Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Beth George
as Of Counsel
in San Francisco
from U.S. Department of Defense .
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced today that Beth George has joined the firm's privacy and data protection practice as Of Counsel in the San Francisco office. George previously served as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, where she advised senior leadership on high-profile policy and oversight matters. She currently is a lecturer on surveillance law and technology at the UC Berkeley School of Law, and she serves as a senior adjunct fellow for the New York University School of Law's Center for Law and Security and as an affiliate at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. George's practice focuses on the representation of companies in complex cybersecurity and data security matters, including providing advice on legal challenges faced by companies when preparing for and responding to cybersecurity breaches. She also advises clients in internal and government investigations, privacy and compliance matters, and in responding to law enforcement requests for data. In addition, she represents clients in other national security-related areas, including applications before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and for foreign acquisition of licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
Address
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 3300 , San Francisco 94105 USA
T:
(415) 947-2000
F:
(415) 947-2099
California Commission on Uniform State Laws
Elena Jeannette Duarte
as judge
in El Dorado Hills
Elena Duarte has been reappointed to the California Commission on Uniform State Laws, where she has served since 2011. Elena has served as an associate justice at the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District since 2010.
California Commission on Uniform State Laws
Martin David Carr
in Sacramento
Martin Carr has been reappointed to the California Commission on Uniform State Laws, where he has served since 2011. Carr has been principal at the Law Offices of Martin Carr since 2013 and an adjunct professor of law at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law since 2006.
Nelson Hardiman, LLP
Lee Soll Arian
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Optum.
Nelson Hardiman, LLP has announced that Lee Soll Arian has joined as a partner in the healthcare firm’s Los Angeles office. Lee is an authority on healthcare fraud and abuse, and has overseen efforts at leading health insurers to improve fraud detection and deterrence.
Address
11835 W. Olympic Blvd., 9th Floor , Los Angeles 90064 United States
T:
(310) 360-2027
F:
(310) 203-2727
Fox Rothschild LLP
Address
10250 Constellation Boulevard , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 598-4150
Greenberg Traurig LLP
John Arthur Sebastinelli
as shareholder
in San Francisco
from Michelman & Robinson, LLP.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has announced that John Sebastinelli has joined the firm’s government law & policy and insurance regulatory & transactions practices as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. John’s practice focuses on California insurance regulatory law matters, and handling matters in the insurance sector. John represents over 100 property and casualty and life and health insurers, as well as other insurance-related organizations, in a vast array of regulatory, transactional and compliance issues including licensing, mergers and acquisitions, policy filings, retail and surplus line brokerages, and insurance company and reinsurance transactions.
Address
4 Embarcadero Center #3000 , San Francisco 94111 United States
T:
(415) 655-1300
Miller Starr Regalia
Stephanie Nelson-Patel
as Associate
in Walnut Creek
Stephanie Nelson-Patel's practice focuses on real estate and business transactions. She negotiates and drafts commercial and residential real estate sale contracts, commercial leases and licenses, asset purchase, franchise, and shareholder agreements as well as tenancy in common agreements.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94598 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
F:
(925) 933-4126
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Kevin Hannifan
as Associate
in Los Angeles
from Feldman & Associates, Inc..
Kevin Hannifan joins Cox Castle Nicholson as an associate and member of the firm’s construction practice group, where he will focus his practice on construction, business, and commercial litigation, as well as other related real estate disputes. Mr. Hannifan represents owners, contractors, and design professionals in an array of legal matters spanning mechanic’s lien and stop notice actions, payment and performance bond claims, scope of work disputes, and prevailing wage proceedings.
Cathy Tran Moses
as Senior Counsel
in Orange County
from Irell & Manella LLP.
Bolstering the firm’s Orange County litigation practice, Cathy Tran Moses joins the firm as senior counsel. She specializes in complex business litigation, including high-stakes employment and contract disputes. Ms. Moses also maintains an active pro bono practice and has worked with local nonprofits to assist minors and other individuals in immigration matters.
Stacy Freeman
as Senior Counsel
in Los Angeles
from Pine Pine Freeman Tillett LLP.
With nearly a decade of litigation experience, Stacy Freeman joins the firm as senior counsel. Ms. Freeman has extensive trial and appellate experience addressing complex legal issues involving contracts, employment, probate, real estate, trusts and estates, and government immunity law. She previously practiced complex commercial litigation with a global law firm, including successfully handling more than a dozen appellate matters.
Rob Begland
as Partner
in Los Angeles
from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.
Rob Begland is a veteran complex commercial litigation and trial attorney with nearly 20 years of experience. Mr. Begland joins the firm as a partner. He represents companies in disputes related to real property, contracts, corporate governance, intellectual property, and insurance.
Address
2029 Century Park East Suite 2100 , Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA
T:
(310) 284-2200
King & Spalding LLP
Brian R. Michael
as partner
in Los Angeles
from 21st Century Fox.
King & Spalding LLP has announced that Brian R. Michael has joined as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Brian is a white collar litigator who specializes in the media and entertainment industry, and has over two-decades of experience serving as senior in-house counsel, as a federal prosecutor, and as a private practitioner on both coasts.
Address
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1700 , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T:
(213) 443-4355
The Genie Harrison Law Firm
Maria Victoria Olszewska
as trial lawyer
in Los Angeles
from Weil Quaranta P.A..
The Genie Harrison Law Firm has announced that Maria "Mary" Olszewska has joined as a trial lawyer in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mary is an employment lawyer whose practice focuses on sexual harassment and sexual abuse victims’ rights advocacy.
Address
523 W 6th St Ste 450 , Los Angeles 90014-1261 United States
T:
(213) 805-5301
F:
(213) 805-5306
Goodwin LLP
Ian O'Donnell
as partner
in San Francisco
from Cooley LLP.
Goodwin LLP has announced that Ian ODonnell has joined the firm’s private investment funds practice as a partner in its San Francisco office. Ian focuses on all aspects of the formation and operation of domestic and international investment funds, including venture capital, private equity, fund of funds, secondary market, debt and a variety of other types of funds ranging from multibillion-dollar venture capital and leveraged buy-out funds to much smaller venture capital, angel, pledge and similar micro funds. His practice also includes the representation of issuers and funds in public and private financing transactions.
Address
3 Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor , San Francisco 94111 United States
T:
(415) 733-6000
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Casey Thomas Fleck
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Latham & Watkins LLP.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has announced that Casey Fleck has joined as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Casey is experienced in a range of corporate transactions, including public and private securities offerings, corporate restructurings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers and consent solicitations. He regularly represents public and private companies, investment banks and private equity funds, and has advised on successful initial public offerings and high-yield, investment-grade bond and convertible debt offerings representing both banks and issuers.
Address
2029 Century Park East, 33rd Floor , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(424) 386-4000
F:
(121) 389-2428
Constantine Cannon LLP
Henry Chao-Lon Su
as partner
in San Francisco
from Federal Trade Commission.
Constantine Cannon LLP has announced that Henry C. Su has joined the firm’s antitrust practice as a partner in its San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices. Henry will counsel and represent clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, and technology sectors in the courts and before government agencies, legislators, and other policymakers. At Constantine Cannon, Henry’s practice will focus on issues related to intellectual property, technology, and innovation.
Address
150 California St., 16th Floor , San Francisco 94111 United States
T:
(415) 639-4001
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Bryan Thompson
as Special Counsel
in Los Angeles
from The Jackal Group.
Entertainment and media lawyer Bryan Thompson has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Los Angeles office as a special counsel – Corporate and Entertainment. Most recently, Thompson was senior vice president and head of business affairs at The Jackal Group, a studio subsidiary of the Fox Networks Group. Thompson’s practice covers a wide array of matters, including traditional corporate transactions and governance, entertainment and media matters, and finance matters. Thompson advises clients in various industries, with an emphasis on clients in the media, entertainment, and technology realms.
Address
2029 Century Park East , Los Angeles 90067
T:
(310) 284-3880
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Salvador LaViña
as Partner
in Los Angeles
from Enenstein Ribakoff LaViña & Pham APC,.
LaViña focuses on complex real estate and corporate transactions, and has closed or supervised over $5 billion in deals in the last few years. He advises private clients – including investment companies, family offices, fund advisers and developers – in virtually all areas of real estate, including acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, multifamily transactions, 1031 exchanges and tenant-in-common transactions, real estate fund formation, development, public-private and multistate matters.
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP
Linda Kay Durost
as senior counsel
in Fresno
from Linda K. Durost, Inc..
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP has announced that Linda K. Durost has joined the firm’s Fresno office. She will represent clients in business and real estate transactions, business formation and dissolution, wealth preservation, estate planning, probate, wills, trusts, trust administration, and probate and trust disputes.
Address
499 W Shaw Ave , Fresno 93704-2516 United States
T:
(559) 248-4820
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP
Lucille Goins Dimmick
as senior counsel
in Los Angeles
from Wells Fargo Bank Legal Department.
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP has announced that Lucille Goins Dimmick has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office. She will advise clients on banking compliance issues relating to consumer financing, including automobile financing, credit cards, and the CFPB.
Address
1880 Century Park East, Suite 404 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(559) 248-4820
F:
(559) 248-4830
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP
Lee Norman Smith
as partner
in Sacramento/Fresno
from Perkins, Mann & Everett.
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP has announced that Lee N. Smith has joined the firm as head of the firm's new Environmental Practice Group. Lee will manage the firm's new Sacramento location and work in each of the firm's offices. Lee’s practice includes land and natural resource regulation and development, environmental compliance, water law and litigation. He is experienced in federal and state water quality, hazardous materials, air quality and Prop. 65 compliance issues, including environmental due diligence projects for mining and energy projects. He has handled cases before the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District, and local environmental agencies.
Address
499 W Shaw Ave , Fresno 93704-2516 United States
T:
(559) 248-4820
F:
(559) 248-4830
Crowell & Moring LLP
Charles Ernest Schwenck
as senior counsel
in Orange County
from Gordon & Rees LLP.
Crowell & Moring LLP has announced that Charles E. Schwenck has joined as a senior counsel in the firm’s energy group in its Orange County office. Charles has more than 40 years of experience handling transactions primarily in the energy, natural resources, and construction industries. He represents developers, owners, operators, contractors, and investors, whom he assists on a broad range of commercial transactions concerning the development, financing, acquisition/disposition, and operation of energy and other infrastructure projects.
Address
3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor , Irvine 92614-8505 United States
T:
(949) 263-8400
F:
(949) 263-8414
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Ryan Matthew Austin
as partner
in Los Angeles
Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that Ryan M. Austin has been promoted to partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Ryan’s practice covers a wide range of U.S. federal income and state and local tax issues. He represents clients in federal and state tax controversy matters, particularly in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board, and he regularly advises clients in connection with business and investment transactions, including formations, acquisitions and dispositions.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Kandace P. Watson
as partner
in Del Mar
from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has announced that Kandace P. Watson has joined its corporate practice group as a partner in the firm’s Del Mar office. Kandace has experience representing companies, corporate boards and executives in intellectual property intensive industries, including biomedical, biotechnology, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, software and technology.
Address
12275 El Camino Real , San Diego 92130 United States
T:
(858) 720-8900
F:
(858) 509-3691
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Rodney Calvin Lee
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP.
Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that Rodney C. Lee has joined the firm’s trusts and estates department as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Rodney’s practice concentrates on estate, trust and fiduciary litigation, including disputes involving issues of undue influence, lack of capacity, breach of fiduciary duty, and elder abuse. He also has extensive experience advising clients on the removal of personal representatives and trustees.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd , Los Angeles 90067-4120 United States
T:
(310) 282-2000
F:
(310) 282-2200
Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Sheila Thomas
as Senior Counsel
in 2218 Kausen Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95758
from Law Office of Sheila Thomas.
Sheila Thomas, a prominent class action employment lawyer, has joined the California Department of Fair Employment as Senior Counsel. Sheila comes to DFEH from private practice where for the past several years she represented classes of plaintiffs in various employment and discrimination cases. She was formerly the litigation director for the Equal Rights Advocates, an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (as a Skadden Fellow), and an associate at the class action firm of Saperstein, Mayeda, Larkin and Goldstein where she worked with Mari Mayeda. Sheila has been on the board of the Advancement Project, a civil rights think tank based in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.
Address
2218 Kausen Drive , Elk Grove 95758
T:
(916) 585-7076
F:
(888) 275-5529
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Susan Neethling
as Of Counsel
in Sacramento
from Chang, Ruthenberg & Long.
Susan Neethling focuses on counseling governmental, church, nonprofit, ERISA, and non-ERISA clients in all aspects of retirement plan design, documentation, compliance, implementation, reporting and disclosure. She is a leading authority on issues concerning defined contribution, defined benefit and 403(b) and 457(b) retirement plans. She has 30 years of experience in the employee benefits consulting and legal field.
Jeffrey Chang
as Partner
in Sacramento
from Chang, Ruthenberg & Long.
Previously a shareholder at CRL, Jeff Chang brings more than four decades of experience in skillful evaluation of benefit and retirement plans for compliance and maximum outcomes for clients. Chang represents government agencies, nonprofits, businesses, tax-exempt organizations, non-ERISA and religious organizations, including churches. He works closely with his clients on every aspect of retirement plan design, compliance and correction, as well as fiduciary compliance and executive compensation.
Address
500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 , Sacramento 95814 USA
T:
(916) 329-3685
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Kenneth Edward Keller
as partner
in San Francisco
from Keller Sloan Roman & Holland LLP.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced that Ken Keller has joined the litigation boutique as a partner in San Francisco. He comes to Pillsbury from the San Francisco litigation boutique, Keller Sloan Roman & Holland LLP, which he co-founded in 1998. Ken represents clients in a wide array of patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secrets, copyright, licensing, breach of contract and unfair competition litigation. In addition to litigating cases involving issues pertaining to the industry, Ken advises producers, directors, screenwriters and composers with transactional issues.
Address
4 Embarcadero Center , San Francisco 94111-5998 United States
T:
(141) 598-3108
F:
(141) 524-9846
Hopkins & Carley
Ruby Kazi
as Of Counsel
in Palo Alto
from McManis Faulkner.
Ruby Kazi is an experienced litigator with a focus on crisis management, with matters ranging from defending harassment suits to pursuing workplace violence prevention. She has significant experience at both the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts.
Address
100 Pine Street, Suite 1250 , San Francisco 94117 United States
T:
(415) 635-1196
McGuireWoods LLP
Elliot Schlesinger Katz
as partner
in San Francisco
from DLA Piper LLP.
McGuireWoods LLP has announced that Elliot Katz has joined as a partner to lead the firm’s connected automated vehicle practice in its San Francisco office. In his previous practice, Elliot advised automakers, global technology companies, and municipalities on emerging issues in the mobility space. He also has significant experience litigating privacy, intellectual property, and complex business matters, and counseling clients on privacy and consumer protection laws.
Address
2 Embarcadero Center , San Francisco 94111 United States
T:
(415) 844-1963
F:
(415) 844-1939
Klinedinst PC
Alisa Shu Edelson
as counsel
in Los Angeles
Klinedinst PC has announced that Alisa S. Edelson has joined the firm as counsel. Alisa has experience representing individuals and businesses in a variety of disputes involving unfair competition, defamation, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, copyright and trademark infringement, idea submission, and wrongful termination in state and federal courts. In addition, Alisa has counseled clients on branding and intellectual property protection and enforcement including with respect to due diligence, clearance, prosecution, and management.
Address
777 S Figueroa St , Los Angeles 90017-5826 United States
T:
(213) 406-1100
F:
(213) 406-1101
Goodwin Procter LLP
Jason R. Vollbracht
as partner
in San Francisco
from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
Goodwin Procter LLP has announced that Jason Vollbracht has joined its tax group as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Jason focuses his practice on federal income taxation, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, formation of investment funds, partnerships and other joint ventures, and real estate transactions.
Address
3 Embarcadero Center , San Francisco 94111 United States
T:
(415) 733-6026
Blank Rome LLP
Laura Reathaford
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Venable LLP.
Blank Rome LLP has announced that Laura Reathaford has joined its Labor and Employment group in Los Angeles. Laura focuses her practice on management-side employment litigation, with a special emphasis on representative actions under the Private Attorney General Act and other wage and hour collective and class actions. She counsels clients on termination issues, employee handbooks, leave and disability rules, and California and federal wage and hour laws, and represents the management of public and private businesses in the manufacturing and grocery industries, as well as in banking, healthcare, and telecommunications.
Address
2029 Century Park E , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(424) 239-3428
F:
(424) 234-5454