Harold Jones joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in San Francisco. The move was Jan. 5, 2026.

For more than 20 years, Jones has advised employers on complex legal challenges, representing management across a wide range of industries, including financial services, hospitality, healthcare, biotechnology, staffing, manufacturing, retail, transportation, and technology. He defends employers of all sizes in civil actions before California state and federal courts, as well as state and federal administrative agencies.

Jones also maintains a robust advice-and-counsel practice, guiding employers through day-to-day California employment law issues. His work includes advising on background checks, leaves of absence, the interactive process, reasonable accommodations, wage and hour compliance, discipline and terminations, employee handbooks, and severance negotiations. He also conducts workplace investigations, drawing on a decade of experience as an Oakland police officer to design and lead thorough internal inquiries.

Zachary Timm was promoted to partner of K&L Gates in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Timm focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, labor and employment related litigation, business litigation, and class action defense. He has represented public and private companies in litigation involving claims for trade secrets misappropriation, tortious interference, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour violations, breach of contract, false advertising, unfair competition, and fraud.

Neil A. Eddington was promoted to partner of K&L Gates in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Eddington handles a wide range of employment-related cases; he is most often called upon to leverage his experience in litigating and advising on wage and hour issues. Eddington oversees single plaintiff and collective actions (class action and PAGA claims) alleging wage and hour violations, including regular rate of pay, overtime, and meal and rest break issues, among others.

Steven J. French was promoted to counsel of Womble Bond Dickinson in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

French's practice focuses on patent prosecution. He has long been a close and trusted adviser to his clients regarding patent matters and handles all stages of patent prosecution, including helping his clients to identify patentable inventions, drafting applications, negotiating with patent examiners, and managing international patent portfolios.

Ben Bourke was promoted to counsel of Womble Bond Dickinson in San Francisco. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Bourke is a registered patent attorney who primarily represents life sciences patent holders in Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) and related patent litigation. He is regularly called upon to draft pleadings, discovery requests, infringement and invalidity contentions, and expert reports, as well as assist with depositions, direct and cross-examinations, among other litigation duties.

Matthew Sharp Menzie joined LightGabler LLP as a senior attorney in LightGabler LLP. The move was Dec. 1, 2025.

Menzie, former senior in-house employment law counsel at Forever 21, has experience advising and counseling businesses on human resources and employment law matters, and handling related litigation.

Leanne Yu was promoted to counsel of Womble Bond Dickinson in San Francisco. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Yu focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, including defending banks and companies in individual and class actions brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), and related state laws.

H. Whei Hsueh was promoted to counsel of Hogan Lovells in San Francisco

Hsueh represents a number of clients at the forefront of the technology industry in various intellectual property (IP) matters, including complex technology-focused commercial transactions, IP licensing, and patent counselling. Hsueh's law firm experience also includes five years of patent prosecution experience as a former patent agent at Hogan Lovells and another prominent firm in San Francisco.

Edward McNeilly was promoted to counsel of Hogan Lovells in Los Angeles.

McNeilly has represented clients in a range of areas in both the United Kingdom and the United States, including bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, and finance deals. He draws upon his experience of practicing in the United Kingdom and in the United States to help debtors and creditors resolve their most complex stateside and international issues. Clients recognize McNeilly's tenacity and ability to develop practical solutions to their most complex matters.

Mary Christine Brady was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Brady is in the firm's Litigation and Trial section handling class action defense, consumer protection matters, business and intentional torts, business contract cases. Some of her cases involve cybersecurity and data privacy issues, construction defect and delay claims, and probate matters.

Talya Goldfinger was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Goldfinger works in the firm's Litigation and Trial section. With a practice focused on intellectual property and entertainment matters, her clients have included some of the world's largest record companies and music publishing companies, movie and television studios and multinational technology corporations. Equally representing plaintiffs and defendants, she has experience representing clients in copyright, trademark, patents, false advertising, unfair competition, consumer class actions and general business disputes.

Corey D. Scott was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Scott is in the firm’s Corporate practice and represents clients in all aspects of secured and unsecured debt facilities including banks, private credit funds, other institutional lenders, and corporations in corporate finance transactions, including venture debt, asset-based and cash-flow credit facilities, mezzanine and subordinated debt transactions and warehouse facilities.

Jamie Sprague was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson in Orange County. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Sprague represents clients in complex commercial disputes, including contract claims, business torts, labor and employment matters, landlord-tenant and land use disputes, and multi-plaintiff mass torts involving nuisance, trespass, negligence, and environmental claims. She represents developers, investors, owners, and operators across industries including healthcare and life sciences, renewable energy, and construction.

Sprague has experience at all levels of federal and state civil litigation and in administrative proceedings. Her work includes drafting briefs and motions, managing complex discovery, working with expert witnesses, and taking and defending depositions. Her track record includes successfully arguing before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a jury verdict, first-chairing multimillion-dollar disputes, and leading teams through trials, arbitrations, and appeals.

Kathryn E. McHenry joined Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP as a counsel in Los Angeles.

McHenry's practice encompasses all aspects of real property planning and development, including multifamily developments, secured financing, and real estate acquisitions and dispositions (both individual properties and significant portfolio acquisitions, 1031 exchanges, and ownership by tenancies-in-common). She has particular experience in complex leasing matters, including retail (national chains and "big box" tenants), medical and standard office buildings, and industrial projects.

Laura M. López was promoted to counsel of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.

López has built a robust practice focused on complex civil litigation for clients across a wide range of industries, with a particular emphasis on technology and innovation-driven companies. She has significant experience developing and executing large-scale e-discovery strategies and brings rigor, efficiency and sound judgment to discovery management and production in high-stakes matters.

Aaron T. Winn joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a partner in San Diego.

Winn has defended clients in putative class action claims and complex litigation matters involving unfair business practices, unfair competition, privacy claims, false advertising, violations of various state and federal regulatory statutes, and virtually every type of employment-related claim. He has also successfully preserved clients' wins and overturned adverse decisions in federal and state appellate courts across the nation.

Marcus Reeslund was promoted to shareholder of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Los Angeles.

Reeslund is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Department and centers his practice on strategic patent portfolio management and due diligence. He has built and managed patent portfolios for companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 corporations.

Joshua B. Bevitz joined Donahue Fitzgerald as a partner in Oakland

Bevitz focuses on real estate, construction, insurance coverage and business disputes and litigation. He has experience litigating cases in both state and federal courts, resolving cases through alternative dispute resolution, and enforcing judgments. A member of the Contra Costa County Bar Association, Bevitz earned his J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco, where he was Executive Editor for the Hastings Law Journal. He earned his B.A. and B.S. from Washington University.

Michael S. Ward joined Donahue Fitzgerald as a partner in Oakland

Ward is an employment law attorney with over three decades of experience supporting for-profit and nonprofit employers across California. His practice is uniquely positioned at the intersection of legal compliance, organizational leadership, and workforce strategy, making him a trusted resource for executives, in-house counsel, and HR professionals.

Christian R. Jajeh joined Donahue Fitzgerald as a counsel in Walnut Creek

Jajeh focuses his practice on estate planning, trust and probate administration, and related tax matters. He works closely with individuals and families to develop comprehensive estate plans and guides fiduciaries and beneficiaries through both contested and uncontested trust and estate administrations.

Ani N. Keledjian joined Donahue Fitzgerald as a counsel in Oakland

Keledjian has eight years of experience in California real estate law where she focuses on residential and commercial transactions. She has experience representing landlords and tenants, sellers and buyers in both residential and commercial transactions. Keledjian also has prior experience in general civil litigation, business, and trust litigation where she successfully prosecuted a breach of contract and fraud action and obtained a favorable judgement for her client. She is a member of the Contra Costa County Bar Association and the Robert G. McGrath American Inn of Court.

Scott Laes was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Laes focuses on construction disputes, including defect and delay litigation, as well as related business, commercial, real estate, partnership, landlord-tenant, and insurance coverage matters in state and federal courts. He has extensive experience drafting and arguing briefs and motions, taking and defending depositions, and participating in arbitrations, judicial reference proceedings, and bench and jury trials.

Recently, Laes represented a developer in a complex multiparty construction action, prosecuting claims for defect, delay, and breach of contract while defending against a general contractor's breach of contract and indemnity claims. He has also assisted clients in the aftermath of the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.

Sean O'Connor was promoted to partner of Robins Kaplan LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

O'Connor is a trial attorney in the Insurance and Catastrophic Loss Group. He represents domestic and international insurers in complex, high-value property insurance disputes, including business interruption, supply chain disruption, and bad faith claims arising from catastrophic events such as wildfires, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other large-scale losses across the United States. O'Connor brings a deep understanding of insurance policy formation, interpretation, and coverage analysis, and he regularly leads matters from case inception through discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, mediation, and resolution.

Lauren E. Saint was promoted to partner of Murtaugh in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Saint has built a sophisticated litigation practice spanning trust and estate disputes, as well as business, real estate, and construction matters. With more than a decade of experience, she has secured seven-figure settlements, achieved winning trial results, and successfully defended matters on appeal. Lauren is known for her strategic judgment, strong advocacy, and steady leadership in complex and sensitive cases.

Blair V. Kittle was promoted to partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP in Burlingame.

Kittle's practice focuses on representing clients in consumer protection class actions, defective products and mass tort litigation, elder abuse, personal injury and wrongful death matters, and employment law. Kittle is an experienced trial lawyer who seeks justice for clients harmed by corporate and institutional misconduct.

Zachary N. Zaharoff was promoted to partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP.

Zaharoff represents individuals, small businesses, and public entities in matters involving antitrust and global competition, commercial litigation, elder abuse, false claims and whistleblower law, intellectual property, personal injury and wrongful death, and right of publicity and name, image, and likeness. He is an experienced civil litigator with a proven record of success in complex, high-stakes litigation.

Andrew Britton was promoted to partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP.

Britton focuses his practice on personal injury, wrongful death, defective products, mass torts, and wildfire litigation. He represents individuals harmed by dangerous products and large-scale disasters.

Theresa E. Vitale was promoted to partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP in Santa Monica.

Vitale represents injured individuals, consumers, employees, whistleblowers, and municipalities in matters involving consumer protection class actions, defective products and mass torts, elder abuse, environmental law, false claims and whistleblower actions, securities and financial fraud, sexual abuse, and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. She has litigated cases in state and federal courts as well as arbitration proceedings.

Kristian Moriarty was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Moriarty also serves as the leading partner in the Irvine office. He has been with the firm since 2013 and is a litigator in the firm's risk management & insurance law, transportation and product liability practice groups. In addition to his litigation practice, Moriarty will lead the development and implementation of a firmwide onboarding and training program aimed at enhancing attorney performance and long-term retention.

Jennifer Estrada was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Estrada has been with the firm since March 2022 and is a member of the firm's transportation law, product liability and general liability practice groups. She focuses her practice on defending cases related to product liability, general liability and catastrophic personal injury matters. Since joining the firm, Jennifer has emerged as a highly sought after mentor and role model. She will play a key role in developing and implementing a more formalized mentoring and training program.

Thomas Brown was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Brown has been with the firm since August 2016 and leads the workers' compensation practice group. He focuses his practice exclusively on workers' compensation defense, representing insurance companies, self-insured employers, third-party administrators, K-12 school districts and community college districts in all phases of litigation from discovery through appeal.

Jeffrey Schmid was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in San Diego.

Schmid has been with the firm since February 2021 and is a member of the firm's general liability, product liability, and transportation law practice groups. His practice focuses on defending clients in construction defect, premises liability, motor vehicle negligence, wrongful death and transportation and trucking matters.

Derek Lawson was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Lawson has been with the firm since November 2021 and is a member of the firm's transportation law, fire litigation, general liability, and construction law practice groups. His practice centers on cases involving complex liability issues, representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small business and individuals.

Sean Paden was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Paden has been with the firm since January 2022 and is a member of the firm's construction law and general liability practice groups. He focuses his practice on cases involving mechanics lien foreclosures, real property disputes for commercial and residential landlords and resolving subrogation claims.

Jon Feldon was promoted to partner of Murtaugh in Irvine. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Feldon focuses his practice on trust, probate, and conservatorship litigation, representing individuals and families in high-stakes and emotionally complex disputes throughout Southern California. His background includes significant experience as a public defender, where he developed deep expertise in mental health law and advocacy for vulnerable populations, followed by private practice at Holland & Knight and Murtaugh Law. He is widely respected for his trial advocacy, thoughtful problem-solving, and client-centered approach.

Deborah J. Fox was elected Managing Principal of Meyers Nave APC in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Fox, a trial lawyer and chair of the firm's Trial & Litigation Practice and member of the Executive Committee, has been with Meyers Nave for 18 years. Known for her strategic counsel and courtroom acumen, she has represented clients in some of California's most complex and high-profile cases. Her leadership combines deep litigation experience with a collaborative, client-focused approach that reflects the firm's core values: service, integrity, excellence, and growth. She is the second woman to lead Meyers Nave in its almost 40-year history.

David Kramer was promoted to partner of Greenberg Glusker LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Kramer represents clients in a diverse array of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financings, formation-related matters, joint ventures, supply chain agreements, and licensing agreements. Kramer's clientele includes founders, high-net-worth individuals, emerging companies, and middle-market companies across a wide range of sectors, including branded consumer products, digital media, technology, manufacturing, entertainment, and food and beverage.

Michael Manley was promoted to partner of Greenberg Glusker LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Manley has extensive commercial real estate transaction experience with a strong focus on leasing, acquisition and dispositions, and portfolio management. Manley represents institutional property owners, developers, operators, and tenants in complex commercial real estate matters, including ground-up retail development projects, build-to-suit and portfolio leases, financings, and the acquisition and disposition of commercial and mixed-use properties spanning a broad range of asset classes, including retail, restaurant, office, industrial, life science, and other commercial property types.

Daniel R. Adler was promoted to partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Adler was elevated to partner effective Jan. 1. He specializes in complex commercial and constitutional litigation in trial and appellate courts. Daniel has briefed more than 80 appeals for federal and state courts across the country and has argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and several California Courts of Appeal.

Dione Garlick was promoted to partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Garlick was elevated to partner effective Jan. 1. She practices in the firm’s Litigation Department and in the Real Estate Practice Group. Dione specializes in real estate disputes, including both litigation and pre-litigation advising. She also has expertise in environmental litigation.

Shaun A. Mathur was promoted to partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Mathur was elevated to partner effective Jan. 1. Mathur's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Appellate and Constitutional Law, Antitrust and Competition, Class Actions, Media, Entertainment and Technology, and Intellectual Property Practice Groups. He represents clients across a variety of industries, including technology, media and entertainment, consumer products, automotive, insurance, and pharmaceuticals.

Lauren Traina was promoted to partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles.

Traina was elevated to partner effective Jan. 1. Her practice focuses on land use and real estate matters, with an emphasis on energy transactions, including project development, acquisitions, financings and restructurings. She has significant expertise in wind power, solar power and other renewable energy technology, and has represented both developers and tax equity investors in connection with these transactions. Lauren also has notable experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and securities regulation.

Carissa H. Zidell was promoted to partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Century City.

Zidell was elevated to partner effective Jan. 1. She represents private equity funds, developers, operators, and institutional and non-institutional investors in all aspects of real estate transactions, ranging from acquisitions and dispositions, financings, preferred equity investments, development matters, and joint ventures in a variety of asset types, including hospitality, office, student housing, multi-family, industrial, and data center.

Caroline Lynch was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.

Lynch was elected to the firm's partnership effective Jan. 1. She counsels clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including internal restructurings, commercial contract drafting, and corporate governance. Noted for her creativity and collaborative nature, she maintains a robust pro bono practice and helps schools and other community clients by advising on contracts, bylaws, and board member issues.

James K. Rothstein was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in San Francisco.

Rothstein was elected to the firm's partnership effective Jan. 1. He is an experienced and versatile attorney who specializes in complex business litigation, white collar defense, and corporate investigations. He counsels companies facing critical business disputes and provides strategic guidance on complex and sensitive internal investigations and investigations by federal and state enforcement authorities.

Anne Steinberg was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Newport Beach.

Steinberg was elected to the firm's partnership effective Jan. 1. She focuses on counseling health care clients with respect to internal investigations, inquiries and investigations by federal and state enforcement authorities, and related litigation. Her expertise includes defending health care companies against alleged violations of the civil False Claims Act, Medicare reimbursement laws, and laws regulating managed care organizations, including matters related to Medicare Advantage and risk adjustment. She also maintains an active pro bono practice involving adoption, elder abuse, and advocacy for equal protection in criminal prosecutions.

Heather Welles was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.

Welles was elected to the firm's partnership effective Jan. 1. She pairs litigation and appellate success at the highest levels with substantive expertise in water, a field of growing importance to even the largest companies. A diverse set of clients, including innovative farmers, major movie and television studios, large water districts, champion athletes, skin-care pioneers, private equity funds, and environmental conservation and recreational organizations, rely on her to write case-winning briefs, develop persuasive legal theories, and creatively resolve disputes.

Leah Collins was promoted to partner of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP in San Francisco.

Collins was elected to the firm's partnership effective Jan. 1. Collins is a real estate transactional attorney who represents investors, developers, owners, lenders, and borrowers in complex real estate transactions across California and the United States. Her practice covers the full lifecycle of real estate assets - including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, development, and sophisticated debt and equity financing - across a variety of property types, including office, retail, hospitality and luxury resort, mixed-use projects, multi-family, and entitled and unentitled land. She routinely structures, negotiates, and closes complex purchase-and-sale transactions, handles new and modified financings on behalf of both borrowers and lenders, and oversees project-related documentation for ground-up and redevelopment projects.

Paige Zielinski was promoted to partner of Jenner & Block in San Francisco. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Zielinski was promoted to partner effective Jan. 1. Zielinski is a white-collar defense attorney with extensive experience conducting investigations and representing executives and companies before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, state Attorneys General, and District Attorneys. Formerly a California state prosecutor, she leverages her significant courtroom and first-chair trial experience to advocate for clients in a variety of forums. She is adept at navigating complex fact sets and devising defensive strategies in cases involving allegations of AI washing, wire fraud, money laundering, data privacy violations, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Sherman Act, among others. She also helps her clients proactively assess their compliance with the changing federal, state, and local regulatory landscape before the government gets involved. She provides a strategic and practical perspective to companies facing issues at the intersection of enforcement and compliance.

Elizabeth Baldridge was promoted to counsel of Jenner & Block in Century City. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Baldridge was promoted to counsel effective Jan. 1. Baldridge represents clients in all types of businesses in federal and state trial and appellate courts, through mediation, and in informal disputes. She represents clients in a wide variety of matters, with a focus on media, entertainment, and intellectual property. Baldridge is experienced in all stages of litigation, including investigations and pre-litigation strategy, discovery, motion practice, trial, and early resolution.

Eliza R. Finley was promoted to partner of Susman Godfrey in Los Angeles.

Finley represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation in courtrooms across the country. She has litigated cases spanning a variety of practice areas including antitrust, breach of contract, business disputes, intellectual property, employment, and healthcare. Similarly, Finley's clients range from large, well-known corporations to small businesses and individuals. She will join the partnership effective Jan. 1.

Jonathan M. Westreich was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in Century City.

Westreich's practice includes representing public and private companies and investment funds in public and private mergers, equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions, tax-free reorganizations, and internal restructurings, with a focus on sports, entertainment, and media. He counsels corporations, investment managers of hedge funds and private equity funds, LLCs, and operating partnerships on structuring and tax issues of formation, choice of entity, and operating and joint-venture agreements. In addition, Westreich works on transactions involving equity and mortgage REITs, including representing issuers and underwriters in capital markets transactions, and other real estate finance and joint-venture transactions. His entry into the partnership is effective Jan. 1.

Shayona Schiely was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in Century City.

Scheily focuses her practice on debt finance. She represents both private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, public and private companies, and lenders in connection with debt financing. Scheily also has experience representing corporate borrowers in both acquisition and non-acquisition contexts, having advised on complex secured and unsecured leveraged financing transactions. These matters include syndicated and privately placed financings, recurring revenue-based facilities, concurrent acquisitions and combination of multiple unaffiliated companies, spin-offs and carve-outs, as well as acquisition financings and dividend recapitalizations. She also has significant experience in both in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters, including complex liability management and other capital structure transactions. Her entry into the partnership is effective Jan. 1.

Alexandria V. Ruiz was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles.

Ruiz is a commercial litigator with experience handling complex business disputes and defending class actions and consumer fraud suits. Alexandria's practice spans all stages of litigation, from initial fact investigation and drafting pleadings, through discovery and motion practice, to trial and post-trial work. She has significant experience in both state and federal courts, and in arbitration, obtaining successful outcomes at trials and arbitration hearings. She advises clients in complex business disputes, consumer protection defense, contests, breach of fiduciary duty, false advertising and unfair competition. Ruiz represents clients in a variety of industries, including apparel, consumer products and services, e-commerce, financial services, life sciences, media and entertainment, and mortgage banking. Her entry into the partnership is effective Jan. 1.

Caleb J. Bowers was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles.

Bowers focuses his practice on environmental regulatory and litigation matters and enforcement defense, with particular emphasis on e-commerce, industrial businesses, ground transportation and logistics, and infrastructure development. He advises clients on environmental compliance obligations, defending against government enforcement and citizen suits, and environmental requirements for development projects, especially air, water, and wetlands permitting. His entry into the partnership is effective Jan. 1.

Lauren C. Freeman was promoted to partner of Sidley Austin LLP in San Francisco.

Freeman helps clients navigate complex regulatory environments and represents them in government investigations and regulatory enforcement actions. Freeman's government investigations experience includes representing clients in regulatory proceedings and enforcement actions before agencies such as the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Food and Drug Administration. Her entry into the partnership is effective Jan. 1.

Victoria A. Anglin was promoted to counsel of Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles.

Anglin was elevated to counsel effective Jan. 1. She is an experienced regulatory lawyer focused on the complexities of Advisers Act compliance. With a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape, she provides strategic guidance to investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity firms, and other financial institutions on navigating the intricacies of SEC regulations. Anglin helps clients effectively manage compliance challenges, mitigate risks, and achieve operational efficiency within the bounds of federal securities laws.

Alexandria P. Daugherty was promoted to counsel of Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles.

Daugherty was elevated to counsel effective Jan. 1. Her practice focuses on representing individual and corporate clients in connection with investigations and enforcement actions by government agencies. She has extensive experience with multi-faceted, high-stakes matters that involve the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal agencies and state attorneys general. Daugherty has represented clients across a variety of sectors, including automotive, technology, telecommunications, retail, financial, healthcare, and accounting.

Jonathan H. Koh was promoted to counsel of Sidley Austin LLP in Los Angeles.

Koh was elevated to counsel effective Jan. 1. He counsels clients on a broad range of real estate transactions, including purchase and sale transactions, mortgage and mezzanine loan originations and restructurings, joint ventures, and leasing. These matters involve a wide variety of asset types, including hotel and hospitality, restaurants and retail, office, healthcare, multi-family, industrial, and mixed-use projects.