With 60 capital cases under his belt, no one Sacramento sole practitioner Kevin Clymo has represented in the penalty phase has...

The Closer - By Jeffrey Fillerup - Burned out? Thinking of leaving the legal profession? It may not be the work. It may be you...

On May 23 ESP Pharma Inc. closed its first round of funding, which brought in $28 million for the Flanders, N.J., company. The...

Brian Beard and Tony Allen , corporate securities lawyers at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian 's A...

Hitachi has acquired an 80 percent stake in AccSys Technology Inc. The deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed, ...

Much to our surprise, the lethargic economy did not impede brisk growth among $10 million rainmakers. On the climb since 1996,...

Since 1991, we have compiled a list of rainmakers each year. We survey hundreds of firms throughout the state asking for the n...

Rutan & Tucker has created a new practice group to sharpen its focus on land use and natural resources matters. The 30-att...

Cabazon Wind Partners, a wind energy project created by Cannon Power Corp., has secured nearly $55 million in construction deb...

Intellectual property boutique Townsend and Townsend and Crew has named San Francisco's Mark Steiner the leader of its tradema...

Greenberg Traurig is beefing up its entertainment department in Santa Monica. The firm, which snatched music attorney Jay Coop...

Former San Jose City Attorney Joan R. Gallo has left Terra Law to start Realty Law , a new firm focused exclusively on real es...

Tier Technologies Inc. will acquire Official Payments Corp. for $75 million in cash. The deal was announced May 31. Walnut Cre...

Trial lawyer Kevin Coventon has brought his varied skills to Holland & Knight 's Los Angeles office, where he is practicin...

On May 1, Trans-Elect Inc. acquired Michigan Electric Transmission Co. Trans-Elect paid $290 million for the energy company. W...

Favrille Inc. netted $16.9 million in its recent second-round financing. The deal was announced June 11. Sanderling Ventures l...

Steve Wasserman's pitch to McDonald's executives worked. On June 12, Wasserman and several representatives accompanied him to ...

Cleveland's Jones Day Reavis & Pogue continues to expand its intellectual property litigation practice in Southern Califor...

Los Angeles-based uber bankruptcy boutique Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young & Jones has recruited Jason Pomerantz as of-counsel...

Brian Kabateck has taken three lawyers from Quisenberry & Kabateck to form The Kabateck Law Firm in Los Angeles, effective...

Attorney Anne Lee has left the San Diego office of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, where she was a corporate associate, and ha...

Jakks Pacific Inc. brought in $71.4 million in a public offering announced May 23. The underwriters included Bear Stearns &...

Led by partner Donna D. Melby , a group of four labor and employment litigation attorneys has left Sedgwick Detert Moran &...

Molecular Devices Corp. has acquired Universal Imaging Corp. The $22 million cash deal was announced June 3. Sunnyvale's Molec...

Just three months at Philadelphia's Dechert , marketing director David Geyer - the architect behind Brobeck Phleger & Harr...

Who says times are tough? Judging by this year's list of rainmakers, bad times are good for the legal business. More Californi...

The music department of Manatt Phelps & Phillips grew this month, with the addition of two new attorneys. The Los Angeles-...

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly has named two California lawyers co-chairs of the firm's intellectual property practice: Sili...

Bolstering its offering to Big 5 accounting firm clients PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and ...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has added attorney Brette S. Simon to its corporate practice in Los Angeles. Simon, who ...