Mark Truman Morley joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as member in San Diego.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Golvsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that Marc Truman Morley joined the firm's intellectual property practice as a member in San Diego. His practice includes providing strategic patent and trademark counseling, managing and prosecuting complex IP portfolios, and advising clients in licensing, due diligence and opinion work. Morley has represented a diverse list of clients ranging from early stage to established technology focused companies, research institutions, and venture capital and investment companies. He also counsels clients in the chemical, clean technology, mechanical device, action sports, and software industries.

Dennis N. Lueck Jr. joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced that Dennis N. Lueck Jr. joined the firm's consumer financial services group as a partner in Los Angeles. Lueck's practice focuses on representing financial institutions, loan servicers and debt collectors in consumer finance litigation defense, with an emphasis on mortgage and student loan-related claims.

Zheng Liu joined Rimon, P.C. as partner in Palo Alto.

Rimon P.C. announced that Zheng Liu joined the firm's intellectual property and commercial litigation groups as a partner in Palo Alto. Liu represents and advises Chinese and Taiwanese technology companies on a wide range of legal issues relevant to doing business outside China, particularly in intellectual property, technology law, commercial disputes and international trade.

Diane Jebb Hvolka joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Diane Jebb Hvolka has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Hvolka has more than 15 years of experience handling complex real estate transactions, and represents clients in commercial real estate and business transactions. She has negotiated and drafted hundreds of leases, amendments, and option agreements on behalf of office, industrial, and retail landlords and tenants, both large and small, including leases for social media companies and other creative office users, restaurants, and high-end retailers, law firms, and financial institutions, entertainment companies, and fitness facilities.

Thomas Wright Casparian joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Thomas Wright Casparian has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. His trial and appellate practice focuses on commercial, real estate, environmental and employment litigation. Casparian represents clients in land use and real estate development, providing counsel on entitlement strategies and protecting projects from litigation challenges.

Jonathan Sterling Gross joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Jonathan Sterling Gross has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Gross' practice focuses on commercial real estate, including entity formation, major office and retail leasing, construction, and design agreements; service, engineering, consulting, and management agreements; brokerage agreements; title insurance; real estate secured lending; purchase and sale of developed and undeveloped property; reciprocal easement agreements and covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs); ground leases; and fine art commission agreements.

Steven Edward Swaney joined Schiff Hardin LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Schiff Hardin LLP has announced that Steven Edward Swaney has joined the firm's product liability and mass torts practice as a partner in San Francisco. He represents companies in product liability, class action, and multidistrict matters arising out of product defect, breach of warranty, toxic tort, and consumer fraud claims. As former assistant U.S. attorney, Swaney also advises on commercial and white collar criminal matters.

Jeeyoung Kim joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Baker & Hostetler LLP has announced that Jeeyoung Kim has joined the firm as counsel in Los Angeles. Her practice focuses on healthcare-related issues, including federal and state licensing and regulatory compliance, peer review and credentialing, medical staff governance, medical staff bylaws and policies, hospital operations, fraud and abuse, contracting, patient privacy and telemedicine. Kim represents hospitals, medical staffs, managed care organizations, medical groups, and other healthcare entities and providers in these matters.

Richard Conant Giller joined Reed Smith LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Reed Smith LLP has announced that Richard Conant Giller has joined the firm's insurance recovery practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Giller's practice focuses on insurance disputes and insurance recovery with an emphasis on sports and entertainment insurance recovery. He also has a complex litigation and appellate practice. In addition to a focus on insurance recovery dispute resolution, Giller counsels clients about their insurance needs and claims; analyzes and advises complex insurance coverage issues; deals with insolvent insurance carriers, retrospective premium disputes, and captive insurance programs; as well as prosecuting and defending insurance coverage and bad faith cases. His general litigation background includes defending complex products liability, environmental and toxic tort cases.

Julie A. Treppa joined Farella Braun + Martel LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Farella Braun + Martel LLP has announced that Julie A. Treppa has joined the firm's tax group as a partner in San Francisco. Treppa's practice focuses on developing tax planning strategies for corporations, nonprofits, partnerships and joint ventures and assists clients with transaction planning, equity incentive programs, and deferred compensation matters. Treppa counsels investors, businesses and community-based organizations seeking to use tax incentives and tax credits to maximize profits while achieving social, financial and environmental goals, and has experience advising clients on the formation and operation of private equity investment and joint venture capital funds.

Frank Gooch III joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Frank Gooch III has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Gooch's practice focuses on business, civil, real estate and insurance litigation. He has represented clients involved in a full range of real estate disputes, including partnership and lease disputes, title and boundary disputes, cases involving defamation, right of privacy and First Amendment rights, antitrust, construction defect, insurance and representation of a life insurance company in bad faith law suits.

Richard Howard Close joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Richard Howard Close has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Close's practice focuses on all aspects of land use entitlements, administrative and regulatory law, project development and financing, manufactured housing communities, and governmental relations and advocacy.

Paul Stuart Rutter joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Paul Stuart Rutter has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Rutter represents clients on both real estate and general business transactions, including development, financing, leasing, acquisition, and disposition of office, hotel, retail, mixed-use, and industrial properties as well as business formation, private equity investments, and general business transactions.

Peter Eric Swain joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Peter Eric Swain has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Swain represents entrepreneurs and private equity funds throughout the United States. His practice primarily involves business and commercial real estate transactions such as joint ventures, purchases, sales, financings, and workouts.

Duane Michael Montgomery joined Cozen O'Connor as partner in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Duane Michael Montgomery has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Montgomery focuses his practice on real estate and business transactions. He represents real estate clients in secured financing matters, acquisitions and dispositions, title reviews, foreclosures, loan workouts, commercial leasing, finance lender licensing, joint venture matters, and manufactured housing transactions.

Mark Anthony Kadzielski joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Baker & Hostetler LLP has announced that Mark Anthony Kadzielski has joined the firms national healthcare industry team as a partner in Los Angeles. Kadzielski focuses his practice on representing hospitals, medical staffs, managed care enterprises, and institutional and individual healthcare providers through government regulatory and licensing matters, peer review, joint commission accreditations, credentialing, compliance and corporate governance oversight, and Medicare certification.

Jonathan Hawk was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.

Jonathan Hawk has been named a partner in our Global Commercial Litigation Practice. Jon is based in Los Angeles, and focuses on providing compliance and regulatory counsel in complex business disputes, including matters involving domestic and international data protection and privacy laws.

Robert Morrison was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.

Robert Morrison has been named a partner in our Global Banking Practice. Based in Los Angeles, he represents agent banks, lead arrangers, investors and private equity funds in domestic and global secured and unsecured syndicated credit facilities, private placements and leveraged acquisition financings.

Ellen Minda Berkowitz joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has announced that Ellen Minda Berkowitz has joined the firm's land use, land development and real estate practices as a shareholder in Los Angeles. Berkowitz provides strategic, legal advice to, and lobbying on behalf of, clients involved in the development of real property throughout California. She also has a wide-ranging background in governmental advocacy and represents clients in connection with local government contracting issues, compliance with governmental regulations, and political reform for a variety of sectors including airport concessions, billboards, energy, advertising, pipeline franchises, restaurants, health facilities, and sports and entertainment venues.

Donald Cook Nanney joined Cozen O'Connor as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Cozen O'Connor has announced that Donald Cook Nanney has joined as of counsel in firm's Los Angeles office. Nanney's practice focuses on environmental law and real estate, including environmental aspects of business and real estate transactions; regulatory compliance counseling; environmental assessments/audits; contractual allocation of environmental risks; environmental insurance; environmental litigation, claims and penalties; hazardous materials emergencies; and sustainability issues.

Ronald Anthony Valenzuela joined Lathrop Gage LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Lathrop Gage LLP has announced that Ronald Anthony Valenzuela has joined the firm's policyholder and insurance coverage practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Valenzuela represents policyholders in disputes with insurers involving a wide range of coverages and has extensive experience in other complex litigation matters including products liability, mass tort, environmental and consumer cases.

Nancy Sher Cohen joined Lathrop Gage LLP as partner-in-charge in Los Angeles.

Lathrop Gage LLP has announced that Nancy Sher Cohen has joined the firm's policyholder and insurance coverage practice as partner-in-charge in Los Angeles. Cohen has been lead counsel in the prosecution of many insurance coverage lawsuits related to life insurance claims and environmental and product liabilities.

Kristen Elaine Kane joined California Department of Tax and Fee Administration as chief counsel in Sacramento.

Governor Jerry Brown has announced that Kristen Elaine Kane has been appointed chief counsel in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration's Office of Tax Appeals. Kane will serve as acting director. Prior to being appointed to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Kane served as deputy director of the California Competes Tax Credit Program at the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.