McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Doug H. Carsten
joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Orange County.
Carsten specializes in complex patent litigation related to technology, pharmaceuticals, biologics, software and medical devices.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
18565 Jamboree Road Suite 250 , Irvine 92612-2565 USA
T:
(194) 962-0611
F:
(194) 966-6983
Keystone Law Group, P.C.
Cliff Melnick
joined Keystone Law Group, P.C. as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Melnick specializes in trust, estate and conservatorship litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
James Kirby Andrade
joined Keystone Law Group, P.C. as senior associate in Los Angeles.
Andrade focuses on trust administration matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
11300 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 910 , Los Angeles 90064 United States
T:
(310) 444-9060
F:
(310) 444-9092
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC
Brent A. Reinke
as shareholder
Reinke is a shareholder who specializes in advising emerging growth companies in corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital and strategic alliance and licensing. He joined from Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP.
He is based in Westlake Village.
Ryan Azlein
as shareholder
Azlein is an emerging companies shareholder who is relocating from the firm's Century City office. He focuses on advising emerging technology and high growth companies from startup to exit.
He is based in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara.
Address
2945 Townsgate Road Suite 200 , Westlake Village 91361 USA
T:
(805) 730-6830
Baker McKenzie LLP
Ethan Kroll
joined Baker McKenzie LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kroll focuses his international tax practice on tax planning, intellectual property migrations, business transformation, transfer pricing and mergers and acquisitions tax.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10250 Constellation Blvd, Ste 1850 , Los Angeles 90067-6278 USA
T:
(310) 616-5374
Hanusz Law PC
John Hanusz
as founding partner
in Los Angeles
Veteran criminal defense attorney John Hanusz has launched his own firm following a two-decade career that has included the Georgia Resource Center, the Central District's Office of the Federal Public Defender and the last four years in private practice in Los Angeles.
"The last couple of years, after spending my career in public service, have demystified the business side of the law for me," said Hanusz. "So much so that I was ready to take the leap. It was a no brainer." Most recently of counsel at Mark Beck Law PC, Hanusz focuses on a mix of investigations and defense.
"A lot of what I do is advising health care providers, doctors, physicians and labs in civil investigations, whether it's Medicare, Medicaid or the Department of Health Care Services -- state and federal civil matters. But, there's often a criminal component to it and so I help those clients to navigate, along with their civil counsel, those matters," he added.
In the past, he has also defended individuals who have been accused of tax, wire and mail fraud; professors and students in university misconduct investigations; and clients who have been accused of export violations, conspiracy, money laundering and violating environmental regulations.
He is also a Criminal Justice Act panel member and represents individuals who cannot financially retain counsel in criminal prosecutions.
Hanusz spent 11 years as a federal public defender and began his career as a staff attorney at the Georgia Appellate Practice & Educational Resource Center. He was with the nonprofit for five years representing convicts on death row.
"I come from a family of lawyers, so it's not that it was expected of me, but it was always an option," said Hanusz. "My family discussed political issues around the dinner table when I was growing up and law seemed like a very natural way for me to try to affect social change."
He looks forward to having the flexibility to add to his pro bono practice.
"I want to be able to continue to help the people that I've worked with my entire career," he said.
Address
800 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1050 , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(213) 204-4200
DLA Piper LLP
Jackie K. Park
was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Los Angeles.
Park is co-U. S. managing partner and is the former co-chair of the real estate practice and comanaging partner of the L.A. office.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Mark D. Fowler
was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Palo Alto.
Fowler is the global co-chair and U.S. chair of the intellectual property and technology practice. As a member of the management team he will focus on recruiting and growing client relationships.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Sang Kim
was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Kim is the global co-chair and U.S. chair of the tax practice. He will focus on
business development between the firm’s U.S. and Asia operations.
He is based in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Isaacs Friedberg LLP
William Wargo
joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Wargo specializes in complex commercial disputes including contract actions, antitrust investigation and litigation, consumer and employment discrimination class actions and products liability actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Janine Cohen
joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Cohen focuses on complex litigation including intracompany and contract disputes, financial management, employment defense, trade secrets, racketeering defense and trust related cases.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 S Flower St, Ste 4250 , Los Angeles 90071-2444 USA
T:
(213) 929-5550
Feldman Browne APC
Lee Feldman
as founding partner
in Pacific Palisades
Feldman specializes in plaintiff employment litigation.
He is based in Pacific Palisades.
Gina Browne
as founding partner
in Pacific Palisades
Browne specializes in employment litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, as well as violations of the medical, disability and pregnancy leave and accommodation laws.
She is based in Pacific Palisades.
Address
15200 Sunset Boulevard Suite 217 , Pacific Palisades 90272 USA
T:
(310) 984-1415
Isaacs Friedberg LLP
Paul Murtagh
was promoted to partner of Isaacs Friedberg LLP in Los Angeles.
Murtagh is a civil litigator and specializes in investor and real estate fraud, corporate governance, health care, unfair competition, environmental, entertainment, insurance coverage, breach of contract and class actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Isaacs Friedberg LLP
Janine Cohen
joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Cohen focuses on complex civil litigation in matters including intracompany disputes, RICO, fraud, financial management, employment, trade secret, trademark and commercial real estate, as well as probate and trust-related litigation and personal injury and professional malpractice defense.
She is based in Los Angeles.
William Wargo
joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Wargo specializes in complex commercial disputes including contract actions, antitrust investigations and litigation, consumer unfair competition and employment discrimination class actions, products liability litigation, and securities and data privacy matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 S Flower St Ste 4250 , Los Angeles 90071-2444 USA
T:
(213) 929-5550
F:
(213) 955-5794
Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP
Francisco A. Loayza-Romero
joined Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP as associate in san diego.
Loayza-Romero specializes in business litigation, construction law and labor and employment.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
401 West A Street, Suite 2600 , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 236-1551
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Sarina Saluja
joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Saluja specializes in employment and labor related litigation such as discrimination claims, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, workplace privacy, data security, unfair competition, trade secret theft and corporate espionage.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Ste 2200 , Los Angeles 90067-4120 USA
T:
(310) 282-2216
F:
(310) 919-3908
Rimon PC
Joseph Abkin
joined Rimon PC as partner in Santa Barbara.
Abkin specializes in corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, financing and real estate transactions.
He is based in Santa Barbara.
Jennifer Gillon Duffy
joined Rimon PC as partner in Santa Barbara.
Gillon Duffy specializes in litigation with a focus on employment and family law.
She is based in Santa Barbara.
Craig Granet
joined Rimon PC as partner in Santa Barbara.
Granet is a civil litigator with a focus on real estate, business and commercial litigation.
He is based in Santa Barbara.
Address
200 E Carrillo St Ste 201 , Santa Barbara 93101-2144 USA
T:
(805) 695-4080
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC
Lara D. Compton
joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC as member in Los Angeles.
Compton specializes in health care regulatory compliance, privacy and security, and physician relationship matters such as contract negotiations.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park E, Ste 3100 , Los Angeles 90067-3044 USA
T:
(424) 259-4019
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Ryan G. Seeley
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as general counsel and deputy director at the department of housing and community development in Sacramento.
Seeley has been general counsel and deputy director since 2017. He joined the department in 2010 and was previously its assistant chief counsel and attorney.
He is based in Sacramento.
Shaleen M. Schmutzer- Smith
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy general counsel at the department of housing and community development in Sacramento.
Schmutzer-Smith has been deputy general counsel since 2017 and has been with the department since 2007.
She is based in Sacramento.
Dave A. Rand
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california housing partnership corporation in Agoura Hills.
Rand has been a member of the corporation since 2019 and is a partner at Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP.
He is based in Agoura Hills.
Johanna K. Hartwig
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the commission on teacher credentialing in San Francisco.
Hartwig has been on the commission since 2018 and is principal at Hartwig Career Strategies. She is the former assistant dean for career planning and legal community engagement at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
She is based in San Francisco.
Rebecca Ruan-O'Shaughnessy
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the homeless coordinating and financing council in Walnut Creek.
Ruan-O'Shaughnessy is the vice chancellor of educational services and support in the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.
She is based in Walnut Creek.
Rafael C. Sweet
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board of chiropractic examiners in Los Angeles.
Sweet is a sole practitioner and previously was a senior trial attorney at The Dominguez Firm.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Squire Patton Boggs
Alan L. Friel
joined Squire Patton Boggs as partner and deputy chair of the global data privacy and cybersecurity practice in Los Angeles.
The former head of the U.S. consumer privacy practice at Baker & Hostetler LLP, Alan L. Friel, joined Squire Patton Boggs' Los Angeles office on March 1. He will serve as the deputy chair of the global data privacy and cybersecurity practice.
Friel was with BakerHostetler for seven years and was also co-chair of the retail, restaurant and e-commerce industry initiative and leader of the California digital assets and data management team.
"BakerHostetler is a great firm and I really enjoyed being there," said Friel. "But this was an opportunity for a greater leadership role and also it's a global firm. Baker is domestic only and my practice is becoming more and more global."
"Squire is in 20 of the most important global markets," he added. "To have a whole team of privacy lawyers in Europe and in Asia Pacific is going to be a real positive for me."
Friel has 30 years of experience in digital media, intellectual property, data privacy and consumer protection law. He focuses on data commercialization and protection, helping clients to monetize and safeguard their data using various methods including contracts and trade secret protections. His clients include producers, distributors, advertisers, ad technology companies and online services, as well as brands, game publishers and app developers.
Recognized as a thought leader in his field, Friel is also an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount School of Law and the Graduate School of TV, Film and Digital Media at UCLA.
Friel's favorite aspect of his work is helping clients achieve their business goals in regard to collecting, using and transferring data.
He added, "The regulation of personal information is getting more complex. Every day is really a game changer. Just about every jurisdiction is passing laws to provide greater transparency and choice to consumers."
"This is a practice in an industry that is under attack by consumer rights advocates," he explained, "and helping publishers, advertisers and ad technology companies adjust their business practices in light of the changing laws is a lot of fun. I wake up every day and there's something new that I have to wrap my head around and help clients grapple with."
Address
555 South Flower Street, 31st Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 624-2500
F:
(213) 623-4581
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Brent Snyder
joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partner in San Francisco.
Snyder focuses on antitrust and competition. He previously was CEO of the Hong Kong Competition Commission, Hong Kong's competition enforcement agency, from 2017 to 2020 and is a former deputy assistant attorney general for criminal enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
1 Market Plz, Fl 33 , San Francisco 94105-1117 USA
T:
(415) 947-2113
Olivares Law APC
Alicia Olivares
as founding partner
in Manhattan Beach
Olivares represents employees in wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, pregnancy discrimination and violations of leave laws.
She is based in Manhattan Beach.
Address
1500 ROSECRANS AVE SUITE 500 , MANHATTAN BEACH 90266 USA
T:
(310) 706-4061
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Frank Petrilli
joined Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Petrilli specializes in entitlement strategy, land use and land use litigation, as well as compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
1 Montgomery St, Ste 3000 , San Francisco 94104-5500 USA
T:
(415) 268-0503
Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP
Brian A. Sun
joined Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Sun specializes in complex business litigation, white collar criminal defense and investigation matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 S Flower St 41 Fl , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 892-9200
F:
(213) 892-9494
Nixon Peabody LLP
Benjamin J. Kim
was promoted to deputy practice leader of the labor and employment group of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.
Kim also leads the occupational safety and health team and defends clients in employment litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Brandee L. Diamond
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Diamond focuses on complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments and joint ventures.
She is based in San Francisco.
Eric Chow
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.
Chow focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, in addition to cross-border and domestic corporate deals such as investment, financing and joint venture transactions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Alex Ravski Jr.
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as special counsel in San Francisco.
Ravski focuses on corporate transactions such as venture financing, mergers and acquisitions and entity formation, as well as corporate governance matters in the emerging technology space.
He is based in San Francisco.
Courtney D. King
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as associate in San Francisco.
King focuses on corporate law and advises clients in a range of transactions including private equity investments and corporate restructurings.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 California Street Suite 1700 , San Francisco 94104-1520 USA
T:
(415) 434-4484
F:
(415) 434-4507
Foley & Lardner LLP
Natasha Allen
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Allen specializes in equity financing, venture capital financing and commercial and corporate matters within the artificial intelligence, financial technology, robotics and life sciences industries.
She is based in Silicon Valley.
Nicole Hatcher
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Hatcher specializes in venture capital investment deals, mergers and acquisitions,
capital markets and general corporate work.
She is based in Silicon Valley.
Louis Lehot
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Lehot advises companies, financial sponsors, venture capitalists, investors and investment banks in the formation, financing, governing and buying and selling of companies.
He is based in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Catherine Zhu
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as special counsel in Silicon Valley.
Zhu is a commercial and privacy lawyer with expertise in enterprise software, data sharing, artificial intelligence, consumer goods, transportation and mobility and marketplace platforms businesses.
She is based in Silicon Valley.
Ethan L. Floyd
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as associate in Silicon Valley.
Floyd advises investors, venture capitalists and investment banks in a range of corporate transactions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
975 Page Mill Road , Palo Alto 94304-1013 USA
T:
(650) 856-3700
JAMS
Brian C. Walsh
joined JAMS as neutral in San Jose.
Walsh previously presided over complex civil litigation, where he heard complex business, securities, employment, product liability, internet privacy and trade secret cases.
He is based in San Jose.
Address
160 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 1600 , San Jose 95113 USA
T:
(408) 346-0737
F:
(408) 295-5267
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Arti L. Bhimani
joined Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as senior counsel in Los Angeles.
Bhimani specializes in litigation, particularly the representation of nonprofit institutions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
6033 West Century Boulevard, 5th Floor , Los Angeles 90045 USA
T:
(310) 981-2318
F:
(310) 337-0837
Hicks Thomas LLP
Eric Grant
joined Hicks Thomas LLP as partner in Sacramento.
Grant specializes in energy and environmental litigation.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
400 Capitol Mall Ste 2530 , Sacramento 95814-4421 USA
T:
(916) 447-4900
F:
(916) 447-4904
Gray Duffy LLP
Nathan Blackthorne Lee
was promoted to partner of Gray Duffy LLP in Encino.
Lee focuses on civil litigation related to personal injury, insurance coverage and business related disputes.
He is based in Encino.
Nossaman
Allison Callaghan
was promoted to partner of Nossaman in Sacramento.
Callaghan specializes in employment litigation and counseling.
She is based in Sacramento.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Richard P. Klau
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as state chief technology innovation officer at the california department of technology in San Ramon.
Klau is the former senior operating partner of Google Ventures.
He is based in San Ramon.
Gareth S. Lacy
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as special advisor for strategic initiatives and communication at the employment development department in Carmichael.
Lacy has been on the California Gambling Control Commission since 2018.
He is based in Carmichael.
Frolan R. Aguiling
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california dept. of human resources in Rocklin.
Aguiling has served as chief counsel since 2016. He previously was deputy chief counsel and assistant chief counsel at the department.
He is based in Rocklin.
Kristen E. Kane
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel in the office of tax appeals in Sacramento.
Kane has served as chief counsel since 2017 and was previously acting director.
She is based in Sacramento.
Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl Inc.
Bruce J. McNeil
joined Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl Inc. as partner in Los Angeles.
McNeil specializes in employee benefits, including tax-qualified plans, executive and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, as well as the tax aspects of equity, phantom equity and employee benefits litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2041 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 300 , El Segundo 90245 USA
T:
(424) 738-4400