Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Abraham A. Tabaie
was promoted to partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates in Palo Alto.
Tabaie specializes in commercial business litigation involving trade secret misappropriation, privacy, products liability and unfair competition.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Becky S. James
joined Dykema Gossett PLLC as member in Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA.
James specializes in white collar criminal defense, civil and criminal appeals.
She is based in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.
Address
333 South Grand Avenue Suite 2100 , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T:
(213) 457-1800
F:
(213) 457-1850
Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP
Steve Levitan
joined Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Levitan specializes in patent, trade secret, trademark and technology contract disputes.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
1841 Page Mill Road, Suite 200 , Palo Alto 94304 USA
T:
(408) 341-3045
Miller Starr Regalia
Mitchell Khurin
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Khurin focuses on commercial real estate transactions including leasing, acquisitions and dispositions.
He is based in Walnut Creek.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596
T:
(925) 935-9400
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Brenda Ho
joined Goldberg Segalla LLP as associate in Irvine.
Ho counsels and defends employers, insurers and third-party administrators in workers' compensation matters.
She is based in Irvine.
Address
2600 Michelson Dr Ste 900 , Irvine 92612-6507 USA
T:
(949) 271-3338
WithersWorldwide
Christine E. Brown
joined WithersWorldwide as special counsel in San Francisco.
Brown focuses on wealth, estate planning, succession and philanthropy matters. She also has experience as fiduciary counsel on trust and estate administration.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Sansome Street, 2nd Floor , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 872-3200
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Robert "Bob" J. McGahan
joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C..
McGahan specializes in government enforcement, white collar criminal defense and high exposure civil litigation matters.
He is based in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Address
19191 South Vermont Avenue Suite 900 , Torrance 90502 USA
T:
(424) 221-7400
F:
(424) 221-7499
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan
Dwain Woodley
was promoted to assistant district attorney of San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan in San Diego.
Woodley is the first African American to hold the job. He was previously chief deputy district attorney.
He is based in San Diego.
Ropes & Gray LLP
Torrey J. McClary
joined Ropes & Gray LLP as partner in San Francisco.
McClary advises health care and technology companies and real estate investment trusts in mergers and acquisitions and transformational transactions.
She is based in San Francisco.
Ranee Adipat
joined Ropes & Gray LLP as counsel in San Francisco.
Adipat specializes in transactional law involving health care entities.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
Three Embarcadero Center , San Francisco 94111-4006 USA
T:
(415) 315-6300
F:
(415) 315-6350
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Rosanna Marrero Neagle
was promoted to partner of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP in San Francisco.
Neagle specializes in corporate and commercial matters and is the former vice president of legal affairs at Nestlé USA.
She is based in San Francisco.
Sanders Roberts LLP
Robert K. Dixon
joined Sanders Roberts LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Dixon specializes in products liability, personal injury, wrongful death and complex litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1055 West 7th Street Suite 3200 , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(213) 426-5000
Data Trace Publishing Company
Alan R. Seher
joined Data Trace Publishing Company as author of the california estate and gift tax planning forms and practice manual in San Francisco.
Seher is a certified specialist in taxation by the State Bar and is partner at Niesar & Vestal LLP.
He is based in San Francisco.
Irell & Manella LLP
Andrei Iancu
joined Irell & Manella LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Iancu is the former undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in President Donald Trump's administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 900 , Los Angeles 90067-4276 USA
T:
(310) 203-7537
F:
(310) 203-719
Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP
Tanganica J Turner
joined Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Turner specializes in labor and employment litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
624 S. Grand Ave. Suite 2000 , Los Angeles 90017 United States
T:
(213) 629-7600
F:
(213) 624-1376
Desmarais LLP
Gabrielle E. Higgins
joined Desmarais LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Desmarais LLP expanded its Bay Area intellectual property capabilities with the addition of partner Gabrielle E. Higgins. She is the firm's first lateral partner hire in its San Francisco office, which opened in 2019.
"In some ways for me it's like coming full circle and coming home," said Higgins. "I started at Fish & Neave in New York, an IP litigation boutique that had a 250-year history representing companies such as the Wright Brothers and General Electric."
She added, she was attracted to returning to a firm of intellectual property trial lawyers who work together and have similar practices, as well as the opportunity to help build out the firm's Bay Area presence.
Including her time at Fish & Neave before its merger with Ropes & Gray in 2007, she was with that firm for 30 years.
During her time at Fish & Neave, she spent some time working with John Desmarais, founder of Desmarais LLP, and was one of nine attorneys that helped the firm establish its first West Coast office in the Bay Area.
With over three decades of patent litigation experience, Higgins has represented leading technology companies such as Apple, Google and Samsung before the board's Patent Trial and Appeal Board as well as federal court.
She is a member of the board's Bar Association, currently serving on the programming committee, and nonprofit ChIPs, which focuses on advancing and connecting women in technology, law and policy. She also is dedicated to mentoring the next generation and partners with her clients and friends to host
breakfasts and lunches for young women just beginning their intellectual property careers.
Address
101 California St, Ste 3070 , San Francisco 94111-5817 USA
T:
(415) 573-1902
Public Counsel
Mónica Ramírez Almadani
joined Public Counsel as president and ceo in Los Angeles.
Almadani succeeds Margaret Morrow effective June 1 and is a law professor and co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
610 South Ardmore Avenue , Los Angeles 90005 USA
T:
(213) 385-2977
F:
(213) 385-9089
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Camilo Echavarria
was promoted to member of the executive committee of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Los Angeles.
Echavarria is partner in charge of the Los Angeles office and is a member of the firm's diversity executive
council.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Jean L. Tom
was promoted to member of the executive committee of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco.
Tom is a partner and co-chair of the attorneys of color affinity group.
She is based in San Francisco.
Paul Hastings LLP
Sean Monroe
joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner in Century City.
Monroe specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions in the entertainment and media industries.
He is based in Century City.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 27th Floor , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 620-5700
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Ulysses Hui
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Hui specializes in commercial technology transactions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
505 Montgomery Street Suite 800 , San Francisco 94111-6533 USA
T:
(650) 352-6420
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Caitlin A. Tassos
joined Goldberg Segalla LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Tassos focuses on trucking, transportation and general liability matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
777 S. Figueroa Street Suite 2000 , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(213) 415-7214
Squire Patton Boggs US LLP
Niloufar Massachi
joined Squire Patton Boggs US LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Massachi specializes in data privacy and protection, technology transactions, cybersecurity and breach response and consumer protection law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 South Flower Street, Fl 31 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 689-6580
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Remy Joseph Kessler
joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP as senior counsel in Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete - Los Angeles office.
Kessler is an employment litigator with a focus on wage and hour class and representative actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1100 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 909-7775
JAMS
Randa M. Trapp
joined JAMS as neutral in San Diego.
Trapp was a judge for 18 years and served as supervising judge of the civil division and a member of the court's executive committee.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
401 B Street Suite 2100 , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 236-1848
F:
(619) 236-9032
Venable LLP
Ryan M. Andrews
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Andrews specializes in defending employment lawsuits and arbitration, as well as counseling employers in law compliance and best practices.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Logan M. Elliott
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Elliott is trial and appellate litigator with a focus on high stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Matthew M. Gurvit
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Gurvit focuses on complex litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Marjorie W. Norman
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Norman specializes in domestic and international trademark preparation and prosecution, portfolio strategy, licensing, clearance and intellectual property transaction counseling.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Eversheds Sutherland US LLP
Jeffrey W. Guise
joined Eversheds Sutherland US LLP as partner in San Diego.
Guise advises clients in building, managing and protecting their intellectual property portfolios globally.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
12255 El Camino Real , San Diego 92130 USA
T:
(858) 252-6074
Buckley LLP
Michael Rome
was promoted to partner of Buckley LLP in Los Angeles.
Rome focuses on complex commercial disputes, consumer class actions and government enforcement matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Bardia Moayedi
joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as partner in Orange County and San Diego.
Moayedi specializes in advising emerging growth and public companies.
He is based in Orange County and San Diego.
Address
4320 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 205 , San Diego 92122 USA
T:
(858) 434-5009
Covington & Burling LLP
Bobby Lutzker
was promoted to special counsel of Covington & Burling LLP in San Francisco.
Lutzker specializes in drafting and negotiating licenses, collaboration, supply, distribution and other commercial agreements for life sciences and technology companies.
He is based in San Francisco.
Covington & Burling LLP
Mark Chen
was promoted to special counsel of Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles.
Chen is a litigator and specializes in intellectual property and complex commercial disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck
Ashley Klein
was promoted to partner of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck in San Francisco.
Klein is co-chair of the real estate practice group and is comanaging partner of the San Francisco and Sonoma offices.
She is based in San Francisco and Sonoma.
John Lupton
was promoted to partner of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck in Los Angeles.
Lupton specializes in business litigation with a focus on the defense of legal malpractice cases and insurance litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Lauren Jones
was promoted to of counsel of Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck in San Francisco.
Jones specializes in real property, trust and probate litigation and landlord-tenant matters.
She is based in San Francisco.