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
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.
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP
Adrian Cyhan
joined Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP as partner in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Cyhan is a patent attorney with a focus on identifying, protecting and leveraging intellectual property assets.
He is based in Sherman Oaks.
Address
15260 VENTURA BOULEVARD, 20TH FLOOR , Sherman Oaks 91403
T:
(818) 444-4500
F:
(818) 444-4500
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP
Allyson K Thompson
joined Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Thompson specializes in employment litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
11755 Wilshire Boulevrd , Los Angeles 90025 US
T:
(301) 775-6511
Waymaker LLP (formerly Baker Marquart LLP)
King, Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP
Harold Papineau
was promoted to attorney of King, Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP in Los Angeles.
Papineau was formerly a paralegal at the firm. He specializes in entertainment law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Olson Remcho
Kristen Mah Rogers
was promoted to partner of Olson Remcho in Oakland.
Rogers represents clients in litigation related to election law, education funding, public policy and constitutional issues.
She is based in Oakland.
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
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
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
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
William A. Diedrich
was promoted to shareholder of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Riverside.
Diedrich advises school districts, community college districts and public agencies in all aspects of labor and employment law.
He is based in Riverside.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Jonathan P. Spencer
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Diego.
Spencer focuses on advising and representing emerging growth companies on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, formations and corporate governance.
He is based in San Diego.
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Ken Whiting, Jr.
joined Rutan & Tucker LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Whiting specializes in real estate transactions. He represents owners, developers, landlords, tenants and borrowers in the acquisition, development, construction, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial and industrial properties.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
455 Market St, Ste 1870 , San Francisco 94105-2451 United State
T:
(650) 263-7902
Haynes and Boone LLP
Jason T. Lao
was promoted to partner of Haynes and Boone LLP in Costa Mesa.
Lao specializes in intellectual property litigation, including disputes related to patents, trade secrets, copyrights and complex technology issues.
He is based in Costa Mesa.
Kutak Rock LLP
Rudy Perrino
was promoted to partner of Kutak Rock LLP in Los Angeles.
Perrino is a litigator with a focus on environmental, mass tort, toxic tort, product liability, commercial, oil and gas, as well as food law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Rebecca Kim
was promoted to partner of Kutak Rock LLP in Los Angeles.
Kim focuses on product liability, toxic tort, asbestos and environmental litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Signature Resolution LLC
Catherine E. Bauer
joined Signature Resolution LLC as neutral in Los Angeles.
Bauer retired from the Central District of California Bankruptcy Court in September.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 N 5th Street, Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 622-1002
Duane Morris LLP
Maxine D. Bayley
was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Francisco.
Bayley specializes in immigration law related to employment of foreign nationals. She also advises clients in family based permanent residence and naturalization.
She is based in San Francisco.
Meagan E. Garland
was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Diego.
Garland specializes in employment litigation. She advises startups, multi-jurisdictional and multinational employers in various industries, particularly in fashion and beauty.
She is based in San Diego.
Joseph J. Machi
was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Diego.
Machi focuses on complex transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, as well as general corporate matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Newmeyer & Dillion LLP
Jason Moberly Caruso
was promoted to partner of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in Newport Beach.
Caruso specializes in environmental law related to contaminated sites including administrative actions, cost recovery and nonlitigation site remediation.
He is based in Newport Beach.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin
James Bell
joined District Attorney Chesa Boudin as member of the the san francisco ethics commission in San Francisco.
Bell replaces former judge Fern Smith, who is stepping down after serving on the commission for two years. Bell is the founding president of the W. Haywood Burns Institute.
He is based in San Francisco.
Rutan & Tucker LLP
Allina M. Amuchie
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Amuchie specializes in business and civil litigation.
She is based in Orange County.
Mohammed E. Elayan
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Elayan advises clients in mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting and compliance, financing, commercial and licensing agreements, corporate governance and entity structuring.
He is based in Orange County.
Lucas K. Hori
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Hori specializes in business and civil litigation.
He is based in Orange County.
Seth M. Jessee
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Jessee represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex business litigation.
He is based in Orange County.
Carrie A. MacIntosh
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Palo Alto.
MacIntosh focuses on construction, real estate and general commerce matters. She is a litigator and counsels clients in contract preparation, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution.
She is based in Palo Alto.
Jonathan D. Nomura
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Nomura represents lenders and borrowers in single and multiple lender acquisitions, construction, term and affordable housing financing related to all property types.
He is based in Orange County.
Kyle M. St. James
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
St. James advises clients on patent strategy including in portfolio development and prosecution.
He is based in Orange County.
Bryan A. Wilbert
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Wilbert represents financial institutions, private equity funds, developers and owners in commercial real estate matters such as acquisition, disposition, development, leasing and financing.
He is based in Orange County.
Meredith Williams
was promoted to partner of Rutan & Tucker LLP in Orange County.
Williams specializes in trademark and copyright litigation, including trade secret misappropriation, false advertising and unfair competition, and advises clients on how to promote and defend brands and intellectual property.
She is based in Orange County.
Munoz Dispute Resolution, Inc.
William Munoz
as president and ceo
in Sacramento
Munoz specialized in defending professionals in professional liability matters. The new arbitration and resolution firm focuses on professional liability, employment and personal injury matters throughout California.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
555 University Avenue , Sacramento 95825 United States
T:
(916) 437-5900