jennifer A. Kung Gelini joined Bennett, Samuelsen, Reynolds, Allard, Cowperthwaite & Gelini APC as shareholder/managing partner in Alameda.

Kung Gelini's practice focuses on handling defense of litigation matters such as personal injury, products liability, insurance coverage, premises liability. Defense for municipality construction and landlords are other areas she has worked with.

Vivian C Grigorians joined Polsinelli LLP as principal in Los Angeles.

Grigorians brings extensive experience counseling institutional lenders, real estate funds, opportunity funds and other real estate investors to her new firm. She focuses on a broad range of transactions including mortgage and mezzanine financing, single family home rental financing, purchase and sale transactions, mortgage origination for commercial mortgage-backed securitization programs, real estate workouts and restructurings, joint ventures and leasing.

JR Lanis joined Polsinelli LLP as principal/chair in Los Angeles.

Lanis negotiates and structures high dollar value transactions, including public stock and debt offerings, tender offers, distressed company acquisitions and sales. He works with businesses in the technology, financial services, blockchain, hospitality, life sciences and energy sectors. He joined Polsinelli as the firm’s chair of the West Coast corporate and securities practice.

David T. Van Pelt joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Van Pelt represents clients in labor and employment matters, including wage and hour issues, employment termination, employee leave, accommodation of disabilities and employee relations. He also advises clients regarding employment matters related to mergers and acquisitions and acts as special counsel for employment matters in corporate bankruptcies.

Michael L. Gallion joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gallion’s practice focuses on labor and employment law. He specializes in defending California wage and hour class actions and high-stakes discrimination, harassment and retaliation cases. Gallion also has experience serving clients in a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail, entertainment, advertising, healthcare and real estate.

Emmett E. Seltzer joined Kahana & Feld LLP as partner in Santa Ana.

Seltzer spent his career defending contractors, developers, manufacturers, product suppliers and design professionals in complex disputes involving construction projects. He has experience with cases that involve high-end custom houses, mixed use developments, commercial and tract homes as well as products liability and personal injury matters.

Jason E Grinnell joined Thompson Coburn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Grinnell's practice focuses on acquisitions, dispositions and leasing across multiple asset classes, specializing in retail space. He also advises financial institutions in construction, permanent and mezzanine debt financing while representing clients in loan workouts, forbearances and other distressed debt transactions.

Mehdi Khodadad joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Century City.

Khodadad's practice focuses on the representation of private equity and other institutional investors and their portfolio companies. He is an advisor to clients in the technology and life sciences industries about matters such as public financings, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs and related private equity transactions.

Josh G DuClos joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Century City.

DuClos concentrates his practice on representing equity sponsors, public and privately held companies and their respective stakeholders and advisors in buyouts, investments and divestitures. He also has experience in advising buyers and sellers in the technology, software, internet and social media, media and entertainment, retail, consumer products and life sciences industries.

Lauren O Youngman joined Beverly Hills Bar Association as co-chair in Beverly Hills.

Youngman handles family law matters and has represented litigation clients in divorces, parentage actions and Department of Child Support Services cases. She also acts as a mediator or third-party neutral to facilitate global resolution between parties without litigation.

Jean Y Yu joined Jackson Lewis PC as principal.

Yu focuses on employee benefits, ERISA and corporate transactional matters. She has experience assisting employers with challenges that range from multiemployer plans, assisting in negotiations with regulatory bodies, investigations on compliance issues, partial termination, withdrawal liability, equity compensation arrangements and correction of plan qualification errors.

Stuart Alderoty joined The Minority Corporate Counsel Association as board chair in San Francisco.

Alderoty serves as the general counsel of Ripple Labs, where he oversees all legal services and manages the company's global legal, policy and Bank Secrecy Act compliance teams. He has more than 30 years of legal experience, specializing in financial services and regulatory affairs.

Michael Y Kao joined Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP as general counsel in Los Angeles.

Kao has more than 14 years of experience as a complex commercial litigator and in-house counsel of professional services. He has experience providing strategic advice to senior professionals on a wide range of legal matters including contractual risk management and regulatory compliance issues. He represents clients in a variety of legal matters such as antitrust, healthcare, internet, retail and intellectual property laws.

Christopher Cox joined Hogan Lovells US LLP as partner.

Cox has more than 25 years of experience advising domestic and international companies on intellectual property, employment and litigation matters that include commercial disputes, trade secrets, patents and internal investigations.

Goodarz T. Agahi joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Irvinw.

Agahi's practice focuses on land use matters and commercial real estate transactions. He has represented clients on a variety of real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, financing, commercial leasing, joint venture transactions and entity formation and structuring.

Jennifer M. Millier as founder in Culver City

Santa Monica Bar Association President Jennifer Millier has launched a boutique litigation practice focused on product safety, business, employment and intellectual property litigation.
Her firm, Millier Law Inc., strives to achieve environmental and social sustainability throughout its business practices, according to a statement.
An experienced litigator, Millier guides clients, including very large companies as well as solo shops, through all aspects of civil litigation. She has experience with mediation, arbitration and trials. She has collaborated with startups, nonprofits and corporations in Silicon Beach to develop successful legal strategies that support and drive business objectives.

Katherine S. Catlos was promoted to partner of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP in San Francisco.

Catlos is Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck's first chief diversity and inclusion officer. She is a labor and employment partner and focuses on Equal Pay Act claims, advising and assisting with audits, class actions and collective Private Attorneys General Act actions. She also has experience with education law and housing discrimination matters.

James E. Sell was promoted to equity partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Francisco.

Sell has extensive experience in construction, public works, products liability, catastrophic injury, wrongful death and professional liability litigation. He serves as general counsel to many Bay Area contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.

Marc D. Hauser joined Reed Smith LLP as co-vice chair in San Francisco.

Hauser focuses his practice on representing business and investor interests in all aspects of the international cannabis and hemp industries. He has experience advising clients and colleagues on billions of dollars of business transactions and has covered a broad range of industries and asset classes, such as private equity and venture financings, acquisitions and dispositions, governance, debt financings and complex tax structuring.

German A Marcucci was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Los Angeles.

Marcucci practices business and commercial litigation, employment law and insurance services. He handles litigation involving personal injury and property damage claims occurring in commercial settings. He also advises clients on liability, damages and insurance coverage and insurance bad faith matters.

Spiros E. Fousekis was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Redwood City.

Fousekis’ practice includes business and commercial litigation, employment and corporate law. He has experience handling matters of harassment, discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act, wrongful termination, wage and hour matters, meal and rest period disputes and whistleblower retaliation claims.

Alan J. Hart was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Los Angeles.

Hart practices business and commercial litigation as well as in intellectual property law. He advises clients in matters such as defense of business torts, contract disputes, false advertising, defamation, construction, products liability, trademark and patent litigation, labor disputes and insurance.

Mishell Parreno Taylor was promoted to office managing shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in San Diego.

Parreno Taylor previously served as the firm's board member for its Mexico offices and as co-chair of the Reunión affinity group. Parreno Taylor's practice focuses on representing employers of all sizes on many employment law issues. She also has experience in handling employment litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies.