Tia Boatman-Patterson was promoted to senior adviser on housing of California Housing Finance Agency in Sacramento.

Boatman-Patterson will continue to serve as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, where she has served since 2014. Boatman-Patterson was general counsel at the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency from 2009 to 2014 and special assistant to California State Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez from 2004 to 2008 and to California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass from 2008 to 2009.

Rebecca B. Hoyes was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco.

Hoyes is a member of the firm's healthcare practice group. She has an extensive background in the healthcare sector, with a primary focus representing hospitals and their medical staffs in a variety of issues, such as peer review and investigations; corrective action, hearings, and appeals; privileging and credentialing; development of bylaws, rules, and policies; compliance with accreditation, licensure and regulatory requirements; disruptive behavior, disability, and impairment issues; and mandatory reporting obligations.

Jill N. Jaffe was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco.

Jaffe is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group. She is a litigator who specializes in disputes between adjacent property owners as well as those involving public procurements and infrastructure projects. She also litigates intellectual property/privacy and data protection matters in addition to professional liability actions.

Anna C. L. Tang was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in Los Angeles.

Tang is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group. She represents and advises emerging and established companies as transactional and general corporate counsel with respect to a wide variety of business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and corporate governance. She also provides counsel on offerings of equity and debt securities and private equity investments.

Beth J. Jay joined Horvitz & Levy LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.

Jay served as the principal attorney to three California chief justices and brings 35 years of Supreme Court and three years of federal appellate court insights to Horvitz & Levy's clients. In her role as senior adviser to the chief justice, Jay led and participated in numerous Supreme Court, Judicial Council, and State Bar committees focusing on judicial ethics issues such as multi-jurisdictional practice, insurance legislation, and court procedures.

Andrea L. Russi joined Horvitz & Levy LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Russi has served as a staff attorney to Presiding Justice Ignazio Ruvolo (retired) in the 1st District Court of Appeal. She also served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, where she was a member of the criminal appeals section.

Gene E. Berk joined Buchalter as of counsel in Sacramento.

Berk is a member of the firm's health care practice group. He represents major health care entities and has led significant acquisitions in the expansion, reconstruction and implementation of various hospitals, surgery centers and medical groups throughout the United States.

James Andrew Caprile joined Buchalter as shareholder in Sacramento.

Caprile is a member of the firm’s health care practice group. He represents clients in the healthcare sector on a wide range of issues, including business transactions, hospital and ambulatory surgical center syndications, and the formation, sale and merger of medical practices and management service organizations.

Tina L. Baravarian was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

Baravarian is a member of the firm's products liability practice.

Elizabeth A. Burns was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Burns is a member of the firm’s health care practice. She specializes in the defense of health care providers including acute care and sub acute hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, physicians, nurses, group homes for the disabled, home health agencies, residential board and care homes and other health care facilities.

Christopher D. Chaplin was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

Chaplin focuses his practice in the defense of general liability matters involving personal injury, premises liability, wrongful death and catastrophic loss.

Amy R. Freeland was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Bernardino.

Freeland is a member of the firm’s construction practice. Her practice focuses on matters including construction defect litigation, product liability and general liability.

Kristine M. Scribner was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Sacramento.

Scribner is a member of the firm’s general liability practice. She handles a variety of cases including those in the area of general liability, public entity defense, professional liability and employment law. She represents a variety of clients, including local businesses and entrepreneurs and various California public entities in matters involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, entity dissolution, real property rights, California Government Tort Claims, intellectual property and trademark registration.

Lovee D. Sarenas was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

Sarenas is a member of the firm’s bankruptcy & insolvency practice. She has represented corporate and individual debtors, turnaround professionals and creditors in chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, corporate wind downs, and chapter 7 liquidations. Corporate clients range from small businesses to publicly traded corporations and startups in the retail, winery and technology-based industries.

Roxanne Reyna was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Bernardino.

Reyna is a member of the firm’s health care practice. She focuses on health care defense, including elder abuse and medical malpractice. Reyna has experience in the defense of longterm care facilities, hospitals, physicians, and residential care facilities. She also has experience in general liability and personal injury actions.

Marcus J. Lee was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Lee is a member of the firm’s labor & employment and Korean business and litigation practices. He represents and counsels employers in all employment-related matters – litigation, risk management and policy preparation.

Jacqueline G. Go was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Go is a member of the firm’s workers’ compensation practice.

Stacy R. Horth-Neubert joined Sidley Austin LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Horth-Neubert focuses her practice on commercial litigation, multi-district litigation and class actions, federal and state appeals, international arbitration, and administrative appeals. She has advised clients on matters including state and local regulation, commercial contact disputes, and unfair business practices and false advertising. Horth-Neubert has also represented several internet-based enterprises and large companies in such industries as design, entertainment, fashion, and travel and leisure.

Scott E. Adamson joined Alston & Bird LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Adamson represents public and private strategic and financial buyers and sellers, emerging businesses, and family offices and business owners in transactions spanning leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, 363 asset sales, and going-private deals.

Aldo E. Ibarra was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco.

Ibarra represents clients in the areas of wildfire litigation and tree law, construction defect, bankruptcy and personal injury. He also works with special servicers in connection with the recovery of bank loans.

Christopher M. Mooney was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco.

Mooney focuses his practice on strategic patent counseling, patent prosecution and patent litigation. He advises large companies to maximize the value of their IP assets and works with well-funded startups to build strategic patent portfolios for defensive and offensive purposes.

Edward J. Campbell was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.

Campbell handles regulatory and transactional matters involving the acquisition, financing, development, asset management, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable and multifamily housing developments using low-income tax credits, various U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidy programs and Federal Housing Administration loan products.

Angelica Valencia was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.

Valencia serves as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in financings involving multifamily housing projects, utilities, transportation, nonprofits, higher education and student loans. Puerto Rico is a key area of focus for Valencia. She serves as bond counsel to a number of different agencies in the U.S. territory in issuance of bonds and other financings. She also serves as counsel to the Build America Bureau, which provides financing for a range of transportation projects across the United States.

Thomas J. Betts was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Diego.

Betts is a member of the firm's workers' compensation practice. He represents self-insured employers, third party administrators, and carriers at Workers' Compensation Appeals Boards throughout California.

Camarin E.B. Madigan joined Perkins Coie LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Madigan is a member of the firm's real estate and land use practice. She advises developers, landowners, lenders, and public agencies on acquisitions and dispositions and leasing for complex development projects and commercial properties, as well as land use entitlements and environmental permits.

Todd A. Pickles joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Pickles represents clients in white-collar matters and investigations as well as in business litigation, tort, employment, constitutional, and environmental claims.

Charles O. Thompson joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in San Francisco.

Thompson focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling representing clients through all phases of class actions and single plaintiff cases.

Joan M. Lewis joined Judicate West as neutral.

Judicate West has added retired San Diego County Superior Court Judge Joan M. Lewis to its roster of neutrals. During her time on the bench, Lewis spent five years in the Family Law division, and for the last 15 years until her retirement, she presided over a Civil Independent Calendar. She also handled a multitude of settlement conferences in both the Civil and Family Law divisions throughout her time on the bench. Prior to her appointment, Lewis tried civil cases in private practice for 10 years, focused on representing health care professionals in medical malpractice lawsuits.

Eric J. Wu was promoted to partner of Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC in El Segundo.

Wu focuses his practice on California business and labor & employment law matters. He regularly advises companies on business and corporate transactional matters and Wu's clients include small to mid-market companies in the aerospace, entertainment, food production, manufacturing, medicine, retail, service, technology, and transportation industries. He is a Notre Dame Law School alumnus.

Artin Betpera was promoted to partner of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP in Costa Mesa.

Betpera represents financial services companies in high stakes litigation in federal and state courts and specializes in Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation. He is a Chapman University School of Law alumnus.

Lisa Barnett Sween was promoted to office managing partner of Jackson Lewis P.C. in San Francisco.

Sween joined Jackson Lewis in 2014 and said she's been continually impressed by the firm's commitment to its clients as well as the inclusive nature of the firm itself.
"It is gratifying to see how the San Francisco roster has grown to include so many talented and diverse attorneys," Sween said in a statement.
Sween represents employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, including state and federal employment harassment and discrimination litigation, wrongful discharge litigation, FMLA, CFRA, ADA, and wage and hour litigation.
As office managing principal in San Francisco, she hopes to expand the firm's labor and preventative practices as well as its employee benefits, class actions and complex litigation and wage and hour practice groups.
Sween succeeds Fraser McAlpine, who stepped down to focus on his litigation practice.

Annette F. Mijanovic was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in Los Angeles.

Mijanovic is a member of the firm's business solutions, products liability, and transportation practice groups. Her client base ranges from Fortune 500 companies and national motor carriers to regional carriers and local businesses. She has experience in all facets of litigation, including serving as lead counsel in trials involving transportation and commercial litigation disputes in state and federal court.

Sarah Ann Marsey was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in San Francisco.

Marsey is a member of the firm’s construction law, food safety, general liability, professional liability, and appellate practice groups. She has experience handling all aspects of litigation, including managing and directing discovery, preparing and arguing motions, taking and defending depositions, second-chairing trials and arbitrations, and writing appeal briefs.

Renata L. Hoddinott was promoted to partner of Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP in San Francisco.

Hoddinott focuses her practice on professional liability, general liability, risk management & insurance law and transportation law. She has experience representing clients in general and business litigation, labor and employment, real estate, product liability, professional liability, negligence, and premises liability matters.

Corey Cabral was promoted to senior counsel of Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP in Sacramento.

Cabral represents local, regional and national employers in all aspects of California labor and employment law and related litigation. He has extensive experience with litigation involving claims of individual wage and hour violations, gender, disability and age discrimination, retaliation, harassment, defamation and wrongful termination.

Richard Y. Chen joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Chen's practice focuses on a broad range of labor and employment matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful discharge disputes arising under Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. He is an experienced litigator, handling jury trials, administrative hearings and mediations. Chen represents Fortune 1000 companies in a variety of industries.

Simon L. Yang was promoted to partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Los Angeles.

Yang represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, business torts, and class action matters.

Aaron Belzer was promoted to partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Los Angeles.

Belzer focuses on counseling and defending public and private companies in general and complex commercial disputes in both state and federal courts.

Kathleen McConnell was promoted to partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in San Francisco.

McConnell focuses on data analytics, electronic discovery, information governance, and data privacy.

Ryan Pinkston was promoted to partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in San Francisco.

Pinkston has handled disputes involving a variety of subject matters, including bankruptcy litigation, corporate reorganizations and liquidations, receiverships, director and officer liability, complex fraud and business torts, commercial litigation, and health care and pension plan fraud.

Christine S. Kim was promoted to partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Los Angeles.

Kim handles a variety of commercial real estate transactions for private funds, financial institutions, pension funds, insurance companies and other companies.

Galina Krivitsky was promoted to partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Los Angeles.

Krivitsky’s practice concentrates on a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, financing transactions as well as loan assumptions, construction and permanent real estate financing, and all aspects of due diligence.

Nicole McLaughlin joined Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP as partner in Long Beach.

McLaughlin is a litigation attorney with a focus on environmental and complex commercial litigation. She has handled a wide array of cases, including environmental, breach-of-contract, franchise dispute, premise liability and intellectual property matters.

Kristin Hobbs was promoted to partner of Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP in Claremont.

Hobbs' practice is in the area of insurance bad faith, personal injury and class actions.

Sander Alvarez joined Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc. as senior counsel in Pasadena.

Alvarez focuses on insurance litigation and appeals involving all types of first- and third-party insurance policies, including commercial general liability, products liability, D&O and E&O, environmental pollution liability and cyber liability, among others. He counsels clients on general tort litigation matters and has particular expertise in the areas of environmental coverage litigation.

Aaron J. Flores was promoted to shareholder of Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc. in Pasadena.

Flores has been involved in the construction industry for more than two decades, representing businesses and public agencies across all industry sectors, including heavy industrial, transportation, infrastructure, architectural and engineering, commercial, retail and residential.

Nathan A. Cohen was promoted to partner of Peckar & Abramson P.C. in Los Angeles.

Cohen focuses on construction law, commercial litigation, real estate, corporate compliance and internal investigations.

Deborah L. Stein joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Stein is a complex commercial litigator with experience in matters spanning cybersecurity, trade secrets, insurance and reinsurance, securities and consumer class actions, joint venture disputes, and business practice disputes. She also regularly advises clients on False Claims Act matters and whistleblower allegations of fraud.

Drew R. Hansen joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Orange County.

Hansen will serve as co-chair of the firm's employment practice group and chair of the firm's trucking, logistics and warehouse industry practice group. He is an employment lawyer and business litigator specializing in defending companies against wage and hour class actions, PAGA claims, individual employment disputes, complex commercial lawsuits, and unfair business practice claims.

Roy Z. Silva joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Orange County.

Silva will serve as co-chair of the firm’s employment practice group. His areas of expertise include mortgage banking/lender liability, employment counseling and litigation, and appellate litigation. He represents clients in regulated industries throughout California.

Seth M. Goldstein joined Nossaman LLP as of counsel in Orange County.

Goldstein focuses on the representation of employers, particularly those in the transportation industry, with an emphasis on the defense of class and collective actions and other complex matters.

Eric M. Gruzen joined JML Law, APLC as partner in Woodland Hills.

Gruzen has extensive employment experience, helping employees in employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful termination, wage theft as well as class actions. He worked for many years defending management-side cases and now brings that knowledge to the employee side to represent employees whose rights have been violated.

Jon D. Feldhammer joined Baker Botts LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Feldhammer represents businesses and high net-worth individuals in tax disputes covering the range of income, estate and gift, international, and employment tax issues at the IRS and California administrative levels and before federal and state courts.

Shaye Diveley was promoted to principal of Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson PLC in Oakland.

Diveley is a member of the firm's land use and environmental law practice group. She has more than 17 years of experience with complex issues involving land use and zoning, and natural resources and environmental law compliance and litigation.

Zoë K. Wilhelm was promoted to partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Los Angeles.

Wilhelm has a diverse litigation practice with a focus on class actions, accounting and valuation litigation, and general business disputes. She handles complex financial issues, including those related to allocations, the valuation of pass-through entities, and discount rates.