Scott Adamson joined Arent Fox LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Adamson specializes in corporate transactions ranging from leveraged buyouts to going private deals.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Juan F. Cornejo joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy director and chief counsel at the california department of motor vehicles in Sacramento.

Cornejo was assistant general counsel at McClatchy Company LLC since 2003.
He is based in Sacramento.

Kelly X. Ranasinghe joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board of behavioral sciences in El Centro.

Ranasinghe has been on the board since 2020 and previously was deputy county counsel in Imperial County.
She is based in El Centro.

Eric Landau as partner and co-chair of the securities litigation department

Landau specializes in corporate governance and will lead the firm's Newport Beach office.
He is based in Newport Beach.

Travis Biffar as partner

Biffar specializes in high stakes litigation and corporate governance disputes.
He is based in Newport Beach.

Kristen Smith joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Smith advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in debt financing transactions.
She is based in San Francisco.

Gregory R. Jones joined Polsinelli LLP as principal in Los Angeles.

Jones represents health care clients in lawsuits and arbitrations related to claims of unfair competition and unfair business practices, health insurance fraud, antitrust, breach of contract, false advertising and business torts.
He is based in Los Angeles.

W. Stuart Ogg joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Ogg advises issuers, underwriters and investors in capital market transactions related to the technology industry.
He is based in Silicon Valley.

Micheal J. Reagan joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Reagan represents buyers and sellers in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions involving the technology industry.
He is based in Silicon Valley.

Nicole Herzberg joined Youngman Reitshtein PLC as associate in Los Angeles.

Herzberg is a UCLA School of Law graduate. During her time in law school she worked at a civil litigation firm, where she supported attorneys working on real estate litigation, contract disputes and intellectual property matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Steven E. Otto joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as partner in San Diego.

Otto specializes in commercial real estate law with expertise in the energy industry.
He is based in San Diego.

Hemanshu "Hemu" Nigam joined Venable LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Nigam advises clients about online privacy and security issues including conducting cyber assessments and protection.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Tiffany S. Hansen joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Hansen advises employers in litigation involving claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour violations and other employment disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.

Laurie Edelstein joined Jenner & Block LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Edelstein advises clients in energy and complex business disputes, regulatory litigation, antitrust, competition and white collar crime cases and investigations.
She is based in San Francisco.

Diana B. Kruze joined Judicate West as neutral in San Francisco.

Kruze has experience in business, contract, intellectual property, trade secret, technology and health care matters and sits on the California Access to Justice Commission. She is a former commissioner for Contra Costa County Superior Court.
She is based in San Francisco.

Justin S. Wales joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Miami.

Wales advises cryptocurrency, blockchain and financial technology companies in complex litigation, regulatory and transactional matters.
He is based in Los Angeles and Miami.

Nioura F. Ghazni joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Ghazni advises investors and private equity, venture capital and growth funds in strategic transactions in the health care and digital health sector.
She is based in San Francisco.

Naomita Yadav joined Withers as partner in San Francisco.

Yadav focuses on tax matters, planning and trust structuring.
She is based in San Francisco.

Chris Perez as name partner in Los Angeles

Perez has been with the firm since 2009 and represents independent filmmakers through development, financing, production, rights clearance and distribution.
He is based in Los Angeles.

McGregor W. Scott joined King & Spalding LLP as partner in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Scott is the former Eastern District U.S. Attorney and is a member of the firm's special matters and government investigations team.
He is based in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Amy S. Hitchcock joined King & Spalding LLP as counsel in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Hitchcock is a former assistant U.S. attorney in the special prosecutions unit, where she handled fraud, tax violations, public corruption, cybercrime, identity theft and child exploitation cases.
She is based in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Ryan Lapine joined Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC as partner in Los Angeles.

Lapine advises celebrities and other wealthy clients in insurance recovery, intellectual property, trust, estate and complex business disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Thomas R. Gibson joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel for the california department of water resources in West Sacramento.

Gibson is the former assistant chief counsel at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
He is based in West Sacramento.

Jaemin Chang joined Legalist as assistant general counsel in San Francisco.

Chang has expertise in business disputes involving real estate, intellectual property rights and employment and administrative investigations.
She is based in San Francisco.

Khoa D. Do joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner and chair of the northern california corporate practice in Silicon Valley.

Do specializes in strategic and private equity mergers and acquisitions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.

Rodney M. Hudson joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in San Francisco.

Hudson advises pharmaceutical, medical device and technology companies in complex litigation matters including mass torts, product liability and class actions.
He is based in San Francisco.

Brad Miller joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Entertainment industry veteran Brad Miller returned to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he was an associate in the late 1990s.
Miller was most recently associate general counsel for Amazon Studios.
"Now after 20 years of doing this, really what I found is that what I enjoy most about being a lawyer is counseling clients and helping them solve difficult legal challenges and I think the private practice arena is really the best place to serve a diverse set of clients," Miller explained.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP was the only firm he spoke with because it was a perfect fit, he said.
"I was at DWT from 1998 to 2000, so I have a lot of relationships at the firm from that time, but also I've worked closely with DWT lawyers over the years," he said. "They really have an unmatched reputation in the entertainment field."
Miller said his broad entertainment transactional practice includes production legal affairs, legal compliance work and content review with a focus on defamation, privacy, copyright and trademark issues. He also advises clients on pre-litigation and litigation strategy.
Over the span of his career he has worked in the private sector, owned his own entertainment boutique and held various in-house roles including director of legal affairs at Warner Bros. Television, director of business affairs at ABC Cable Networks Group, executive vice president of operations at High Noon Entertainment and senior corporate counsel at Amazon Studios.
"The different types of roles that I've had have given me a unique perspective because I've seen the different areas of the industry and put together the pieces of the larger puzzle," Miller said.