Blank Rome LLP
Arash Beral
joined Blank Rome LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Beral represents clients in complex and high-stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park E Ste 600 , Los Angeles 90067-2907 USA
T:
(424) 239-3453
F:
(424) 389-7519
Holland & Knight LLP
Raymond Kim
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in Los Angeles.
Kim is a commercial litigator with a focus on consumer class action defense.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Miller Starr Regalia
Nicholas E. Ma
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Ma is a commercial litigator. He represents real estate developers, tech companies, financial institutions and public entities.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
JAMS
John K. Stewart
joined JAMS as neutral in San Francisco.
Stewart was appointed to the bench in 2000 and served for 20 years, presiding over civil, criminal, juvenile and probate calendars. He was presiding judge in 2015.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 774-2600
F:
(415) 982-5287
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Daniel F. Freedman
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.
Freedman advises clients in real estate development, zoning, land use entitlements and compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Ryan D. Nowicki
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.
Nowicki specializes in domestic and international tax planning and controversies, business structuring and complex transactions, as well as nonprofit tax-exempt organization law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Andrew K. Steenbock
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.
Steenbock focuses on wealth transfer planning, including estate, gift tax and charitable planning, probate and trust administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Stuart K. Tubis
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in San Francisco.
Tubis focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on claims related to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
He is based in San Francisco.
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Tao Y. Leung
was promoted to partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP in Los Angeles.
Leung leads the labor and employment practice in the firm's California offices and specializes in state and federal employment law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Kathryn Edgerton
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Edgerton advises addiction treatment and telemedicine providers in complex transactional and regulatory matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
865 South Figueroa Street Suite 2400 , Los Angeles 90017-2566 United States
T:
(213) 633-6800
Sidley Austin LLP
Idan Netser
joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Netser advises emerging and international companies on transactional matters including cross-border transactions, funding and investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, international tax, tax planning, tax controversy and transfer pricing.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Andrew Harper
joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Harper advises clients on complex business and financing issues with an emphasis on emerging and high growth companies. He has experience in equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Address
1001 Page Mill Rd, Building One, Suite 100 , Palo Alto 94304 USA
T:
(650) 862-8293
Vanaman German LLP (formerly Newman Aaronson Vanaman)
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Julia L. Allen
was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.
Allen represents clients in complex civil litigation and criminal proceedings.
She is based in San Francisco.
Sophie A. Hood
was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.
Hood focuses on high-stakes, complex litigation, including intellectual property, fraud, breach of contract, antitrust and securities disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Analea Patterson
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as legal affairs secretary in Sacramento.
Patterson has been chief deputy legal affairs secretary in the governor's office since 2019.
She is based in Sacramento.
Diana Becton
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california victim compensation board in El Sobrante.
Becton is a former superior court judge who has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017.
She is based in El Sobrante.
Cinthia N. Flores
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california agricultural labor relations board in Los Angeles.
Flores was appointed to the board in 2020. She is a former staff attorney at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Coby King
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board for professional engineers, land surveyors and geologists in Los Angeles.
King has been on the board since 2013. He is president and CEO of High Point Strategies.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Erin M. Choi
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california exposition and state fair board of directors in Sacramento.
Choi was appointed to the board in 2020 and is the corporate counsel at Sutter Health.
She is based in Sacramento.
Rex Hime
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of california exposition and state fair board of directors in Loomis.
Hime has been a member of the board since 1996 and is the president and chief executive officer of the California Business Properties Association. He has been president and CEO since 1984.
He is based in Loomis.
Yoka & Smith, LLP
Chad Chen
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith, LLP in Los Angeles.
Chen defends clients in product liability litigation, commercial and business disputes and class actions. He also advises clients in non-litigation matters including client contracts and business transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Yoka & Smith LLP
Aaron S. Case
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Case represents clients in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability matters, complex tort and environmental litigation and commercial and business disputes. He also advises clients on state and federal compliance regarding operating businesses in California and selling consumer products.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP
Nicholas D. Brauns
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Brauns specializes in complex business and transportation litigation.
He is based in San Diego.
Scott J. Ingold
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Ingold specializes in estate and trust litigation.
He is based in San Diego.
Rachel R. James
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
James is a family law attorney that specializes on high-asset, high-conflict divorce matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Nicole M. Martinez
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Martinez specializes in family law with an emphasis on high-asset, high-conflict divorce matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Eric D. Tetrault
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Tetrault advises clients in planning and structuring of tax, corporate and real estate transaction matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Latham & Watkins LLP
Steven N. Feldman
joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Feldman represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including complex commercial disputes, intellectual property matters and class actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100 , Los Angeles 90071-1560 USA
T:
(213) 891-8790
Miller Starr Regalia
Samantha Chen
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Chen is a litigator and advises public agency clients on land use, planning and zoning matters including the California Environmental Quality Act, as well as building and municipal code enforcement, ADA compliance, public works projects and government transparency laws.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
Littler Mendelson PC
Eric Compere
joined Littler Mendelson PC as counsel in Los Angeles.
Compere counsels employers in workplace safety standards, compliance regulations and emerging issues.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 West 5th Street, 63rd Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 443-4284
F:
(800) 715-1330
K&L Gates LLP
Helen B. Kim
joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kim focuses on securities litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Ste 800 , Los Angeles 90067-4105 USA
T:
(310) 552-5090
F:
(310) 552-5201
Vanaman German LLP (formerly Newman Aaronson Vanaman )
Weintraub Tobin
Jessica Rankin Corpuz
was promoted to shareholder of Weintraub Tobin in Los Angeles.
Corpuz focuses on complex commercial disputes with an emphasis on entertainment and intellectual property litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Wesley E. Overson Jr.
joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in San Francisco.
Overson specializes in intellectual property and commercial litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
Two Embarcadero Center Suite 1900 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 273-4730
F:
(415) 723-7020
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Stacey L. Rosenberg
joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner.
Stacey L. Rosenberg, a former partner at Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP on Dec. 5 in the downtown Los Angeles office. Rosenberg, the 15th partner to join the firm in the last 12 months, will be part of the finance and bankruptcy practice group.
"I think that Sheppard offers me just a better platform," Rosenberg said of her move. "It has a larger banking group than Hogan had in the U.S. ... and it was doing well. But I think that Sheppard really gives me an opportunity to focus on a larger potential group of clients, and just because they have that larger finance practice, I think it's a bit easier to work with my partners and pitch business and the like."
Rosenberg had been with Hogan Lovells for four years.
Since the start of her career, she has specialized in secured lending and currently focuses on alternative lenders and direct lending. She also has experience in leveraged finance, working with investment banks and commercial banks and other types of debt finance, with the exception of public securities. Her clients range across industries but she has specific expertise in film finance, which she has been doing for the last 20 years.
Much of Rosenberg's work also involves distressed companies. "I think that there's quite a bit of opportunity to work with the bankruptcy partners to build on the synergies there as well," she added.
"Stacey checks a bunch of boxes," said Brent Horstman, Sheppard's finance and bankruptcy practice group leader. "We've always had a historical strength in commercial banking, but we have tried to strengthen our direct lending, alternative lender portion of our practice, which we think Stacey definitely does. We have a very strong entertainment group and Stacey fits well there as well. And then, just culturally, we've gotten to know Stacey over the course of interviewing and we think she fits very well with the firm. We thought, on all levels this was a great fit."
Rosenberg has been involved in handling adoption cases pro bono for the Alliance for Children's Rights. She was the coordinator of pro bono adoption cases at Hogan Lovells and looks to continue that work at Sheppard Mullin.
Address
333 S Hope St, Fl 43 , Los Angeles 90071-1422 USA
T:
(213) 617-4128
Yoka & Smith LLP
Lauren A.R. Lofton
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Lofton defends clients in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and products liability litigation, as well as business tort matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Holland & Knight LLP
Mark E. Powell
joined Holland & Knight LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Powell specializes in estate and gift tax planning, family governance and succession planning and trust and probate administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
400 South Hope Street, 8th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 896-2426
Miller Barondess, LLP
Max W. Hirsch
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Hirsch is a litigator with experience representing clients in contract, copyright, trademark, false advertising, antitrust, and false claims act cases.
Bryan R. Redfern
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Redfern is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex litigation matters, including breach of contract and business tort claims, products liability defense, complex construction and engineering litigation, and antitrust claims.
Jessica P.G. Newman
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Newman is a litigator with experience representing clients in contract and partnership disputes, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, internal investigations, commercial real estate, and healthcare fraud and abuse.
Evan B. McGinley
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
McGinley is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation, white collar investigations, contract disputes, antitrust litigation, and corporate compliance matters.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 552-4400
F:
(310) 552-8400
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Selis Koker
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel of the california department of child support services in El Dorado Hills.
Koker was formerly assistant chief counsel of the department. Prior to joining the department in 2013, she was an associate at Cordell & Cordell LLP.
She is based in El Dorado Hills.
Sarah L. Ream
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california department of managed health care in Sacramento.
Ream has been acting chief counsel of the department since 2018. Before joining the department in 2007 she was legal counsel for the Washington State House of Representatives.
She is based in Sacramento.
Adetunji O. Olude
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the fair employment and housing council in Oakland.
Olude is an attorney at the Judicial Council of California Center for Judicial Education and Research. She is a former staff attorney at Housing and Economic Rights Advocates.
She is based in Oakland.
Hellen Hong
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the fair employment and housing council in Los Angeles.
Hong is chief executive officer at Cal Bar Affinity Inc. and is the former director of the Office of Access and Inclusion at the State Bar.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Gabriel A. Sandoval
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chair of fair employment and housing council in Los Angeles.
Sandoval has served on the council since 2019 and is a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PC. He is a former senior advisor and director of policy at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Julie Wilensky
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of fair employment and housing council in Oakland.
Wilensky is a senior staff attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and is a former deputy county counsel in Santa Clara County.
She is based in Oakland.
Myriam Bouaziz
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief deputy director of the office of tax appeals in Fairfield.
Bouaziz has served as deputy director of legislation at the office since 2018. Previously, she was a consultant and floor staff member for State Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León.
She is based in Fairfield.
Klinedinst PC
Robert R. Martinez
joined Klinedinst PC as attorney in Irvine.
Martinez represents institutional clients in a wide range of civil matters, including general commercial liability, consumer law and title litigation.
He is based in Irvine.
Address
2 Park Plaza, Suite 1250 , Irvine 92614 United States
T:
(714) 542-1800
F:
(714) 542-3592
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Daniel M. Kolkey
After 28 years as a partner at Gibson Dunn and five years as a justice of the 3rd District California Court of Appeal, San Francisco based appellate lawyer Daniel M. Kolkey retired at the end of the year.
"There's an expectation that partners will retire at age 68, to make room for the younger partners, but it was also time for a change," said Kolkey in an interview.
"I'm interested in focusing on things that particularly interest me. Particularly I'd like to write about California public policy -- I've been doing a bit of that already this year -- as well as on foreign affairs."
Kolkey plans to leave the door open when it comes to practicing law and said he is open to consulting and possibly writing briefs in the future.
Kolkey's 43 years in practice includes civil actions and litigation on a range of law, from tax to constitutional issues. He has expertise in the California Constitution and procedure, government law and ballot initiatives.
He drafted two constitutional measures, co-authoring California's international arbitration law and a recent law that allows foreign and out-of-state attorneys to represent clients in international commercial arbitrations in California.
At Gibson Dunn, he was co-chair of the appellate and constitutional law group and was chair of the appellate rules subcommittee of the Judicial Council of California for six years.
In addition to his time on the appellate court, he was legal affairs secretary and counsel to Gov. Pete Wilson during his second term and as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's negotiator under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Kolkey said he has enjoyed most the thrill and creativity of appellate litigation, particularly in the high stakes cases he has handled related to public policy. He mentioned in particular arguing for both Governors Wilson and Schwarzenegger on redistricting before the California Supreme Court.
"I've also enjoyed drafting two initiative measures that were adopted by the California voters and are now part of the California Constitution," he added. "I can technically say that I've written part of the California Constitution."
Klinedinst PC
Ricardo Esteban Diaz
joined Klinedinst PC as associate in Los Angeles.
Diaz focuses on employment litigation including wage and hour disputes and discrimination suits.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
777 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2800 , Los Angeles 90017 United States
T:
(213) 406-1100
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Shawtina F. Lewis
was promoted to partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Los Angeles.
Lewis specializes in defending clients in product liability, toxic tort and automotive warranty litigation. She also advises clients in California Proposition 65 compliance.
She is based in Los Angeles.