O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Elizabeth M Bock
was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.
Representing prominent health care companies, Bock is also on the board of governors and the Foundation Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
Brian M Cook
was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.
A nuclear physicist and former Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer in addition to his litigation work, Cook represents clients in patent, trade secret and licensing matters throughout the consumer electronics, broadcasting, software and wireless communication industries, among others.
J. Jorge deNeve
was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.
Specializing in SEC enforcement, deNeve has represented issuers, executives and investment advisers in investigations involving accounting, disclosure and internal control issues.
Megan K Smith
was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Century City.
Smith has represented fashion houses, hoteliers, automobile manufacturers, real estate companies and financial institutions, and once helped a prominent homebuilder defeat a nine-figure suit in a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Wenting Yu
was promoted to partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Silicon Valley.
Yu specializes in venture financing, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt offerings and joint ventures. She also has experience working with Cayman Islands based entities operating in the U.S. and China.
Susman Godfrey LLP
Glenn C Bridgman
was promoted to partner of Susman Godfrey LLP in Los Angeles.
Practicing in insurance, intellectual property, antitrust, breach of contract and securities, Bridgman has represented clients in solar energy, telecommunications and lease financing.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Lily H Kim
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Silicon Valley.
Focusing her practice on general corporate and partnership income taxation, Kim has represented venture capital and equity funds as well as high-growth companies in mergers, acquisitions, joining ventures, dispositions, initial public offerings and growth equity financings.
Bradley D Krack
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in San Francisco.
Krack represents high-growth companies and venture capital firms in mergers and acquisitions, cross-border equity and debt financing and corporate governance as a member of Gunderson’s Latin America practice group.
Cody R Peterson
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Los Angeles.
Peterson has represented startups and venture capital funds in the e-commerce, social media, financial and educational technology, and virtual reality industries, focusing on supporting early-stage founders.
Shawna M Reeder
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Silicon Valley.
Having represented companies that were sold to Procter & Gamble, Synopsys and LinkedIn, Reeder practices in transactional technology, intellectual property, corporate partnering and technology assets.
Anna C Westfelt
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP in Silicon Valley.
Westfelt advises clients on U.S. and European data privacy and security issues as well as venture capital financings, mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Ike C Chidi
joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Advising private equity firms, lending institutions and other private and public companies, Chidi deals with financing transactions including syndicated credit facilities, asset-based loans, recapitalizations and mezzanine financings.
Address
400 South Hope Street 18th Floor , Los Angeles 90071
Klinedinst PC
Address
777 S. Figueroa St Suite 4000 , Los Angeles 90017
Judicate West
Geoffrey Gray
joined Judicate West as neutral in Santa Ana.
Gray has worked in product defect, premises liability, personal injury, public entity liability and medical negligence, and was on the board of directors for the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association for 10 years.
Address
1851 East First Street Ste 1600 , Santa Ana 92705
Jacko Law Group PC
R. Shea Lee
joined Jacko Law Group PC as senior attorney in San Diego.
An experienced mergers and acquisitions attorney, Lee practices in general securities compliance, labor and employment law, intellectual property and antitrust.
Address
1350 Columbia St Unit 300 , San Diego 92101
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP
William J Emanuel
joined Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP as senior strategist.
A respected labor relations attorney, Emanuel worked at Jones Day, Musick, Peeler, & Garrett LLP, Littler Mendelson PC and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP before his four years at the National Labor Relations Board.
Address
2029 Century Park East Suite 1100 , Los Angeles 90067
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Jack Shaw
joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Shaw litigates intellectual property disputes, advising clients on matters of fact and expert discovery, claim construction, motion practice and trial.
Address
1117 S California Ave, Suite 200 , Palo Alto 94304
Carlton Fields PA
Ellyn S Garofalo
joined Carlton Fields PA as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Garofalo focuses on breach of conduct, securities and investor claims, as well as partnership disputes and real estate litigation. Recently she secured a defense verdict in a $100 million partnership dispute, and a $32 million judgment in a cyber theft case.
Address
2029 Century Park East Suite 1200 , Los Angeles 90067-2913
Jackson Lewis PC
Jack P Schaedel
joined Jackson Lewis PC as principal in Los Angeles.
Representing employers throughout California and the U.S., Schaedel advises clients in the manufacturing, professional services and hospitality industries.
Address
725 South Figueroa Street Suite 2500 , Los Angeles 90017
Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Christopher P Chang
joined Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel as attorney in Silicon Valley.
A member of Hoge Fenton's business litigation practice group, Chang has argued more than 800 motions in his career.
Address
55 South Market St., Suite 900 , San Jose 95113-2324
K & L Gates LLP
Jason P Gordon
joined K & L Gates LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Gordon joins K & L Gates' emerging growth and venture capital practice with experience in representing entrepreneurs, companies and investors in venture capital financing, strategic alliance, joint venture, complex mergers and acquisitions, sales and divestitures.
Address
4 Embarcadero Center Suite 1200 , San Francisco 94111
Buchalter
Anne Marie Ellis
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Irvine.
Ellis practices in product liability defense, personal injury and commercial litigation, premises liability, regulatory compliance and client counseling. She is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council and is on the task force for the Sports and Fitness Industry Association.
Katharine H Falace
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in St. Helena.
Regularly litigating cases in business, real estate and land use on behalf of wineries and vineyard managers, Falace is the former president of the Napa County Women Lawyers and sits on the board of directors for Connolly Ranch.
Brian T Harvey
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Los Angeles.
Working in the firm’s insolvency and financial law group, Harvey represents financial institutions, creditor committees, debtors, lessors, lessees, trade creditors and investors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Jeffrey M Judd
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in San Francisco.
Judd’s practice focuses on corporate ownership and governance, commercial and finance issues, trade secrets and real estate. He specializes in complex litigation involving science and technology.
David E Mark
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Los Angeles.
Focusing on complex commercial, creditors’ rights, real estate and intellectual property litigation, Mark’s specialties include the cannabis, apparel, entertainment and alternative lenders industries.
Michael J Muse-Fisher
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Sacramento.
Muse-Fisher represents regional and national lenders, banks, financial institutions and real estate investment trusts, as well as public and private companies in state and federal administrative cases.
Roger L Scott
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Irvine.
Specializing in labor and employment, Scott practices in trade secret theft, patent disputes, business litigation and class action defense.
Nikole K Zoumberakis
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Los Angeles.
Zoumberakis practices in industries including employee benefits, executive compensation, startups, early stage companies and private equity, focusing on fund formation and investment adviser representation.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Jennifer L Mitchell
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Mitchell has litigated privacy matters in the health care and entertainment industries, having served as vice president of privacy and legal compliance at Sony Pictures and as a global privacy officer at Abbott Laboratories.
"I think in some ways, even though the industries are very different, the challenges relating to privacy compliance and grappling with new laws as they're enacted have really been similar in more ways than I expected," Mitchell said in an interview.
Address
11601 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1400 , Los Angeles 90025
Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
Julie E Green
joined Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation as attorney in Sacramento.
Green co-founded Salem & Green, and specializes in securities, issue tender offers, Securities and Exchange Commission deregistration and negotiating settlement agreements.
Christopher F Anderson
joined Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation as attorney in Sacramento.
Anderson practices in business transactions, health care regulation and intellectual property licensing.
Jeanne L Vance
joined Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation as attorney in Sacramento.
A health law professional since 1994, Vance advises on provider types, counsels for equity firms and oversees mergers and acquisitions in the health care industry.
Address
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor , Sacramento 95814
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
April E Isaacson
was promoted to managing partner of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in San Francisco.
With a legal career beginning in the U.S. military before crossing over into civilian law, April A. Isaacson has been a mainstay at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP since the firm's earliest days and will now serve as managing partner in San Francisco.
Isaacson was an associate at the firm's predecessor, Townsend Townsend & Crew, starting in 2002 before making partner in 2004. Before that she had worked as a Navy JAG officer from 1995 to 1999 litigating complex criminal jury trial proceedings.
In this position, Isaacson said in an interview, she received leadership training that was "really outstanding,
as well as world class training in terms of the legal training." When she decided to go into private practice, she was able to put that training to use in a civilian setting.
"It's definitely a transition from doing the criminal trial work to doing the civil litigation," Isaacson said. "But it was great for me to have the trial experience that I'd gotten when I was in the Navy and be able to translate that into the courtroom in a civil proceedings context."
After departing from Kilpatrick's predecessor in 2007, Isaacson rejoined the firm in its revamped form last year. She ... has since been an integral part of our San Francisco office," Roger D. Wylie, managing partner in Seattle, said in a news release. "April will do an outstanding job leading our second largest office."
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Michael P Maher
joined Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Maher is a business and real estate specialist with experience litigating in the wine, agriculture, hospitality and commercial sectors.
Address
1 Montgomery St, Suite 3000 , San Francisco 94104
Balestreri Potocki & Holmes
Frederik P Spiess
joined Balestreri Potocki & Holmes as senior attorney in San Diego.
Practicing in general liability matters, civil litigation, business and contract disputes, professional liability and legal malpractice, Spiess has acted as outside counsel for businesses and consulted in legal ethics and law practice management.
Address
401 B St #1470 , San Diego 92101
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Jennifer L Bryant
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
With experience handling cases at all stages of litigation, Bryant deals with trade secrets, copyright and privacy in the entertainment and technology industries.
Wesley TL Burrell
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
In addition to litigating complex and novel financial, intellectual property and corporate governance cases, Burrell maintains a pro bono practice representing domestic trafficking victims and asylum-seekers.
Nicholas D Fram
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco.
Fram specializes in mass tort, internal investigation and commercial litigation.
Tyler G Hilton
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Advising buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions, Hilton also represents companies and investors in corporate governance, commercial transactions and equity financing.
Craig Jennings Lavoie
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Lavoie has been involved in high stakes litigation, including representing Vanessa Bryant in action against the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire departments over photos of the crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant. Lavoie has also done work related to the L.A. Clippers’ new arena in Inglewood.
Vincent Y Ling
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Working in the biopharmaceutical, wireless communications and computer technology industries, Ling specializes in intellectual property litigation and counseling dealing with patent infringement and trade secrets.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Lucas J Tomsich
was promoted to counsel of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Silicon Valley.
Tomsich litigates complex patent cases and has experience in claim construction, discovery, merit and pre-lawsuit investigations, pleadings and dispositive motions.
Dechert LLP
Sonia R Gioseffi
joined Dechert LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Focusing on structuring, formation and regulation of private investment funds, Gioseffi also advises clients in matters involving state and federal securities laws in investment management.
Address
One Bush Street, Suite 1600 , San Francisco 94104-4446
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Jennifer L. Bryant
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Jennifer L. Bryant, based in Los Angeles, focuses on high-stakes complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on legal challenges faced by the entertainment and technology industries, including trade secret, copyright and privacy issues. She has experience litigating cases at all stages, from providing pre-suit counseling to writing dispositive motions, and from taking and defending depositions to examining witnesses at trial. A former clerk to Chief Judge George H. King of the Central District of California, Bryant was named one of The LGBT Bar's "Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40" in 2021.
Wesley T.L. Burrell
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Wesley T.L. Burrell’s practice spans a broad range of high-profile litigation matters concerning complex, often novel, finance, intellectual property and corporate governance issues on behalf of clients ranging from financial institutions and major corporations to start-ups. A Los Angeles litigator, Burrell also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing asylum seekers and domestic trafficking victims. Before joining the firm, he clerked for Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also served as a judicial extern to Judge Consuelo M. Callahan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Nicholas D. Fram
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco.
Nicholas D. Fram is a litigator in the San Francisco office whose practice focuses on high-stakes complex commercial litigation, internal investigations and mass torts. He is active in the community and with local bar associations. Prior to joining the firm, Fram clerked for Judge Michael A. Chagares of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York.
Tyler Hilton
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Tyler Hilton, a Los Angeles lawyer, advises buyers and sellers in public and private M&A transactions. He also represents companies and investors in a variety of equity financing and commercial transactions, as well as corporate governance matters. He was part of the team that advised Intel Corp. in the $9 billion sale of its NAND memory chip business to SK Hynix Inc. Hilton maintains a pro bono practice representing immigrants before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and in asylum proceedings.
Craig Jennings Lavoie
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Craig Jennings Lavoie handles high-stakes civil litigation from Munger Tolles’ Los Angeles office. His major representations include the owners of the LA Clippers in litigation related to the team’s new arena in Inglewood, and Kobe Bryant’s widow in litigation against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire Departments regarding the improper taking and sharing of photos of human remains, which is scheduled for trial in February. He is a former law clerk to Judge Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Vincent Y. Ling
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Vincent Y. Ling, based in Los Angeles, focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling, including patent infringement and trade secret matters. He has represented clients across a range of industries, spanning biopharmaceuticals, wireless communications and computer technologies. Ling joined the firm after clerking for Judge Sharon Prost of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also clerked for Judge Kent A. Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge Sue L. Robinson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Jonathan S. Meltzer
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Washington, D.C..
Jonathan S. Meltzer handles appellate and complex civil litigation from Munger Tolles’ Washington, D.C., office. He frequently briefs cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts, including as a member of the team that defended before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also regularly represents a range of clients in complex civil litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Meltzer served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Sheppard Mullin
Lauren M Strickroth
joined Sheppard Mullin as partner in Costa Mesa.
Strickroth represents privately owned businesses, trust beneficiaries, health care agencies and trustees, with a focus on fiduciary litigation, business disputes, private wealth disputes, litigation trusts, estates and conservatorships.
Address
650 Town Center Drive Tenth Floor , Costa Mesa 92626
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Kevin W Alexander
as managing partner
Alexander has been managing partner of the firm's 110-plus attorney San Diego office and co-chair of its drug and medical device and commercial
litigation practice groups. He represents corporations, officers and directors in complex commercial, securities and product liability litigation in federal and state courts, and before arbitration panels.
Address
3200 Guasti Road, Suite 100 , Ontario 91761
Winston & Strawn LLP
Josh N Birenbaum
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures, Birenbaum works with public and private companies, private equity funds and financial institutions.
Jason S Campbell
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Campbell deals in employment litigation, advising employers on matters of wage and hours compliance, leaves of absence, termination, investigations and trade secrets and representing them in class action and single-plaintiff litigation.
Laura M Franco
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
A member of Winston & Strawn’s video game, gaming and esports group, Franco specializes in intellectual property litigation involving brand protection and enforcement.
Hao Huang
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Huang practices in the areas of renewable energy and infrastructure throughout the U.S., and has advised in the development, acquisition and financing of wind and solar.
Shawn R Obi
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Practicing in consumer protection, class action, securities, financial services and advertising, Obi represents clients in the food, beverage and consumer product industries.
Aaron C O’Dell
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Experienced in securities and complex, commercial and business litigation, O’Dell has seen cases through to verdict across the U.S.
Jeffrey L Steinfeld
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld has defended criminal, civil insider and securities fraud actions, and specializes in white collar defense, SEC enforcement actions and class action defense.
Eisner LLP
Kristine M Blumensaadt
joined Eisner LLP as partner in Beverly Hills.
Blumensaadt has worked as a business affairs executive at Fox Television Studios and A&E Networks, and has also consulted in the field of independent film distribution.
Address
9601 Wilshire, 7th Floor , Beverly Hills 90210
Withers
Jonathan N Garbutt
joined Withers as special counsel in San Francisco.
Previously a tax attorney in Canada, Garbutt has represented international individuals, families, family offices, financial institutions and trust companies.
Address
505 Sansome Street 2nd Floor , San Francisco 94111
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Alexander T Marx
joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP as senior counsel in Ontario.
Marx litigates employment disputes, PAGA matters, provisional remedies and attachment, class action defense and breach of contract cases.
Address
3200 Guasti Road Suite 100 , Ontario 91761
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jeffrey W Cohen
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Practicing in the renewable energy sector, Cohen represents clients in the disposition, acquisition, development and financing of large-scale infrastructure and energy projects.
Kimberly D Rowe
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Beginning her legal career in the corporate department of a prominent law firm in New York, Rowe now represents private equity funds as well as public and private companies in a variety of strategic transactions.