Thomas G. Oesterreich joined Judicate West as neutral in Santa Ana.

Oesterreich is a former personal injury attorney and has served as a volunteer arbitrator and mediator in Los Angeles County, Orange County and Riverside County Superior Courts.
He is based in Santa Ana.

Claire Marbelstone was promoted to partner of Foley & Lardner LLP in Los Angeles.

Marbelstone specializes in advising hospitals, health systems, digital health providers and physician groups in regulatory and transactional matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Monica Montgomery Steppe joined Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins as member of the task force to study and develop reparation proposals for african americans in San Diego.

Steppe is a city council member and civil rights attorney.
She is based in San Diego.

Suzanne M. Martindale joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as senior deputy commissioner of consumer financial protection at the california department of financial protection and innovation in Oakland.

Martindale was senior policy counsel and Western states legislative manager at Consumer Reports since 2010.
She is based in Oakland.

Edwin F. Lowry joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chair of the occupational safety and health appeals board in Sacramento.

Lowry has been a member of the board since 2011. He was a hearing officer for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and was a state deputy attorney general from 2005 to 2007.
He is based in Sacramento.

Sean M. Moran joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Moran specializes in asset finance with a focus on renewable energy, zero carbon and infrastructure assets.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Michael P. Joyce joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Joyce focuses his practice on energy and infrastructure finance.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Lauren A. Collins joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Collins focuses her tax practice on project finance with a focus on renewable energy and infrastructure assets
She is based in Los Angeles.

Josh Heideman joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Heideman specializes in renewable energy asset finance and acquisitions.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Trevor Shelton joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Shelton advises equity investors, lenders, sponsors and project developers in energy and project finance.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Terrance J. Evans was promoted to chair of the litigation section of California Lawyers Association in Los Angeles and San Franciso.

Evans is a trial partner at Duane Morris LLP. He is vice chair of the firm's banking practice for the western United States and co chairs the diversity and inclusion committee.
He is based in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Christopher Keele joined JAMS as neutral in San Jose.

Keele specializes in business and commercial, health care, real property, environmental and personal injury disputes. He is a former commercial and complex disputes litigator.
He is based in San Jose.

Gamble T Parks joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as shareholder in Santa Barbara.

Parks specializes in estate planning, trust and probate law.
She is based in Santa Barbara.

Melinda Haag joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Haag is a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California. She has more than 30 years of experience handling complex white collar and civil rights cases, as well as corporate investigations and complex commercial litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.

Walter Brown Jr. joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Brown represents companies and individuals in criminal and regulatory investigations, parallel civil and administrative litigation and proceedings, as well as complex business litigation and crisis management.
He is based in San Francisco.

Randall "Randy" Luskey joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Luskey is a former prosecutor and specializes in conducting internal investigations and representing clients in white collar criminal cases, fraud and abuse matters, complex class actions and cases brought under the False Claims Act.
He is based in San Francisco.

Jeremy M. Veit joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Veit focuses on private equity transactions such as leveraged acquisitions of public and private targets, as well as equity and debt financing. He also has experience in securities offerings, fund formation, executive compensation and general corporate matters.
He is based in San Francisco.

Rachel L. Conn was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco.

Conn specializes in labor and employment law. She represents and advises clients on matters related to the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
She is based in San Francisco.

Jade E. Turner-Bond was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.

Turner-Bond represents clients in the financing and refinancing of infrastructure and capital improvements projects for state and local municipal entities.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Elliot G. Freier joined VLP Law Group LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Freier specializes in taxation of mergers and acquisitions, establishing and growing companies, bankruptcy and workout taxation and tax controversy representation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Lucas M Rachuba joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Rachuba focuses on private equity, credit, hedge funds, venture capital and real estate.
He is based in San Francisco.

Daniel I. Spector joined Judicate West as neutral in Sacramento.

Spector has served as a judge pro tem and a pro tem settlement conference judge for the Sacramento County Superior Court since 2000.
He is based in Sacramento.

Richard Rahm joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Rahm advises and represents employers in wage and hour class and collective actions, in addition to other complex litigation matters.
He is based in San Francisco.

Jonathan A. Grissom joined Higgs Fletcher & Mack as partner in San Diego.

Grissom specializes in nonprofit organizations, business and corporate law and tax.
He is based in San Diego.

Saralyn M. Ang-Olson joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief compliance officer at the california department of health care services in Sacramento.

Ang-Olson is a former senior assistant attorney general, director of the California Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, acting chief of civil prosecutions and supervising deputy attorney general in civil prosecutions.
She is based in Sacramento.

Lisa Niegel joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of rehabilitation in Sacramento.

Niegel has served as acting chief of the department since 2020. She was previously an attorney in the department from 2007 to 2020.
She is based in Sacramento.

Arthur “Ari” Krantz joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california public employment relations board in Berkeley.

Krantz has served on the board since 2018. He is a pro bono attorney for the Centro Legal de La Raza Asylum Project since 2014.
He is based in Berkeley.

Timothy A. Worrall joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Denver and San Francisco.

Worrall is a patent prosecutor and focuses his practice on developing client's patent portfolios.
He is based in Denver and San Francisco.