Vinson & Elkins LLP
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.
Address
633 West Fifth Street 26th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
California Lawyers Association
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.
JAMS
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.
Address
160 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 1600 , San Jose 95113 USA
T:
(408) 346-0736
F:
(408) 295-5267
Atheria Law
Amanda Graham Brazinski
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Brazinski advises insurers in cyber, privacy, technology and media claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Tammy Chang
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in Los Angeles.
Chang represents insurers in technology, media, intellectual property and privacy claims.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Aishlin Cook
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Cook advises insurers in errors and omissions claims against attorneys, accountants and real estate professionals.
She is based in San Francisco.
EJ Kim
was promoted to senior counsel of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Kim represents insurers in cyber and privacy claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Atheria Law
Nicole Shapiro
was promoted to partner of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Shapiro represents insurers in complex errors and omission claims against professionals such as attorneys and accountants.
She is based in San Francisco.
Nicholas Lieberknecht
was promoted to partner of Atheria Law in San Francisco.
Lieberknecht specializes in representing insurers in disputes involving design professionals and construction companies such as errors and omission policies issued to architects and engineers.
He is based in San Francisco.
Tyson & Mendes LLP
Kevin Gray
joined Tyson & Mendes LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Gray is a civil defense attorney and has tried more than 60 cases.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
371 Bel Marin Keys Blvd. Suite 100 , Novato 94949
T:
(628) 253-5070
F:
(415) 785-3165
Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP
Andréanne Breton
joined Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP as associate in San Francisco.
Breton represents insurance companies in litigated and non-litigated coverage disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
101 Montgomery Street Suite 2300 , San Francisco 94104 USA
T:
(415) 890-5223
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Michael Russell
joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partner and colead of the mergers and acquisitions practice in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Corporate partner Michael Russell has rejoined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to colead the mergers and acquisitions practice. He previously was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP for five years.
"I think it's worth noting I wasn't on the market," said Russell. "I was happy at Goodwin. I had a great experience and I really enjoyed working there."
Russell said he was approached by Robert Ishii, a longtime friend, about the opportunity to return to Wilson Sonsini. Ishii is now colead of the mergers and acquisitions practice alongside Russell.
"I have had that conversation off and on over the last five years with him," Russell added. "But what was a little different this time was that it was a little more concrete. I think that given the demand in the marketplace, both from Wilson's existing clients and externally, they decided that there were a number of areas that they wanted to make meaningful investments in to build out the practices, and mergers and acquisitions was one of them. So the outreach from Rob was not just, 'Hey, do you want to come back?' but, 'Do you want to come back and be part of this effort and initiative to build up the practice and help me do it?'"
Additionally, the ability to practice with attorneys he has known for the majority of his professional career attracted him to the opportunity, he added.
Russell previously was with Wilson Sonsini for 18 years as part of the corporate and securities practice. He joined the firm in 1998 from the San Francisco city attorney's office and became a partner in 2007.
Russell focuses on representing public and private companies and investors in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. His clients include technology and life sciences companies on both the buy and sell side of transactions. Notable companies he has worked with include Micron Technology Inc., Twitter, TiVo, Fitbit Inc., Slack Technologies Inc. and Sumo Logic.
Address
650 Page Mill Rd , Palo Alto 94304-1050 USA
T:
(650) 493-9300
Judicate West
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.
Address
1851 East First Street Ste 1600 , Santa Ana 92705 USA
T:
(714) 834-1340
F:
(714) 834-1344
Foley & Lardner LLP
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.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Vincent I. Parrett
joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as partner in Menlo Park.
Parrett specializes in plaintiff and defendant business litigation including contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other commercial disputes.
He is based in Menlo Park.
Address
1080 Marsh Road , Menlo Park 94025 USA
T:
(650) 462-5324
F:
(650) 429-2028
Reed Smith LLP
Benjamin R. Fliegel
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Fliegel is a commercial litigator with an emphasis on representing policyholders in large or protracted litigation with insurance companies.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Reed Smith LLP
Ashley B. Jordan
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Jordan focuses on insurance recovery. She advises policyholders in negotiation, litigation or alternative dispute resolution.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Reed Smith LLP
Maytak Chin
was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.
Chin focuses on complex litigation related to fiduciary duties, unfair competition and business torts.
She is based in San Francisco.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
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.
Address
1021 Anacapa Street , Sacramento 93101 US
T:
(805) 963-7000
Judicate West
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.
Address
980 9th Street Suite 2200 , Sacramento 95814 USA
T:
(916) 394-8490
F:
(916) 394-8495
DLA Piper LLP
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.
Address
555 Mission St, Ste 2400 , San Francisco 94105-0922 USA
T:
(415) 638-2524
F:
(415) 659-7324
Higgs Fletcher & Mack
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.
Address
401 West A Street, Suite 2600 , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 236-1551
F:
(619) 696-1410
Gov. Gavin Newsom
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.
Waymaker LLP (formerly Baker Marquart LLP)
Baker & Hostetler LLP
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.
Address
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 3100 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(303) 861-0600
F:
(303) 861-7805
Paul Hastings LLP
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.
Address
101 California Street Forty-Eighth Floor , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 856-7060
F:
(415) 856-7160
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Susana P. Solano
was promoted to partner of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Sacramento.
Solano advises employers and management in employment issues including prevention of employment discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, and wage and hour violations.
She is based in Sacramento.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Stephen M. McLoughlin
was promoted to partner of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Cerritos.
McLoughlin advises public and private agencies in transactional and litigation issues such as state community college districts in education related matters as well as providing counsel concerning compliance with Title IX.
He is based in Cerritos.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Heidi Walas
joined Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP as partner in Redwood City.
Walas specializes in the representation of emerging growth companies and early stage investors in venture financings, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfers and general business matters.
She is based in Redwood City.
Address
550 Allerton Street , Redwood City 94063 United States of America
T:
(650) 321-2400
Nixon Peabody LLP
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.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Dan J. Bulfer
was promoted to partner of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Irvine.
Bulfer represents employers in labor and employment compliance and risk management issues like workplace investigations and corrective actions.
He is based in Irvine.
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Alexandria M. Davidson
was promoted to partner of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Irvine.
Davidson represents California public school districts as general counsel.
She is based in Irvine.
VLP Law Group LLP
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.
Address
555 Bryant Street Suite 820 , Palo Alto 94301
T:
(424) 344-9770
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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.