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.
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.
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.
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
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
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)
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
SulmeyerKupetz APC
Steven F. Werth
was promoted to partner of SulmeyerKupetz APC in Los Angeles.
Werth represents Chapter 11 debtors, creditors and creditors' committees in bankruptcy cases.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Asa S. Hami
was promoted to partner of SulmeyerKupetz APC in Los Angeles.
Hami advises debtors, creditor committees, trustees and other parties in a range of bankruptcy-related matters in industries like real estate, retail, entertainment and health and fitness.
He is based in Los Angeles.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
T:
(213) 683-6230
F:
(213) 996-3230
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.
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
T:
(415) 293-8900
F:
(415) 293-8901
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.
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
T:
(415) 347-8963
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
F:
(415) 374-8509
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
T:
(310) 979-8480
F:
(310) 820-8859
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
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
T:
(510) 248-4775
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.
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.
Address
351 California St, Fl 10
San Francisco, 94104-2411 USA
T:
(415) 429-4539
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.