Ebony A Koger was promoted to director of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. in San Francisco.

Koger counsels clients in business, professional liability, and other forms of civil litigation. She principally represents attorneys, real estate brokers, property owners, accountants, funeral home owners, veterinarians, non-profit organizations, and employers. She is the Vice Chair of the firm's Association of Professional Women.

Heather W. Habes was promoted to partner of Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles.

Habes focuses on complex insurance recovery for corporate policyholders under a variety of policies, including directors and officers liability, commercial general liability, professional liability, media liability, property, and employment practices. Working closely with in-house counsel and senior executives, she maximizes insurance protection and recovery in both informal negotiations and litigation against insurers.

Tariq I. Boulad joined Rogers Joseph O'Donnell PC as associate in San Francisco.

Boulad focuses his practice on representing retailers, manufacturers and commercial property owners in a wide range of disputes arising under State and Federal law, including California's Proposition 65 and the federal CERCLA statute.

Brian B. Kelly joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder in San Francisco.

Kelly counsels companies of all sizes on the entire employment life cycle, including hiring, termination, wages and hours, incentive compensation programs, policies, investigations, leaves, discrimination/harassment/retaliation, and restrictive covenants, among other issues. He also will support the firm's Corporate Practice, advising clients on employment matters related to buy- and sell-side mergers and acquisitions and other transactional matters.

Thomas F Mazzucco was promoted to shareholder of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. in San Francisco.

Mazzucco concentrates his practice in the areas of white-collar defense and government investigations, intellectual property litigation, and business litigation. He represents businesses and individuals in all phases of civil litigation, as well as advising professionals, executives, and businesses in civil and criminal proceedings involving California and Federal agencies. He has represented executives and professionals in matters before numerous governmental agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as in both civil and criminal matters and before the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the State of California Department of Justice. He has also represented clients in federal court litigation, in disputes before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, and in arbitration proceedings involving domain names.

Laura Rose Grealish was promoted to director of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. in San Francisco.

Grealish's practice includes the defense of professional liability matters involving lawyers and real estate professionals, construction defect, corporate disputes, personal injury, and wrongful death. Last month, she successfully obtained a defense verdict for her client in the face of a $36 million demand following a jury trial.

Gregory Oleson joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP as partner in San Diego.

Oelson specializes in commercial real estate, handling acquisitions, sales, entitlements, and development for developers at local, regional, and national levels across all stages of transactions. He provides counsel to both lenders and borrowers on loan modifications, workouts, and the preparation of commercial loan documentation.

Arthur J Harris was promoted to shareholder of Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. in San Francisco.

Harris has represented MPBF clients in commercial, business, professional liability, and real estate litigation matters, emphasizing legal malpractice, insurance and real estate broker defense, breach of contract claims, premises liability, elder law, and construction litigation.

Adriana R. Ochoa joined Snell & Wilmer as partner in San Diego.

Ochoa will be part of the firm's Special Litigation and Compliance practice group, where she will concentrate on providing guidance to private clients and public agencies, including healthcare districts and water and wastewater authorities, regarding governance, operational, and other public law matters, including the acquisition and negotiation of public services. Her experience incorporates the Ralph M. Brown Act, California Public Records Act, Political Reform Act, Government Code 1090, California Voting Rights Act, Proposition 218, public works contracting, operational and business issues, as well as litigation.

Alistair D. Blacklock was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Blacklock focuses on litigating and resolving complex disputes, including multidistrict litigations, contested bankruptcy proceedings, appeals and confidential arbitrations.

Michael Brar was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Brar specializes in investment fund work.

Psalm Cheung was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Cheung is a member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. She advises clients on all aspects of antitrust and competition law, including merger clearance, government investigations and day-to-day antitrust compliance.

Benjamin J. Jain was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Jain's practice is focused on mergers and acquisitions, as well as advising companies with respect to corporate governance, joint ventures and other corporate matters. He currently serves on the board of the Glenn Gould Foundation.

Todd Melchor was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Todd Melchior specializes in investment funds work.

Sean O'Connell was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

O'Connell specializes in transaction work.

Seth J. Pritchard was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Pritchard is a member of the Technology & IP Transactions Practice Group where he concentrates on intellectual property, technology, cybersecurity, and privacy aspects of complex corporate transactions, including carve-outs, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and venture capital and private equity investments.

Christopher Simpson was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Simpson advises and represents clients with respect to complex business transactions in the private funds market, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, minority interest sales and other transactions involving investment management firms and on the establishment of structuring and execution of secondary transactions and other liquidity solutions.

Michael White was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Palo Alto.

White concentrates his practice on complex business transactions, including carve-out transactions, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts of public and private companies, recapitalizations, private equity and venture capital investments, growth equity investments, investment exits, executive compensation and equity incentive arrangements, and related general corporate counseling.

Julia Waterhous was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco.

Waterhous is a member of the Firm's ESG & Impact Practice Group, which advises some of the world's most sophisticated and dynamic private equity firms, corporations, and project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving legal issues relating to ESG and climate-related regulatory requirements, investor demands, strategic opportunities, and voluntary reporting frameworks and coalitions. Her practice includes ESG risk assessment, management, and mitigation with a focus on developing and evolving legal, regulatory, and market risks.

Maisie Allison was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Allison is a litigator. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-profile cases across the nation. Her practice covers a broad range of substantive areas, including breach of contract, fraud, unfair competition and antitrust, and she has experience with all stages of litigation, including fact development and investigation, pleadings, motions to dismiss, discovery and related motion practice, depositions, summary judgment, trial, and mediation and settlement.

Elena Babakhanyan was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Babakhanyan specializes in corporate work.

Spencer Brass was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Brass specializes in corporate work.

Aura Gilham was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Gilham specializes in transaction work with a focus on the formation, structuring, marketing, management and regulatory compliance of investment funds, as well as the operational, legal and regulatory issues faced by their sponsors.

Nathaniel E. Haas was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Haas is a litigator. He has taken and defended depositions of key witnesses; briefed and presented arguments in connection with a variety of motions and appeals; and examined key witnesses at trial.

Sarkis Haroutunian was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Haroutunian's practice includes the representation of institutional real estate investors, developers and joint ventures in the acquisition, disposition, financing and development of commercial, office, industrial, hotel, residential and mixed-use properties across the United States.

Phillip M. Kim was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Kim's practice focuses on acquisitions, dispositions, financings and joint ventures for institutional investors, owners and developers.

Leland Langston was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Langston is a member of the Investment Funds Practice Group. His practice focuses on private investment funds and investment advisers. Leland provides regulatory advice on a wide variety of matters, including the formation, offering and operation of private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and credit funds, as well as on adviser-led secondary transactions.

Peter Liskanich was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Liskanich's practice encompasses general corporate and business law, with an emphasis on representing private equity firms and private and public companies on a variety of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, board governance and debt and equity offerings.

Ugo Nwasike was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Nwasike specializes in corporate work with a focus on capital raising. He advises private equity, venture capital and real estate sponsors on the formation, structuring and management of their private investment funds, as well as the operational, legal and regulatory issues facing them.

Christian Rivas was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Christian Rivas specializes in debt finance work.

Philippe Simard was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Simard specializes in corporate work.

Van Whiting was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Whiting specializes in capital markets with a concentration in corporate finance, securities regulation, and corporate governance. He advises issuers and sponsors in public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities, while also providing strategic counsel on mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and other complex transactions. Additionally, he offers comprehensive corporate and securities law counsel, with a focus on corporate governance, disclosure matters, periodic reporting, Section 16 compliance, and stock exchange listing requirements.

Arman Zadeh was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.

Zadeh specializes in corporate work.

Bianca Levin-Soler joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Levin-Soler advises on leveraged buyouts, public and private mergers and acquisitions, SPACs and restructurings in a range of industries, including technology, software, healthcare, retail, food and beverage and consumer products. In addition to advising TPG in the sale of its majority stake in Creative Artists Agency to Artémis last fall, Levin-Soler has advised firms including TPG Growth, Clearlake Capital Group, Industrial Growth Partners and Lion Capital on numerous deals. Levin-Soler also has in-house experience.

Zach P. Hutton joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Hutton's practice spans all aspects of employment law, including discrimination and harassment, family and medical leaves, and wage and hour issues. He has successfully represented employers in numerous class and collective actions, agency investigations, individual plaintiff cases, and administrative hearings.

Nathan Dooley was promoted to shareholder of Cozen O'Connor in Los Angeles.

Dooley serves as counsel on high-profile complex commercial litigation matters filed in California. He represents some of the firm's most prominent clients and his successes include a string of victories in consumer class action cases brought in state and federal court.

Dana Meyers was promoted to shareholder of Cozen O'Connor in San Diego.

Meyers focuses her practice on subrogation. As sole chair in subrogation and consumer collection actions, she has conducted more than 20 civil bench trials to verdict. She has litigated hundreds of state and federal cases throughout California from inception to settlement or trial, covering a broad range of legal issues, including subrogation, construction defects, product liability, and consumer collections.

Alec C. Stone joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Stone is an insurance regulatory attorney. As the former head of the California Department of Insurance's Rate Enforcement Bureau, he is uniquely positioned to advise insurers and other entities subject to California's extensive regulatory framework, including prior approval applications, market conduct issues, enforcement actions, proposed regulations, and further matters related to Proposition 103.

Tami Kay Lee joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Lee has more than twenty years of experience as defense counsel, assisting clients in complex insurance matters, including policy analysis, coverage opinions, and commercial general liability. Her work encompasses reinsurance, excess liability, errors and omissions, directors and officers, cyber liability, and data breach losses. In addition to her legal background, she is a Certified Public Accountant, providing clients with critical insight into financial and accounting aspects that arise in litigation.

April Kim joined Akin as partner in Irvine.

Kim's practice is focused on the energy sector, advising investors, sponsors, developers, and other renewable energy stakeholders in tax equity and tax credit transactions, mergers and acquisitions, project development and debt financings.

Nicole Cadman joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Cadman's practice will focus on advising emerging companies and their founders across the corporate lifecycle, including on formation and governance, equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate counseling.

Quyen L. Ta joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Ta is a high-stakes trial and complex civil litigation lawyer focusing nationwide on consumer class actions, business disputes, and international and U.S. arbitrations. Her clients include publicly traded and venture-backed companies in various industries and regions worldwide.

Jeff Kiburtz joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kiburtz has helped clients across industries to recover more than $1 billion from insurers over his career. He has handled all aspects of policyholder insurance and indemnification--with significant work in connection with business interruption losses, directors and officers coverages and data breaches--as well as wide-ranging experience representing insured parties operating in the technology, finance, real estate and construction, life sciences, health care, industrials, retail, higher education, sports, and media and entertainment sectors.

Leo Norton joined Jackson Lewis P.C. as principal in Orange County.

Norton has extensive experience defending against both nationwide and statewide consumer class actions under a range of statutes, including the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act, California Unfair Competition Law, California False Advertising Law, the Song Beverly Credit Card Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FACTA). He also handles cases related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, California's Unruh Act, California wage and hour class actions, and PAGA.

Honieh Udenka joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as associate in Orange County.

Udenka represents clients' interests across the country in complex disputes in various fields, including brand, reputation, and crisis management, as well as commercial and business litigation.

Oscar G. Jimenez joined Goldberg Segalla as partner in San Francisco.

Jimenez has managed and litigated cases involving construction defects, professional liability, employment and labor, and personal injury claims in state and federal courts throughout California. He represents a variety of businesses and licensed professionals in the construction industry in million-dollar construction defect and professional liability lawsuits, including developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals, including architects and engineers.

Lee M Mendelson as mediator in Valley Village

Mendelson has more than 25 years of experience as a litigator and has been trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation and Pepperdine Law School's Institute for Dispute Resolution. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and is licensed to practice in California, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Lee served as the managing attorney of Mendelson Law Group, APC from 2006 to 2023, and received the Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional designation from the National Association of Subrogation Professionals. He is a member of the Board of Associate Editors for the Commercial Law League of America and is a sought out presenter on various topics including subrogation, business litigation, tort liability, and legal ethics.

Hector Almaguer joined Newell Law Group as senior counsel in Los Angeles and New York.

Almaguer specializes in music, television, and new media. His practice focuses a wide array of complex commercial matters and intellectual property across multiple English, Spanish, and Portuguese countries. He has over 30 years of experience as an attorney, musician, writer, record producer, and content creator whose work has won a Clio Award and has been Grammy-nominated. He's worked for and with some of the biggest names in media, including Universal Music Group, Paramount/Viacom, Warner/Discovery, Warner Music Group, HBO, and artists like Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, J Balvin, and Fat Joe.

Lara A. H. Shortz was promoted to office managing partner of Michelman & Robinson LLP in Los Angeles.

Shortz is sought after to negotiate complex employment agreements, navigate restrictive covenant issues, and litigate executive disputes. Over the years, countless professionals in c-suite positions have leaned upon her when transitioning to new companies. She has compiled an extraordinary record of wins representing high-profile businesses facing state and federal gender-based claims, including claims of pay equity and #metoo-related causes of action. Further, she has successfully defended scores of clients in the hospitality space, among other industries, in wage and hour class and collective actions (PAGA)--this on top of her many additional successes litigating single plaintiff discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters at both the state and federal levels.

Hathanh H. Nguyen joined Goldberg Segalla as special counsel in Los Angeles.

Nguyen is a skilled litigator who counsels and defends clients in the retail and transportation industries concerning a variety of civil matters. She handles a wide range of personal injury claims, including catastrophic injuries, traumatic brain injuries and wrongful death, during all phases of litigation from case opening through resolution. Nguyen is experienced in all aspects of civil litigation, including drafting and arguing pleadings and motions, developing strategic investigation and discovery plans, conducting and responding to discovery, defending depositions, negotiating settlements, and participating in various forms of alternative dispute resolution.

Joshua M. Henderson was promoted to principal of Jackson Lewis P.C. in San Francisco.

Henderson has been appointed leader of the firm's national Workplace Safety and Health group. With extensive experience in navigating compliance regulations, policies, and interpretations under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), and state and local agencies, Henderson is well-positioned to lead the group into its next phase of growth. Henderson represents employers across various industries in labor and employment litigation and counseling matters. His national OSHA practice includes providing training and strategic advice on compliance with workplace safety and health regulations under federal and state laws and defending employers in OSHA litigation across the United States. He is also a recognized thought leader in workplace safety and health. Additionally, he handles complex employment litigation matters, including wage and hour class actions, collective actions, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims, and defenses against whistleblowing, discrimination, and sexual harassment claims.

Carolyn Fitzhugh McNiven joined Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as partner in San Francisco.

McNiven will serve as the leader of the West Coast white-collar defense team. With an extensive background in health care enforcement defense, McNiven represents public companies and individuals facing U.S. Department of Justice investigations and defends civil enforcement matters prompted by whistleblower complaints. She has led several high-profile corruption prosecutions of federal and state government officials, including a sitting governor and a U.S. State Department official.