Joseph Von Meier joined Crosbie Gilner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as senior counsel in San Diego.

Meier focuses his practice on student housing, multifamily, luxury residential and retail.

Eoin Henry Gubbins joined Crosbie Gilner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gubbins focuses his practice on negotiating and documenting complex purchase and sale agreements, leases covering all asset types and advising clients on day-to-day real estate management issues and strategies.

David Abel Alvarado joined Crosbie Gilner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Alvarado focuses his practice on purchase and sale, debt and equity financing, development, construction and leasing transactions. He advises clients regarding day-to-day operational matters and property management issues.

Daniel Adam Rozansky joined Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP as partner in Sherman Oaks & Santa Monica.

Rozansky concentrates his practice on entertainment, privacy, First Amendment and complex business and real estate disputes.

Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum was promoted to partner of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP in Century City.

Kroll-Rosenbaum's practice focuses on complex employment litigation in the federal courts, particularly class actions and Private Attorneys General Act matters.

Jason Ryan Faas was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Faas' practice emphasizes taxation, business law, real estate and estate planning.

Rebecca Van Loon was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Van Loon practices in the areas of estate planning, trust and probate administration and taxation law.

Matthew Ryan Stewart joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Stewart is a member of the firm's private equity practice. He advises private equity funds, growth equity investors, and strategic investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and structured capital investments, and financing transactions.

Shuchee A. Shah joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as associate attorney in Costa Mesa, California.

Corporate and Transactional matters

Joseph Scott Schoeffel joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as senior attorney in Costa Mesa, California.

Healthcare businesses, strategic development and regulation of integrated healthcare delivery systems, state and federal healthcare regulation, licensing and counseling of healthcare service plans, managed care contracting and dispute resolution, antitrust, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, administrative law, and government affairs

Jennifer J. McGrath joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as senior attorney in Century City, California.

Entertainment and business clients, intellectual property litigation, copyright, trademark and breach of implied contract matters.

Erika L. Georgiou Cumbee joined THEORORA ORINGHER PC as associate attorney in Century City, California.

Complex Commercial Litigation

Michael Portnov was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Portnov focuses his practice on client counseling and preparing and prosecuting patent applications directed to computer-related technologies.

Robert Kum joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kum focuses his practice on complex litigation matters concerning catastrophic injuries and business disputes in various state and federal courts throughout the United States. He has handled dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation, and has served as a mediator for the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Michael Louis Fox joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Fox represents energy companies, chemical and equipment manufacturers, construction companies and public entities in toxic tort, environmental release, general liability and serious personal injury matters.

Parisa Farokhi Weiss was promoted to shareholder of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Weiss' practice includes estate planning and probate and trust administration, and representing clients in trust, estate and fiduciary litigation.

Stephen Reed Isbell was promoted to partner of Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP in Orange County.

Isbell primarily practices in the areas of banking and real estate litigation, with a focus on breach of contract, commercial loan collections, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, trade secret, unfair competition, and breach of fiduciary duty claims.

Joel Michael Athey joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Athey is a member of the firm's litigation practice. He focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement, private securities litigation, internal corporate investigations, banking and regulatory investigations and litigations, consumer protection matters and complex civil litigation.

Kimberly Maria Talley was promoted to equity partner of Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP in Century City.

Talley specializes in management-side labor and employment law. She regularly represents employers in single-plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, representative and class-action lawsuits, in both state and federal court, including claims for discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour, and other statutory and common law claims arising from the employment relationship.

Bianca Marie Lansdown was promoted to counsel of Baker & McKenzie LLP in San Francisco.

Lansdown advises multinational companies in the design, implementation and ongoing compliance of global executive and employee incentive programs, handling matters related to securities law compliance, tax obligations, data privacy, exchange controls and labor law compliance. She advises companies on U.S. and international tax considerations and related recharge arrangements.

Steven Dwight Di Saia joined Buchalter APC as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Di Saia is a member of the firm's litigation and products liability practice groups. He focuses his practice on the defense of mass and catastrophic injury claims, mass and complex tort litigation, and products liability litigation.

Khoa D. Do joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Do is a member of the firm's corporate practice and mergers & acquisitions group. He has represented leading technology companies in Silicon Valley, and has significant experience advising businesses across a broad range of industries.

Chitra M. Kalyanaraman joined Maynard Cooper & Gale in San Francisco.

Kalyanaraman is a member of the firm's intellectual property practice group. She joins the firm from the D.C. office of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, where she prosecuted patents in the computer, electrical and mechanical arts over a wide range of technical areas.
"Chitra is an extremely personable attorney, she's very easy to talk to," said Sasha G. Rao, chair of the firm's intellectual property practice.
According to Rao, Kalyanaraman is "able to communicate with engineers very easily."
"She has a degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon, which is one of the best schools in the country to study computer science," Rao explained. "For clients in the Bay Area ... she has a very unique skill set in that area."
In a news release, Kalyanaraman said she is looking forward to working with the firm's innovative clients in the Bay Area.

Marcus Orazio Colabianchi was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Francisco.

Colabianchi practices in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors' rights and real estate law. His bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice includes representing secured and unsecured creditors, financial institutions, business debtors, Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 trustees, committees, leasing companies, and receivers in corporate bankruptcy cases and litigation. His real estate practice includes representation of commercial developers, owners, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in all aspects of disputes concerning commercial properties.

Justin Jeremy Fields was promoted to partner of Duane Morris LLP in San Francisco.

Fields represents individuals and businesses in commercial litigation, with a focus on professional liability, legal malpractice, intellectual property, real estate and construction-related disputes. Fields has represented clients in complex commercial litigation disputes in both state and federal courts.

Wendi Jill Berkowitz joined Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Berkowitz focuses her practice on complex and high-stakes litigation.

Joanna Fuller was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Fuller represents pharmaceutical and high-tech clients in patent litigation nationwide in cases encompassing a wide range of technology.

Stuart Alexander Johnson joined Kesselman Brantly Stockinger LLP as partner in Manhattan Beach.

Johnson will head the firm's commercial real estate and partnership matters practice group.
Johnson and his team represent family-owned companies and large institutional clients in the acquisition, sale, development, and financing of a variety of real estate assets, including retail centers, office buildings, multifamily developments and industrial space.

Neil A. Warren was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Warren focuses his practice on both federal district court litigation and practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board with client technologies relating to semiconductors, integrated circuits, medical devices, and computer software.

Michael Paul Shepherd was promoted to principal of Fish & Richardson PC in Redwood City.

Shepherd focuses his practice on client counseling and patent prosecution in the areas of software and other computer-related technologies.

Jillian F. Hayes joined CaseyGerry as associate attorney in San Diego.

She will concentrate her practice on serious personal injury.

Alyssa Williams joined CaseyGerry as associate attorney in San Diego.

William will focus on complex litigation, including class actions and mass torts

Mimi Ahn joined Kahana & Feld as associate in Kahana & Feld (Santa Ana).

Ahn specializes in general litigation, employment law and insurance defense.

Ka-On Li was promoted to partner of Jones Day in Silicon Valley.

Li is a member of the firm's intellectual property/technology transactions practice. She focuses her practice on commercial transactions for clients active in the technology, medical, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, education, media and entertainment fields. Li advises both customers and service providers in strategic front-end and back-end technology contracting.

Debra Beth Vernon joined VLP Law Group LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Vernon is a member of the firm's corporate practice. She specializes in startup formation and capitalization, financings, corporate venture, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and corporate governance.

David Enrique Amaya was promoted to partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP in San Diego.

Amaya represents clients in a range of industries, including healthcare, retail and education. His practice is focused on advising employers in both union and non-union settings and defending them in matters including discrimination litigation and wage and hour class actions. Amaya also works with companies to develop creative and business-oriented solutions that resolve workplace issues.