Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Vinita Kailasanath
joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Kailasanath's clients are in the life sciences and medical device sectors. She has worked on intellectual property and transactions including those with artificial intelligence and machine learning components.
She is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
2710 Sand Hill Road, 2nd Floor
Menlo Park, 94025 USA
T:
(650) 461-8215
Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP
Elizabeth Dunn Rhodes
joined Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Rhodes has a broad range of defense litigation experience in large commercial and municipal settings. She joins a team with a focus on trucking, transportation, product defect, general liability and premises liability.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 S Flower Street, 45th Floor
Los Angeles, 90071 United States
T:
(213) 542-8000
F:
(213) 542-8100
California Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Michael J. von Loewenfeldt
joined California Academy of Appellate Lawyers as member in San Francisco.
Von Loewenfeldt is a partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch & Radwick LLP and a State Bar of California certified specialist in appellate law.
He is based in San Francisco.
Anna-Rose Mathieson
joined California Academy of Appellate Lawyers as member in San Francisco.
Mathieson is a partner at California Appellate Law Group and a State Bar of California certified specialist in appellate law.
She is based in San Francisco.
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Paul Vargas
joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as of counsel in San Diego.
Vargas, a veteran tax attorney, handles transactional tax planning, tax controversy, international finance, and investment matters for businesses, investors and individuals.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
750 B St #2100
San Diego, 92101 United States
T:
(619) 685-3003
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Anthony M. Sain
joined Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Sain specializes in personal injury litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles
Address
633 West 5th Street Suite 4000
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(213) 358-6041
F:
(213) 250-7900
Nossaman LLP
Steven M. Silva
joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Sacramento.
Silva specializes in eminent domain, real estate litigation, land use and appellate matters.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
621 Capitol Mall Suite 2500
Sacramento, 95814 USA
T:
(916) 930-7707
F:
(916) 930-7707
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PC
Angela M. Powell
joined Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PC as partner in Cerritos.
Powell represents and counsels public entities in employment litigation.
She is based in Cerritos.
Address
12800 Center Court Dr S, Ste 300
Cerritos, 90703-9364 USA
T:
(562) 653-3200
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jordan R. Jaffe
joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partner in San Francisco.
Jaffe specializes in intellectual property with an emphasis on patent and trade secret litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 3300
San Francisco, 94105 USA
T:
(415) 947-2000
Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Pamela Acebo
joined Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP as associate in San Francisco.
Acebo specializes in litigation involving the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries.
Address
One California Street, Suite 900
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 217-6990
F:
(415) 217-6999
Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Jared M. Kaye
joined Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Kaye specializes in the hospitality industry.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Jimmy Harris
joined Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Harris focuses on litigation related to premises liability, religious institutions and fraternities and sororities.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
801 S. Figueroa St, 15th Floor
Los Angeles, 90017 United States
T:
(213) 624-6900
F:
(213) 624-6999
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP
Nadia Sarkis
was promoted to partner of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP in Los Angeles.
Sarkis specializes in civil rights litigation, employment and municipal liability.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
John Nelson
joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP as partner in San Diego.
San Diego environmental attorney John Nelson joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP particularly because its real estate practice aligns well with his focus.
Nelson was also drawn to make the move from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP because of Procopio's collegial spirit and strong practice groups, he said in an interview Thursday.
"One thing that I noticed right away when I started talking to them is that it's a very collegial environment," Nelson said. "I was impressed by the number of partners who went out of their way to meet with me on Zoom. It felt like a very collegial environment and that's been confirmed since I've joined."
Nelson spent the last four years at Lewis Brisbois and previously held inhouse roles at Ash Grove Cement Co. and Monsanto.
His practice focuses on litigation, regulatory and transactional work involving environmental law ranging from water rights to California Environmental Quality Act compliance.
"I really enjoy the regulatory work the most because you really get to dig into the regulations and all the policy issues that come with it," Nelson said. " That's kind of the heart of environmental law in a lot of ways."
What sets his practice apart from others, Nelson said, is his in-house experience. After spending a decade in house, he said, he understands clients' unique needs.
At Procopio, he looks forward to helping meet the environmental needs of the firm's existing clients and providing to his clients resources the firm has to offer, particularly real estate expertise.
Nelson graduated from UCLA School of Law.
Address
525 B St, Ste 2200
San Diego, 92101-4474
T:
(619) 515-3260
F:
(619) 788-5573
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Christopher R. Moore
was promoted to office managing partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP in Silicon Valley.
Moore specializes in merger and acquisitions, including cross border and domestic transactions, carveouts and leveraged buyouts.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP (formerly Panish Shea & Boyle LLP)
Proskauer Rose LLP
Robert A. Friedman
joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Friedman specializes in corporate and partnership tax matters such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity fund formation and cross border transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400
Los Angeles, 90067-3010 USA
T:
(310) 284-5684
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Lindsay A. Conner
joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as partner in Century City.
Conner specializes in corporate transactions involving the entertainment industry.
He is based in Century City.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars 8th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067 USA
T:
(310) 246-6835
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Cindy N. Elias
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as special counsel to the labor commissioner at the department of industrial relations in San Francisco.
Elias has been a Bureau of Field Enforcement attorney at the Labor Commissioner's Office since 2018.
She is based in San Francisco.
Daniel E. Muallem
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy secretary and chief counsel at the california department of veterans affairs in Rocklin.
Muallem has been assistant chief counsel at the department since 2019.
He is based in Rocklin.
UCLA Law School
Talia R. Inlender
joined UCLA Law School as deputy director of the center for immigration law and policy in Los Angeles.
Inlender was a supervising senior staff attorney at Public Counsel and was with the organization for 13 years.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner, PC
Rebecca B. Denninghoff
joined Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner, PC as associate in Los Angeles.
Denninghoff specializes in advising owners, investors, lenders, tenants, landlords and developers in financing, leasing, development and acquisition real estate transactions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
31248 Oak Crest Drive, Suite 200
Westlake Village , 91361 USA
T:
(818) 879-9700
F:
(818) 879-9680
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP
Stefan Caris Love
joined Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Love clerked for Ninth Circuit Justice Paul J. Watford before joining the firm.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
5900 Wilshire Blvd, 12th Floor
Los Angeles, 90036 USA
T:
(310) 859-7811
Miller Barondess, LLP
Landon J. Dial
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Dial specializes in complex civil litigation matters, including real property, business, and tort disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1999 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, 90067 United States
T:
(310) 552-7561
Fisher Phillips LLP
Jang H. Im
joined Fisher Phillips LLP as partner in San Francisco.
A new partner with a specialization in immigration services for corporations has joined Fisher Phillips LLP to help expand the firm's practice in San Francisco.
On Oct. 14, Jang H. Im joined from Epstein Becker & Green PC, where he spent 15 years as a corporate employment and immigration attorney. He helps employers hire foreign talent and guides the company and workers through the immigration process.
"Fisher Phillips has a growing immigration practice that I think leverages, not only my team, but the clients that I have for additional immigration support," Im said in an interview.
Arit Butani moved with Im from Epstein Becker, and will be joining as Counsel, along with six paralegals.
"The whole U.S. residency sponsorship for work authorization can be very time consuming, complex, as well as maddening for a lot of individuals who are waiting for their final approval of their permanent residency," he said. "When we can procure documentation and the evidence to connect the dots to show an extraordinary ability worker, that's when you truly feel the accomplishment and satisfaction that you've done something rewarding for the individual."
He recalled a case where he helped an extraordinary ability worker get into the country after he was denied, saying these kinds of challenges are why he finds the work rewarding.
"There's no way this should get denied," he said about the visa application. "We appealed the case, and upon appeal, the administrative appeals office in D..C agreed with our argument. ... Soon thereafter he received his U.S. permanent residency."
Im said he feels like he's not only helping an individual, but the country, by allowing workers to support the U.S. economy and society.
"You're cooperating with government agencies to show them that this individual truly does deserve to stay here to help support not only our economy and the industry, but to be proactive members of society," he explained. "Many of the Silicon Valley start-ups that became growing companies that added jobs were from foreign nationals that went through these types of processes."
Im graduated from San Francisco Law School and is active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Arit D. Butani
joined Fisher Phillips LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.
Butani provides immigration counsel to employers, and has experience in employment matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
1 Embarcadero Ctr
San Francisco, 94111
T:
(415) 490-9000
Nossaman LLP
Steve M. Silva
joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Sacramento.
Silva specializes in eminent domain, real estate litigation, land use and appellate matters.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
621 Capitol Mall Suite 2500
Sacramento, 95814
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Sarah E. Moses
joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.
Moses advises stakeholders in the entertainment industry on litigation, commercial disputes and white collar criminal defense matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East Suite 1700
Los Angeles, 90067
T:
(310) 312-4000
DLA Piper LLP
Justine M. Phillips
joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in San Diego.
Phillips specializes in cyber issues and regulations.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
401 B Street Suite 1700
San Diego, 92101
T:
(619) 699-2700
JAMS
Richard M. Aronson
joined JAMS as arbitrator, mediator, special master, referee and neutral evaluator in Irvine.
Aronson will handle appellate, business and commercial, employment, health care, insurance and personal injury matters.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
5 Park Plaza, Suite 400
Irvine, 92614
T:
(714) 939-1300
White & Case LLP
Christoffer A. Adler
was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.
Adler advises sponsors, banks and direct lenders on leveraged and investment grade financing transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Aaron E. Colodny
was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.
Colodny focuses on chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings and complex litigation. He represents both debtors and creditors.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Julian A. Lamm
was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.
Lamm represents multinational corporations in complex civil litigation, with a focus on the technology sector.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Amara Mullins
was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.
Mullins represents technology companies in litigation and regulatory disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Daniel E. Nussen
was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.
Nussen advises issuers on SEC filings and capital raises. He also represents special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsors, investors and underwriters in such companies’ initial public offerings and business combinations.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Nicole L. Rodger
was promoted to partner of White & Case LLP in Los Angeles.
Rodger advises private equity funds and corporate borrowers, financial institutions and direct lenders on leveraged lending and other debt financing transactions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Imperial County
Eric R. Havens
was promoted to county counsel of Imperial County in El Centro.
Havens was assistant county counsel. He provides legal representation, advice and counsel to the Board of Supervisors, county departments, special districts and other public agencies.
He is based in El Centro.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Rosemarie T. Ring
joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Ring specializes in litigation and regulatory matters for tech companies with an emphasis on privacy, consumer protection and intellectual property.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, 94105
T:
(415) 393-8247
Tyson & Mendes LLP
Emily S. Berman
was promoted to partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Diego.
Berman specializes in general liability, commercial and insurance litigation.
She is based in San Diego.
Harry W. Harrison
was promoted to partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Diego.
Harrison focuses on personal injury, employment, and the defense of entity and organization defendants that involve allegations of sexual misconduct.
He is based in San Diego.