Polsinelli LLP
Joseph M. Teleoglou
joined Polsinelli LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Teleoglou focuses on U.S. and foreign patent applications in the aerospace, telecommunications, software and automobile system industries. He also provides legal opinions regarding patentability and infringement of intellectual property and litigates intellectual property disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East, Suite 2900 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 203-5393
F:
(310) 556-1802
Buchalter PC
David M. Balfour
joined Buchalter PC as shareholder in San Diego.
Balfour represents health care clients.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
655 West Broadway Suite 1600 , San Diego 92101-8494 USA
T:
(619) 219-5335
F:
(619) 219-5344
Zacks, Freedman & Patterson PC
Emily Lowther Brough
was promoted to shareholder of Zacks, Freedman & Patterson PC in San Francisco.
Brough specializes in real estate and environmental litigation, administrative law, land-use disputes, property rights and landlord-tenant matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
Justin Alda Goodman
was promoted to shareholder of Zacks, Freedman & Patterson PC in San Francisco.
Goodman focuses on real estate disputes and transactions and landlord-tenant law.
He is based in San Francisco.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
James Brockton Damrell
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of real estate in Sacramento.
Damrell was assistant commissioner of legislation and regulations at the Department of Real Estate.
He is based in Sacramento
Matthew Lee
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as california department of cannabis control in Sacramento.
Lee was the deputy legal affairs secretary for the Office of the Governor from 2019.
He is based in Sacramento.
Tamara Michelle Colson
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy director of legal at the california department of cannabis control in Sacramento.
Colson had been assistant chief counsel at the Bureau of Cannabis Control since 2016.
She is based in Sacramento
Buchalter APC
Lee Cheng
joined Buchalter APC as shareholder in Orange County.
Cheng focuses on corporate transactions and intellectual property matters.
He is based in Orange County
Michael Katz
joined Buchalter APC as shareholder in Orange County.
Katz specializes in complex business disputes with an emphasis on intellectual property.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
1000 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1500 , Los Angeles 90017-1730 USA
T:
(949) 224-6471
F:
(213) 896-0400
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Babak Emil Nikravesh
joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Nikravesh practiced for five years and founded the sovereign investor practice.
He is based in Palo Alto
Address
707 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles 90017-3543 USA
T:
(650) 813-5829
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3)
Stacey Tyree
was promoted to partner of Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) in San Diego.
Tyree specializes in the acquisition, disposition, development and leasing of commercial property.
She is based in San Diego
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Kela Shang
was promoted to partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP in Palo Alto.
Shang advises companies on offering employee equity plans.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Aarthi Kumar Belani
was promoted to partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP in Palo Alto.
Belani specializes in mergers and acquisitions and venture deals in the technology and life sciences industries.
She is based in Palo Alto.
Elizabeth Ann Lieb
was promoted to partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP in Palo Alto.
Lieb specializes in corporate and international tax planning.
She is based in Palo Alto.
Ethan Kroll
was promoted to partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP in Los Angeles.
Kroll specializes in tax law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Helena Jung Engfeldt
was promoted to partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP in San Francisco.
Engfeldt specializes in advising clients in cross-border transactions and international expansion.
She is based in San Francisco.
Meyers Nave APC
Palmer Hilton
joined Meyers Nave APC as associate in Sacramento.
Hilton specializes in public agency, environmental, land use and water rights law.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 , Sacramento 95814 USA
T:
(916) 556-1531
F:
(916) 556-1516
Perkins Coie LLP
Paul S Jasper
joined Perkins Coie LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.
Jasper focuses on transactional, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Howard Street Suite 1000 , San Francisco 94105-3204 USA
T:
(415) 344-7155
F:
(415) 344-7050
Perkins Coie LLP
Eudeen Y Chang
joined Perkins Coie LLP as partner in San Diego.
Chang focuses on commercial litigation with a focus on real estate, hospitality, employment, investment and construction disputes.
He is based in San Diego
Address
11452 El Camino Real Suite 300 , San Diego California 92130-208 92130-208 USA
T:
(858) 720-5794
F:
(858) 720-5799
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Bethany Gayle Lukitsch
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Baker & Hostetler expanded its litigation practice with the addition of Bethany G. Lukitsch, who joined the firm in Los Angeles as a partner and co-chair of the class action defense team on July 13.
"I was really attracted by the firm's commitment to the West Coast," Lukitsch said in an interview. "I was really impressed by the expansion and really the high quality of trial attorneys that they were adding to their West Coast practice."
"They are really building sort of a destination trial team in Los Angeles and that was tremendously attractive to me," she added.
She was also drawn to the firm's reputation in big ticket litigation and class actions.
During her previous 24 years at McGuireWoods LLP, she was co-chair of the class action practice and chaired the litigation subgroup of the data and privacy group.
Lukitsch has handled class actions involving products, labeling and alleged misrepresentation. Her clients include consumer products, manufacturing and food and beverage companies.
"I really love working on complex cases and I love working with the client to build the strategy that's best for them within this complex environment of class actions," she said. "In other words, the messier the better in my mind in terms of the issues and the fact pattern."
Lukitsch is among 35 trial attorneys that have joined Baker & Hostetler on the West Coast since 2019.
"I am thrilled to have Bethany join me as co-leader of the class action defense team," said Orlando-based partner Julie Singer Brady in a news release. "Her experience in consumer related matters, along with her impressive list of clients, will be a true asset to the firm."
Address
11601 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 90025 , Los Angeles 90025 USA
T:
(310) 820-8800
F:
(310) 820-8859
Miller Barondess, LLP
Jamie D. Vogel
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles, CA.
Vogel is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex civil litigation matters, including commercial business, real estate and entertainment disputes, and contested probate and trust litigation.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 552-4400
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Brenton R Babcock
joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner and chair of the patent trial and appeal board trials practice in Los Angeles.
Babcock focuses on intellectual
property disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 2200 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 282-2000
F:
(310) 282-2200
U.S. Department of Labor
Julie Ann Su
joined U.S. Department of Labor as deputy secretary in Washington.
Su was California labor secretary
and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate
on July 13.
She is based in Washington, D.C.
Address
200 Constitution Ave NW Suite S-2312 , Washington 20210 USA
T:
(202) 693-5959
F:
(202) 693-6111
Judicate West
Timothy Michael Casserly
joined Judicate West as neutral in San Diego.
Casserly presided over criminal and
civil trials.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
402 W Broadway, , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 814-1966
F:
(619) 814-1967
Meyers Nave APC
Palmer Hilton
joined Meyers Nave APC as associate in Sacramento.
Hilton focuses on public agency, environmental, land use and water rights law.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 , Sacramento 95814 USA
T:
(916) 556-1531
F:
(916) 556-1516
Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP
Ashlee M. Hellman
joined Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP as associate in Santa Rosa.
Hellman focuses on estate planning and estate administration.
She is based in Santa Rosa.
Address
90 South E St Ste 200 , Santa Rosa 95404-6500 USA
T:
(707) 524-1900
CaseyGerry
Eric Ganci
was promoted to associate attorney of CaseyGerry in San Diego.
CaseyGerry has promoted Eric Ganci to associate attorney. Ganci previously worked as a staff lawyer for CaseyGerry's complex litigation team and now joins its serious personal injury practice group.
He is based in San Diego.
Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach LLP
Sara Noonan
joined Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach LLP as associate in San Diego.
Noonan focuses on general civil litigation, complex business disputes, professional liability litigation and employment cases.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
701 Island Ave, Ste 400 , San Diego 92101-7143 USA
T:
(619) 780-0880
Venable LLP
Laura Ann Wytsma
joined Venable LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Wytsma focuses on high stakes litigation involving intellectual property.
She is based in Los Angeles
Address
Century Plaza Towers, 2049 Century Park E, , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 229-9900
F:
(310) 229-9901
Jamra, Jamra & Hanasab LLP (formerly Jamra & Jamra LLP)
Michael B. Hanasab
as partner
in Beverly Hills
He specializes in family law matters,
including divorce, paternity, child custody, spousal and child support and
domestic violence.
He is based in Beverly Hills.
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Robert A. Brundag
was promoted to partner of Bowman and Brooke LLP in San Jose.
Brundage specializes in appellate law in the automotive and recreational vehicle industries.
He is based in San Jose.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Wendy Rochelle Kottmeier
joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kottmeier focuses on mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions.
She is based in Orange County.
Address
601 South Figueroa Street 41st Floor , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(213) 426-2500
F:
(213) 623-1673
Venable LLP
Manny Joseph Caixeiro
joined Venable LLP as partner.
Caixeiro specializes in complex
commercial and intellectual property
disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
Century Plaza Towers, 2049 Century Park E, , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 229-9900
F:
(310) 229-9901
Holland & Knight LLP
Bryan Scott Gadol
joined Holland & Knight LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Gadol also advises clients in securities transactions, reorganizations and
other corporate matters.
He is based in Orange County
Address
601 South Figueroa Street 41st Floor , Los Angeles 90017 United States
T:
(213) 426-2500
F:
(213) 623-1673
DLA Piper
Sarah Ashleigh Tauman
joined DLA Piper as partner in San Francisco.
Tauman focuses on employment law
related to transactional matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 Mission Street Suite 2400 San Francisco, California , San Francisco 94105 USA
T:
(415) 836-2510
F:
(415) 659-7310
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jessica Chu
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Chu structures, negotiates and documents complex joint ventures and business transactions for equity investors, financial institutions and developers.
Steven M. Farenbaugh
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Farenbaugh specializes in acquisitions and dispositions of commercial office, industrial and retail properties, as well as leasing transactions.
Rachel M. Sanders
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Sanders represents landlords, purchasers, sellers and developers in commercial real estate matters and litigation.
Maxwell B. Shapiro
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Shapiro advises clients in complex acquisitions and dispositions and commercial leasing with a focus on build-to-suit purchase agreements and large portfolio transactions.
Derek G. Weisbender
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Irvine.
Weisbender specializes in design, construction and other development agreements for international projects.
Jones Day
Abradat Kamalpour
joined Jones Day as partner in San Francisco and London.
Kamalpour specializes in financial technology, structured finance and financial transactions.
He is based in San Francisco and London.
Address
555 California Street 26th Floor , San Francisco 94104 USA
T:
(415) 626-3939
F:
(415) 875-5700
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Joshua Hill Jr
joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as patner in San Francisco and New York.
Hill specializes in investigations, white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation.
He is based in San Francisco and New York.
Address
943 Steiner St , San Francisco 94117-1619 USA
T:
(628) 432-5123
F:
(628) 232-3090