Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jessica Chu
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Chu structures, negotiates and documents complex joint ventures and business transactions for equity investors, financial institutions and developers.
Steven M. Farenbaugh
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Farenbaugh specializes in acquisitions and dispositions of commercial office, industrial and retail properties, as well as leasing transactions.
Rachel M. Sanders
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Sanders represents landlords, purchasers, sellers and developers in commercial real estate matters and litigation.
Maxwell B. Shapiro
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Los Angeles.
Shapiro advises clients in complex acquisitions and dispositions and commercial leasing with a focus on build-to-suit purchase agreements and large portfolio transactions.
Derek G. Weisbender
was promoted to partner of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in Irvine.
Weisbender specializes in design, construction and other development agreements for international projects.
Irell & Manella LLP
Andrei Iancu
as partner
The office will be led by partner Andrei Iancu, former undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
He will split his time between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Michael Fleming
as of counsel
Fleming will join Iancu and split his time between the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices. He is a former chief administrative patent judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and has been with the firm since 2015.
Buchalter
Marlene J. Williams
joined Buchalter as shareholder in San Francisco.
Buchalter bolstered its intellectual property practice with the addition of shareholder Marlene J. Williams in San Francisco.
The firm announced her addition on Thursday from Nixon Peabody LLP, where she worked for 10 years and helped to develop the West Coast trademark practice.
"I am really impressed by the level of expertise of the Buchalter attorneys and its model that allows for efficient service to clients by experienced attorneys," Williams said of her decision to move. The firm's platform will not only benefit her clients, but allow her to grow and expand her practice, she said.
She looks forward to helping continue the build out of the intellectual property practice, which she said is a strong focus for Buchalter.
Williams specializes in building and protecting clients' trademark and copyright assets. She gives clients advice on how to maximize the value of their brands and copyrights and avoid risks when developing new assets and creative works. Her clients range in size in the entertainment, performing arts, technology, wine and alcoholic beverage, apparel and food sectors.
"I have several recording artist clients and I really enjoy working with them and helping shape their creative ideas into concrete business and IP protection. It's really a lot of fun," she said.
President and chief executive officer Adam Bass, said in a news release, "With her impressive background and significant intellectual property expertise, she will be a perfect fit for our San Francisco office."
Address
55 2nd St, Ste 1700
San Francisco, 94105-3493 USA
T:
(415) 227-0900
Ballard Spahr LLP
Tracy Rane
joined Ballard Spahr LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Rane specializes in litigation and settlement negotiations related to copyright and trademark infringement, defamation, right of publicity and privacy and breach of contract.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park E, Ste 1400
Los Angeles, 90067-2915 USA
T:
(424) 204-4400
F:
(424) 204-4400
Mayer Brown LLP
John Nadolenco
was promoted to managing partner of Mayer Brown LLP in Los Angeles.
Nadolenco specializes in civil litigation with a focus on high stakes disputes and class action defense. He has served on Mayer Brown's partnership board and led the litigation and dispute resolution practice.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Judicate West
Norman P. Tarle
joined Judicate West as neutral in Los Angeles.
Tarle served on the bench for 20 years and presided over a calendar of personal injury, professional malpractice, contract, real property, warrant of habitability and landlord/tenant cases.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
601 S Figueroa St #3400
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(310) 442-2100
Alston & Bird LLP
Chaka Patterson
joined Alston & Bird LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Patterson specializes in litigation, investigations and corporate governance. At Adtalem, he was senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
560 Mission Street Suite 2100
San Francisco, 94105-0912 USA
T:
(415) 243-1025
Cappello & Noël LLP
Matthew Liam Hofer
joined Cappello & Noël LLP as associate in Santa Barbara.
Hofer has experience in all stages of civil litigation and has experience with regulatory agencies including the California Coastal Commission, California Air Resources Board, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Water Replenishment District of Southern California and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.
He is based in Santa Barbara.
Richard Lloyd
joined Cappello & Noël LLP as associate in Santa Barbara.
Lloyd joined Cappello & Noël LLP in 2015 as a paralegal. After relocating to the U.S. in 2010, he provided consulting services to legal fee experts and litigation finance providers in both the U.K. and U.S.
He is based in Santa Barbara.
Address
831 State St.
Santa Barbara, 93101 United States
T:
(805) 564-2444
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Daniel Bryant
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as cyber defense forensic lead at the office of emergency services in Loomis.
Bryant has been an FBI task force leader since 2018 and has been with the bureau since 2003.
He is based in Loomis.
David Scribner
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as director of the california department of community services and development in Sacramento.
Scribner has been the acting director and chief counsel for the department since 2017 and a sole practitioner since 2003.
He is based in Sacramento.
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn
was promoted to partner of Hueston Hennigan LLP in Los Angeles.
Rayburn represents technology companies in high stakes litigation related to patent, copyright and trade secrets.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Padraic Foran
was promoted to partner of Hueston Hennigan LLP in Los Angeles.
Foran focuses on complex civil litigation involving fraud, trade secrets and professional liability.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Withers
Kevin T. Keen
was promoted to partner of Withers in San Diego and Houston..
Keen specializes in tax and private client matters such as wealth transfer, family governance, business succession and estate, gift and generation skipping transfer tax.
He is based in San Diego and Houston.
Kimberly Pallen
was promoted to partner of Withers in San Francisco.
Pallen specializes in complex civil litigation related to art, employment and trade secrets.
She is based in San Francisco.
Yin T. Ho
was promoted to partner of Withers in San Francisco.
Ho focuses on real estate transactions and litigation involving acquisitions and sales, title matters, financing, leasing, joint ventures,
mixed use projects, land use entitlements, environmental law and real estate taxation.
He is based in San Francisco.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Joshua Hill Jr
joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as patner in San Francisco and New York.
Hill specializes in investigations, white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation.
He is based in San Francisco and New York.
Address
943 Steiner St
San Francisco, 94117-1619 USA
T:
(628) 432-5123
F:
(628) 232-3090
Dentons
Linda Pfatteicher
joined Dentons as partner in San Francisco.
Dentons bolstered its West Coast tax practice with the addition of partner Linda Pfatteicher, the former managing partner of Squire Patton Boggs' San Francisco office.
Pfatteicher specializes in international tax and operation structuring projects. She advises clients in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, post-acquisition integration and international tax controversies. She also represents clients in discussion with the government on pending tax legislation and advises clients on new tax legislation compliance.
"I think their global platform is impressive," Pfatteicher said about Dentons. "And it's far reaching and can really service my clients anywhere that they are. I also think that they as a firm are sort of doing things that are more innovative to stay current. Law firms need to be more forward thinking on how they approach providing legal services."
She added the industry is changing and clients want to pay less for services, so it was important for her to be at a firm that is being strategic and using technology in anticipation of the future changes.
Pfatteicher has 25 years of international tax and transactional experience. Her clients range from startups to multinational corporations in the technology, automotive, entertainment software, manufacturing, oil and gas industries and in venture funds.
Pfatteicher received her master of laws in tax from Georgetown University School of Law and her law degree from New England School of Law.
Address
One Market Plaza Spear Tower, 24th Floor
San Francisco, 94105 United States
T:
(415) 267-4108
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
Ruth Spillane
was promoted to partner of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP in San Diego.
Spillane, who has been with the firm since 2008, advises corporate clients on immigration matters including employment based nonimmigrant visa petitions and adjustment of status applications.
She is based in San Diego.
Andrea Rush
was promoted to of counsel of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP in Silicon Valley.
Rush focuses on employment and family immigration matters including visa petitions and related labor certification processes.
She is based in Silicon Valley.
Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel
Olivia C. Manning
joined Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel as attorney in San Jose.
Manning is the former in-house counsel for Tapjoy. She specializes in commercial contracts and data privacy matters.
She is based in San Jose.
Address
55 South Market St., Suite 900
San Jose, 95113 USA
T:
(408) 947-2407
F:
(408) 287-2583
Ballard Spahr LLP
Grant H. Dowd
was promoted to partner of Ballard Spahr LLP in Los Angeles.
Dowd specializes in real estate finance and investment
transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC
Ursula L. Clemons
joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC as special counsel in Orange County.
Clemons is the former presiding judge of California's Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board's Southern
California office.
She is based in Orange County.
Address
695 Town Center Drive Suite 1500
Costa Mesa, 92626 USA
T:
(714) 800-7900
Michelman & Robinson, LLP
Mehmet Baysan
was promoted to chair of cross-border litigation and arbitration of Michelman & Robinson, LLP in New York (Firm headquartered in Los Angeles).
Baysan advises entities, individuals and governments in cross-border disputes and arbitrations, as well as in investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, export violations and U.S. economic sanctions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Eric Landau
as partner and co-chair of the securities litigation department
Landau specializes in corporate governance and will lead the firm's Newport Beach office.
He is based in Newport Beach.
Travis Biffar
as partner
Biffar specializes in high stakes litigation and corporate governance disputes.
He is based in Newport Beach.
Address
18101 Von Karman Avenue Suite 230
Irvine, 92612 USA
T:
(212) 370-1300
Arent Fox LLP
Scott Adamson
joined Arent Fox LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Adamson specializes in corporate transactions ranging from leveraged buyouts to going private deals.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 West Fifth Street, 48th Floor
Los Angeles , 90013 USA
T:
(213) 443-7595
F:
(213) 629-7401
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Juan F. Cornejo
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy director and chief counsel at the california department of motor vehicles in Sacramento.
Cornejo was assistant general counsel at McClatchy Company LLC since 2003.
He is based in Sacramento.
Kelly X. Ranasinghe
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board of behavioral sciences in El Centro.
Ranasinghe has been on the board since 2020 and previously was deputy county counsel in Imperial County.
She is based in El Centro.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Address
3655 Nobel Dr., Suite 600
San Diego, 92122 USA
T:
(858) 434-5020
Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP
Tiffany S. Hansen
joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.
Hansen advises employers in litigation involving claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wage and hour violations and other employment disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
601 Montgomery St, Ste 350
San Francisco, 94111-2607 USA
Polsinelli LLP
Gregory R. Jones
joined Polsinelli LLP as principal in Los Angeles.
Jones represents health care clients in lawsuits and arbitrations related to claims of unfair competition and unfair business practices, health insurance fraud, antitrust, breach of contract, false advertising and business torts.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park E Ste 2900
Los Angeles, 90067-3221 USA
T:
(310) 229-1332
Sidley Austin LLP
Kristen Smith
joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Smith advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in debt financing transactions.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 California St, Ste 2000
San Francisco, 94104-1513 USA
Venable LLP
Hemanshu "Hemu" Nigam
joined Venable LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Nigam advises clients about online privacy and security issues including conducting cyber assessments and protection.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East, Suite 2300
Los Angeles, 90067 USA
T:
(310) 229-9900
F:
(310) 229-9901
Jenner & Block LLP
Laurie Edelstein
joined Jenner & Block LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Edelstein advises clients in energy and complex business disputes, regulatory litigation, antitrust, competition and white collar crime cases and investigations.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
455 Market St, Ste 2100
San Francisco, 94105-2453 USA
T:
(628) 267-6811
F:
(628) 627-6859
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Address
10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 1850
Century City, 90067 USA
Best Best & Krieger LLP
B. Allison Borkenheim
joined Best Best & Krieger LLP as partner in Irvine.
Borkenheim focuses on human resources, employment and labor law, defends employment law claims and creates compliance programs.
She is based in Irvine.
Address
18101 Von Karman Ave., Suite 1000
Irvine, 92612 United States
T:
(213) 787-2552
Goodwin Procter LLP
W. Stuart Ogg
joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Ogg advises issuers, underwriters and investors in capital market transactions related to the technology industry.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Micheal J. Reagan
joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Reagan represents buyers and sellers in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions involving the technology industry.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
601 Marshall St
Redwood City, 94063-1621 USA