Steven B. Weisburd joined Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Weisburd represents businesses and individuals in federal and state courts in California and across the country, including class actions, business disputes, mass torts, multidistrict litigation, products liability, and other complex civil litigation, for clients in the consumer products industry, mass media and entertainment industries, technology industries, and financial services industry.

Charles Moll joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Moll previously headed Winston & Strawn's state and local tax practice. His practice focuses on the resolution tax controversies at local, state and federal levels. He has litigated in California's courts, the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Troy Van Dongen joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Van Dongen focuses his practice on state and local tax controversies, particularly property taxation. He represents clients in a range of industries, including manufacturing and software, finance, biotechnology, solar and geothermal power production, telecommunications and education. He also advises clients on tax consequences of new communications technologies.

Marcy Jo Mandel joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Mandel joins McDermott Will & Emery’s state and local tax practice. She also advises clients on federal tax controversies, corporate mergers and acquisitions and state tax strategies. She has previously served as a deputy state controller representing the California State Controller on state boards and commissions, representing three consecutive state controllers.

Kimberly Johnson was promoted to deputy director of family engagement and empowerment of California Department of Social Services in Sacramento.

Johnson has served as chief of the CalWORKs and Child Care Branch since 2017 and was a branch chief of child care and refugee programs from 2015 to 2017. Prior to that, Johnson was a public policy director at the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network from 2012 to 2015.

Koren L. Bell joined Larson O'Brien LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Bell has litigated high-stakes civil and criminal cases in federal and state court.

Susan B. Myers was promoted to chief counsel of California State Lottery.

Myers has been an adjunct professor at the Willamette University College of Law since 2018 and senior manager and corporate counsel at the Lam Research Corporation since 2017. She was an adjunct professor at Chapman Law School in 2016. Prior to that, Myers was director and associate general counsel at Hyundai Capital America.
She is based in Wilsonville, Oregon.

Jamie B. Laurent joined Littler Mendelson PC as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Laurent defends businesses from labor and employment claims and regulatory actions brought by government agencies including, but not limited to, misclassification claims, discrimination and harassment claims, and wage and hour claims.

Ellen Robbins joined Akerman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Robbins is a trial lawyer with experience litigating in both state and federal court on behalf of global public and private companies. She focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes and patent litigation.

Robbins' work includes commercial matters such as breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition, alter ego, securities law, product liability, class actions, insolvency and misappropriation. Robbins' experience also encompasses intellectual property, patent litigation and handling several matters before the International Trade Commission.

Darryl M. Woo joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Woo focuses his practice on patent litigation, trade secret litigation and other complex technology litigation, and he has first chair jury trial and International Trade Commission experience. He will be joining Goodwin's intellectual property practice.

Woo is also experienced in the areas of information technology, semiconductors, life sciences and biotechnology.

Alexander Pal was promoted to chief counsel of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Sacramento.

Pal has been acting chief counsel since 2018 and served in several positions from 2013 to 2018, including assistant chief counsel and attorney. Pal was an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Stawicki and Maples from 2009 to 2013.

Christine Magarian as partner in Los Angeles

For more than 15 years, Christine Magarian has focused her practice in insurance coverage, representing insurance companies in asbestos, toxic and environmental insurance coverage matters and related litigation. Magarian has extensive experience litigating construction defect coverage matters. Magarian has also represented insurance companies in coverage matters involving professional and employment practices liability insurance products and in first party property damage litigation matters. Magarian's professional liability practice focuses on coverage litigation and coverage advice involving errors and omissions insurance and directors and officers liability Insurance matters.

Bety Javidzad joined Dentons as partner in Los Angeles.

Javidzad joins the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice. She focuses her practice on litigating complex commercial disputes.

Javidzad represents her clients in business tort, unfair competition, breach of contract, false advertising and litigation related to intellectual property, as well as consumer class action defense. She has clients in fashion and retail, fintech, financial services, blockchain, media and digital media, advertising, food and beverage and dietary supplements.

Candice T. Zee joined Vedder Price PC as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Zee is joining the firm's labor and employment group. She focuses her practice on traditional labor issues, including unfair labor practice charges, interpretation of collective bargaining agreements, grievances, arbitrations and National Labor Relations Board proceedings. She has handled several union grievances, arbitrations and representation cases at all stages and has extensive experience managing and overseeing union election campaigns.

In her career, Zee has represented and defended multi-state and international corporations on all aspects of employment litigation, including harassments, retaliation, wage and hour issues, reductions-in-force, reasonable accommodation, allegations of discrimination, independent contractor issues and workplace torts.

Jaime B. Laurent joined Littler Mendelson PC as shareholder in Los Angeles.

He defends businesses from labor and employment claims and regulatory actions brought by government agencies including, but not limited to, misclassification claims, discrimination and harassment claims, and wage and hour claims.

P. Reon Roski was promoted to board of directors member of California Science Center.

Roski serves as managing director at Majestic Realty Co. Prior to that, she was of counsel at Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP from 1997 to 2007. She was in Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP's real estate transactional department from 1994 to 1997.

R. Bruce Steinert joined Perkins Coie as partner in San Francisco.

Bruce's practice focuses on counseling private equity sponsor clients on leveraged buyout debt financing and related matters, including dividend recapitalizations, asset-based lending facilities, cross-border transactions, venture debt and employee stock ownership plan financing transactions, among other areas. His clients also include debt investment funds, publicly traded companies and privately held venture, founder and private equity sponsor portfolio companies in a variety of industries.

Zachary I. Gonzalez was promoted to partner of Gonzalez & Gonzalez Law PC in Los Angeles.

Gonzalez focuses his practice on corporate and real estate litigation, intellectual property and entertainment and sports law.

Shane Albright joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Albright represents life sciences companies in corporate, financial and commercial matters, specializing in complex transactions with intellectual property. He has experience in strategic alliances, corporate partner issues, technology licenses and commercial contracts. He represents clients in industries, including biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, hardware, software and vaccines. He also handles matters for emerging growth companies and their investors in venture financings and other funding transactions.

Shana E. Ramirez joined Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Ramirez joins Katten's commercial finance practice, contributing her experience working with clients in technology, entertainment, health care, real estate, hospitality and leisure. She handles acquisition finance, asset-based credit facilities, leveraged finance, subordinated financings and subscription facilities.

Glenn Danas joined Robins Kaplan LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Danas joins Robins Kaplan's appellate advocacy and guidance group. He has argued more than 35 appeals in California's appellate court system, including the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court.

Christine Magarian joined Kaufman Dolowich Voluck LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Magarian has experience in complex insurance coverage, tort and construction defect and business litigation as well as complex business and general litigation. In the firm's insurance coverage and litigation practice group, she will focus on coverage litigation and advice related to errors and omission and directors' and officers' liability matters.