Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl Inc.
Robyn B. Sokol
joined Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl Inc. as partner in Pasadena.
Sokol specializes in litigation and transactions related to bankruptcy law.
She is based in Pasadena.
Address
200 S Los Robles Ave, Ste 300 , Pasadena 91101-2483 USA
T:
(626) 796-4000
F:
(626) 795-6321
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Alexa Belonick
joined Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Belonick advises companies in securities and transactional matters including public offerings, compliance, public reporting and governance.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
One Bush Plaza Suite 1200 , San Francisco 94104 USA
T:
(415) 978-9803
F:
(415) 978-9806
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Aimee M. Contreras- Camua
joined Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Contreras-Camua specializes in commercial real estate transactions, representing institutional lenders, real estate funds, opportunity funds, investment banks, life insurance companies and developers.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
350 S Grand Ave, Fl 50 , Los Angeles 90071-3426 USA
T:
(213) 683-9270
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Robert A. Bonta
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as california attorney general in Sacramento.
Bonta has been a state Assembly member for Alameda County since 2012. If confirmed, he will replace Xavier Becerra, who was confirmed as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Bonta is based in Sacramento.
Dennis D. Kim
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as director of real property at the california high- speed rail authority in Roseville.
Kim has been assistant vice president and deputy director of real property at the authority since 2019.
He is based in Roseville.
Kathryn Ellen Doi
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as california new motor vehicle board in Sacramento.
Doi has been on the board since 2013 and is a partner at Hanson Bridgett LLP.
She is based in Sacramento.
Samantha Murray
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as california fish and game commission in Del Mar.
Murray has been on the commission since 2019 and is executive director of the Master of Advanced Studies Program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
She is based in Del Mar.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
David A. Gay
joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in Los Angeles.
Greenberg Traurig has added shareholder David A. Gay, formerly with Jones Day, to its Los Angeles office, expanding its intellectual property, technology, life sciences and medical technology practices.
A former biochemical research scientist, Gay practiced at Jones Day for 10 years and has more than 25 years of experience in the life sciences industry.
Gay considers the move a natural progression for his career, adding he was attracted to the firm's strategic focus on expanding its intellectual property and life sciences practices and the full range of services it would provide for his clients.
"As you can imagine with biotech, well most technology clients, they operate in sophisticated arenas and require seamless legal advice across a number of different disciplines other than intellectual property --corporate, products liabilities etc.," said Gay. "Greenberg Traurig is just exceptionally well suited to provide those sophisticated legal services, not only in the U.S., but globally."
Throughout his career, Gay has focused his practice on life sciences companies, primarily those within the biotechnology sector ranging from companies that specialize in metabolic engineering to small molecule therapeutics. He advises clients on strategic design, acquisition and management of intellectual property rights. He also evaluates patent portfolios and conducts due diligence investigations.
Gay's interest in law was sparked during his time as a research scientist, when he came to the realization that patent law bridges two of his passions: science and the law. Just 10 years after receiving his doctorate in biochemistry from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he returned to school at the University of San Diego School of Law, graduating in 2002.
Address
1840 Century Park East Suite 1900 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 586-7793
F:
(310) 586-7700
Contra Costa County Bar Association
Andrew R. Verriere
joined Contra Costa County Bar Association as board director in Orinda.
Verriere is a principal at Hartog, Baer & Hand APC and specializes in trust and estate litigation, conservatorship litigation and financial elder abuse.
He is based in Orinda.
Foley & Lardner LLP
Dahna S. Pasternak
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as of counsel in Silicon Valley.
Pasternak specializes in life science patent prosecution.
She is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
975 Page Mill Rd , Palo Alto 94304-1013 USA
T:
(650) 251-1132
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Gargi Talukder
joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as partner and head of the life sciences patent strategy and prosecution practice in San Francisco.
Talukder specializes in patent portfolio management, intellectual property diligence and patent prosecution.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
405 Howard Street , San Francisco 94105-2669 USA
T:
(141) 577-3562
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Julian L. André
joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
André focuses on litigation related to government prosecutions, enforcement actions and investigations, internal investigations, complex civil disputes and appellate matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park E, Ste 3200 , Los Angeles 90067-3206 USA
T:
(310) 551-9335
American College of Coverage Counsel
Amy B. Briggs
joined American College of Coverage Counsel as fellow in San Francisco.
Briggs is a partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP and focuses on complex business litigation involving insurance coverage and bad faith disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Montgomery Law
Frederick W. Montgomery
as founding partner
in Santa Barbara
Montgomery launched his solo practice on March 1. He specializes in family law with a focus on complex marital dissolutions involving businesses and personal assets.
He is based in Santa Barbara.
T:
(805) 560-0100
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Alexandre Makler
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california water commission in Berkeley.
Makler is senior vice president of the west region of Calpine Corporation.
He is based in Berkeley.
Barry N. Steinhart
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy director of legislation at the california department of motor vehicles in Plumas Lake.
Steinhart was previously assistant executive director at the California Energy Commission.
He is based in Plumas Lake.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Paul D. Tripodi II
joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Irvine.
Tripodi focuses on intellectual property litigation including patent, contract and licensing disputes and strategic patent counseling.
He is based in Irvine and Los Angeles and Irvine.
Address
4 Park Plz, Ste 1900 , Irvine 92614-2585 USA
T:
(949) 885-4220
F:
(949) 885-4101
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
Jennifer M. Urban
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon as chair of the california privacy protection agency board in Kensington.
Urban is a clinical professor of law at UC Berkeley School of Law.
She is based in Kensington.
Angela Sierra
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon as member of the california privacy protection agency board in Los Angeles.
Sierra is an assistant attorney general who formerly led the public rights
division.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Lydia de la Torre
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon as member of the california privacy protection agency board in Santa Clara.
De la Torre is a professor at Santa Clara Law.
She is based in Santa Clara.
Vinhcent H. Le
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon as member of the california privacy protection agency board in Oakland.
Le is a technology equity attorney at the Greenlining Institute.
He is based in Oakland.
DLA Piper LLP
Jayme Long
joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Long specializes in complex litigation including product and premises liability, mass torts and commercial litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
601 S Figueroa St, Ste 2500 , Los Angeles 90017-5709 USA
T:
(213) 243-6229
F:
(213) 623-9924
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
James Turken
joined Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP as partner in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Turken specializes in litigation related to commercial disputes, intellectual property, securities, enforcement defense, labor and employment.
He is based in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Rebecca Lawlor Calkins
joined Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Calkins specializes in litigation related to media, copyright and trademark
law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Neil Paresh Thakor
joined Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Thakor specializes in commercial litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 South Flower Street, 41st Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(121) 389-2920
F:
(121) 389-2920
Buchalter PC
Cecilia O'Connell Miller
joined Buchalter PC as shareholder in San Diego.
Insurance coverage litigation attorney Cecilia O'Connell Miller joined Buchalter in San Diego from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch.
"What stood out for me was the firm's established insurance recovery practice," said Miller of her decision to move. "It's over 20 years old and there are some fantastic attorneys within the practice group, who have been litigating insurance coverage issues for policyholder clients for decades."
"I was really attracted to the opportunity to grow and expand my insurance practice here with their established practice and the network of offices throughout the West Coast," she added. Miller, who was with Procopio for eight years, specializes in representing policyholders, with the bulk of her practice focusing on liability policies and helping clients obtain insurance coverage for lawsuits. Since the pandemic she, like many in her field, has been focusing on assisting clients in pursuing insurance coverage for their COVID-19 losses.
Her clients range from health care companies to financial services companies and municipalities.
"What drew me to insurance law and policyholder work was when I started as an attorney at Latham and I had the opportunity to work on cases like the Montrose case, which really is a gold standard for defense coverage for policyholders. Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Admiral Ins. Co., 10 Cal. 4th 645 (Cal. 1995).
What I found is that insurance law is really a specialized form of contract law and insurance litigation is a specialized form of civil commercial litigation," she said, adding insurance law provided a marriage of both of those interests.
"When I meet my clients, they're in a difficult situation, they're facing a lawsuit or they're facing a catastrophic fire at their home, and they're looking to their carrier to abide by their promises," she said. "My favorite part of the practice is being able to obtain insurance coverage for my clients, giving them the peace of mind that they do, in fact, have the coverage that they procured." Miller is a member of the Lawyers Club of San Diego and is a former chair of the insurance and bad faith section of the San Diego County Bar Association.
She also has an active pro bono practice that has included projects with Free to Thrive, a San Diego nonprofit that provides legal and supportive services to survivors of human trafficking.
Address
655 W Broadway Ste 1600 , San Diego 92101-8494 USA
T:
(619) 219-5335
F:
(949) 720-0182
Klinedinst PC
Bryan R. Delgado
joined Klinedinst PC as associate in Sacramento.
Delgado specializes in premises liability, professional liability, employment and personal injury matters.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
501 W. Broadway, Ste. 600 , San Diego 92101 United States
T:
(619) 239-8131
Klinedinst PC
Mark Masao Imada
joined Klinedinst PC as associate in San Diego.
Imada focuses on lawsuits brought against attorneys and other professionals as well as defending personal injury claims and other general liability cases in the insurance defense context.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
501 W. Broadway, Ste. 600 , San Diego 92101 United States
T:
(619) 239-8131
Klinedinst PC
Alyssa Caitlin Garchie
joined Klinedinst PC as associate in San Diego.
Garchie focuses on professional liability, general liability and products liability.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
501 W. Broadway Ste. 600 , San Diego 92101 United States
T:
(619) 239-8131
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Thaila K. Sundaresan
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Sundaresan focuses on legal matters before the Federal Communications Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, as well as other appellate and regulatory matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Montgomery Street Suite 800 , San Francisco 94111-6533 USA
T:
(415) 276-6500
F:
(415) 276-6599
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Jenny-Anne S. Flores
was promoted to litigation manager of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore in Los Angeles.
Flores will focus on litigation guidelines compliance, budgeting and defense strategy, working with the firm's Litigation Practice Group.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP
Thomas R. Sestanovich
joined Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Sestanovich specializes in sales, acquisitions, securitized financing and negotiating and documenting leases for office, retail and industrial properties nationwide.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Alan M. Bergman
joined Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Bergman specializes in real estate matters related to commercial, industrial and multi-residential properties.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Christine Ciarlo
joined Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Ciarlo focuses on various types of real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, land development, asset management and business expansion.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1888 Century Park E, Ste 1500 , Los Angeles 90067-1719 USA
T:
(310) 255-6100
F:
(310) 255-6200
DLA Piper LLP
Jackie K. Park
was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Los Angeles.
Park is co-U. S. managing partner and is the former co-chair of the real estate practice and comanaging partner of the L.A. office.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Mark D. Fowler
was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Palo Alto.
Fowler is the global co-chair and U.S. chair of the intellectual property and technology practice. As a member of the management team he will focus on recruiting and growing client relationships.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Sang Kim
was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
Kim is the global co-chair and U.S. chair of the tax practice. He will focus on
business development between the firm’s U.S. and Asia operations.
He is based in Palo Alto and San Francisco.
American College of Trial Lawyers
Jeffrey M. Fisher
joined American College of Trial Lawyers as fellow in San Francisco.
Fisher is a partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP and cochairs the litigation department.
He is based in San Francisco.
Isaacs Friedberg LLP
Paul Murtagh
was promoted to partner of Isaacs Friedberg LLP in Los Angeles.
Murtagh specializes in complex commercial litigation including class actions, competitive business disputes, government litigation and insurance coverage disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
K & L Gates LLP
Daniel W. Fox
was promoted to partner of K & L Gates LLP in San Francisco.
Fox focuses on commercial disputes, product liability defense and environmental litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.
Saman Rejali
was promoted to partner of K & L Gates LLP in Los Angeles.
Rejali specializes in litigation related to labor and employment and commercial disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Isaacs Friedberg LLP
William Wargo
joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Wargo specializes in complex commercial disputes including contract actions, antitrust investigation and litigation, consumer and employment discrimination class actions and products liability actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Janine Cohen
joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Cohen focuses on complex litigation including intracompany and contract disputes, financial management, employment defense, trade secrets, racketeering defense and trust related cases.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 S Flower St, Ste 4250 , Los Angeles 90071-2444 USA
T:
(213) 929-5550
Office of the U.S. Secretary of Energy
Karen Skelton
joined Office of the U.S. Secretary of Energy as senior advisor in Washington D.C..
Skelton is the CEO and founder of policy and political consulting firm Skelton Strategies. She is a former director of strategic partnerships at the Global Climate Action Summit under Gov. Jerry Brown.
She is based in Washington D.C.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Doug H. Carsten
joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Orange County.
Carsten specializes in complex patent litigation related to technology, pharmaceuticals, biologics, software and medical devices.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
18565 Jamboree Road Suite 250 , Irvine 92612-2565 USA
T:
(194) 962-0611
F:
(194) 966-6983