Jacqueline Harding joined ADR Services, Inc. as a neutral in Los Angeles. The move was Oct. 5, 2026.

Harding brings nearly 30 years of civil litigation and settlement experience, with a distinguished career focused on employment law and complex workplace disputes. A longtime partner at Wilson Elser, where she practiced for more than two decades, she handled a broad range of matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, whistleblower claims, wage and hour class actions and PAGA, disability law, leave disputes, employment contracts, and Equal Pay Act claims.

Glen G. Mastroberte joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a partner in Los Angeles.

Mastroberte represents a wide range of clients in all legal and business aspects of the media, entertainment, music and sports industries. His practice spans complex M&A transactions, financings, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, strategic alliances, branding, licensing and endorsement transactions, and other corporate transactions on behalf of investors, investment funds, private equity firms, financial institutions, studios, production companies, producers, music labels, music catalog owners, talent agencies and individuals. He has extensive experience advising on high-profile deals for clients in the film, television, music, sports, video gaming, beauty and technology sectors.

Dean J. Zipser joined JAMS as a neutral in Orange County. The move was Oct. 5, 2026.

Zipser is a founding partner of Umberg Zipser LLP and has represented companies and individuals in matters involving commercial contracts, business torts, intellectual property, class actions, financial services, real estate and construction, and unfair competition and false advertising. His experience spans all stages of litigation, from pretrial proceedings through trial and appeal, and includes extensive involvement in alternative dispute resolution. Zipser is widely recognized for his leadership within the Orange County legal community. He is a past president of, among other organizations, the Orange County Bar Association, the Orange County Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the Orange County Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and the OCBA Charitable Fund.
Based at the Orange County Resolution Center, Zipser will serve as a mediator, arbitrator, and court-appointed neutral (referee/special master), handling business and commercial, class action, financial services, intellectual property, real estate and construction, and unfair competition matters. He is available to conduct sessions in person and virtually for clients across the country.

Patrick Sharma joined Stradling as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was Oct. 8, 2026.

Sharma joins Stradling from Cooley LLP, where he advised startups, established companies and investors on a range of tax issues and business transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, debt and equity financings, joint ventures, and inbound and outbound investments. He also maintains an active pro bono practice helping organizations achieve and preserve tax-exempt status.

Before returning to private practice in February 2025, Sharma served as senior manager of Tax Planning at Snap Inc., where he oversaw tax planning and compliance, SEC reporting and transfer pricing. Earlier in his career, he practiced in the tax departments of Cooley and Latham & Watkins.

Jacqueline G. Go joined Goldberg Segalla as a partner in San Francisco.

Go is an experienced workers' compensation attorney whose practice focuses on defending the interests of insurance companies, employers, and third-party administrators throughout California. Known for her proactive approach to claim management, she partners with clients to develop defense strategies, mitigate risk, and resolve matters efficiently while advancing the client's business objectives. Having dedicated more than 14 years to workers' compensation defense, Go skillfully manages matters from inception through settlement, trial, and post-award proceedings. Her practice includes defending complex claims involving multiple parties, significant medical issues, and structured settlements.

Zena M. Ho joined Jones Day as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was Oct. 7, 2026.

Ho's practice focuses on real estate and real estate finance, counseling borrowers and lenders on structuring and documenting financing transactions involving multifamily developments, office and industrial parks, retail centers, mixed-use projects, and hospitality properties. She also represents lenders in the purchase, workout, and restructuring of distressed loans, as well as debt and equity financing and other intercreditor transactions.

Sean M. Callagy joined Jones Day as a partner in San Francisco.

Callagy is an experienced commercial litigator whose practice focuses on intellectual property law, particularly in relation to cutting-edge technologies and in the intersection of copyright law with technological developments. He has represented clients before federal and state courts in disputes pertaining to copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret laws; contract and business tort laws; the Sherman Antitrust Act; and state statutes on unfair trade practices. Callagy's significant courtroom experience in all stages of litigation, from preliminary remedies to post-trial motions, also informs the counseling and pre-lawsuit advice on IP matters that he provides to clients.

Thomas E. Loeser joined Hausfeld as a partner in San Francisco. The move was Oct. 5, 2026.

Hausfeld brings more than 27 years of legal experience to Hausfeld, including nearly two decades leading complex consumer and data breach and privacy class actions and nearly five years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles, where he served in the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section. Before law school, he built a career in technology: after a BA in Physics, he earned an MBA and wrote code for Treasury at Microsoft and served as a product line financial analyst at the Hewlett-Packard Company.

KC Maxwell joined Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes as of counsel in San Francisco. The move was Oct. 5, 2026.

Maxwell is a trial lawyer and strategic advisor with three decades of experience representing individuals, executives and organizations in high-stakes criminal and civil matters. She has served as general counsel and advisor to startups and emerging companies while maintaining a litigation and counseling practice and has represented individuals and institutions in trials, investigations and business disputes in state and federal courts. Maxwell also has worked closely with founders, executives and investors in the technology and venture communities. At Glenn Agre, she will serve as a strategic advisor for clients whose matters draw on the firm's litigation, investigations and restructuring teams.

Nathan S. Smith joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as a partner in Orange County.

Smith's practice focuses on intellectual property transactions, licensing matters, and domestic and foreign patent prosecution. He works with a broad range of life sciences and technology companies, including medical device and pharmaceutical organizations, and has experience spanning industries such as software, consumer electronics, agriculture, automotive, aerospace, and energy.

Dennis C. Jones, Jr. joined Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. as a member in San Francisco.

Jones represents health plans and providers in regulatory proceedings involving California's Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), including enforcement actions and administrative hearings; provider/payor payment disputes; and related appellate matters. Beyond litigation, he advises health care organizations on regulatory compliance, licensing, contracting, and Medi-Cal and Medicare program requirements, as well as Knox-Keene Act and HIPAA-related matters, helping clients structure their operations and resolve problems before they escalate.

Jason Grinnell joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as a partner in Los Angeles.

Grinnell helps clients navigate the legal considerations that shape commercial real estate transactions. By pairing extensive legal experience with a practical understanding of the market, he spots potential issues early and identifies opportunities for strategic advantage so clients can stay focused on their goals.

Jennifer Lefton joined RMO LLP. as a senior attorney in Orange County.

Lefton represents trustees, conservators, personal representatives, beneficiaries, and other interested parties in contested trust, probate, conservatorship, and financial elder abuse matters. She brings more than 15 years of legal experience, including a decade leading her own practice focused largely on those disputes.

Theresa Nolan joined Cozen O'Connor as a member in Los Angeles. The move was Sept. 21, 2026.

Nolan focuses her practice on representing developers, architects, engineers, contractors, and other construction-industry-related entities in disputes arising from major infrastructure and commercial developments. She advises and represents clients throughout the entire dispute life cycle--from early risk assessment and strategic planning through discovery, expert evidence, dispositive proceedings, settlement, and hearings.

Andy Hutchison joined Alston & Bird as a partner in San Francisco.

Hutchison advises companies on resolving complex disputes and managing litigation risk in matters involving significant operational, regulatory, financial, and reputational exposure. His practice spans litigation, compliance, and risk management, enabling him to develop strategic solutions that protect legal and business interests. Andy represents clients in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels, as well as in mediations and arbitrations before the AAA, JAMS, and FINRA. Andy defends businesses against consumer protection and privacy class actions involving advertising, labeling, warranties, unfair competition, deceptive trade practices, and data privacy. He counsels companies in the food, beverage, cosmetics, and supplement industries on advertising, labeling, warranty, FDA, FTC, and Proposition 65 matters.

Devin Donohue joined Alston & Bird as a partner in Los Angeles.

Donohue represents companies, financial institutions, executives, and nonprofit organizations in complex commercial disputes, internal investigations, employment matters, and trade secret litigation. He advises clients through all stages of litigation and arbitration, helping them assess risk and pursue business-focused resolutions. Devin focuses his practice on commercial, trade secret, corporate governance, employment, and securities-related disputes in state and federal courts and before arbitration forums, including JAMS, AAA, and FINRA. He also counsels clients in sensitive internal investigations involving alleged misconduct, compliance concerns, trade secret misappropriation, workplace issues, and other business-critical matters.

Curtis M. Fiorini joined JAMS as a neutral in Sacramento. The move was Sept. 21, 2026.

Fiorini brings more than 30 years of legal experience, including over 15 years on the Sacramento County Superior Court. Based at the Sacramento Resolution Center, he will serve as a mediator, arbitrator and neutral evaluator in business and commercial, employment, personal injury, medical malpractice, real estate, construction defect, automotive, lemon law, and trusts and estates disputes. As a judge, he served as supervising judge for civil settlements and conducted hundreds of conferences involving personal injury, medical malpractice, business, commercial real estate, breach of contract, construction defect, lemon law, and employment matters.

Susan Gelmis joined The Complex Appellate Litigation Group as a counsel in San Francisco.

Gelmis brings nearly four decades of experience from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where she served on the court's central staff and worked closely with nearly every 9th Circuit judge, culminating with a decade of service as the Circuit's chief deputy clerk for operations. She also helped create the 9th Circuit's Pro Bono Program, a nationally recognized initiative that has served as a model for appellate pro bono programs across the nation. Gelmis is also a contributor and editor to the Rutter Guide's treatise on 9th Circuit Practice.

Kaitlin F. Bagby joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as a partner in Palo Alto.

Bagby advises high-growth technology companies throughout the full corporate lifecycle, from formation and early-stage and venture financings through mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings. She also represents leading venture capital investors in financings and other strategic transactions. She has deep relationships throughout the global venture ecosystem and significant experience advising founders and venture-backed startups, including those within the Y Combinator community.

Kevin Collins joined Sterlington as a partner in Sacramento.

Collins' practice spans complex civil litigation, including trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, antitrust, class actions, real estate, construction, land use, and mass torts. He regularly serves as lead counsel in multi‑party disputes and has extensive experience coordinating litigation strategy across parallel proceedings. He has also served in lead roles in complex federal receiverships.

Don Sullivan joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in San Francisco. The move was Sept. 1, 2026.

Sullivan brings nearly 30 years of experience representing employers, employee benefit plans, fiduciaries, and plan sponsors in complex employment and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) matters. He regularly serves as lead counsel in employment and employee benefits litigation, including class, representative, and single-plaintiff matters involving wage and hour, Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims under state and federal law. He also advises and represents employers in ERISA and non-ERISA disputes involving pension and welfare benefit plans, fiduciary obligations, and government investigations. He also counsels employers on workplace policies, employee training, and compliance strategies designed to reduce risk and prevent disputes before they arise.

Jakarri Hamlin joined Hogan Lovells Cadwalader as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was Sept. 15, 2026.

Hamlin advises financial institutions as well as asset managers across all asset classes in financings such as NAV, hybrid and subscription facilities, structured and asset-backed financings, holdco loans, mezzanine loans, margin loans, and other forms of back leverage. Hamlin also has substantial experience structuring and negotiating ISDA documentation, as well as prime brokerage, repurchase, and other trading agreements; he began his career in structured finance and derivatives before shifting into fund finance.

Nikhil Ramnaney joined V. James DeSimone Law as a counsel in Los Angeles.

Ramnaney has worked on multiple sides of the justice system. He has served as a prosecutor, represented public entities and law enforcement agencies in civil litigation, defended individuals as a Los Angeles County Public Defender, and investigated and prosecuted violations of federal civil rights laws for the United States Department of Justice. That breadth of experience provides him with an uncommon understanding of how government agencies, prosecutors, municipalities, law enforcement departments, and their attorneys investigate, evaluate, defend, and litigate serious cases.

Jennifer Goldstein joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as of counsel in Los Angeles. The move was Sept. 14, 2026.

Goldstein represents clients in complex civil litigation matters involving consumer class actions, corporate breakups and partnership disputes, shareholder suits, investment fraud, real property disputes and breaches of contracts such as commercial leases, construction scopes of work and financing agreements. She works hand in glove with her clients to develop comprehensive, flexible litigation strategies that dovetail with her clients' business objectives. She implements those strategies from complaint through trial, seeking impactful discovery, taking key depositions and arguing dispositive pre-trial motions to create the conditions for a favorable resolution, either by way of settlement or judgment.

Zack Thompson joined Buchalter as a counsel in Sacramento.

Thompson has represented businesses across many industries, from small retail and hospitality companies to large financial institutions and agricultural operations. His practice spans a diverse range of commercial and employment disputes, including breach of contract and fraud claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, real estate matters, and wage and hour and discrimination disputes. He handles matters through all phases of litigation, including negotiations, mediations, pleadings, discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal. He has handled appeals in both California and federal courts and has submitted amicus curiae briefs on behalf of clients seeking to provide courts with additional perspectives on significant legal issues.

Kimberly Rowe joined Akin as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was Sept. 9, 2026.

Rowe advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies and strategic clients on complex corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts, take-private transactions, public and private M&A, carve-outs, co-investments, private investments in public equity and other strategic transactions across a broad range of industries. Most recently, Rowe served as Lead Counsel, Corporate Transactions at The Walt Disney Co., where she led complex strategic transactions and negotiated key strategic transactions with peer companies.