Lurie Zepeda Schmalz Hogan & Martin PC

Victoria Tsylina
was promoted to shareholder of Lurie Zepeda Schmalz Hogan & Martin PC in Century City.
Tsylina focuses her practice on litigation in business, real estate, trust and probate matters. Her main objective is to promote clients' interests, aggressively working up their cases and developing thorough legal strategies on their behalf.
Haynes and Boone LLP
Michael J. Smith
was promoted to counsel of Haynes and Boone LLP in San Francisco.
Smith is a dedicated patent attorney and a part of the firm's Precision Medicine and Digital Health Practice Group. He takes pride in being uniquely qualified to understand business needs from an intellectual property and patent strategy perspective because of his previous experience working for major life sciences and biopharma companies. Clients value Michael for his strong technical and legal background and his ability to tailor his counsel to the specific legal and business needs of the client.
Michael J Stoner
was promoted to counsel of Haynes and Boone LLP in Palo Alto.
Stoner’s practice focuses on insurance recovery, corporate and commercial litigation, and environmental law.
Daniel Kwok
was promoted to counsel of Haynes and Boone LLP in Orange County.
Kwok’s practice focuses on patents and he has experience developing and maintaining U.S. and international patent portfolios covering the fields of machine learning, blockchain technologies, objection recognition, encryption and authentication, image and video processing, antenna and wireless technologies, telecommunications, video processing, database management, IC design and manufacturing, nanofabrication, and radio frequency.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Howard M. Privette
joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as partner in Orange County.
Privette is an experienced trial lawyer and a member of the firm's commercial litigation practice group whose practice focuses on securities and corporate governance litigation
Loeb & Loeb LLP

Lauren J. Fried
joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Fried concentrates her practice on complex commercial disputes across a variety of industries, with an emphasis on entertainment and media.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Lisa H Lazarus
joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.
Lazarus focuses on toxic tort and product liability litigation and represents and defends corporate clients in all aspects of complex litigation from the pleading stage through mediation, trial, and settlement.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Vinay Kohli
joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kohli will focus his practice on clients across the healthcare industry.
Cooley LLP

John-Paul Motley
joined Cooley LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Motley advises on corporate board governance, securities law compliance, and sophisticated equity and debt transactions.
Tyz Law Group

Joe Newman
joined Tyz Law Group as attorney in San Francisco.
Newman's practice focuses on technology transactions, privacy, and other regulatory matters, with a special focus on issues faced by companies in the video game and technology sectors.
Address
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 868-6900
Faegre Drinker

Pascal Benyamini
was promoted to partner of Faegre Drinker in Los Angeles.
Benyamini will be a co-leader of the firm's consumer products and retail industry team with Chicago partner Kathleen Murphy.
Benyamini represents employers against employment law claims -- including wage and hour, discrimination and wrongful termination claims -- and advises them on compliance, claim prevention, investigations and employment best practices. He also represents furniture manufacturing clients in regulatory matters.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Christina Q. Bouchot
joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Bouchot counsels clients on their most critical employment and compliance issues, whether that means addressing founder disputes, drafting employment policies, making recommendations on the use of restrictive covenants, advising on compliance with wage-and-hour laws, or making recommendations on reductions in force. She also handles investigations and complaints involving allegations of sexual harassment, whistleblowing and discrimination. While she has experience representing companies in many industries, she has a particular focus on technology companies and private equity firms, and understands the nuances of their cultures and unique employment challenges.
Caroline E. Cherkassky
joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as partner in Santa Monica.
Cherkassky’s practice focuses on venture financings and corporate governance matters, and the general day-to-day legal needs of startups. She has also counseled companies on M&A, securities and technology transactions matters.
Miller Barondess LLP

Benjamin H. Segal
joined Miller Barondess LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Segal is a commercial and environmental litigator who represents plaintiffs and defendants in a range of complex disputes.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90067 US
T:
(310) 552-4400
F:
(310) 552-8400
Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP
Dennis Huang
joined Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Huang's practice includes estate and gift planning for domestic and international clients, charitable giving, and probate and trust administration.
Address
One Wilshire Blvd, #2000 , Los Angeles 90017 United States
T:
(213) 629-7633
F:
(213) 624-1376
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Alison R. Weinberg-Fahey
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Weinberg-Fahey focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions. She represents and advises property owners, developers, tenants, lenders, and investors on acquisitions and dispositions, development, construction, joint ventures, secured loans, and workouts for retail, hospitality, office, aviation, and multifamily projects. She also advises clients on brokerage rules and regulations.
Littler
Michelle Ann Clark
joined Littler as shareholder in Fresno.
Clark has extensive experience in technology-focused litigation, including representing clients in cases involving patent and trade secret claims, breach of contract allegations, and unfair competition matters.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Daphne M Higgs
joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Higgs represents clients in complex technology transactions, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, machine learning, open source, entertainment, cloud offerings, consumer products, eXtended reality, drones, and the transfer of technologies from universities. She also provides strategic IP, privacy, and data security advice on M&A and venture capital transactions.
Teresa M.L. Tate
joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Tate’s practice focuses on representing private and public companies in their acquisitions, dispositions, and other complex business combinations. She also represents investors and private companies in ECVC matters, spanning venture capital investments, strategic opportunities, liquidity events, and general corporate matters.
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP.

Richard Gottlieb
joined Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP. as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Gottlieb has a financial services practice.
Address
10250 Constellation Blvd. , Los Angeles 90067 USA
Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C.

Tina Li
joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as associate in San Francisco.
Li counsels clients in a variety of matters relating to medical malpractice, professional liability, general liability and personal injury defense. She has represented hospitals, doctors, general contractors, commercial property owners, and professional athletic teams in all phases of litigation.
Address
580 California Street Suite 1100 , San Francisco 94104 United States
T:
(415) 788-1900
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Yonaton Rosenzweig
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Rosenzweig's practice focuses on antitrust and unfair competition and extends to entertainment and general commercial litigation as well. He has secured favorable outcomes as lead counsel in matters with nine- and 10-figure dollar amounts at stake. His clients are drawn from industries ranging from retail to real estate to private equity, technology, software, and entertainment.
Address
865 South Figueroa St , Los Angeles 90017 USA
Maynard Cooper & Gale

Karen T Tsui
joined Maynard Cooper & Gale as associate in Los Angeles, CA.
Tsui is a litigator with experience in insurance coverage disputes, bad faith liability actions, and other contractual disputes. She focuses her practice on ERISA and employee benefits, including the representation of insurers in life, health, and disability litigation. Karen is an Associate in Maynard's Insurance & Financial Services Litigation Practice. She has substantial experience in all phases of civil litigation, including written and expert discovery, law and motion practice, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation.
Address
1901 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 1700 , Birmingham 35203 United States
T:
(205) 488-3627
Haynes and Boone, LLP

Kenneth Gerald Parker
joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as partner in Orange County/San Francisco.
Parker represents industries, including life sciences (for example, research tools, analytical instrumentation/software, medical devices, diagnostics, biomanufacturing systems, etc.), software (encryption, predictive algorithms, AI), electronics and semiconductors, and consumer products. He prides himself on leading or working with teams to best serve clients, making complex issues understandable for clients, judges, and juries, and obtaining superior results for clients.
Goodwin Procter LLP

David McFarlane
joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
McFarlane advises clients on a broad range of matters under ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, the Affordable Care Act, and other laws related to retirement, health, and welfare benefits, as well as executive compensation.
DLA Piper
Stephen Taeusch
joined DLA Piper as partner in San Francisco.
Taeusch represents employers in state and federal courts in a wide variety of employment-related matters, including wage and hour, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, unfair business practices and retaliation claims in single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff and class action litigation.
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP.

Jonathan E. Shardlow
joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP. as partner in Irvine, CA.
Shardlow represents commercial real estate owners and developers in the industrial, retail, and multifamily sectors on a variety of land use issues including California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance and related litigation and transactional matters. Jonathan's experience extends throughout California, with particular focus in the Inland Empire.
Address
1900 Main Street, 5th Floor , Irvine 92614-7321 USA
T:
(949) 851-5422
Nossaman

Raja Sékaran
was promoted to co-chair, healthcare group of Nossaman in San Francisco.
Sékaran will serve as co-chair of the Firm's Healthcare Group. He represents healthcare delivery systems, health plans, hospitals, a major academic medical center, a county Local Health Authority, Federally Qualified Health Centers, medical groups, medical device companies, other providers, private equity investors, trade associations and California's private exchange for purchasing small group insurance.

Anna C. Tang
was promoted to co-chair, corporate group of Nossaman in Los Angeles.
Tang will serve as co-chair of the firm's Corporate Group . Tang represents and advises emerging and established companies across a broad range of industries as transactional and general corporate counsel with respect to a wide variety of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements and negotiations and corporate governance.
Allen & Overy LLP

Lisa Nguyen
joined Allen & Overy LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Nguyen represents cutting-edge technology companies in intellectual property matters, particularly in litigation against non-practicing entities.
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP

Amy Eskin
was promoted to partner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP in Emeryville.
Eskin has more than 30 years of trial experience in personal injury, products liability and complex pharmaceutical and medical device cases to the firm. She was elected into the American Board of Trial Advocates, has been honored as a top attorney of Northern California by San Francisco Magazine, and received the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Civil Justice Award among other honors.

Ryan Hicks
was promoted to partner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP in Houston.
Hicks has practiced civil litigation since 1998 and has represented a variety of clients in products liability, negligence, commercial, and breach of fiduciary cases against corporate and individual clients including ATV manufacturers, airlines, premises owners, banks, investment firms, public utilities, and insurance companies.

Nathan B. Piller
was promoted to partner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP in Emeryville.
Piller is an experienced litigator focusing on complex civil litigation in the areas of employment and consumer law. He has litigated numerous class and collective action cases, including Julian, et al. v. Swift Transportation, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:16-CV-00576-ROS (D. Ariz.) (represented trainee truck drivers in a nationwide wage-and-hour collective action against the largest trucking company in United States and achieved a $14,000,000 settlement); and Shaw, et al. v. AMN Services, LLC, et al., Case No. 3:16-cv-02816-JCS (N.D. Cal.) (represented traveling nurses in a wage-and-hour class action against a large healthcare staffing company and multibillion dollar hospital system, and achieved a $20,000,000 settlement).

David C. Leimbach
was promoted to partner of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP in Emeryville.
Leimbach's practice focuses on complex litigation, with an emphasis on employment and consumer protection class actions. He has successfully litigated numerous novel legal issues in trial and appellate courts, both procedural and substantive, including a series of class actions that led to the nationwide elimination of on-call scheduling policies in the retail industry.
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Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky has been established in California with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1993. The firm represents both individuals and institutional clients such as health insurers and municipalities in complex civil litigation. In addition to the Los Angeles office, the firm maintains a nationwide practice with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Texas, North Carolina and Puerto Rico. Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky handles class actions in the areas of employment, disability access, civil rights, and consumer protection. It also litigates cases in the fields of antitrust law, ERISA, and qui tam. The firm's practice focuses on impact litigation with a goal of remedying systemic violations of the law in employment, civil rights, public accommodations, consumer fraud, antitrust, and ERISA cases.
Miller Barondess, LLP

Molly C. Stephens
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Stephens has 20 years of experience litigating complex commercial cases, including disputes involving investment contracts and funds, corporate governance and fiduciary duties, structured finance, and securities law. Representing plaintiffs, Stephens has achieved settlements and verdicts worth tens of millions to tens of billions of dollars. Representing defendants, she has obtained settlements before the plaintiffs ever filed a lawsuit, dismissals with prejudice at the pleading stage, and summary judgment disposing of all claims. Stephens continues to develop practice areas related to new industries and financial practices, including cryptocurrency, esports, and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs).
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Miller Barondess, LLP is a 40-lawyer litigation firm in Los Angeles. The firm handles high-stakes litigation, trial and appellate work in California and around the country; and represents clients ranging from celebrities to Fortune 500 companies to government, as well as providing pro bono assistance in the local community.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90067
T:
(310) 552-4400
F:
(310) 552-8400
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Howard M. Privette
joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as partner in Orange County.
Privette is an experienced trial lawyer and a member of the firm's commercial litigation practice group. He focuses his practice on securities and corporate governance litigation. Drawing upon the invaluable experience gained from more than 30 years of trial experience representing national and international clients in a wide range of complex business disputes in courts throughout the United States, he develops innovative strategies for resolving the most challenging cases. His cases have involved disputes over business ownership issues, director and officer (D&O) liability, corporate governance, trade secrets, privacy and cybersecurity, False Claims Act and whistleblower issues, alleged corrupt practices (FCPA), price-fixing and market power, and alleged violations of regulations affecting the financial, technology, and life sciences industries.
Privette is also a noted thought leader in the areas of shareholder and fiduciary duty litigation and has represented dozens of clients with the defense of class actions involving claims by consumers and shareholders.
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Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.
Address
Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400 , Costa Mesa 92626-7689 United States
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP
Details
Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP, a national plaintiff side law firm, is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Los Angeles. The firm's new office - its second in California and fifth nationwide - will focus on complex litigation involving employment, consumer protection, and antitrust matters. The Los Angeles office is at 300 S. Grand Avenue. The office will be led by partner Jason H. Kim, who will oversee day-to-day office management and represent Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky in the Southern California legal community. Kim has led the firm's Business Litigation and Competition practice group since 2020, representing classes, municipalities, and several of the nation's largest health insurers in a wide variety of civil matters. The Los Angeles office will house two partners and six associates, bringing the total headcount for the firm to 67 lawyers. Partner Carolyn Cottrell, a member of the firm since 1995, will continue overseeing the firm's employment practice now expanding into the Los Angeles office and will be a part-time resident of that office. Cottrell has litigated hundreds of class actions and individual claims including wage and hour, employment discrimination and civil rights actions.
Address
300 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2700 , Los Angeles 90071
T:
(415) 472-7100
F:
(415) 421-7105
McManis Faulkner

Abimael (AJ) Bastida
was promoted to partner of McManis Faulkner in San Jose, CA.
Bastida represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of business, criminal and employment-related disputes. He also has experience with civil rights, probate and trust litigation and white-collar matters, representing high-level executives.