Ashley King joined Kibler Fowler & Cave LLP as an associate in Los Angeles. The move was May 12, 2025.

King represents clients in a broad range of complex litigation, employment, and white-collar matters. Known for her strategic mindset and meticulous attention to detail, King combines a practical, solution-oriented approach with a strong understanding of the broader business landscape in which her clients operate.

David Segre joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a partner in Palo Alto.

Segre advises technology companies through all stages of growth, including venture capital financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance, as well as disclosure and SEC compliance. He also counsels venture capital firms and investment banks on a range of transactional matters. Notably, Segre was one of the lead partners on the teams that represented Google, Square, and Tesla in their initial public offerings and Asana on its direct listing. Throughout his career, he has represented Google in over 100 acquisitions.

Moriah Sage Radin joined Kaplan Marino as a counsel in Los Angeles.

Radin is a skilled criminal defense attorney with extensive experience representing individuals in both federal and state courts. Radin's practice focuses on white collar crimes and helping clients facing government investigation. She brings to her practice significant trial experience in state and federal courts, sentencing advocacy with high stakes, as well as state and federal appeals and post-conviction litigation.

Retired judge Stephanie Bowick joined Signature Resolution as a neutral in Los Angeles. The move was May 12, 2025.

Judge Bowick (Ret.) has joined Signature Resolution's panel of neutrals as a mediator, arbitrator, and judicial & discovery referee. She brings over 34 years of experience as both a judge and attorney, with a distinguished background in public service and private practice. Her honor previously served on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2009 to 2024, where she presided over a wide range of civil matters, including complex business litigation, employment, real estate, insurance/bad faith, professional liability, and personal injury. Her thoughtful rulings and steady courtroom management earned her a glowing reputation all throughout California.

Alexandria Hobson-Choi joined Kaufman Dolowich as a partner in Los Angeles.

Hobson-Choi concentrates her practice in labor and employment law and consumer financial services. She defends clients in a range of employment matters including wage and hour violations, workplace discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful termination. She also represents employers in collective Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions and defends claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).

Simon Levy joined Frost Brown Todd as a partner in San Francisco. The move was May 12, 2025.

Levy is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on civil litigation matters related to securities, employment, and general business litigation. In his securities practice, he represents broker-dealer firms and other licensed individuals in the securities industry, having personally handled dozens of successful securities arbitrations. He has extensive experience advising employers on compliance with employment laws, rules and regulations, including wage and hour laws, and issues involving employee hiring and discipline.

Jessica Nall joined Withers as a partner.

Nall focuses her practice on protecting technology innovators, founders, and executives facing existential challenges and threats of all kinds. Drawing on decades of experience defending high stakes matters, she has successfully guided many of the tech industry's most prominent leaders through complex government investigations, threatened and actual litigation, and reputational crises that threatened their and their companies' futures and their personal legacies.

Josh Escovedo was promoted to co-managing shareholder of Buchalter in Sacramento. The promotion is effective May 12, 2025.

Escovedo is a seasoned litigator with a practice spanning intellectual property, real estate, business, and sports law. Buchalter said he had quickly established himself as a leader within the firm and a key contributor to the Sacramento office's momentum. His practice includes complex commercial litigation such as breach of contract, shareholder disputes, and fraud actions, along with deep experience in trademark and copyright litigation and transactions.

Mark Worthge joined Kaufman Dolowich as a partner in Torrance.

Worthge focuses his practice in the areas of construction law, employment law, financial services, commercial litigation and general liability defense. His construction practice of more than 30 years includes representing clients in complex claims through settlement, mediation, arbitration and trial. More broadly, he defends commercial and residential landlords, real property owners, public entities, developers, design professionals, contractors, and subcontractors in a variety of legal matters including defense of claims for extra costs, mechanics' liens, bidding issues, scheduling and delay, construction defects, ADA/ Unruh Act violations, OSHA violations, Common Interest Development/HOA litigation, and construction site accidents. He also advises clients on risk mitigation issues through contract negotiations and business practices.

Will Rollins joined King & Spalding LLP as a partner in Los Angeles.

Rollins is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California who tried high-profile cases arising out of complex criminal and national security investigations. He also prosecuted white collar crimes, as well as multiple gang and cartel cases. Rollins led dozens of grand jury investigations, conducted direct and cross examinations of witnesses (including experts), and wrote and argued appeals before the 9th Circuit. He later joined the National Security Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, where he specialized in counterterrorism and counterintelligence. Rollins received awards for exceptional trial and investigative work from the Director of National Intelligence, FBI, IRS, DEA, Secret Service, and the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. After leaving the Department of Justice, Rollins became a major-party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 41st District. In his previous private practice at other major law firms, Rollins represented tech companies in complex commercial litigation. He also counseled the leaders of private equity firms and hedge funds in partnership and investment disputes.

Gregory R. Reed joined Hanson Bridgett LLP as a partner in San Francisco / Washington D.C.. The move was April 24, 2025.

Gregory Reed is an experienced litigator, regulatory attorney and legislative advocate with a national practice spanning both federal and state levels. His clients have included small business owners, national manufacturers, large government contractors, national transportation companies, and trade associations. He prioritizes a holistic approach to achieving his clients' goals, bridging his work across the legal, regulatory and legislative arenas.

He most recently served as Executive Director and Transportation Counsel for the National Star Route Mail Contractors Association, the national trade association representing the companies that comprise the United States Postal Service's $5 billion surface transportation network. In this role, he advocated before Congress, federal agencies, and the USPS to promote fair treatment and economic sustainability for postal transportation contractors. He also advised logistics and transportation companies on regulatory changes, contracting strategies, and how to navigate the evolving procurement practices of one of the nation's largest government contracting authorities.

Prior to joining NSRMCA, he represented the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) in high-stakes litigation and regulatory advocacy aimed at protecting the interests of independent truck drivers and small carriers. He has litigated cases in both trial and appellate courts--including drafting amicus briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court--and regularly contributes to transportation industry publications.

With deep expertise in government affairs, regulatory analysis, administrative law, and both trial and appellate litigation, Greg is a trusted voice in shaping transportation policy and defending the rights of industry stakeholders nationwide.

Shauna R. Amon joined Jackson Lewis P.C. as a Principal in San Diego.

Amon focuses her practice on advising employers on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including workplace policies, wage and hour compliance, leave laws and anti-discrimination regulations. She also regularly provides guidance to administrators and governing boards on personnel and general education issues. Certified by the Association of Workplace Investigators, she is often called upon to lead sensitive investigations for both public and private employers, including schools, community colleges and other educational institutions. Her internal investigation experience spans allegations of misconduct, discrimination, harassment, bullying and retaliation.

Robert (Bob) L. Nelson joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in San Francisco.

Robert (Bob) L. Nelson Jr. has joined Polsinelli as a principal in its San Francisco office.

Considered one of the foremost energy and infrastructure attorneys in the world, Nelson has led on some of the world's most significant transactions for landmark projects in this highly active and rapidly expanding practice area.

With a distinguished career spanning several decades, Nelson has been instrumental in the development and financing of more than 150 energy and infrastructure projects, including numerous high-profile initiatives that have received global attention. He advises clients, including project sponsors and strategic/private equity investors), on project construction, development, finance, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and private equity in sectors including power, oil and gas/LNG, infrastructure and mining.

John Andrew Scheerer as a partner in Los Angeles.

John Scheerer focuses his practice exclusively on trusts, estates and conservatorship litigation. He has successfully handled a variety of matters before the Probate Department of the Superior Court. He has also handled appeals in the California Court of Appeal, resulting in multiple successful appellate decisions. Mr. Scheerer represents beneficiaries, trustees, professional fiduciaries and non-profit institutions such as national universities. He balances clever advocacy with an unbiased and realistic assessment of each of his client's cases in order to provide the most cost-effective favorable outcome.

Aaron Field joined First Amendment Coalition as an associate in First Amendment Coalition. The move was May 5, 2025.

Field comes to FAC after nearly 10 years at San Francisco-based law firm Cannata, O'Toole, & Olson LLP, where he represented journalists, whistleblowers, media organizations, and others in public records, First Amendment, newsgathering, libel, defamation, and other civil matters. Field is no stranger to FAC, as he previously served as a legal intern in 2013 while in law school. Since then he has collaborated with FAC several times, including on two public records cases, City of Gilroy v. Superior Court and San José Spotlight and First Amendment Coalition v. City of San José. He also was part of the legal team that represented FAC -- along with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter (SPJ NorCal) -- in moving to unseal search warrant materials in the case of journalist Bryan Carmody, whose apartment was raided by San Francisco Police Department officers in 2019. In Sacramento Bee and Los Angeles Times v. Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Field brought and won one of the first Public Records Act lawsuits by news media organizations to enforce SB 1421, California's landmark police transparency law. As Senior Staff Attorney, Field will oversee a newly expanded legal portfolio, with a focus on strategic litigation that holds California public agencies accountable under free speech and open government laws.

Jacob Mindel was promoted to partner of Athlaw LLP in Beverly Hills. The promotion is effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Mindel began working at the firm as a law clerk in 2021 before joining full-time as an attorney in 2023. He has demonstrated a strong commitment to advocating for former NFL players in NFL Concussion Settlement cases, working to secure benefits and compensation.

Jhordan Fedida was promoted to partner of Athlaw LLP in Beverly Hills. The promotion is effective Jan. 10, 2024.

Fedida began working at the firm in 2019, and since then, she has played a critical role in shaping our litigation strategy on behalf of former NFL players and other professional athletes. Her deep knowledge of sports law, tireless work ethic, and fierce advocacy have made her a trusted advisor to our clients and a leader at the firm.

Christiopher E. Stretch joined Benesch as a partner in San Francisco. The move was Apr. 29, 2025.

Stretch has represented clients throughout the United States and the world in litigation at the trial and appellate court levels, in arbitration, and in other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. His experience includes trade secret misappropriation under state and federal law, false advertising, unfair business practices, patent infringement, inventorship disputes, antitrust claims, and other intellectual property issues.

Chelsea Wu joined Miller Barondess, LLP as an associate in Los Angeles. The move was Apr. 16, 2025.

Wu is a litigation attorney with experience representing clients in high-stakes commercial disputes, white-collar defense, and internal investigations. Her practice encompasses all stages of litigation, from pre-suit investigations to trial and appellate proceedings.

Laura Devane joined Littler as a shareholder in Fresno.

Devane focuses a significant part of her practice on working with clients to develop, implement and enforce their employment arbitration agreements. She regularly appears in California federal and state courts and counsels clients on matters through motion practice, at trial and on appeal.

Cameron A. Stewart joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Los Angeles.

Stewart has more than 30 years of experience defending clients in disability and pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour violations, and wrongful termination. Her diverse practice includes the representation of insurance carriers, healthcare companies and providers, restaurants, and other large corporations.

Drew C. Takaich joined Signature Resolution as a neutral in San Francisco.

Known for handling some of the most complex estate disputes in California, Judge Takaichi has guided cases involving everything from Silicon Valley tech companies to multi-generational family estates. He's not only shaped outcomes in the courtroom, but also helped modernize the probate process, updating local rules and improving court accessibility. Now stepping into the role of mediator, he brings a personalized, hands-on approach to helping parties resolve high-stakes issues. His unique blend of judicial insight and private practice experience allows him to quickly understand the heart of a dispute and guide clients toward meaningful resolutions with confidence.

Adrianna Corrado Paige joined Civica Law Group, APC as a partner in Irvine. The move was Mar. 26, 2025.

Paige is an experienced litigation attorney specializing in the defense of public entities and their employees. Throughout her career, she has successfully defended cases involving allegations of dangerous conditions, civil rights violations, police liability, personal and catastrophic injury, general tort liability, and medical malpractice. Paige's practice includes trial experience in both state and federal court. She also conducts pre-litigation claim evaluations and advises clients on the most prudent resolution strategies. She is a member of the Orange County Bar Association and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts - Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern districts - as well as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal.

Eric T. Hieber joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in San Francisco.

Hieber has deep experience negotiating and drafting architectural, engineering, and design agreements for real estate developers, owners, and investors. He has worked on an expansive variety of projects across the country, from mixed-use and office towers to sports venues and cultural institutions; some examples include a museum improvement project in the Bay Area, a life science development in Massachusetts, and a tech company's office developments in multiple cities.

Steven Green joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as a partner in Silicon Valley.

Green advises emerging growth companies in the life sciences and technology industries across the full spectrum of business and legal issues throughout their corporate life cycles. He serves as a trusted advisor and guides his clients through company formation, early-stage financings, employment and executive compensation matters, capital raisings, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Steven also represents venture capital firms and strategic investors in structuring and executing investments in cutting-edge companies across the innovation economy.

Jacob B. Haas joined Miller Barondess LLP as an associate in Los Angeles. The move was Mar. 26, 2025.

Haas is a litigation associate with experience representing clients in a variety of matters, including patent infringement, contracts, and First Amendment.

Garrett Miller joined The Miller Law as a counsel in Pasadena. The move was Apr. 24, 2025.

Miller has successfully tried many cases, securing positive results for his clients at trial and before trial.

Keith Melman joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in Los Angeles.

Melman brings over two decades of experience guiding industry-leading organizations through complex legal and business challenges. Known for his attention to detail and ability to deliver results in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, Melman's practice spans multiple sectors, including veterinary healthcare, entertainment, media, manufacturing, healthcare, and technology. Melman most recently served as associate general counsel for Mars Science & Diagnostics, a global network of veterinary diagnostic laboratories within Mars Petcare, part of Mars, Incorporated. Previously, he was a principal legal advisor for veterinary services company VCA Inc., where he played a pivotal role in structuring and executing high-stakes transactions, including the $10 billion acquisition of VCA by Mars, Incorporated--a deal reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission. Following the transaction, Melman served as a principal legal advisor for Antech Diagnostics Inc., a division of Mars Science & Diagnostics.