NEWSPROS
Jana L Contreras
was promoted to shareholder of NEWSPROS in Walnut Creek.
Contreras focuses her practice on complex real estate and commercial disputes in state and federal courts. She has represented individuals, property owners, developers, retailers, utilities, financial institutions, and government entities in a wide variety of real estate and business matters, including commercial leasing, construction, environmental contamination, easement, and contract and partnership disputes. Contreras also represents clients in eminent domain and inverse condemnation proceedings. In addition to being a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) and the Real Property Subsection of the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA), Contreras is part of the East Bay Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW).
Allison K Wopschall
was promoted to shareholder of NEWSPROS in Walnut Creek.
Wopschall's practice focuses on business disputes and negotiation in the area of contracts, commercial leasing, real estate transactions, partnership and corporate disputes, and environmental contamination. She also represents clients in eminent domain and inverse condemnation proceedings. Her clients include property owners, developers, and managers, national retailers, tenants, and financial institutions, among others. Wopschall has significant experience in both state and federal court at the trial and appellate court levels, as well as in arbitration and judicial reference proceedings. She is the Program Chair of the Real Estate Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA) and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the ICSC Next Generation San Francisco and East Bay Program Committees.
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Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years. For nearly all that time, our firm has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th, a 12-volume encyclopedia on California real estate law. We call it "the Book." The Book is the most widely used and judicially recognized real estate treatise in California and is cited by practicing attorneys and courts throughout the state. Our firm has expertise in all real property matters, including full-service litigation and dispute resolution services, transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, common interest development, construction, management, title insurance, environmental law, and redevelopment and land use. For more information, visit www.msrlegal.com
Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP
Keith Grossman
as partner
Labor and employment counseling, with emphasis on the hospitality industry.
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Hirschfeld Kraemer is a California-based labor and employment firm with offices in Northern (San Francisco and Napa) and Southern California (Santa Monica).
Address
233 Wilshire Blvd #600
Santa Monica, 90401 United States
T:
(310) 255-0705
California Appellate Law Group LLP
Sharon Baumgold
joined California Appellate Law Group LLP as counsel in California Appellate Law Group (Los Angeles).
Sharon Baumgold, who joins the California Appellate Law Group after nearly four decades as a lead writ attorney in the 2nd District of the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles, is an expert in appellate writs. She authored the Action Guide: Handling Civil Writs in the Courts of Appeal for California's CEB, Continuing Education of the Bar, every year of publication since 1992.
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The California Appellate Law Group LLP is a 15-lawyer appellate boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles that handles appeals and writs in the California appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. www.calapplaw.com
Address
811 Wilshire Blvd 17th Floor
Los Angeles, 90017 USA
T:
(213) 878-0404
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Richard Van Swearingen
was promoted to senior counsel of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP in San Francisco.
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP announced Richard Van Swearingen has been promoted to senior counsel. Swearingen focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, employment law, civil rights issues, attorneys' fees applications, and appellate matters.
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP
Teresa W. Ghali
was promoted to partner of Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP in San Francisco.
Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP, a labor and immigration law firm, announces the promotion of Teresa W. Ghali to partner in San Francisco. In her new leadership capacity, Ghali will advise and defend California employers against class actions and single plaintiff claims in federal and state courts, as well as administrative proceedings before the EEOC, DLSE, and DFEH.
Ghali's areas of practice include class actions, wage and hour issues, EEO litigation, and wrongful termination litigation. Her recent successes as an experienced trial and appellate attorney include obtaining: denial of class certification in Duran v. U.S. Bank (Alameda Cty. Sup. Ct. 2016); class decertification in Trahan v. U.S. Bank (N.D. Cal. 2015); and summary judgment in a single plaintiff wrongful termination action, Parker v. Comcast (N.D. Cal. 2017). Ghali has also resolved wage and hour claims before state administrative agencies and settled numerous single plaintiff lawsuits prior to and during litigation.
Ghali is a regular contributor to the California Employment Law Letter, a biweekly newsletter that keeps California in-house counsel, managers and HR professionals apprised of new statewide employment laws and developments. In 2010, Ghali spent two months as a volunteer Deputy District Attorney in Marin County, and in that capacity, prosecuted five jury trials and a bench trial to verdict.
Her stellar track record of defending employers in employment, breach of contract, and insurance matters has earned Ghali her place on the Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Star list for the past eight years, a recognition bestowed upon less than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.
Ghali graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she served as editor of the Asian American Law Journal and was a board and founding member of the Chinese Law Society. She is also the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Awards in the Global Migration Seminar & International Human Right Clinic. Ghali received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Spanish from University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
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About Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP For more than 20 years, Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP has distinguished itself as one of the top employment, labor and immigration firms in California, representing employers in single-plaintiff and class action lawsuits and advising employers on related legal compliance and risk avoidance. The firm has five offices throughout California - in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. For more information, visit: www.CDFLaborLaw.com and find CDF on LinkedIn or Twitter to learn more about how the firm protects California employers.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Aaron Kyle Briggs
joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Aaron Kyle Briggs has joined as of counsel in San Francisco. Briggs is a member of the firm's securities regulation and corporate governance group. His responsibilities included board governance, investor outreach and shareholder activism, SEC reporting, proxy solicitation and annual shareholders meeting prep, and providing advice on executive compensation and proxy and financial disclosure matters.
Address
555 Mission St # 3000
San Francisco, 94105 United States
T:
(415) 393-8200
Foley & Mansfield PLLP
Mark David Sayre
was promoted to equity partner of Foley & Mansfield PLLP in Los Angeles.
Foley & Mansfield PLLP announced Mark David Sayre has been named equity partner. Sayre focuses his practice on product liability and toxic/mass tort litigation.
Holland & Knight LLP
Timothy Quinn Evans
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in Los Angeles.
Holland & Knight LLP announced Timothy Quinn Evans has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Evans is a member of the firm's government section. He practices in the area of Native American law in several capacities, including tribal governmental, transactional and litigation work. Evans also frequently interacts with the federal regulatory agencies involved in tribal client matters.
King Holmes Paterno & Berliner, LLP
Joseph Michael Carlone
was promoted to partner of King Holmes Paterno & Berliner, LLP in Los Angeles.
King Holmes Paterno & Berliner, LLP announced Joseph Michael Carlone has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Carlone focuses his practice on entertainment law, handling matters including representing a broad range of artists and companies in all facets of the music, motion picture, television, merchandising, fashion and entertainment businesses.
Reed Smith LLP
Brian Adair Sutherland
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.
Reed Smith LLP announced Brian Adair Sutherland has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Sutherland, an attorney in the firm's appellate group, briefs and argues appeals and class action matters in federal and state courts.
Stoel Rives LLP
Bryan Lakeith Hawkins
was promoted to partner of Stoel Rives LLP in Sacramento.
Stoel Rives LLP announced Bryan Lakeith Hawkins has been promoted to partner in Sacramento. Hawkins represents employers in employment-related litigation in court and before administrative agencies such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His practice also involves counseling employers on employment-related issues, including handbooks and policies. Hawkins also provides counseling on labor issues, such as advising employers on how to effectively respond to union organizing campaigns, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, and manage the employer/union relationship.
Reed Smith LLP
James Mark Neudecker
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.
Reed Smith LLP announced James Mark Neudecker has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Neudecker is a member of the firm's complex litigation group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitrations for companies in a variety of business sectors, including financial services, transportation, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing, hospitality, and most recently, the on-demand gig economy.
Dykema Gossett LLP
Dommond Edward Lonnie
was promoted to director of automotive industry group of Dykema Gossett LLP in Los Angeles.
Dykema Gossett LLP announced Dommond Edward Lonnie was appointed director of the firm's automotive industry group. Based in the firm's Los Angeles office, Dommond represents domestic and foreign automobile/mobility manufacturers in product liability, class action, toxic tort, and commercial litigation matters.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Michael Lange Lawhead
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Costa Mesa.
Baker & Hostetler LLP announced Michael Lange Lawhead has joined as a corporate partner in Costa Mesa. Lawhead represents public companies in equity and debt securities transactions, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance and compliance. Lawhead has a particular focus on healthcare and life sciences. He also represents privately held companies in offerings of preferred equity and venture capital funds as investors in such transactions
Address
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 900
Costa Mesa, 92626-7221 United States
T:
(714) 754-6600
F:
(714) 754-6611
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Jared Brooks Grauer
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Silicon Valley.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP announced Jared Brooks Grauer has been promoted to partner in Silicon Valley. Grauer represents technology companies in all phases of their life cycle. His practice focuses on strategic advisory, corporate governance, securities law compliance, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions. He also regularly advises many venture capital firms in their investments.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Michael Heath
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Los Angeles.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP announced Michael Heath has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Heath represents emerging growth companies, technology incubators and venture funds with a focus on venture financing, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, token investments and corporate governance matters.
Reed Smith LLP
Ashley Lynn Shively
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.
Reed Smith LLP announced Ashley Lynn Shively has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Shively is a member of the firm's financial industry group. She represents financial institutions and businesses in consumer class and individual actions, including fair lending, privacy, credit reporting, debt collection, false advertising, and unfair business practices.
Akerman LLP
Caroline Hoadley Mankey joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kanika Dziko Corley joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
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Akerman Continues Los Angeles Growth with Team of IP and Commercial Litigation Partners LOS ANGELES -- Jan. 10, 2018 -- Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, continued the expansion of its Los Angeles office with intellectual property partner Caroline Mankey and commercial litigation partner Kanika Corley. They join from Sedgwick LLP, where Mankey chaired the Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Group. The lawyers join Akerman's Los Angeles team at a time when it has more than doubled in size since 2015 to 32 lawyers. In recent months, the office relocated to the CalEdison DTLA to accommodate continuing growth. "Caroline and Kanika are highly skilled lawyers who bring important depth to our intellectual property and commercial litigation team in Los Angeles and nationwide," said Lawrence Rochefort, chair of the Litigation Practice Group. "We look forward to making even greater contributions to our clients through their comprehensive knowledge of the entertainment, arts, fashion, retail, sports and technology sectors." "Caroline and Kanika add great value to Akerman's national IP and litigation platforms, as we expand our Los Angeles presence to meet the growing needs of our clients," said Sue Zabloudil, Los Angeles office managing partner. "In Los Angeles and nationwide, we remain focused on making Akerman a place where clients benefit from a diversity of ideas and experiences essential to advance their goals as well as our culture of collaborative innovation." Caroline Mankey Mankey is a seasoned trial lawyer representing clients in intellectual property matters in the entertainment, arts, fashion, retail and technology sectors. She focuses her practice on copyright, trademark, trade secret, design patent, licensing and other contract rights, and rights of publicity disputes. Her entertainment clients include motion picture studios and production companies, actors, comedians, television personalities, and artists. Mankey is recognized among the National Law Journal's 2017 list of Intellectual Property Trailblazers and among the Daily Journal's 2017 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in California. She serves as chair of the Women Who Lead Board for the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel and as a board member of Female Executives in Media and Entertainment. Kanika Corley Corley is known for her broad-based business and entertainment litigation practice. Her clients include multimedia companies, musicians and other creatives, professional athletes, fashion brands, wine manufacturers, and hotels. She focuses her practice on commercial disputes as well as soft intellectual property litigation and prosecution for clients in the media, entertainment and sports sectors. Corley was named to the National Bar Association's Top 40 Under 40 Nation's Best Advocates list. In addition to her practice, she serves as an adjunct professor for the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law. Mankey and Corley are the latest lateral partners to join the Los Angeles team. Other recent additions include consumer financial partner Kathleen "Kitty" Ryan, a former Deputy Assistant Director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Regulations, and real estate transactional associate Christopher Muno, who represents operators, developers and investors in connection with the formation and structuring of real estate joint ventures and other investment vehicles. About Akerman Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized by Financial Times as among the most forward thinking firms in the industry. Its more than 650 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world's most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and overcome barriers to innovation and growth. Akerman is known for its results in middle market M&A and complex disputes, and for helping clients achieve their most important business objectives in the financial services, real estate, and other dynamic sectors across the United States and Latin America. Akerman's Intellectual Property Practice Group serves clients worldwide in all areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and the Internet. Ranked nationally by U.S. News - Best Lawyers in intellectual property litigation, the group handles complex and high-profile cases spanning a range of industries, including technology, life sciences, fashion, entertainment and sports, and chemical, among others. More information can be found at akerman.com or twitter.com/akerman_law.
Address
601 West Fifth Street, Suite 300
Los Angeles, 90071 United States
T:
(213) 688-9500
F:
(213) 627-6342
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Jared B. Grauer
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Silicon Valley.
Jared represents a variety of technology companies in all phases of their life cycle. His practice focuses on strategic advisory, corporate governance, securities law compliance, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions. Jared also regularly advises many venture capital firms in their investments. Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer, Jared co-founded Course Hero, Inc., the leading online learning platform for crowd-sourced study resources.
Mike Heath
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Los Angeles.
Mike co-founded the firm’s Los Angeles office in 2012. He represents emerging growth companies, technology incubators and venture funds with a focus on venture financing, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, token investments and corporate governance matters. He represents clients in a wide range of industries.
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Gunderson Dettmer is the leading business law firm for venture capital and emerging growth companies globally. The firm brings unsurpassed commitment and experience to supporting entrepreneurs and investors in building game-changing companies and leading venture capital brands. With more than 220 attorneys in nine offices around the world, the firm is consistently recognized for leadership and excellence in its areas of practice by Chambers & Partners, Best Lawyers, Legal 500 and Pitchbook.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson
Andrea Saunders Rifenbark
was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson in Los Angeles.
Andrea Saunders Rifenbark's institutional investment practice focuses on acquisitions and dispositions as well as domestic and international joint ventures and financial transactions for pension funds and other institutional clients. During her tenure, Rifenbark has worked on many high-stakes matters, including the recent acquisition of a $610 million office park for one of the largest U.S. public pension funds. She also recently represented a group of foreign pension funds in the formation of a $600 million joint venture to acquire, develop and operate student housing projects near major universities throughout the United States.
Rifenbark is a nine-time Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star, a 2017 Southern California Super Lawyer, an Up-and-Coming 50 Women Southern California Rising Star and she was recognized as one of "Five Associates to Watch" by the Daily Journal. She is a member of NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association's SoCal Chapter and National Multifamily Housing Council.
Elizabeth Willes
was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson in Los Angeles.
Willes represents real estate owners, investors and developers during all phases of the acquisition, development, management, leasing, financing and disposition of retail, residential (including multi-family and student housing), office and industrial properties. A significant amount of her current practice focuses on the representation of institutional investors and public pension funds in complex joint ventures and fund investment transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars in commitments. With experience representing operators, developers and investors, Willes' balanced perspective helps clients achieve successful venture formation in an efficient manner.
Willes recently represented a student housing developer in the initial acquisition and joint venture with a local developer of land for redevelopment, and a subsequent joint venture with a New York-based hedge fund for development ,of a 1,039-bed, $193 million high-rise student housing project in San Jose, California. Her representative clients include San Diego-based Brixton Capital and Westcore Properties and El Segundo-based Griffin Capital Company, LLC. Willes is a member of the California Bar Association's Real Property Section, an Advisory Board Member of Surfrider Foundation, San Diego Chapter, and the President of the Myanmar-Burma Children's Hope Fund.
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Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP delivers strategic legal counsel and services to developers, public agencies, energy companies, lenders, investors, joint ventures, pension funds, landlords, tenants, corporations, high net-worth individuals and others in the management of their complex real estate, business and litigation challenges. Founded in 1968, the firm has more than 130 attorneys in offices in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Francisco. For more information, visit www.coxcastle.com. Follow the firm on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Akerman LLP
Kathleen Celia Ryan
joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Akerman LLP announced Kathleen Celia Ryan has joined the firm's consumer financial services practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Ryan focuses her practice on fair lending and regulatory compliance matters, particularly on issues related to the Fair Housing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Community Reinvestment Act, Truth in Lending Act, and UDAAP. She previously served as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Regulations.
Address
601 W 5th St Suite 300
Los Angeles, 90071 United States
T:
(213) 688-9500
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Brian Edward Whitley
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Indian Wells.
Best Best & Krieger LLP announced Brian Edward Whitley has been promoted to partner in Indian Wells. Whitley is a member of the firm's business practice group. He represents local and national banks and borrowers in various loan transactions, nonprofit corporations and other businesses in tax-exempt financing transactions, and a variety of other clients in business and real estate matters.
CaseyGerry
Meagan L. Verschueren
was promoted to associate attorney of CaseyGerry in San Diego.
CaseyGerry has announced the addition of Meagan L. Verschueren as its newest associate attorney.Verschueren started out as a CaseyGerry legal clerk in 2015 and also worked for the firm as a contract attorney. In her new role as a full-time associate, Verschueren will work closely with partner Robert J. Francavilla on cases in the areas of catastrophic personal injury, product and premises liability, aviation litigation, wrongful death, elder abuse litigation and more.
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Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, CaseyGerry was established in 1947, and is the longest-standing plaintiffs' law firm in San Diego. The firm's attorneys practice in numerous areas, including serious personal injury, product liability, aviation, pharmaceutical, mass tort and class action litigation.
Horvitz & Levy LLP
Mark A Kressel
was promoted to partner of Horvitz & Levy LLP in Burbank, CA.
Trial Strategy and Civil Appeals with a focus on entertainment, government entity defense, CEQA, and elder abuse.
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Horvitz & Levy LLP is a specialized boutique focused on trial strategy and civil appeals. In the late 1950s, there were no US law firms focused solely on appellate success, but the firm's founder, Ellis J. Horvitz, had a vision of creating a firm whose exclusive focus would be to win cases on appeal. Mr. Horvitz achieved this vision that continues to unfold today as Horvitz & Levy remains the largest firm in the United States specializing exclusively in civil appellate litigation. The firm is widely recognized for superior client service, judgment, and instinct.
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Christopher J. Diaz
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Walnut Creek, Calif..
Diaz and is a member of the Municipal Law practice group. He is a public agency attorney serving as city attorney to the cities of Los Altos and Milpitas and the Town of Colma, and district counsel for the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District.
Kimberly E. Hood
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Sacramento, Calif..
Hood is a member of the Municipal Law practice group and handles all aspects of public law, with a focus on public agency litigation, including Proposition 218, the Public Records Act and eminent domain. Based in the firm’s Sacramento office, she serves as the interim city attorney to the City of Galt and the assistant city attorney for the cities of Davis and Paso Robles.
Michael J. Maurer
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Los Angeles.
Maurer works in BB&K’s Los Angeles office and is a member of the Municipal Law practice group. In addition to advising cities on the legalities of their day-to-day operations, Mike provides guidance on land use, public infrastructure and construction, and open government and ethics laws. He serves as city attorney for the cities of La Habra Heights and San Jacinto and as assistant city attorney for the cities of Avalon and Arcadia. He provides general counsel services to a number of special districts, as well.
Gregory G. Snarr
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Riverside, Calif..
Snarr serves in BB&K’s Eminent Domain and Business practice groups. Based in Riverside, his practice broadly encompasses all aspects of business law and litigation, labor and employment, construction litigation, real-property acquisitions, eminent domain and inverse condemnation actions.
Brian E. Whitley
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Indian Wells, Calif..
Whitley is in the firm’s Business practice group and is based in Indian Wells. He represents local and national banks and borrowers in various loan transactions, nonprofit corporations and other businesses in tax-exempt financing transactions, and a variety of other clients in business and real estate matters.
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Best Best & Krieger LLP is a national law firm that focuses on environmental, business, education, employee benefits, municipal and telecommunications law for public agency and private clients. With nearly 200 attorneys, the law firm has nine offices nationwide, including Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and Washington, D.C.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Matthew Carter Nesburn
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Matthew Carter Nesburn has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Nesburn is a member of the firm's global project finance practice. He represents companies engaged in the development, construction, financing, acquisition and disposition of solar, wind and other energy projects as well as in all aspects of corporate structuring. He also represents clients in commercial real estate transactions.
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Gregory G. Snarr
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Riverside.
Best Best & Krieger LLP announced Gregory G. Snarr has been promoted to partner in Riverside. Snarr is a member of the firm's eminent domain and business practice groups. His practice encompasses all aspects of business law and litigation, labor and employment, construction litigation, real-property acquisitions, eminent domain and inverse condemnation actions.
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Ajit Singh Thind
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Costa Mesa.
Rutan & Tucker LLP announced Ajit Singh Thind has been promoted to partner in Costa Mesa. Thind is a member of the firm's government & regulatory law section. His practice includes both litigation and transactional matters, on behalf of public agencies and private entities. Thind currently serves as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Menifee and the City of Laguna Beach. He previously served as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of San Clemente.
The Scali Law Firm
John Peter Schaedel
joined The Scali Law Firm as partner in Los Angeles.
The Scali Law Firm announced John Peter "Jack" Schaedel has joined as partner in Los Angeles. Schaedel represents and counsels employers in labor and employment matters such as: discrimination and harassment law, wage and hour regulations, family and medical leave, handbook development and enforcement.
Address
800 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400
Los Angeles, 90017 United States
T:
(213) 239-5622
F:
(213) 239-5623
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Michael J. Maurer
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Los Angeles.
Best Best & Krieger LLP announced Michael J. Maurer has been promoted to partner in Los Angeles. Maurer is a member of the firm's municipal law practice group. In addition to advising cities on the legalities of their day-to-day operations, he provides guidance on land use, public infrastructure and construction, and open government and ethics laws.Maurer serves as city attorney for the cities of La Habra Heights and San Jacinto and as assistant city attorney for the cities of Avalon and Arcadia. He provides general counsel services to a number of special districts, as well.