Lurie, Zepeda, Schmalz, Hogan & Martin
Aaron J Gigliotti
joined Lurie, Zepeda, Schmalz, Hogan & Martin as of counsel in Century City.
Gigliotti is a probate litigator who resolves disputes in all areas of probate practice.
He is based in Century City
Address
1875 Century Park East, Suite 2100 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(424) 350-8882
Latham & Watkins LLP
Javad Mostofizadeh
joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Mostofizadeh works on structuring, formation and operation of U.S. and global venture capital funds, as well as growth equity and private equity funds.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Montgomery St # 2000 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(650) 470-2167
F:
(650) 463-2600
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Jeffrey C. Giering
joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in Orange County.
Giering specializes in biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent rights.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
18565 Jamboree Rd, Ste 500 , Irvine 92612-2562 USA
T:
(786) 647-6163
Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach LLP
Sara Noonan
joined Noonan Lance Boyer & Banach LLP as associate in San Diego.
Noonan handles 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
Kabateck LLP
Barret Alexander
joined Kabateck LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Alexander has extensive experience handling various aspects of civil litigation cases including law and motion, legal research, taking and defending depositions, written discovery and settlement negotiations.
He is based in Los Angeles
Arlene Elyasi
joined Kabateck LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Elyasi most recently worked as the legal researcher for the Office of the Governor in the State of Nevada and assisted the general counsel with research, analysis and writing.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Talitha Galstyan
joined Kabateck LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Galstyan formerly was a law clerk and oversaw all aspects of civil litigation including drafting complaints, demand letters, mediations briefs, and arbitration briefs for various personal injury cases and a judicial extern for U.S. Central District Judge Ronald S.W. Lew.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Matt Sahak
joined Kabateck LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Sahak has extensive litigation experience including drafting motions, taking and defending depositions, legal research and writing, and litigating at trial. Before joining Kabateck LLP, he worked at a Pasadena law firm for several years, gaining extensive experience in civil litigation in both state and federal court and is a former Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Ferdinand F. Fernandez on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 W. Fifth Street, Suite 3200 , Los Angeles
T:
(213) 217-5000
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
J. Anthony Girolami
joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Diego.
Girolami focuses on project agreements for renewable energy transactions.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
501 W Broadway, Ste 1900 , San Diego 92101-8541 USA
T:
(619) 338-6686
F:
(619) 515-4169
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Ross E. Viselman
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the collateral recovery disciplinary review committee in Imperial Beach.
Viselman has been on the committee since 2018 and has been a risk manager at Higgs Fletcher & Mack since 2019.
He is based in Imperial Beach.
Ogletree Deakins
Claudia Martorell
joined Ogletree Deakins as shareholder in San Diego.
Martorell focuses on employment related immigration matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Amanda Mullane
joined Ogletree Deakins as shareholder in San Diego.
Mullane specializes in employment related immigration matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
4370 La Jolla Village Dr, Ste 900 , San Diego 92122-1277 United States
Michelman & Robinson, LLP
Stephen Weiss
was promoted to securities & capital markets chair of Michelman & Robinson, LLP in Los Angeles.
Weiss specializes in corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, public offerings and private placements.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Allen Matkins
Michael D. Kostecka
joined Allen Matkins as partner in Los Angeles.
Kostecka specializes in real estate and construction transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2800 , Los Angeles 90017-2543 USA
T:
(213) 622-5555
Mayer Brown LLP
Amanda Rosenberg
joined Mayer Brown LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Rosenberg focuses on federal income tax law with an emphasis on renewable energy investment, energy tax credits, government incentive programs and project financing.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
350 S Grand Avenue Fl 25 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 229-5193
Kaplan Marino PC
Address
1546 N. Fairfax , Los Angeles 90046 USA
T:
(310) 557-0007
F:
(310) 861-1776
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Christopher Pelham
joined Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Pelham is a former federal prosecutor and specializes in commercial dispute advocacy, internal investigations, compliance counseling and representations before government agencies and regulators.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 South Flower Street Forty-First Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 892-9221
Husch Blackwell LLP
Mhare O. Mouradian
joined Husch Blackwell LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Mouradian specializes in commercial contract disputes and business tort litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
300 S. Grand Ave., Suite 1500 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 337-6572
F:
(213) 337-6551
Olson Remcho LLP
Anna S Myles-Primakoff
joined Olson Remcho LLP as senior associate in Sacramento.
Myles-Primakoff focuses on government and nonprofit law.
She is based in Sacramento.
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Ste 400 , Sacramento 95814-4503 USA
T:
(510) 346-6200
Miller Starr Regalia
Bradley R Sena
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Sena is a member of the transactional department and specializes in real property matters such as sale and lease transactions, surplus property issues, land use and zoning matters and California Environmental Quality Act issues.
He is based in Walnut Creek.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596
T:
(925) 935-9400
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Amy Maclear
joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Maclear specializes in automotive industry litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 Mission St, Ste 2300 , San Francisco 94105-0925 USA
T:
(415) 544-1900
F:
(415) 544-1900
Buchalter PC
Jenni Krengel
joined Buchalter PC as shareholder and chair of the employment benefits and executive compensation group in San Francisco and Sacramento.
Former Reed Smith partner Jenni Krengel joined Buchalter PC's San Francisco and Sacramento offices on Aug. 4 as a shareholder. She will chair the employee benefits and executive compensation group.
"Buchalter has a really strong bench of benefits and executive compensation lawyers who are solution oriented and efficient and that really resonated with me," Krengel said. "The team also has a number of subspecialties that compliment my practice."
The firm has "a very sophisticated, full service corporate practice," she said. "And so to have both of those, the opportunity to work with this strong bench of benefits lawyers and also a strong corporate group, was really kind of the best of both worlds. The opportunity to lead the benefits and executive compensation group and expand it is really exciting."
Krengel advises clients in all aspects of benefits and executive compensation such as the design, compliance and operation of health, welfare plans and retirement plans. The bulk of her work focuses on advising public employee retirement systems on tax and fiduciary issues. She also handles the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Over the course of her career she has practiced at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and been assistant chief counsel and acting deputy general counsel for the California Public Employees' Retirement System.
"A lot of my work is helping clients find solutions and opportunities in an area of law that tends to be complex and nuanced, and so at times it can be daunting for clients," she said. "I really enjoy counseling clients through that and finding solutions and opportunities for them."
Krengel is a graduate of UC Davis School of Law and is a member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys and the American Bar Association.
Address
55 Second Street Suite 1700 , San Francisco 94105-3493 USA
T:
(415) 227-0900
Akerman LLP
Brenda Radmacher
joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Radmacher specializes in construction law.
She is based in Los Angeles
Address
601 W 5th St, Ste 300 , Los Angeles 90071-3506 USA
T:
(213) 533-5924
Rimon Law
Chris Orozco-Wallraff
joined Rimon Law as partner in Los Angeles.
Orozco-Wallraff specializes in aviation equipment leasing and finance.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park E Ste 400N , Los Angeles 90067-2905 USA
T:
(310) 216-7502
DLA Piper LLP US
Sarah A. Tauman
joined DLA Piper LLP US as partner in San Francisco.
DLA Piper has expanded its San Francisco office with the addition of partner Sarah Tauman, who advises, counsels and does transactional work for private equity and emerging company, capital market and public company deals. Her focus is on technology companies but she also has clients in other industries and jurisdictions.
"DLA presented this role as an opportunity to grow my practice and to shape it, all with the support of very talented partners and obviously highly regarded large firms and all of its many resources," Tauman said of her decision to move from Goodwin Procter, where she was counsel. She said she is still impressed with the amount of support and knowledge she's gaining from making the move.
"I learned early in my career that I really enjoy working with startups and early stage clients, because of the closeness of those relationships," she said.
"Smaller companies tend to regard outside counsel as members of their own team, which is gratifying."
Tauman worked "to ensure that clients of every type and size come to rely on me in that same way. I love the human element of the work that I do. ... I may be a little old fashioned in that I'll pick up the phone and call folks and encourage clients and colleagues to ring me anytime. I really do enjoy and appreciate the personal connection."
Address
555 Mission Street Suite 2400 , San Francisco 94105-2933 USA
T:
(415) 836-2500
F:
(415) 836-2501
Nixon Peabody LLP
Farrah A. Usmani
joined Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Usmani advises recording artists, songwriters, executives and entertainment companies on transactions in the music industry.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
300 South Grand Avenue Suite 4100 , Los Angeles 90071-3151 USA
T:
(213) 629-6102
F:
(213) 629-6001
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
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Nicole S. Healy
was promoted to san mateo county superior court judge of Gov. Gavin Newsom in Redwood City.
Healy formerly was a partner at Ropers Majeski PC, where she specialized in complex individual, shareholder derivative and class action litigation. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge George A. Miram.
She is based in Redwood City.
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
Lagerlof LLP
Erika Rae Scheideman
was promoted to partner of Lagerlof LLP in Pasadena.
Scheideman specializes in family law matters.
Nicholas Everett
was promoted to partner of Lagerlof LLP in Pasadena.
Everett specializes in trust and estate litigation, contested conservatorships and estate planning.
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.
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
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