Damian J. Martinez joined Andrade Gonzalez LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

He specializes in complex civil litigation and white collar defense.

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.

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.

Christine Marie Ciccotti joined California Department of State Hospitals as deputy director, chief counsel in Davis.

Ciccotti has served as a deputy attorney general in the Correctional Law Section at the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General since 2014. Prior to that, she was a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Contract Management Agency and an assistant general counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Don Melamed joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Melamed represents institutional investors and asset managers in investment and fund-related matters with an emphasis on forming buy-out, mezzanine, distressed debt, real estate and venture capital funds. He also handles incentive arrangements, co-investment transactions, spin-outs and all other matters related to the formation and operation of asset management businesses. In addition, he advises institutional investors and family offices in connection with both primary and secondary transactions across the asset class.

Randal James Lejuwaan joined Troutman Sanders LLP as partner in San Diego.

Lejuwaan focuses his practice on real property acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and development on behalf of shopping center developers, owners and retailers.

Donald Lee Morrow joined JAMS as mediator in Orange County.

Morrow will serve as an arbitrator, mediator and special master in a variety of disputes including Antitrust/Competition, Business/Commercial, Class Action/Mass Tort, Construction, Intellectual Property and Professional Liability.

Elliot Keith Gordon joined JAMS as mediator and arbitrator in Los Angeles.

Gordon will serve as a mediator, arbitrator and special master in a variety of disputes including Business/Commercial, Class Actions/Mass Tort, Employment, Health Care and Insurance disputes.

William J. Elfving joined JAMS as mediator and arbitrator in Silicon Valley.

Elfving will serve as an arbitrator and mediator in a variety of disputes including Business/Commercial, Employment, Family Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Personal Injury/Torts, Professional Liability and Real Property.

Albert W. Stemp joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Stemp advises clients in a broad array of real estate transactions, including private equity funds, REITs, institutional capital sources and hospitality companies. In addition, he represents lenders and borrowers in all types of real estate finance transactions, including mortgage, mezzanine and construction loans.

Virginia Palmer was promoted to management committee of Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP in Oakland.

Palmer most recently served as co-chair of the firm's trusts & estates practice group. She focuses her practice on estate planning, trust administration, probate, mediation and elder law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Oleg "Alex" Stolyar joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Stolyar has represented plaintiffs and defendants in all phases of complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution proceedings. He focuses on disputes between majority and minority shareholders, limited and general partners, founders and investors, joint venturers, trustees and beneficiaries, and other principals and their fiduciaries.

Cristian Raul Arrieta was promoted to managing partner of Lowthorp, Richards, McMillan, Miller & Templeman in Oxnard.

Arrieta succeeds Patrick T. Loughman. Arrieta focuses his practice on trusts and estates, business and property law.

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.

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.

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.

Yaron Shaham joined Kahana & Feld LLP as partner in Santa Ana.

Shaham is a general litigator with a focus on banking and financial services, and bankruptcy in the mortgage and lending industries.

Anne S. LaWer joined Littler Mendelson PC as shareholder in San Jose.

LaWer counsels employers on matters related to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Her practice includes advising on Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor compliance programs, health care privacy and security, executive compensation matters, and employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions.