Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (MSK)
Marc A. Jones
was promoted to chairman of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp (MSK) in Los Angeles.
Jones has over 20 years of experience in private equity and strategic acquisitions, minority investments, venture capital, growth equity financings and joint ventures transactions. He routinely represents private equity firms, buyers, sellers, issuers and entrepreneurs in private transactions. In addition, he has extensive experience representing senior executives and employers in negotiating executive employment arrangements, severance packages, and equity and non-equity management incentive plans.
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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP has more than 130 lawyers and offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C;
Latham & Watkins
Jonathan D. West
was promoted to partner of Latham & Watkins in Century City (Los Angeles).
Jonathan West is a member of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice in the Corporate Department. He represents studios, production companies, media companies, advertisers, and corporate clients in connection with the licensing of intellectual property and the development, production, distribution, and financing of motion pictures, television programs, and advertising campaigns. He also regularly represents producers, actors, and other celebrities in negotiating personal services and employment agreements. West received his JD from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1999.
Eric Cho
was promoted to partner of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.
Eric Cho is a member of the Transactional Tax Practice in the Tax Department. He has broad experience in transactional matters, particularly the taxation of real estate investment trusts (REITs). His diverse capabilities include advising on M&A and capital markets matters that include taxable and tax-free mergers, stock and asset purchases, joint venture and partnership transactions, financings, and securities offerings. Cho received his JD from Harvard Law School in 2006.
Mark O. Morris
was promoted to partner of Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.
Mark Morris is a member of the Banking Practice in the Finance Department. He represents private equity sponsors and public companies in cross-border and domestic leveraged financings, asset-based financing, mezzanine financing, and restructurings. His range of experience includes managing complex borrower-side transactions, secured and unsecured credit facilities, and acquisition financings. He received his LLB (with French Law) from University College London in 2000 and his LPC from College of Law, London in 2001.
Ann Buckingham
was promoted to partner of Latham & Watkins in San Diego.
Ann Buckingham is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice in the Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on M&A and joint venture transactions, as well as LLC structures, debt and equity offerings, technology transactions, and general public company representation. She has broad industry experience in the communications, technology, gaming, and life sciences sectors. Buckingham received her LLB from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 1994 and her BCL (masters in law) from Oxford University, England in 1997.
James I. Mann
was promoted to partner of Latham & Watkins in San Diego.
James Mann is a member of the Real Estate Practice in the Finance Department. He advises clients on a range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and development and financing transactions for all property types. Mann regularly represents major investment banks in connection with their financings of gaming and hospitality assets. He also advises on the real estate aspects of leveraged finance and project finance transactions in the energy sector. He received his JD/MBA from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law in 2006.
Brian D. Paulson
was promoted to partner of Latham & Watkins in Silicon Valley (Menlo Park).
Paulson is a member of the Capital Markets Practice in the Corporate Department. His practice focuses on debt and equity offerings and general public company representation for clients in the internet and digital media, semiconductor, life sciences, and REIT industries. He has advised both company and underwriter clients on a range of notable IPOs and follow-on offerings. Paulson received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2007.
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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that 16 counsel have been elected to the partnership, including 6 attorneys in California, effective March 1, 2018. The group includes accomplished practitioners from around the world who advise clients on a range of corporate, litigation, finance, regulatory, and tax matters. "We congratulate these exceptional lawyers on their accomplishments. As a group, they have diverse skill sets and experience across practices, industries, and markets. As individuals, they've demonstrated a dedication to client service, innovation, and teamwork that are hallmarks of our partnership," said Bill Voge, Chair and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins. The promotions this month follow the recent election of 31 associates to the partnership, effective January 1, 2018.
Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP
Angela M. Butcher
joined Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Butcher is a member of the firm's litigation practice. She focuses her practice on appellate litigation and on strategic, complex litigation. Butcher has represented major corporate and individual clients on a wide variety of matters in federal and state courts. She has been involved in numerous appeals before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits, and various state courts. In addition to her involvement in appellate proceedings of all kinds, Butcher has substantial experience handling critical motions and strategic issues in federal and state courts. Prior to entering private practice, Butcher served as a law clerk for the Hon. Carlos T. Bea in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, and earned a B.A. from the State University of New York, summa cum laude.
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ELKINS KALT WEINTRAUB REUBEN GARTSIDE LLP is a full-service law firm with a focus on Real Estate and Finance, Land Use and Environmental, Tax, Estate Planning, Corporate, Securities, Hospitality and Leisure, Investment Advisor/Broker-Dealer, Litigation, Employment and Labor, and Family Law.
Address
2049 Century Park East, Suite 2700 , Los Angeles 90067 Los Angeles
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(310) 746-4431
F:
(310) 746-4499
Nossaman
Gina Nicholls
was promoted to partner of Nossaman in Los Angeles, CA.
Nicholls is a member of Nossaman's Water Practice Group and represents public agency clients and investor-owned utilities. Ms. Nicholls has litigation, regulatory, and transactional experience. Her practice focuses on water rights, California public agencies, and limitations imposed by the state constitution on water-related rates, fees, and charges. She was named a Super Lawyers "Southern California Rising Star" in 2016 and 2017 by Los Angeles magazine.
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Nossaman LLP is a national law firm with 170 professionals working seamlessly across the United States with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas. Whether it is working to finance and develop public infrastructure, provide healthcare services, litigate complex matters in unique niches such as land use and environmental law, financial services, employment, and eminent domain; entitle private development, manage natural resources, complete real estate and business transactions, or increase business profitability, clients rely on Nossaman to get results.
Nossaman
Liz Klebaner
was promoted to partner of Nossaman in Irvine, CA.
Liz Klebaner is a member of Nossaman's Environment & Land Use Practice Group. She advises clients on environmental compliance and natural resources, administrative law, energy and public utilities matters, including compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act , the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act , the Federal Land Policy Management Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act.
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Nossaman LLP has 170 professionals in offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas.
Greenberg Traurig
Tatyana Litovsky
was promoted to ms. of Greenberg Traurig in Orange County.
Litovsky focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis in dispositions and acquisitions of real property, including office, industrial and retail properties, and real estate finance. She has experience representing borrowers in complex transactions, including portfolio loans with multiple borrowers and multiple properties in multiple states. Tatyana's practice also includes the representation of institutional landlords and tenants of commercial and industrial properties.
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Commercial real estate
Industrial and retail real estate
Real estate finance
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https://www.gtlaw.com/en/news/2018/3/press-releases/greenberg-traurig-elevates-2-attorneys-in-orange-county-as-firm-reports-record-setting-revenue ORANGE COUNTY - March 5, 2018 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has elevated Howard W. Chu and Tatyana Litovsky to of counsel in the firm's Orange County office. Firmwide, Greenberg Traurig elevated 42 attorneys to shareholder from 21 of the firm's offices and 14 practice areas, with female attorneys making up 50 percent of the firm's 2018 new shareholder class. "We are extremely proud of Howard and Tatyana, who've helped drive Greenberg Traurig's success in Orange County through their professionalism, dynamism, and hard work," Orange County Co-Managing Shareholders Bruce Fischer and Susan Heller said in a joint statement. "They embody the values of Greenberg Traurig." In addition to the elevations, Greenberg Traurig reported firmwide revenue for FY2017 of $1,477,180,000, an increase of 7.28 percent over 2016. This is the fourth consecutive year of record-setting revenues for the firm. The firm's Profit per Equity Partner increased 5.42 percent to a record $1,634,000. Chu focuses his practice on the representation of major corporations, regional and national developers, REITs, private equity funds, institutional lenders, investors, pension funds and advisers, and special servicers in connection with their ownership, use, and financing of real estate. Litovsky focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis in dispositions and acquisitions of real property, including office, industrial, and retail properties, and real estate finance. She has experience representing borrowers in complex transactions, including portfolio loans with multiple borrowers and multiple properties in multiple states. About Greenberg Traurig's Orange County office Greenberg Traurig's Orange County attorneys understand the dynamic nature of Orange County and the markets in which our clients do business. Working in cooperation with Greenberg Traurig's more than 175 attorneys in California, the Orange County lawyers are innovative, business-focused, and pragmatic, and many are licensed to practice law in more than one state, before state and federal courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the International Trade Commission. Greenberg Traurig's Orange County office has active teams in a wide array of practice areas, including real estate, intellectual property, corporate and securities, litigation, tax, trusts and estates, and wealth management. About Greenberg Traurig, LLP Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. One firm worldwide, GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2017 Am Law Global 100. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.
Buchalter
Dawn Knepper
joined Buchalter as shareholder in Orange County.
Knepper has extensive experience defending employers in a myriad of employment actions, including employment-related lawsuits and agency claims.
Buchalter
Rick Taché
joined Buchalter as shareholder in Orange County.
Taché is a Shareholder in Buchalter's Orange County office and firm-wide Co-Chair of the Patent Litigation Group. He is a registered patent attorney focusing his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent and trademark litigation. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Taché advises clients on a variety of complex transactions including mergers & acquisitions, licensing, vendor agreements, development agreements, joint ventures, and outsourcing agreements. His patent and trademark prosecution practice spans a variety of industries, including medical devices, aerospace, mechanical, software, hardware, Internet, business methods, and various other technologies.
Erikson C. Squier
joined Buchalter as senior counsel in Orange County.
Squier is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Orange County office. Squier represents clients in patent prosecution and litigation matters.
Roger Scott
joined Buchalter as senior counsel in Orange County.
Scott is a member of the Litigation Practice Group in the firm's Orange County Office. He specializes in complex and civil litigation, with an emphasis on employment litigation.
Polsinelli LLP
David V Hall
joined Polsinelli LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Hall counsels property owners, REITs, developers and institutional lenders guiding them in strategically managing all aspects of their multifamily, office, retail and health care property portfolios.
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Polsinelli has more than 800 attorneys in 20 offices.
Address
2049 Century Park East, Suite 2900 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 556-1801
F:
(310) 556-1802
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Adil M Khan
was promoted to mr. of Greenberg Traurig LLP in Greenberg Traurig LLP.
Khan is a commercial litigator with a primary focus on commercial disputes, class actions, and labor & employment matters. He has diverse experience in all phases of civil litigation, from the pleadings stage through trial.
Adil has represented companies in a variety of contexts, including asserting claims against former executives and managers for theft of trade secret, unfair competition, and fraud.
He also has wide-ranging experience with consumer class action litigation, including the defense of a publicly traded, for-profit owner of various "trade schools" in multiple class actions alleging claims under Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law and Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
His labor & employment work concentrates on the defense of wage-and hour-class actions under federal and state law, as well as individual and multi-plaintiff claims involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Adil has experience in both state and federal courts.
In prior years, Adil gained considerable experience in representing several juice makers in defending claims of false advertising under the Lanham Act.
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https://www.gtlaw.com/en/news/2018/3/press-releases/greenberg-traurig-elevates-adil-m-khan-to-shareholder-in-la-as-firm-reports-record-setting-revenue LOS ANGLES - March 5, 2018 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP elevated Adil M. Khan to shareholder in the firm's Los Angeles office. Firmwide, Greenberg Traurig elevated 42 attorneys to shareholder from 21 of the firm's offices and 14 practice areas, with female attorneys making up 50 percent of the firm's 2018 new shareholder class. "Adil has become an established and trusted member of our LA team," Los Angeles Co-Managing Shareholders Jeff Scott and Greg Fishman said in a joint statement. "We congratulate him on this achievement and wish him continued success in his new role." In addition to the elevations, Greenberg Traurig reported firmwide revenue for FY2017 of $1,477,180,000, an increase of 7.28 percent over 2016. This is the fourth consecutive year of record-setting revenues for the firm. The firm's Profit per Equity Partner increased 5.42 percent to a record $1,634,000. Khan is a commercial litigator with a primary focus on commercial disputes, class actions, and labor and employment matters. He has diverse experience in all phases of civil litigation, from the pleadings stage through trial. He has represented companies in a variety of contexts, including asserting claims against former executives and managers for theft of trade secret, unfair competition, and fraud. Khan also has experience with consumer class action litigation, including the defense of a publicly traded, for-profit owner of various "trade schools" in multiple class actions alleging claims under Unfair Competition Law, False Advertising Law, and Consumer Legal Remedies Act. In prior years, Kahn gained considerable experience in representing several juice makers in defending claims of false advertising under the Lanham Act. About Greenberg Traurig's Los Angeles office Greenberg Traurig's Los Angeles attorneys have the experience and relationships required to meet the increasingly complex legal needs of global corporations, entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, and artists. The LA office attorneys provide litigation, corporate and securities, media and entertainment, real estate, intellectual property, labor and employment, tax, and bankruptcy services to firmclients. About Greenberg Traurig, LLP Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. One firm worldwide, GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2017 Am Law Global 100. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.
Epstein Becker Green
Richard J. Frey
joined Epstein Becker Green as member of the firm in Los Angeles.
Frey focuses his practice on the unique labor and employment challenges faced by employers and general and complex commercial litigation and business matters.
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Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. has offices throughout the U.S. and supporting clients in the U.S. and abroad, the firm's attorneys are committed to uncompromising client service and legal excellence.
Address
1925 Century Park East, Suite 500 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 557-9513
F:
(310) 943-3304
Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP
Christopher J Rizza
was promoted to partner of Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP in Los Angeles.
Rizza focuses his practice on real estate transactions, including retail, office, industrial and telecommunications leasing transactions, acquisitions and dispositions transactions, development and construction matters, and real estate finance transactions.
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ELKINS KALT WEINTRAUB REUBEN GARTSIDE LLP is a full-service law firm with a focus on Real Estate and Finance, Land Use and Environmental, Tax, Estate Planning, Corporate, Securities, Hospitality and Leisure, Investment Advisor/Broker-Dealer, Litigation, Employment and Labor, and Family Law.
Bailey PLC
Landon Bailey
as president, shareholder
in Roseville
Commercial litigation, business consulting, and Prop 65 litigation and consulting
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Landon D. Bailey, a Professional Law Corporation - solo practice of Landon D. Bailey, commercial litigator and Prop 65 defense lawyer and consultant
Address
3001 Douglas Blvd., Suite 340 , Roseville 95611
T:
(916) 899-8493
Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP
Alan J Friedman
joined Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP as partner in Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP (Irvine).
Friedman concentrates his practice in the representation of debtors in connection with financial restructurings both in out-of-court workouts and in Chapter 11 cases. He also represents creditors' committees in complex Chapter 11 cases. In addition, Mr. Friedman represents numerous entities in the acquisition of businesses and real estate in connection with both Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases.
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Founded in Orange County in 1992, Shulman Hodges & Bastian LLP offers comprehensive legal solutions to businesses and individuals throughout the nation. By assembling a talented group of diverse attorneys, we have expanded to help a wide range of clients in the areas of business organization and transaction, litigation, reorganization and insolvency, real estate, and estate planning.
Address
100 Spectrum Center Drive Suite 600 , Irvine 92618
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(949) 340-3400
F:
(949) 340-3000
Baron & Budd PC
Britt K. Strottman
joined Baron & Budd PC as shareholder in San Francisco.
Britt Strottman joins Baron & Budd's Environmental Litigation Group, and brings more than 17 years of experience as a powerhouse litigator for cases relating to high-stakes state and federal safety regulatory investigations, enforcement matters for energy companies, and other public entity matters. Baron & Budd, as a member of the California Fire Lawyers legal group, is representing the counties of Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino as well as other public entities in both Northern and Southern California in litigation against PG&E and SoCal Edison for the damages resulting from the deadly and devastating wildfires that destroyed thousands of families and multiple communities across California last year. The Environmental Litigation Group litigates complex environmental contamination cases all over the country and represents public entities in litigation to recover costs of removing chemical contamination from public water supplies, governmental facilities, natural resources, and public property.
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Baron & Budd P.C. is among the largest and most accomplished plaintiffs' law firms in the country. With more than 40 years of experience, Baron & Budd has the expertise and resources to handle complex litigation throughout the United States. As a law firm that takes pride in remaining at the forefront of litigation, Baron & Budd has spearheaded many significant cases for hundreds of entities and thousands of individuals. Since the firm was founded in 1977, Baron & Budd has achieved substantial national acclaim for its work on cutting-edge litigation, trying hundreds of cases to verdict and settling tens of thousands of cases in areas of litigation as diverse as dangerous pharmaceuticals and defective medical devices, asbestos and mesothelioma, environmental contamination, fraudulent banking practices, motor vehicles, employment, and other consumer fraud issues.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Howard W. Chu
Howard W. Chu focuses his practice on the representation of major corporations, regional and national developers, REITs, private equity funds, institutional lenders, investors, pension funds and advisers, and special servicers in connection with their ownership, use, and financing of real estate.
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https://www.gtlaw.com/en/news/2018/3/press-releases/greenberg-traurig-elevates-2-attorneys-in-orange-county-as-firm-reports-record-setting-revenue ORANGE COUNTY - March 5, 2018 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has elevated Howard W. Chu and Tatyana Litovsky to of counsel in the firm's Orange County office. Firmwide, Greenberg Traurig elevated 42 attorneys to shareholder from 21 of the firm's offices and 14 practice areas, with female attorneys making up 50 percent of the firm's 2018 new shareholder class. "We are extremely proud of Howard and Tatyana, who've helped drive Greenberg Traurig's success in Orange County through their professionalism, dynamism, and hard work," Orange County Co-Managing Shareholders Bruce Fischer and Susan Heller said in a joint statement. "They embody the values of Greenberg Traurig." In addition to the elevations, Greenberg Traurig reported firmwide revenue for FY2017 of $1,477,180,000, an increase of 7.28 percent over 2016. This is the fourth consecutive year of record-setting revenues for the firm. The firm's Profit per Equity Partner increased 5.42 percent to a record $1,634,000. Chu focuses his practice on the representation of major corporations, regional and national developers, REITs, private equity funds, institutional lenders, investors, pension funds and advisers, and special servicers in connection with their ownership, use, and financing of real estate. Litovsky focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis in dispositions and acquisitions of real property, including office, industrial, and retail properties, and real estate finance. She has experience representing borrowers in complex transactions, including portfolio loans with multiple borrowers and multiple properties in multiple states. About Greenberg Traurig's Orange County office Greenberg Traurig's Orange County attorneys understand the dynamic nature of Orange County and the markets in which our clients do business. Working in cooperation with Greenberg Traurig's more than 175 attorneys in California, the Orange County lawyers are innovative, business-focused, and pragmatic, and many are licensed to practice law in more than one state, before state and federal courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the International Trade Commission. Greenberg Traurig's Orange County office has active teams in a wide array of practice areas, including real estate, intellectual property, corporate and securities, litigation, tax, trusts and estates, and wealth management. About Greenberg Traurig, LLP Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 38 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. One firm worldwide, GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, was named the largest firm in the U.S. by Law360 in 2017, and is among the Top 20 on the 2017 Am Law Global 100. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.
DIAZ, REUS & TARG, LLP
Kenneth A. Linzer
joined DIAZ, REUS & TARG, LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Linzer provides strategic counsel to clients in the courtroom and in the boardroom. He frequently counsels executives, business owners and boards of directors in matters including strategic planning and corporate governance. He is particularly experienced in all aspects of business and investment matters, real estate matters, corporate governance, intellectual property and technology industries. Linzer has negotiated agreements for his clients with all the major and mini-major movie studios in Hollywood dealing with independent movie production, television production, streaming services, among others, regarding rights acquisitions, production issues, talent relations, content and merchandise licensing and royalty audits for celebrity clients. He was one of the first West Coast attorneys to represent clients in the rapidly evolving litigation finance field. Representative matters include all aspects of claim funding, law firm financing and lawsuit investment-related litigation. He has authored several significant articles on the attorney-client privilege in litigation finance cases as well as contributed to the recently published Model Litigation Finance Agreement. He graduated from Tufts and the University of San Diego law school.
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Diaz, Reus & Targ LLP has 23 offices on five continents. The firm specializes in national and transnational parallel proceedings and transactions in the following broad areas: sovereign immunity, trade, commerce, finance, and fraud; civil litigation and arbitration; asset identification, location, tracing and recovery; white collar crime, regulatory and criminal investigations, and defense in matters of corruption, bribery, anti-money laundering, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals, the Magnitsky Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and politically sensitive investigations including the recovery of U.S. immigration status and visas. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Address
12100 Wilshire Boulevard - Suite 1090 , Los Angeles 90025 United States
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(310) 826-2627
F:
(310) 820-3687
Miller Kaplan Arase LLP
Nicholas Sanchez
was promoted to partner of Miller Kaplan Arase LLP in San Francisco.
Nicholas Sanchez provides his clients with consulting and compliance services regarding information returns and withholding, offers general tax advisory services, and advises clients with respect to the tax implications of settlements and judgments - whether arising out of class action litigation, administrative enforcement actions, bankruptcies, receiverships, or otherwise. Nicholas is licensed to practice law in California, as well as before the United States Tax Court and Internal Revenue Service.
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Established in 1941, Miller Kaplan Arase LLP is a certified public accounting firm that performs accounting, auditing, tax, business management, licensing and royalty, media revenue reporting, and advisory engagements, among other services for individuals, businesses, tax-exempt organizations. Miller Kaplan is one of the top 100 accounting firms in the United States. Visit www.millerkaplan.com for more information.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Michael D. Mortenson
joined Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C. as shareholder in Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C..
Mortenson represents entities and individuals in class actions, breach of contract, breach of warranty, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty matters, including RICO and fraudulent transfer claims and retaliation actions as well as various commercial and employment litigation matters. He also handles appeals to the California Courts of Appeal and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and tries cases on behalf of clients before arbitration panels.
Diaz, Reus & Targ LLP
Kenneth A. Linzer
joined Diaz, Reus & Targ LLP as partner in Diaz Reus & Targ LLP (Los Angeles).
Mr. Linzer provides strategic counsel to clients in the courtroom as well as in the boardroom. He is trusted by clients to resolve litigation and business disputes, as well as for his advice regarding key corporate issues. He frequently counsels executives, business owners and boards of directors in matters including strategic planning and corporate governance. He is particularly experienced in all aspects of business and investment matters, real estate matters, corporate governance, intellectual property and technology industries.
Mr. Linzer has negotiated agreements for his clients with all the major and mini-major movie studios in Hollywood dealing with independent movie production, television production, streaming services, among others, regarding rights acquisitions, production issues, talent relations, content and merchandise licensing and royalty audits for celebrity clients.
In addition, he was one of the first West Coast attorneys to represent clients in the rapidly evolving litigation finance field. Representative matters include all aspects of claim funding, law firm financing and lawsuit investment-related litigation. He has authored several significant articles on the attorney-client privilege in litigation finance cases as well as contributed to the recently published Model Litigation Finance Agreement.
Admitted to practice in California, he is a past-member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Section on Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law, and the editor of its Annual Symposium on Licensing. He is also a Judge Pro Tempore at the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Municipal Courts.
Mr. Linzer holds a B.S. from the Tufts University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of San Diego. He has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell(r), is top rated by SuperLawyers, the Los Angeles Magazine and the Beverly Hills Courier.
"Ken's broad experience will reinforce our firm's expanding presence in California. He is a great asset and we are delighted to welcome him", commented Global Managing Partner Michael Diaz Jr.
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About Diaz Reus Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP operates on five continents, across 23 offices in key business centers, offering a global practice centered around national and transnational parallel proceedings and transactions in the following broad areas: sovereign immunity, trade, commerce, finance, and fraud; civil litigation and arbitration; asset identification, location, tracing and recovery; white collar crime, regulatory and criminal investigations, and defense in matters of corruption, bribery, anti-money laundering, OFAC, Specially Designated Nationals, the Magnitsky Act, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and politically sensitive investigations including the recovery of U.S. immigration status and visas. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Address
12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1990 , Los Angeles 90025 USA
T:
(310) 826-2627
F:
(310) 820-3687
Clark Hill LLP
Bradford Grice Hughes
joined Clark Hill LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Hughes is a member of the firm's litigation practice. He focuses his practice on representing clients in commercial litigation and trucking and transportation matters.
Brown Rudnick LLP
Andrew Hardenbrook Struve
joined Brown Rudnick LLP as partner in Orange County.
Struve will build and lead Brown Rudnick's new US health practice. His work includes class action, federal and state qui tam and antitrust, managed care contracting suits and earn out disputes. Struve has also handled intellectual property disputes, bad faith claims and payment disputes, fraud cases including RICO actions, and non-dispute work, including serving as national governance, regulatory and compliance counsel for large corporate clients.
Dykema Gossett PLLC
James Stephen Azadian
joined Dykema Gossett PLLC as member in Los Angeles.
Azadian is a member of the firm's appellate practice. He specializes in complex federal and state court civil appeals raising cutting-edge and core business issues, the First Amendment to the Constitution, Article 1 of the California Constitution, and the application of California's anti-SLAPP statute in federal court.
Schiff Hardin LLP
Mauricio Salvador Beugelmans
joined Schiff Hardin LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Beugelmans is a member of the firm's commercial litigation and financial markets and products practice groups. He advises financial institutions including brokerage firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and investment advisers on critical regulatory and compliance issues. Beugelmans also represents clients in securities and commercial litigation and arbitration.
Andrade Gonzalez LLP
Damian J. Martinez
joined Andrade Gonzalez LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
He specializes in complex civil litigation and white collar defense.
Address
634 South Spring Street, Top Floor , Los Angeles 90014 United States
T:
(213) 986-3950
Brown Rudnick
Andrew H. Struve
joined Brown Rudnick as partner in Orange County.
Andrew Struve is a partner in Brown Rudnick's Commercial Litigation group in the Orange County office.
Andrew's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and unfair competition actions as well as regulatory compliance matters, with a particular expertise in healthcare, private equity, insurance, and the defense of consumer suits. In the healthcare field, Andrew has litigated class and other representative actions, federal and state qui tam litigation, antitrust suits, RICO actions, managed care contracting suits, earnout disputes, partnership actions, bad faith claims, and payment disputes, and has additionally conducted numerous internal investigations and compliance audits. In the managed care and insurance fields, Andrew has litigated numerous fraud and other class actions in addition to individual unfair business practices suits, bad faith actions and rescission litigations. Andrew also has represented clients in trials and other litigation of significant matters involving real estate, title insurance, intellectual property, false advertising, employment, misappropriation of trade secrets, product liability, professional liability, partnerships, indemnity, contribution, subrogation, and other areas of the law, and has served as regulatory counsel and governance advisor to healthcare clients. In addition to leading litigation teams in healthcare disputes in federal and state courts across the United States, Andrew also serves as national governance, regulatory, and compliance counsel for a number of companies.
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Brown Rudnick, an international law firm with offices in the United States and Europe, represents clients from around the world in high-stakes litigation, international arbitration and complex business transactions. Clients include public and private corporations, multinational Fortune 100 businesses, funds and family offices and start-up enterprises. The Firm also represents investors, as well as official and ad hoc creditors' committees in today's largest corporate restructurings, both domestically and abroad. Founded more than 60 years ago, Brown Rudnick has over 240 lawyers providing advice and services across key areas of the law. Beyond the United States, the Firm regularly serves clients in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. With its Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest, the Firm has created an innovative model combining its pro bono, charitable giving, and community volunteer efforts.
Address
2211 Michelson Drive 7th Floor Irvine , Irvine 92612 United States
T:
(949) 752-7100
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Brendan Yeats Joy
joined Fisher & Phillips LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Joy defends employers in a variety of employment matters including claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour violations. He represents employers in single plaintiff and class action litigation in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration and administrative hearings. Joy also counsels clients on issues ranging from employment contracts, employee handbooks, personnel policies, workplace investigations, to employee discipline and termination.
Schiff Hardin LLP
Mauricio S. Beugelmans
joined Schiff Hardin LLP as partner in One Market Street, Spear Street Tower, Suite 3100 (San Francisco).
Beugelmans joined the firm's Commercial Litigation and Financial Markets and Products Practice Groups. Beugelmans advises financial institutions including brokerage firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and investment advisers on critical regulatory and compliance issues. He also represents clients in securities and commercial litigation and arbitration.
Details
Schiff Hardin LLP has offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Chicago, Lake Forest, New York, San Francisco, and Washington.
Address
One Market Street, Spear Street Tower, Suite 3100 , San Francisco 94105
T:
(415) 901-8752
Carlton Fields
Harvey Wayne Geller
was promoted to shareholder of Carlton Fields in Los Angeles.
Geller has experience in intellectual property, technology, Internet, digital media, and entertainment matters and has litigated on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts around the country.
King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano LLP
Henry Daniel Gradstein
joined King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Gradstein litigates a wide variety of entertainment, intellectual property and complex business cases.