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
Marin County
David J. Sutton
joined Marin County as public defender in San Francisco.
Sutton has experience supervising trial staff and providing strategic guidance on litigation. He spent a year and a half as a supervising trial deputy and deputy federal public defender.
He is based in San Francisco.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
James E. Oldendorph
was promoted to partner of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore in Los Angeles.
Oldendorph represents clients in employment litigation in state and federal courts.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Angela S. Machala
joined Winston & Strawn LLP as managing partner in Los Angeles.
Machala represents companies and executives in white-collar criminal cases and securities and regulatory enforcement matters. She has experience in securities fraud, health care and theft of trade secrets.
She is based in Los Angeles
Address
333 S. Grand Ave., 38th floor
Los Angeles, 90071 United States
T:
(213) 615-1700
F:
(213) 615-1750
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Krista S. Schwartz
joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Schwartz represents technology companies in patent, copyright, trade secrets and intellectual property litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
One Front St.
San Francisco , 94111 United States
T:
(415) 858-7435
F:
(415) 858-7599
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Marcy G. Blattner
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Blattner specializes in civil litigation in federal and state courts. She has represented clients in class actions,
business torts, unfair trade practices and shareholder disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Saghar Esfandiarifard
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Esfandiarifard specializes in complex commercial litigation, high stakes products liability cases and multidistrict litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Matthew F.M. Gamsin
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Gamsin specializes in commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense, and has represented clients in connection with investigations initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Paul Kang Jr
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Kang focuses on debt financing and corporate transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Matthew N. Leist
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Leist represents private equity sponsors and financial institutions in business transactions including leveraged buyouts.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Jun Young Patrick Park
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Park specializes in patent and trade secret disputes, and advises clients on intellectual property strategy.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Lindsey Y. Shi
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Shi focuses on patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Brook Sutton
was promoted to partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Sutton advises on the formation, structuring and operation of private investment funds and their companies.
He is based in Los Angeles.
City of San Francisco
David Chiu
joined City of San Francisco as city attorney in San Francisco.
Chiu will take on his new role in November. He has worked on bills relating to housing, homelessness, transportation and education.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
California State Assembly, 455 Golden Gate Ave Ste 14300
San Francisco, 94102-7007 United States
T:
(415) 557-3013
F:
(415) 557-3015
Paul Hastings LLP
Matthias A. Kamber
joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Matthias A. Kamber, an attorney with a background in mechanical engineering and a specialization in intellectual property, has joined Paul Hastings LLP as
a partner in San Francisco. He joins from Keker, Van Nest & Peters, where he was a partner in intellectual
property litigation for 17 years. "I was very happy with Keker, Van Nest," he said. "I think I was ready for something new and different. It felt like the platform at Paul Hastings was really strong in terms of their IP group and their overall litigation group. The fact that I can have a bit of a mixed practice was attractive to me." In a case where he represented Google against a space data company called Loon, Kamber used his background in engineering to defend Google. "I remember doing the technical tutorial for the judge in that case," he said. "It was fascinating putting it together. It was this history of ballooning and I had a lot of fun meeting various people who used to work for NASA. ... It was perfect for somebody like me who had studied those types of things as an undergrad." Google reached a confidential settlement in the case.
"I'd say one of the things I enjoy about the practice generally is that every new case is like starting a new class where you get to learn a new technology," he said of his intellectual property work. "It just feels like the job is often being the student, and then turning around and having to become a teacher, to teach a judge, to teach a jury, to help kind of translate the technology."
Kamber graduated from The George Washington University Law School.
Address
Paul Hastings LLP, 101 California St., Forty-Eighth Floor
San Francisco, 94111 United States
T:
(415) 856-7000
F:
(415) 856-7100
McKool Smith
Jon D. Corey
joined McKool Smith as principal in Los Angeles.
Corey specializes in complex commercial litigation and represents clients in business disputes and corporate cases involving a variety of claims.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
One California Plaza 300 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles , 90071 United States
T:
(213) 694-1120
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Kimberly M. Wade
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as senior adviser on aging, disability and alzheimer's in Sacramento.
Wade was director for the California Department of Aging, and was CalFresh and nutrition branch chief at the Department of Social Services.
She is based in Sacramento.
Greenspoon Marder LLP
John L. Babala
joined Greenspoon Marder LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Babala specializes in significant transaction, financing, disputes and daily operational values. He also advises companies on acquisitions, equity/debt financing, joint ventures, licenses and cross-border transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1875 Century Park East
Los Angeles , 90067 United States
T:
(323) 305-5480
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Dennis J. Herrera
Herrera, San Francisco's city attorney since 2001, advocated for same sex
marriage and advanced environmental policies around clean water and renewable energy. He begins his new role on Nov. 1.
He is based in San Francisco.
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
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Clothilde V. Hewlett
as commissioner at the california department of financial protection and innovation
Hewlett has been executive director and chief legal officer at the Cal Alumni Association since 2016.
She is based in San Francisco.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Brian S. Kelly
joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Kelly counsels clients in the commercialization of intellectual property,
and focuses on product marketing and licensing strategies. He handles domestic and international transactions across industries.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Hazel O. Nunez
joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Ocampo specializes in environmental matters relating to federal, state,
and environmental regulations, and has extensive experience in land use and
natural resource matters.
She is based in Orange County and Los Angeles.
Address
Greenberg Traurig, 1840 Century Park E, Ste 1900, Los Angeles, CA 90067-2121
Los Angeles, 90067-2121 United States
T:
(310) 586-7861
F:
(310) 586-7800
McKool Smith
Grant J. Maxwell
joined McKool Smith as partner in Los Angeles.
Maxwell works on business litigation with a specialization in complex disputes in the entertainment industry. He was hired to enhance the firm's entertainment litigation practice.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
300 S Grand Ave, Ste 2900
Los Angeles, 90071-3139
T:
(213) 694-1200
F:
(213) 694-1234
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Susan K. Leader
joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partner in Los Angeles.
Leader focuses on high stakes commercial matters and class actions in federal and state courts, and has worked in the entertainment, media, telecommunications and other industries
She is based in Los Angeles
Address
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(323) 210-2900
Miller Starr Regalia
Jenny T. Dao
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Dao's practice will focus on litigation related matters representing Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, developers, homebuilders, financial institutions, title insurers, property owners and managers, retailers, media companies, manufacturers, REITs and smaller companies in a variety of matters related to business, real property, commercial, environmental, construction and insurance-related disputes.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd.
Walnut Creek, 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
Perkins Coie LLP
Eric B. Evans
joined Perkins Coie LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Evans focuses on litigation and intellectual property matters. He has experience in information technology, governance, cybersecurity and technology-related litigation.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Address
150 Porter Dr,
Palo Alto, 94304-1212 United States
T:
(650) 838-4300
F:
(650) 838-4350
Blank Rome LLP
Todd M. Malynn
joined Blank Rome LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Blank Rome LLP has expanded its intellectual property and technology group in Los Angeles with an attorney who worked on one of the largest jury verdicts in California.
New partner Todd M. Malynn, transferred from Polsinelli LLP, where he spent five years as a shareholder, because he considers it as a good place to develop his career initiatives.
"California is a hub for a lot of patent litigation," he said. "They were looking for someone with a broad practice to . . . be an asset for them. They have clients in Los Angeles that, with my experience, we can be very useful for."
He represented St. Jude Medical Inc. in a 2011 case against Nervicon Co. Ltd., which was found liable for stealing trade secrets and ordered to pay $2.3 billion. "To my knowledge it was the largest jury verdict in California," he said.
"Todd is a great addition to our IP team on the West Coast, having been involved in cases that resulted in some of the largest jury verdicts for trade secrets and patent infringement in California," partner Dipu A. Doshi, co-chair of Blank Rome's intellectual property and technology group, said in a statement.
Malynn is optimistic about the future for his clients and his career, explaining that he will use the firm's "full array of legal services and make myself available to clients nationwide. It's a great opportunity for me, and it's a great fit for the company and it's real exciting."
"I have become very close with my clients," Malynn said. "It's probably the thing I appreciate the most about the practice of law."
Malynn graduated from Loyola School of Law in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067 United States
T:
(142) 423-9346
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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