Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Shawn T. Cobb
joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP as partner in San Diego.
welcomes Shawn T. Cobb as partner
from Latham & Watkins LLC
Cobb specializes in environmental and land use matters. his clients come from a broad range of industries including real estate, clean energy, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, and financial services.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
600 West Broadway, 27th Floor , San Diego 92101-0903 USA
T:
(619) 233-1155
Withers
Loretta C. Thompson
joined Withers as partner in Los Angeles.
Thompson advises clients in commercial and residential real estate transactions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Ann M. Wicks
joined Withers as partner in San Francisco.
Wicks specializes in employment law, including internal investigations and litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
1925 Century Park E, Ste 400 , Los Angeles 90067-2705 United States
T:
(310) 228-5756
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Matthew C. Kane
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kane specializes in employment matters such as wage and hour class and collective litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Sylvia J. Kim
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kim specializes in employment litigation with an emphasis on wage and hour class actions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
11601 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1400 , Los Angeles 90025-1744 United States
T:
(310) 442-8818
F:
(310) 820-8859
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP
Michael Rivera
joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as partner in Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden PC.
Rivera advises clients in the acquisition, development and leasing of commercial real estate.
He is based in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Address
10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2200 , Los Angeles 90024 United States
T:
(424) 320-2672
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Tanya L. Forsheit
joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner and co-chair of the privacy, security and data innovations practice in Los Angeles.
Forsheit advises clients on protecting, monetizing and marketing their digital assets.
She is bases in Los Angeles.
Address
Loeb & Loeb LLP, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Ste 2200 , Los Angeles 90067-4120 United States
T:
(310) 282-2244
F:
(310) 282-2200
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Matthew C. Kane
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kane works in employment law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Amy E. Beverlin
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as senior associate in Los Angeles.
Beverlin specializes in employment law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Kerri H. Sakaue
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Sakaue focuses on employment law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
11601 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1400 , Los Angeles 90025 United States
T:
(310) 820-8800
F:
(310) 820-8859
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3)
Michael Rivera
joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as partner in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Michael Rivera as partner
Rivera focuses on commercial real-estate transactions and has successfully closed several significant commercial real estate transactions.
He is based in San Diego and Los Angeles
Address
12750 High Bluff Drive, Suite 250 , Los Angeles 90024 US
T:
424-320-2672
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Matthew C. Carter
joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Carter advises clients in buyouts, growth equity investments, joint ventures and restructuring.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Zena M. Ho
joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Ho specializes in real estate, and helps her clients with financing transactions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East Suite 3200 , Los Angeles 90067-3206 United States
T:
(310) 788-6075
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Justin D. Balser
joined Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP as partner in Irvine.
Balser specializes in consumer finance litigation and compliance.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
Troutman Pepper LLP, 5 Park Plz, Ste 1400 , Irvine 92614-2545 United States
T:
(949) 622-2443
Browne George Ross O'Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP
Christopher W. Arledge
joined Browne George Ross O'Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Chris Arledge, co-founder of intellectual property firm One LLP, has joined Browne George Ross O'Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP as a litigation partner in Century City. "I have known BGR for many years and have seen the high quality of BGR's practice first hand as a litigation adversary," Arledge said. "I'm thrilled to join what I believe is the best trial boutique in Southern California."
"I love One LLP. It's a great firm," he said about leaving the firm he co-founded. "My partners there are still close friends. I just believe that BGR is doing something special. I think it can be the premier trial firm in Southern California, and I want to be part of it."
Arledge litigated intellectual property cases against Browne, George Ross
during the past 20 years. Even while on opposite sides, "I've respected them
a great deal," he said. Keith Wesley, the firm's managing partner, said he felt the same in trials against Arledge. "Chris is one of the finest trial lawyers I have witnessed.
Since seeing him in action in a jury trial years ago, I always thought he'd be a perfect fit in our firm," Wesley said. "I know that the firm and its clients will benefit from Chris' trial and advocacy skills for years to come."
A trade-secret case he handled 10 years ago taught him how to work with a case after discovering it. "We managed to salvage a decent result from a bad situation there," Arledge said. "Also, critically for me, I learned a lot about how to handle last-minute trials: how to process the record quickly, how to figure out when and how to change course from
prior counsel's plans, and how to deal with the client's expectations, which you had no role in creating.
Arledge said he's excited for the opportunity to try new cases at the firm and has started by representing Atari in a counterfeit trademark infringement lawsuit against an online marketplace company.
He describes himself as a storyteller when trying to persuade a judge or jury. "Telling a compelling story through the lens of someone that doesn't want to help you tell that story" is extremely challenging, but rewarding, he said.
Arledge is the co-author of "To Prove, To Please, To Move: Timeless Principles of Legal Advocacy," which is soon to be published. He teaches trial advocacy and deposition skills in the United States and Europe.
Arledge graduated from USC Gould School of Law.
Address
2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2800, Los Angeles, California 90067 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 274-7100
F:
(310) 275-5697
Shaw Law Group, PC
Erika C. Frank
joined Shaw Law Group, PC as counsel in Sacramento.
Frank represents mostly employers.
She is based in Sacramento.
Address
Shaw Law Group, 425 University Ave Ste 200, Sacramento, CA 95825-6509 , Sacramento 95825-6509 United States
T:
(916) 640-2240
F:
(916) 640-2240
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Brian D. Murphy
joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP as partner in San Diego.
Murphy specializes in employment law.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, 101 W Broadway Ste 2000, San Diego, CA 92101-8221 , San Diego 92101-8221 United States
T:
(760) 809-3502
Stanford Law School
George Brown
as executive director of the stanford center for racial justice
Brown specializes in corporate law, including security class actions and governance.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Address
559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305 , Stanford 94305 United States
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Paul S. Bernstein
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Bernstein specializes in entertainment industry corporate transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Thomas R. Baxter
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Baxter specializes in corporate transactions involving entertainment, media and technology companies.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Andrew Copans
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Copans focuses on tax and wealth planning for trusts, estates and wealthy individuals.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Kathy L. Wunderli
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Wunderli advises wealthy clients in estate planning, probate and trust administration as well as premarital, post-marital and transmutation agreements.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Eric J. Bakewell
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Bakewell specializes in complex commercial litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Loagn M. Elliott
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Elliot focuses on high stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Shane Nix
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Nix is a trial and appellate litigator with a focus on high stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Jonathan C. Lurie
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Lurie focuses on global tax and estate planning and trust administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East Los Angeles , East Los Angeles 90067-2905 United States
T:
(310) 855-3060
F:
(310) 855-3099
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Steve R. Welk
joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP as senior counsel in Los Angeles.
Welk was chief of the asset forfeiture section for 20 years and is a member of the firm's investigations and white collar defense group.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 West Fifth Street Suite 1900 , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T:
(213) 439-9410
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Robert S. Brewer, Jr.
joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as of counsel in San Diego.
Brewer was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District for two years. He will focus on civil litigation and white collar defense.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
750 B St #2100 , San Diego 92101 United States
T:
(619) 685-3003
Resmark Equity Partners, LLC
Gail S. Migita
joined Resmark Equity Partners, LLC as senior vice president of legal affairs in Los Angeles.
Migita advises homebuilders, investors, housing developers and operators in real estate transactions involving residential, office and multifamily properties.
She is based in Westwood.
Address
Resmark, 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1420 , Los Angeles 90024-4143 United States
T:
(310) 862-2252
F:
(310) 474-8440
Nixon Peabody LLP
Jean Y. Yu
joined Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Yu focuses on employee benefits such as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, collective bargaining and executive compensation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
9190 W Olympic Blvd, Ste 270 , Beverly Hills 90212-3540 United States
T:
(213) 629-6011
F:
(213) 629-6001
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Daniel H. Bromberg
joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Bromberg was deputy legal affairs secretary to Gov. Gavin Newsom and oversaw litigation involving the border wall, high speed rail funding, federal environmental rules and the constitutionality of the state's COVID restrictions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
4 Embarcadero Ctr, Fl 22, San Francisco, CA 94111-5998 , San Francisco 94111-5998 United States
T:
(415) 477-4716
F:
(310) 851-6498
McKool Smith
Jeffery David McFarland
joined McKool Smith as principal in Los Angeles.
McFarland specializes in business litigation involving the entertainment industry.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
300 S Grand Ave, Ste 2900 , Los Angeles 90071-3139 United States
T:
(213) 694-1010
F:
(213) 694-1232
Higgs Fletcher & Mack
Molly E. Humphreys
joined Higgs Fletcher & Mack as attorney in San Diego.
Humphreys specializes in personal injury litigation.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
401 W A St, Ste 2600 , San Diego 92101-7913 USA
T:
(619) 236-1551
F:
(619) 696-1410
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Claire Ramsey
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief deputy director for disability, adults and housing integration at the california department of social services in Sab Francisco.
Ramsey has been a senior staff attorney for Justice in Aging since 2016.
She is based in San Francisco.
Debra Martin
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as california educational facilities authority in Pasadena.
Martin is vice president for administration and finance and chief financial officer at Mount Saint Mary’s University and is the former associate dean for finance and administration at Loyola Law School.
She is based in Pasadena.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Charles J. Biederman
joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Greenberg Traurig LLP expanded its entertainment and media practice in Los Angeles with the addition of music attorney Charles J. Biederman.
He transferred from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, where he had been for 16 years.
Biederman said he was drawn to return to Greenberg Traurig because of its international footprint. He was an associate at the firm from 1998 to 1999.
"The entertainment marketplace is a global marketplace,'' Biederman said. "When I'm doing licensing deals in Europe or Asia, having experienced colleagues in markets like London and Milan is incredibly helpful."
"I know that for any question that comes up, there's a Greenberg Traurig lawyer somewhere in the world who can answer it,' he explained.
Having worked on over $1 billion in music catalog deals, Biederman represents artists including Miles Davis and country singer Dierks Bentley.
He also represents entrepreneurs and companies in transactions related to music, television, film, fashion, branding, advertising and digital media.
"Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the world and Jeff will help us continue to expand our client base by providing them with the type of service they have come to expect from Greenberg Traurig," comanaging shareholders of the Los Angeles office Gregory A. Fishman and Barbara A. Jones said in a statement. "His work on behalf of both creative artists and companies allows him to serve as a strategic adviser to entertainment clients of all sizes.''
Biederman represented Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Ltd. in its acquisition in February of a publishing catalog valued at $363 million that included songs from The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Celine Dion and the Backstreet Boys.
In April, he represented Downtown Music Holdings in the sale of 145,000 copyrights to Concord Music, which included music by Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and Adele.
Biederman graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Address
1840 Century Park East Suite 1900 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 586-7857
F:
(310) 586-7800
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Otis Felder
was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.
Felder specializes in insurance coverage disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
David Morrow
was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP in Los Angeles.
Morrow advises insurers in coverage and contractual litigation, third-party liability, and first-party commercial and personal lines claims.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Connor Stinson
was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP in Los Angeles.
Stinson is a defense litigator specializing in transportation law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Miller Starr Regalia
Patrick Marette
joined Miller Starr Regalia as senior counsel in Walnut Creek.
Marette specializes in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, commercial leasing and real estate finance.
He is based in Walnut Creek.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Drew A Harbur
joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP as partner in Irvine.
Harbur focuses on complex civil disputes and white collar defense.
He is based in Irvine.
Address
1900 Main Street, 5th Floor , Irvine 92614-7321 United States
T:
(949) 851-5494
Fox Rothschild LLP
Brad S. Small
joined Fox Rothschild LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Small focuses on business and financial transactions involving the entertainment industry.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10250 Constellation Blv. Suite 900 , Los Angeles 90067 Los Angeles
T:
(310) 812-7079
Hahn & Hahn LLP
Kayla K. Horacwek
joined Hahn & Hahn LLP as of counsel in Pasadena, CA.
Horacwek specializes in family law.
She is based in Pasadena.
Address
301 E Colorado Blvd Ste 900, Pasadena, CA 91101-1977 , Pasadena 91101-1977 United States
T:
(626) 796-9123
F:
(310) 277-1706
Miller Barondess LLP
Nicholas E. Garver
joined Miller Barondess LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Garver is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex litigation matters, including intellectual property disputes, general business litigation, employment law, and immigration matters.
Address
1999 Avenue Of The Stars , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 552-4400
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
Alexis Susann McKenna
joined California Department of Fair Employment and Housing as assistant chief counsel in Fremont.
McKenna specializes in employment and labor law.
She is based in Fremont.
Gwendolyn Manriquez Leachman
joined California Department of Fair Employment and Housing as attorney iv in Fremont.
Leachman taught employment discrimination, labor relations and torts.
She is based in Fremont.
Danielle Luce Goldstein
joined California Department of Fair Employment and Housing as assistant chief counsel in Los Angeles.
Goldstein joins as assistant chief counsel from the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, where they litigated wage theft and consumer protection cases.
They are based in Los Angeles.
Antonio M. Lawson
joined California Department of Fair Employment and Housing as attorney iv in Fremont.
Lawson was special counsel to the City of Oakland's Citizens' Police Review Board and a sole practitioner since 1995. He specializes in race, sex and age discrimination disputes, as well as privacy and wage and hour lawsuits.
He is based in Fremont.
Address
2218 Kausen Drive, Suite 100 , Elk Grove 95758
T:
(916) 585-7076