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.

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.

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.

Kathleen McCain was promoted to partner of Dentons US LLP in Los Angeles.

McCain advises insurance companies and regulators in rate regulations, policy review, insurance mergers and acquisitions, compliance, financial and market conduct examinations.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Kaitlin A. Kontyko joined Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP as associate in Los Angeles.

Kontyko specializes in insurance coverage litigation with a focus on disputes related to general and professional liability insurance policies. She also counsels clients in coverage related matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Daniel Belzer was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Century City.

Belzer specializes in corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and capital-raising transactions.
He is based in Century City.

Vinay Bhupathy was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Century City.

Bhupathy advises health care clients in mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions, value-based care, reimbursement and regulatory compliance, health information technology contracting, product development, operations and data security and privacy.
He is based in Century City.

Kira T. Conlon was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Los Angeles.

Conlon helps secure land use and zoning entitlements for clients, including for residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial and educational institution projects throughout the state.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Matthew J. Goldman was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Century City.

Goldman specializes in health care law with a focus on regulatory and transactional matters.
He is based in Century City.

Hayley S. Grunvald was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Grunvald specializes in labor and employment law with an emphasis on litigation defense.
She is based in San Diego.

Kristin P. Housh was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Housh specializes in business litigation including high stakes contractual disputes and equity ownership, partnership and shareholder disputes.
She is based in San Diego.

Patricia M. Jeng was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Francisco.

Jeng specializes in labor and employment litigation. She also represents clients before administrative agencies.
She is based in San Francisco.

Joy Nemirow was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Palo Alto.

Nemirow focuses on patent preparation, prosecution and strategy. She represents clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical fields.
She is based in Palo Alto.

Chris Ponder was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Palo Alto.

Ponder focuses on complex intellectual property disputes related to patents, trade secrets and unfair competition in the digital streaming, enterprise software, gaming, medical device, semiconductor and telecommunications industries.
He is based in Palo Alto.

Thomas R. Proctor was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Proctor specializes in representing insurance companies in bad faith litigation.
He is based in San Diego.

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.

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.

Robert Barbarowicz was promoted to partner of Dentons US LLP in Los Angeles.

Barbarowicz specializes in advising insurance companies in corporate, transaction and regulatory matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.

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.

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.

Andrew B. Cohn was promoted to counsel of Haynes and Boone LLP in Costa Mesa.

Cohn focuses on patent prosecution and analysis.
He is based in Costa Mesa.

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.

Eric Grant joined Hicks Thomas LLP as partner in Sacramento.

Grant specializes in energy and environmental litigation.
He is based in Sacramento.

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.

Andrew Saxon joined Fisher Phillips LLP as of counsel in Irvine.

Saxon advises employers in employment, class action and commercial matters.
He is based in Irvine.

Albert Lin joined Fisher Phillips LLP as associate in Irvine.

Lin focuses on defending employers in workplace claims.
He is based in Irvine.

Jeremy A. Avila joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the department of aging in San Jose.

Avila has been deputy county counsel at the Santa Clara County Counsel's office since 2019.
He is based in San Jose.