Paul Hastings LLP
Tamerlin J. Godley
joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner.
Following 23 years at Munger, Tolles, & Olson LLP, Tamerlin J. Godley has joined Paul Hastings LLP in Los Angeles as a partner in the entertainment and media practice.
"They gave me an offer that I couldn't refuse," said Godley of her decision to move.
She is the third prominent entertainment attorney to join the firm in Los Angeles in recent years as part of its efforts to develop "a first class entertainment group that is soup to nuts," she added.
Recent notable additions include Steven A. Marenberg from Irell & Manella LLP and James Bo Pearl from O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
"Paul Hastings is just firing on all cylinders. All their metrics are really strong. Their trajectory is incredible-everything from profitability to being a great place to work and a commitment to pro bono," Godley said. "I'm excited to be a part of this larger platform and really build a first class entertainment litigation group, the best of the city."
As an entertainment litigator, Godley has represented NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, Time Warner and the Warner Music Group Corp. Her work focuses on investigations and commercial disputes, as well as a subspecialty in trademark and copyright.
Paul Hastings' reputation in employment law will enhance her sensitive investigations practice and was another reason for her move, Godley said.
Outside of her practice, Godley is active in education impact litigation. She is one of the founders of Public Funds Public Schools, which focuses on ensuring that public funds stay in public schools and are not siphoned off for other purposes.
"Just this past year, I led the team that was granted summary judgment to permanently vacate a Betsy DeVos rule that attempted to siphon off hundreds of millions away from public schools to private schools," she said. "My work in the education impact litigation space is really important to me and I will continue doing that at Paul Hastings."
Address
515 South Flower Street Twenty-Fifth Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
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(213) 683-6230
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(213) 996-3230
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
Michelle Park Chiu
joined Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area as president in San Francisco.
Chiu is the hiring partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP for the San Francisco office. She is also deputy litigation practice leader and specializes in complex commercial litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Samuel F. Himel
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as special adviser for federal economic policy and fiscal issues in the office of the governor in Washington D.C.
Himel has been special adviser for the California Department of Finance since April 2020.
He is based in Washington D.C.
Paula LaBrie
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chair of the california gambling control commission in Elk Grove.
LaBrie has been a member of the commission since 2017. She is the former chief deputy director at the California State Lottery.
She is based in Elk Grove.
Brett Gladstone
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california architects board in San Francisco.
Gladstone has served on the board since 2019 and is of counsel at Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Harris & McSparran LLP.
He is based in San Francisco.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Nicholas G. Markman
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Francisco.
Markman specializes in representing emerging growth companies in the technology sector including consumer internet, software, telecommunications and entertainment technology. He also advises angel investors and venture capital firms.
He is based in San Francisco.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Ryan J. Gunderson
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Diego.
Gunderson represents emerging growth companies in initial public offerings, other capital market transactions and public company matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Colin G. Conklin
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Francisco.
Conklin focuses on public and private offerings of securities for issuers and underwriters, SEC reporting and general corporate counseling of emerging growth technology and life sciences companies.
He is based in San Francisco.
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Heather N. Aune
was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Diego.
Aune specializes in executive compensation and employee benefits issues for startups, emerging growth and public companies.
She is based in San Diego.
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Thomas Rice
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Ontario.
Rice specializes in municipal law and advises clients in the planning and development process. He is town attorney for Apple Valley, assistant city attorney for San Bernardino and assistant general counsel for the March Joint Powers Authority.
He is based in Ontario.
Charity Schiller
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Riverside.
Schiller specializes in environmental law including The California Environmental Quality Act and The National Environmental Policy Act.
She is based in Riverside.
Elizabeth Hull
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Irvine.
Hull is assistant city attorney to Avalon and San Juan Capistrano, a and general counsel to the Helix Water District.
She is based in Irvine.
Ruben Duran
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Ontario.
Duran is the city attorney for Ontario and Fontana, and general counsel to the Oxnard Harbor District.
He is based in Ontario.
Joshua Nelson
was promoted to partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP in Sacramento.
Nelson is city attorney of Gustine and Jackson in Merced County and is a member of the firm's municipal law practice group, specializing in governance.
He is based in Sacramento.
BraunHagey & Borden LLP
Ronald J. Fisher
joined BraunHagey & Borden LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Fisher specializes in complex commercial disputes related to financial services, antitrust, contracts and business torts.
He is based in San Francisco.
Ellen Leonida
joined BraunHagey & Borden LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Leonida joins the firm's impact and white collar practice groups. She specializes in criminal defense.
She is based in San Francisco.
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351 California St, Fl 10 , San Francisco 94104-2411 USA
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(415) 429-4539
BraunHagey & Borden LLP
Jason Sanderson
was promoted to partner of BraunHagey & Borden LLP in San Francisco.
Sanderson represents emerging and fast growth companies, as well as advising venture capital and private equity funds in venture and growth financing.
He is based in San Francisco.
Scali Rasmussen PC
Barbara R. Adams
joined Scali Rasmussen PC as principal in Oakland.
Adams is a civil litigator with a focus on toxic torts claims involving asbestos, lead and mold.
She is based in Oakland.
Address
1901 Harrison St., 14th Floor , Oakland 94612 USA
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(510) 248-4775
Scali Rasmussen PC
Colleen O'Brien
joined Scali Rasmussen PC as principal in Los Angeles.
O'Brien is a trial attorney and specializes in toxic torts, catastrophic injury and complex employment matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
800 Wilshire Boulevard, Ste 4 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 239-5622
Baker & Hostetler LLP
David H. Stern
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Stern focuses on complex litigation including class actions, false advertising, antitrust, intellectual property and wage and hour disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
11601 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1400 , Los Angeles 90025
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(310) 979-8480
F:
(310) 820-8859
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lilit Voskanyan
joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Voskanyan advises private equity firms and portfolio companies in a range of business matters including buyouts, recapitalizations and growth equity investments.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 , San Francisco 94105-0921 USA
T:
(415) 393-8376
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(415) 374-8509
Rimon PC
Sean Byrne
joined Rimon PC as partner in San Francisco.
Byrne specializes in investment management and handles formation and operation of venture capital, real estate and other private investment funds, including partnerships and limited liability companies.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
1 Embarcadero Ctr Ste 400 , San Francisco 94111-3619 USA
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(415) 347-8963
Haynes and Boone LLP
Benjamin Pelletier
joined Haynes and Boone LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Benjamin Pelletier has joined Haynes and Boone's in San Francisco after spending the last three years at Venable LLP.
Pelletier, a patent attorney and former biochemical engineer, specializes in patent counseling and prosecution in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life science and medical device industries.
"The firm has just opened the San Francisco office and they have this digital health and precision medicine practice group with a couple of other practitioners, who are doing really exciting patent work for the same types of clients that I have, but in a slightly different area," said Pelletier. "My colleagues are focusing more on computer science aspects of some of these inventions, they're not doing the therapeutic molecule development work that I'm doing, but we have really complementary practices."
Pelletier added he was also attracted to the opportunity at Haynes and Boone because of the firm's focus on patent prosecution.
Formerly a biochemical engineer, Pelletier spent many years working in the manufacturing division at Genentech, a biotechnology company based in the Bay Area. Experience that has been beneficial to his current practice, he said.
"I was working on developing the processes for manufacturing a lot of the drugs that I now work on the patent side of," Pelletier added. "Oftentimes, my clients come to me with questions about how we can patent a drug, but also, if we can patent the manufacturing process that's related to the drug. So because I have a lot of experience in that field, I'm able to understand what they're doing and help them identify potential new inventions that could be protected with patents."
According to Pelletier, he decided to pursue a career in law because he wanted to be closer to the decision makers in the industry.
As a new member of the digital health and precision medicine practice group, Pelletier hopes to help expand and grow the group's footprint.
"Beyond that, I'd like to reach out to more of a national and international base of clients, once we expand the team and get the bandwidth to take on bigger types of matters," he said.
Address
201 Spear St Ste 1750 , San Francisco 94105-1699 USA
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(415) 293-8900
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(415) 293-8901
Norton Rose Fulbright
Mary Kimura
was promoted to partner of Norton Rose Fulbright in San Francisco.
Kimura is a public finance lawyer. She represents clients as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel and borrower's counsel in tax exempt and taxable financing throughout the country.
She is based in San Francisco.
Weintraub Tobin
Jessica Rankin Corpuz
was promoted to shareholder of Weintraub Tobin in Los Angeles.
Corpuz specializes in complex commercial disputes with a focus on entertainment and intellectual property.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Holland & Knight LLP
Sarah A. Marsey
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco.
Marsey represents Alaska Native Corporations and others, plus individuals in complex commercial disputes, construction litigation, professional liability and tort claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Daniel R. Golub
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco.
Golub is part of the firm's West Coast land use and environment group. He represents developers, nonprofits and public agencies in litigation and in the permitting and entitlement process.
He is based in San Francisco.
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP
George S. Howard Jr
joined Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP as partner in San Diego.
Howard represents employers in discrimination, wage and hour, harassment, trade secrets and employee mobility, retaliation, whistleblower, ERISA and contract issues.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
101 W. Broadway 9th Floor , San Diego 92101 USA
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(619) 243-1577
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(619) 615-0700
K&L Gates LLP
Eugene C. Ryu
joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Ryu will lead the California labor, employment and workplace safety practice. He represents employers including global and national companies, emerging growth companies, startups and entrepreneurs.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 8th Floor , Los Angeles 90067 USA
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(310) 552-5000
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Stan Lewandowski
joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Lewandowski advises emerging companies in corporate matters including venture capital and private equity financing, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
2550 Hanover Street , Palo Alto 94304-1115 USA
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(650) 233-4500
F:
(650) 233-4545
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Kyle T. Overs
was promoted to partner of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP in San Diego.
Overs represents individuals and companies in complex business and trust litigation matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Dentons
Amit Singh
joined Dentons as partner and co-head of the southern california venture technology group in San Diego.
Singh specializes in venture capital and private equity transactions, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, technology transactions and general corporate law.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
4655 Executive Drive Suite 700 , San Diego 92121 USA
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(619) 236-1414
F:
(619) 232-8311
Rossi Hamerslough Reischl & Chuck
Missy Cornejo
was promoted to shareholder of Rossi Hamerslough Reischl & Chuck in San Jose.
Cornejo represents business entities, commercial developers, real estate buyers and sellers, real estate brokers and agents, as well as commercial landlords and tenants in all aspects of litigation.
She is based in San Jose.
USC Gould School of Law
Jeffrey M. Dennis
joined USC Gould School of Law as lecturer in Newport Beach.
Dennis is a partner and head of the privacy and data security practice at Newmeyer & Dillion LLP.
He is based in Newport Beach.
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Chandra S. Andrade
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Andrade defends and advises employers in workplace disputes including class actions and Private Attorney General Act litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Winston Liaw
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Liaw represents technology companies in patent infringement litigation and intellectual property matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Kelly M. Matayoshi
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Matayoshi specializes in litigation on products liability claims, subrogation defense, contract and other disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Janice W. Reicher
Reicher is co-chair of the white collar defense and internal corporate investigations group and also specializes in complex business litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Brent Saldaña
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Saldaña focuses on real estate transactions including acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, financing, management and ownership transactions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Lisa Halko
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel of the department of conservation in Davis.
Halko has been chief counsel since 2017. She is a former administrative law judge at the California Department of Social Services.
She is based in Davis.
Sahana Ayer
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of technology in Sacramento.
Ayer was formerly acting chief counsel. She has been with the department since 2014.
She is based in Sacramento.
Amy Cordalis
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in McKinleyville.
Cordalis has been general counsel for the Yurok Tribe since 2016.
She is based in McKinleyville.
Fern Steiner
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in San Diego.
Steiner has been a shareholder with Smith, Steiner, Vanderpool APC since 1987. She is a member of the San Diego County Water Authority's board of directors.
She is based in San Diego.
Withersworldwide
Helen S. Cheng
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Cheng is a trusts and estates attorney with a focus on exempt organizations and international tax planning.
She is based in San Diego.
Matthew R. Owens
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Owens specializes in trust, estate and inheritance disputes.
He is based in San Diego.
Catherine M. Swafford
was promoted to partner of Withersworldwide in San Diego.
Swafford specializes in trust, estate, conservatorship, elder abuse and fiduciary litigation.
She is based in San Diego.
Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP
Kari J. Brown
was promoted to partner of Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP in Santa Rosa.
Brown focuses on employment and general civil litigation.
She is based in Santa Rosa.