Daniel Stephen Rothberg joined Mayer Brown as a partner in Los Angeles.

Rothberg leverages institutional discipline and commercial practicality to assist clients in real estate transactions, translating commercial priorities into practical deal strategies and execution. He represents a diverse client base, including institutional and non-institutional investors, and guides them through the full spectrum of real estate and real estate finance matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, development, mortgage and mezzanine financing (on behalf of lenders and borrowers), preferred equity arrangements, workouts, restructuring transactions, joint venture formations, asset management, and leasing matters. He advises on transactions across all major asset classes nationwide.

Darren J Chetcuti joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as an associate in San Francisco. The move was July 15, 2026.

Prior to joining the firm, Chetcuti worked as an associate attorney at an insurance defense firm representing companies and individuals in landlord-tenant and personal injury matters.

G. Andrew Lundberg has launched LundbergADR in Los Angeles.

G. Andrew "Andy" Lundberg has left Burford Capital to focus full time on his commercial arbitration practice at LundbergADR. He spent 35 years at Latham & Watkins LLP in Los Angeles, where he chaired the office's Litigation Department and the firm's global Insurance Recovery practice while maintaining a nationwide trial and appellate practice. Most recently, Lundberg served for eight years on the investment committee of Burford Capital, a legal finance firm, where he frequently wrote and spoke on litigation funding and related issues. Based in Rancho Santa Fe, he now serves as an American Arbitration Association arbitrator and Master Mediator, with a practice focused on complex insurance coverage, contract and tort-related disputes.

Anne B. Easton joined Entertainment Law Partners as a senior counsel in Los Angeles. The move was Feb. 1, 2026.

Easton represents filmmakers, production companies and creative entrepreneurs in transactional entertainment matters involving film, television and digital media. Her practice includes advising clients throughout the production process on chain of title, talent and producer agreements, guild compliance, financing structures and distribution for both independent and studio-backed projects. She also handles matters involving literary publishing, new media, intellectual property, media financing and music.

Before joining Entertainment Law Partners, Easton practiced at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and completed secondments with TelevisaUnivision and Amazon Studios. At Amazon, she worked on the Amazon-MGM merger and provided legal support on film and television productions including "Play Dirty," "Don't Make Me Go," "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," "The Summer I Turned Pretty" and "The Power". She also continues to maintain her boutique practice, Blakemore Law.

Michelle Wasserman joined Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight as a partner in San Diego. The move was July 8, 2026.

Wasserman represents employees, executives and whistleblowers in complex employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, executive employment, ERISA and False Claims Act matters. She also handles whistleblower retaliation claims and other complex civil litigation. Before joining Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, she served as executive counsel for global investigations at GE Vernova, advising on internal investigations, ethics, compliance and regulatory matters. Previously, she spent nearly 14 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of California, where she prosecuted white collar matters involving procurement fraud, public corruption, health care fraud, financial crimes and False Claims Act cases, trying 15 cases to verdict and handling appeals before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Earlier in her career, she practiced commercial litigation at Cooley LLP, representing clients in false advertising, unfair competition, intellectual property and securities disputes.

Jeffrey M. Weiner joined Foundation Law Group as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was July 10, 2026.

Weiner represents public and private companies, investors, entrepreneurs and executives in business and corporate matters. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions, securities offerings, corporate governance, technology outsourcing, intellectual property licensing, and general business and securities law. He serves as primary outside counsel to numerous companies, advising on strategic transactions and day-to-day corporate matters. His M&A experience includes representing buyers, sellers and investors in transactions valued at up to approximately $1 billion, and he advises clients ranging from emerging growth companies to established enterprises across multiple industries.

Allyson Deraps joined Farella Braun + Martel LLP as a counsel in San Francisco. The move was July 8, 2026.

Deraps advises public charities and other nonprofit organizations on legal issues including formation, tax-exempt status, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, contracts, employment matters and intellectual property. She previously served as in-house counsel for the Burning Man Project from 2014 to 2022 and later founded her own firm, where she provided outside general counsel services to nonprofit organizations and social enterprises.

Leahana Grimley joined Dechert LLP as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 7, 2026.

Grimley is a corporate partner whose practice focuses on private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions in the United States and Asia-Pacific. She advises private equity sponsors and portfolio companies on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, leveraged buyouts, strategic acquisitions, incentive equity arrangements and other corporate matters throughout the investment lifecycle. Her experience also includes advising on complex restructuring matters, including a Chapter 11 bankruptcy involving a major satellite operator. Before joining Dechert LLP, Grimley practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sydney and Ho Chi Minh City, representing clients in cross-border transactions, fund formation, and portfolio acquisitions and divestitures.

Harrison Brown joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was July 6, 2026.

Brown represents companies and executives in complex litigation, class actions and mass arbitrations involving consumer protection, privacy, advertising, telemarketing and unfair competition. His practice focuses on claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, state telemarketing laws, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and other privacy statutes, as well as disputes involving false advertising, product labeling, pricing, email marketing, automatic renewal programs and website accessibility. Brown also advises clients on compliance strategies to reduce consumer litigation risk and handles business disputes involving fraud, breach of contract and partnership issues. He has represented clients in state and federal courts nationwide, including U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal and California Courts of Appeal.

Erica Graves joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as a partner in Los Angeles. The move was July 6, 2026.

Graves defends companies in consumer fraud class actions, false advertising, commercial litigation and regulatory enforcement matters across industries including food and beverage, cosmetics, supplements, fashion, chemicals and renewable energy. Her practice includes disputes involving product labeling, marketing and environmental claims, country-of-origin representations, pricing, Lanham Act claims, contract disputes, patent litigation and Proposition 65. Graves also advises clients on product launches, advertising compliance, endorsements and environmental requirements, including FDA, FTC, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Proposition 65 and Extended Producer Responsibility laws, with a focus on reducing litigation and regulatory risk. She also maintains a pro bono practice involving intellectual property, civil rights, pardons and housing matters.

Joshua M. Masur joined Jeffer Mangels & Mitchell LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Masur represents technology companies in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing disputes and related business claims. He has more than 25 years of experience handling cases in federal and state courts, before the International Trade Commission, and in arbitration and mediation. His practice spans technologies including computer networking, online services, streaming video, encryption, biometric authentication, mobile devices, cannabis, automotive emissions controls and digital media.

Sunita Bali joined Arnold & Porter as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 7, 2026.

A seasoned commercial litigator, Sunita represents technology, retail, and other clients in complex privacy, consumer class-action, and other commercial litigation disputes. She advises clients on compliance with privacy and consumer protection laws, particularly those that regulate the collection and use of biometric and other sensitive data. Sunita regularly defends large, high-stakes privacy and consumer class-action cases brought under the federal Wiretap Act, the Stored Communications Act, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the California Invasion of Privacy Act, and California's consumer protection laws. She also has well over a decade of experience litigating and advising clients on content moderation issues and has represented some of the world's largest companies in high-profile cases implicating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.

Her arrival builds on the firm's ongoing West Coast strategic growth and follows several other additions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle this year.

Carolyn Enciso Sieve joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in Costa Mesa. The move was July 6, 2026.

Sieve is an experienced employment litigator who represents employers in state and federal court litigation, arbitrations, mediations, and administrative proceedings. She handles matters involving discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour issues, the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and unfair competition and trade secrets. Sieve manages lawsuits involving individual plaintiffs as well as class and representative actions from risk assessment through trial.

In addition to her litigation work, Sieve advises on general workplace issues, conducts workplace investigations, and reviews employment policies. She counsels employers across various industries, including retail, logistics, transportation, security, healthcare, entertainment, technology, construction, financial services, manufacturing, restaurants, and hospitality.

Sieve earned her J.D. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Arizona. She is a founding member of the Filipino-American Lawyers of Orange County (FLOC), where she serves on the board of governors and as treasurer.

Bonny E. Sweeney joined Hausfeld LLP as a partner in San Francisco. The move was July 6, 2026.

Sweeney represents clients in complex antitrust and competition litigation, with more than 30 years of experience handling price-fixing, monopolization, Robinson-Patman Act and tying claims, as well as related consumer protection and commercial disputes. She previously served as senior trial/litigation counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, where she advised attorneys on trial practice and antitrust law and participated in enforcement actions, including the government's monopolization case against Live Nation/Ticketmaster and its successful challenge to the American Airlines-JetBlue Northeast Alliance. She has also served as lead and co-lead counsel in private antitrust class actions.

Tom Krzeminski joined Michelman & Robinson LLP as a partner in Irvine. The move was July 6, 2026.

Krzeminski has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in commercial, patent and trade secret litigation. His practice focuses on intellectual property and business disputes across the pharmaceutical, software, manufacturing, automotive, semiconductor and consumer products industries. He has substantial experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation, representing generic and branded pharmaceutical companies, and also advises clients on FDA regulatory matters involving NDA, ANDA and 505(b)(2) approvals. In addition, he has handled Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Katherine R. Ammirati joined Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP as an associate in Burlingame.

Ammirati represents plaintiffs in complex litigation matters, drawing on more than a decade of legal experience in both civil and criminal practice. Prior to joining CPM, she was a deputy district attorney for Inyo County, where she prosecuted felony and misdemeanor cases, conducted 13 jury trials, and handled all stages of litigation from investigation through trial. Earlier in her career, she represented clients in administrative and federal proceedings as a staff attorney with legal aid organizations throughout the Bay Area.

Andrew Gray joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder in Irvine.

Gray represents companies, financial institutions, boards of directors and individuals in high-stakes commercial litigation, with a focus on securities class actions, merger and acquisition disputes, partnership and corporate control contests, shareholder derivative suits and other complex business matters. He regularly advises clients in the technology, software, pharmaceutical, semiconductor and real estate industries. His experience includes jury trials, dismissals at the pleading and summary judgment stages, and disputes involving transactions valued in the billions of dollars.

Eric B. Evans joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as a partner in Menlo Park.

Evans advises technology companies on machine learning systems, information governance, privacy compliance and cybersecurity. Drawing on his technical background, he counsels clients on the design and defensibility of AI and data governance systems and related legal and regulatory issues.

Steven W. Moore joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Moore is an experienced labor and employment litigator with a national practice representing domestic and international employers across a wide range of industries, including health care, technology, transportation, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality. He focuses his practice on defending employers in complex employment litigation, including wage and hour class and collective actions, discrimination and retaliation lawsuits, and large-scale government investigations.

Ben Riley joined JAMS as a neutral in San Francisco. The move was June 30, 2026.

Riley has more than 40 years of trial and alternative dispute resolution experience, with a practice focused on intellectual property, complex business litigation, class actions, and trust and estate disputes. He has handled cases involving copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets, technology licensing, securities, financial fraud, venture capital, unfair advertising, and real property disputes. Riley has tried more than 30 cases to verdict, spent approximately 18 months in trial, and litigated matters valued at more than $500 million, including numerous high-stakes arbitrations. As a neutral, he serves as an arbitrator, mediator, neutral evaluator, and special master/referee in intellectual property, commercial, class action, and probate-related matters.

Ronald F. Frazier joined Judicate West as a neutral in San Diego. The move was July 1, 2026.

Judge Frazier has four decades of legal experience handling product liability, personal injury, employment, medical malpractice, real estate, business and commercial, and probate disputes. Appointed to the San Diego County Superior Court in 2009, he spent 17 years presiding over civil, probate and juvenile dependency matters, including service in the Independent Calendar Civil Court. Before joining the bench, he practiced civil litigation for more than 26 years representing both plaintiffs and defendants, and also served as a mediator. He now serves as a mediator, arbitrator and private judge.

Angie S. Lee joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento.

Lee has more than 15 years of experience representing clients in state and federal courts, focusing her practice on bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and trust and estates. Her bankruptcy experience includes the representation of debtors, debtors-in-possession, secured and unsecured creditors, Chapter 7 trustees, and creditors' committees. Lee has represented businesses and financial institutions in matters involving fraud, commercial torts, copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement, and breach of contract

Stephen A. Watkins joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento and Los Angeles.

Watkins focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes, including class actions. He represents companies in high-stakes litigation and advises businesses on risk management, operational strategy, and key legal matters affecting their day-to-day operations.

Vannessa Pouladian joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Sacramento.

Pouladian focuses her practice on complex civil litigation. She has more than a decade’s experience handling high-stakes disputes, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, real property, landlord-tenant, ADA, insurance bad faith, and contractual matters.

Rebecca Martino joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Martino focuses her practice on bad faith litigation, real estate, catastrophic injury, and complex insurance coverage matters. With more than two decades of experience, she represents individuals, insurers, and companies of all sizes in state and federal courts. Martino also handles appeals in bad faith litigation and insurance coverage cases, offering counsel at every stage of the legal process. In addition, she prepares coverage opinions, advises insurers on fraud investigations, and drafts insurance policy language.

Derek H. Lim joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Walnut Creek.

Lim focuses his practice on business disputes and complex civil litigation matters, including transportation, employment, premises and product liability, construction, and commercial litigation. He represents and counsels his clients in areas ranging from discrimination, harassment, unfair competition, trade secrets, and breach of contract to catastrophic personal injury matters.

Allison B. Friedman joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in Walnut Creek.

Friedman focuses her practice on litigation defense matters involving medical malpractice, long-term care facilities, healthcare agencies and correctional facilities.

Janelle Covington joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Covington's practice focuses on commercial litigation, business disputes, insurance coverage, professional liability, personal injury, and complex civil litigation. She represents businesses, insurers, healthcare organizations, transportation network companies, and other corporate clients in high-exposure disputes involving contracts, business torts, professional negligence, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and other complex civil claims. Covington develops practical, business-focused litigation strategies to help clients manage risk, resolve disputes efficiently, and protect their long-term interests.

Brett A. Baer joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as a partner in San Francisco.

Baer focuses his practice primarily on environmental & toxic tort matters. He brings additional experience across a broad range of practice areas, including government contracts, business transactions, real estate, and construction disputes.

Kaitlin Kines joined Venable LLP as a partner in Irvine. The move was June 22, 2026.

Kines advises private equity sponsors, growth equity investors, financial institutions, family offices, and emerging and late-stage companies on corporate transactions. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, growth equity investments, strategic partnerships, buyouts, financings, joint ventures, and other complex transactions. She also serves as outside corporate counsel to portfolio companies and management teams across a range of industries, including technology, health and wellness, beauty, sports, entertainment, and hospitality.

Tricia Legittino joined Eisner LLP as a partner in Beverly Hills.

Legittino is a trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience in federal and state courts. Before entering private practice, she served as an assistant Illinois attorney general, trying jury and bench cases and later becoming the youngest deputy bureau chief of the Sexually Violent Persons Bureau. Her practice focuses on employment, commercial, securities and entertainment litigation, as well as employment counseling.

Nicholas Medellin joined Eisner LLP as an associate in Beverly Hills.

Medellin represents clients in entertainment, employment and intellectual property disputes. He also has experience in the business and legal affairs departments of a major entertainment studio and in television production, providing insight into the legal and business issues facing media and entertainment clients.

Marsha N. Levinson was promoted to partner of Withers in San Francisco.

Levinson works closely with founders, senior executives, fund managers, and closely held business owners, often in connection with funding rounds, liquidity events, and sophisticated investment structures. Her practice focuses on designing and implementing tailored, tax‑efficient strategies, including lifetime gifting and advanced estate, gift, and income tax planning.

Vahe Mesropyan was promoted to partner of Withers in Los Angeles.

Mesropyan’s practice spans a wide range of civil and commercial litigation, including securities class actions, contract disputes, antitrust matters, employment disputes, real estate matters, trade secret misappropriation, and fiduciary duty matters. He also frequently advises companies on unfair competition issues in the employment context, including the enforceability of restrictive covenants, and assists clients in protecting and recovering confidential and proprietary information.

Sara A. Pike was promoted to partner of Withers in San Diego.

Pike is a California and Nevada attorney who assists clients in all aspects of estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, and charitable planning. Sara focuses on intra-family wealth transfers through lifetime gifting to irrevocable trusts, QSBS and income tax planning techniques, and complex trust administrations. She also advises individuals and organizations regarding the charitable split-interest trusts, private foundations, and other charitable vehicles.

Kat Peters-Miller was promoted to partner of Shartsis Friese in San Francisco. The promotion is effective June 25, 2026.

Peters-Miller advises private fund managers on the regulatory and transactional issues affecting domestic and offshore investment funds. Her practice focuses on the formation and operation of hedge, venture capital, private equity, fund-of-funds and hybrid funds, as well as investment adviser formation, registration, mergers and acquisitions, seeding arrangements, separately managed accounts, business continuity planning and regulatory compliance. She also counsels clients on the ongoing legal and operational issues arising throughout the life cycle of investment management businesses.