Blank Rome LLP
Erica R. Graves
joined Blank Rome LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Graves advises companies in compliance matters related to regulations on advertising, labeling and other consumer practices.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East 6th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067 USA
T:
(424) 239-3449
Youngman Reitshtein PLC
Nicole Herzberg
joined Youngman Reitshtein PLC as associate in Los Angeles.
Herzberg is a UCLA School of Law graduate. During her time in law school she worked at a civil litigation firm, where she supported attorneys working on real estate litigation, contract disputes and intellectual property matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10507 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, 90064-2319 USA
T:
(310) 276-9442
F:
(310) 276-9442
Olson Remcho LLP
Aaron Silva
joined Olson Remcho LLP as senior counsel in Sacramento.
Aaron Silva, a former chief deputy in the state Office of Legislative Counsel, has joined Olson Remcho LLP as a senior counsel in Sacramento.
Silva joined the firm after 16 years with the state office and will leverage his past work to advise clients in government and election law matters.
"This is my first time in private practice," Silva said in an interview. "I was not unhappy at legislative counsel. It's a great agency. They serve a great client base and they do really important meaningful work. But I had been doing it a long time and I just sort of felt like I needed a new challenge and a change of scenery as we often do in life."
He described joining Olson Remcho as, "an opportunity to work alongside the best of the best in my profession" and said he looks forward to continuing to contribute to the governance of the state by advising clients involved in state politics.
"I'm really excited about the prospect and I think this is going to be a good change for me in a way that it sort of broadens my horizons," he said.
Silva had been chief deputy since 2014 in the office that provides legal services to the California Legislature.
His work included drafting legislation and preparing legal opinions on elections and redistricting, campaign finance law changes, open meetings and public records. He said he also oversaw all litigation related to the Legislature and advised state officials on ethics and conflict of interest matters.
Working with the office's staff and contributing to good governance and policymaking were what he enjoyed most, he said.
Previously Silva was a staff attorney for the Central District of California court. He was a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben of the District of Nevada and for U.S. Magistrate Judge Ralph Zarefsky of the Central District.
"We are thrilled to have Aaron join us," Olson Remcho, managing partner Karen Getman, said in a statement. "He is a brilliant lawyer with years of experience advising the Legislature on legal matters and will be an invaluable resource and advocate for our clients."
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Ste 400
Sacramento, 95814-4503 USA
T:
(916) 442-2952
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
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3)
Steven E. Otto
joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as partner in San Diego.
Otto specializes in commercial real estate law with expertise in the energy industry.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
12750 High Bluff Drive, Suite 250
San Diego, 92130 United States
T:
(858) 367-7676
F:
(858) 345-1991
King & Spalding LLP
McGregor W. Scott
joined King & Spalding LLP as partner in San Francisco and Sacramento.
Scott is the former Eastern District U.S. Attorney and is a member of the firm's special matters and government investigations team.
He is based in San Francisco and Sacramento.
Amy S. Hitchcock
joined King & Spalding LLP as counsel in San Francisco and Sacramento.
Hitchcock is a former assistant U.S. attorney in the special prosecutions unit, where she handled fraud, tax violations, public corruption, cybercrime, identity theft and child exploitation cases.
She is based in San Francisco and Sacramento.
Address
50 California Street Suite 3300
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 318-1200
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC
Ryan Lapine
joined Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC as partner in Los Angeles.
Lapine advises celebrities and other wealthy clients in insurance recovery, intellectual property, trust, estate and complex business disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles, 90067 US
T:
(310) 579-9600
F:
(310) 579-9650
Polsinelli LLP
Weston B. Rockers
joined Polsinelli LLP as principal in San Francisco.
Rockers specializes in real estate with an emphasis on acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, project and development finance and commercial leasing.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 248-2138
Judicate West
Diana B. Kruze
joined Judicate West as neutral in San Francisco.
Kruze has experience in business, contract, intellectual property, trade secret, technology and health care matters and sits on the California Access to Justice Commission. She is a former commissioner for Contra Costa County Superior Court.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
100 Pine Street Ste 1950
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 266-1242
F:
(415) 266-1243
K&L Gates LLP
Justin S. Wales
joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Miami.
Wales advises cryptocurrency, blockchain and financial technology companies in complex litigation, regulatory and transactional matters.
He is based in Los Angeles and Miami.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 8th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067 USA
T:
(310) 552-5078
Donaldson Callif Perez LLP (formerly Donaldson + Callif LLP)
Chris Perez
as name partner
in Los Angeles
Perez has been with the firm since 2009 and represents independent filmmakers through development, financing, production, rights clearance and distribution.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Rodney M. Hudson
joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as shareholder in San Francisco.
Hudson advises pharmaceutical, medical device and technology companies in complex litigation matters including mass torts, product liability and class actions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
4 Embarcadero Ctr, Ste 3000
San Francisco, 94111-5983 USA
T:
(415) 655-1300
F:
(415) 655-1300
Winston & Strawn LLP
Khoa D. Do
joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner and chair of the northern california corporate practice in Silicon Valley.
Do specializes in strategic and private equity mergers and acquisitions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
275 Middlefield Road Suite 205
Menlo Park, 94025 USA
T:
(650) 858-6439
Legalist
Jaemin Chang
joined Legalist as assistant general counsel in San Francisco.
Chang has expertise in business disputes involving real estate, intellectual property rights and employment and administrative investigations.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
58 West Portal Ave # 747
San Francisco, 94127-1304 USA
T:
(415) 612-3398
Tyson & Mendes LLP
Candice Hamant
was promoted to partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Francisco.
Hamant specializes in litigation including general, construction and premises liability.
She is based in Novato.
Allison Lawrence
was promoted to partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Francisco.
Lawrence focuses on general litigation, premises liability and personal injury.
She is based in Novato.
David Ramirez
was promoted to partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Diego.
Ramirez specializes in general liability, commercial and residential construction and insurance litigation.
He is based in San Diego
Latham & Watkins LLP
Tana Ryan
joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Ryan advises equity funds, public and private companies in corporate transactions including leveraged buyouts, mergers, acquisitions and special purpose acquisition company transactions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100
Los Angeles, 90071-1560 USA
T:
(213) 891-7832
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nioura F. Ghazni
joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Ghazni advises investors and private equity, venture capital and growth funds in strategic transactions in the health care and digital health sector.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
Four Embarcadero Center Seventeenth Floor
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 774-2943
F:
(415) 403-6014
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Adit M. Khorana
joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Khorana specializes in technology transactions including strategic alliances, joint ventures, acquisitions, spinoffs, collaboration and partnering arrangements globally.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Daniel Wu
joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as partner in Century City.
Wu advises emerging companies and the investors that finance them. He has expertise in venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions for technology companies.
He is based in Century City.
Withers
Naomita Yadav
joined Withers as partner in San Francisco.
Yadav focuses on tax matters, planning and trust structuring.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Sansome Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 872-3220
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Brad Miller
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Entertainment industry veteran Brad Miller returned to Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he was an associate in the late 1990s.
Miller was most recently associate general counsel for Amazon Studios.
"Now after 20 years of doing this, really what I found is that what I enjoy most about being a lawyer is counseling clients and helping them solve difficult legal challenges and I think the private practice arena is really the best place to serve a diverse set of clients," Miller explained.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP was the only firm he spoke with because it was a perfect fit, he said.
"I was at DWT from 1998 to 2000, so I have a lot of relationships at the firm from that time, but also I've worked closely with DWT lawyers over the years," he said. "They really have an unmatched reputation in the entertainment field."
Miller said his broad entertainment transactional practice includes production legal affairs, legal compliance work and content review with a focus on defamation, privacy, copyright and trademark issues. He also advises clients on pre-litigation and litigation strategy.
Over the span of his career he has worked in the private sector, owned his own entertainment boutique and held various in-house roles including director of legal affairs at Warner Bros. Television, director of business affairs at ABC Cable Networks Group, executive vice president of operations at High Noon Entertainment and senior corporate counsel at Amazon Studios.
"The different types of roles that I've had have given me a unique perspective because I've seen the different areas of the industry and put together the pieces of the larger puzzle," Miller said.
Address
865 South Figueroa Street Suite 2400
Los Angeles, 90017-2566 USA
T:
(213) 633-6800
F:
(213) 633-6899
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Thomas R. Gibson
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel for the california department of water resources in West Sacramento.
Gibson is the former assistant chief counsel at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
He is based in West Sacramento.
Miller Barondess, LLP
Murad Salim
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Salim is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex civil litigation matters, including contract, partnership, fraud, trademark, intellectual property, franchise, products liability, false advertising, and consumer finance disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, 90067 United States
T:
(310) 552-4400
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Robert W. Mockler
joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP as partner in Los Angeles and New York.
Mockler specializes in complex litigation and arbitration.
He is based in Los Angeles and New York.
Address
633 W 5th St, Ste 1900
Los Angeles, 90071-2015 USA
T:
(213) 439-9429
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Brett R. Willis
joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Willis specializes in tax matters related to private equity funds, mergers, acquisitions and partnerships.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
725 South Figueroa Street Suite 2800
Los Angeles, 90017-5406 USA
T:
(213) 488-7100
F:
(213) 629-1033
Nixon Peabody LLP
Erica Van Loon
joined Nixon Peabody LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Loon is an intellectual property trial lawyer with a focus on copyright, trademark, patent, rights of publicity, defamation and business interference.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Andrew Choung
joined Nixon Peabody LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Choung focuses on technology and complex patent litigation and proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
300 South Grand Avenue Suite 4100
Los Angeles, 90071-3151 USA
T:
(213) 629-6000
F:
(213) 629-6001
Hogan Lovells
Nitin Gambhir
joined Hogan Lovells as partner in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Gambhir focuses on high stakes intellectual property disputes in federal court, before the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial Appeal Board.
He is based in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Address
3 Embarcadero Ctr, Ste 1500
San Francisco, 94111-4038 USA
T:
(415) 374-2427
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Donald K. Lang
was promoted to counsel of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in Menlo Park.
Lang advises issuers and investment banks in capital market transactions.
He is based in Menlo Park.
Bryan Quinn
was promoted to counsel of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in Menlo Park.
Quinn specializes in corporate and securities law matters including capital market transactions and corporate governance.
He is based in Menlo Park.
Foley & Lardner LLP
André Thiollier
joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Thiollier specializes in international transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture financings
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
975 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, 94304-1013 USA
T:
(650) 856-3700
F:
(650) 856-3710
Tyson & Mendes LLP
Edward Leonard
joined Tyson & Mendes LLP as partner in Orange County, CA.
Tyson & Mendes LLP expanded its litigation capabilities in Orange County with the addition of Edward Leonard as a partner.
Leonard, who has 42 years of experience, joined the firm from Poliquin & DeGrave LLP, where he practiced for eight months. He spent most of his career at Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, where he was managing partner.
"Mark Poliquin and Doug DeGrave are wonderful friends and I went to work with them for a short period of time, but frankly, I decided that I wanted to take the opportunity and go to work for Tyson & Mendes to expand my practice a little bit more," Leonard said of his decision to move.
The size of the firm and the large and complex cases it handles were also attractions, he said.
Leonard specializes in general liability defense with a focus on trucking and big rig litigation involving major accidents and injury.
In addition to his trial practice, which he said has included trying 95 civil cases to verdict, he is a member of the Trucking Industry Defense Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Orange County Bar Association. He is on the board of ABOTA's Orange County Chapter and was president in 2011. He also was a member of the trucking defense group's board for eight years.
"I've been around for a while and at this point in time, you start thinking about spreading some knowledge to some of the younger lawyers and so I hope to do some of that by helping the younger lawyers with issues and how to look at cases and talk to them about being persuasive and what you need to do as a lawyer," Leonard explained. "As lawyers all we sell is our time, our good name and our ability to persuade, so it's important that I get that across to young lawyers, whether they're working for Tyson & Mendes, or whether they're co-counsel or someone who's opposing counsel. It doesn't matter. It's still the same thing. We have to pass this on to the next generation."
Address
17901 Von Karman Ave., Suite 600
Irvine, 92614 United States
T:
(949) 490-4840
F:
(949) 267-5261
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Kristin L. Yokomoto
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Costa Mesa.
Yokomoto is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law. She focuses on estate planning, business succession planning, trust administration and probate.
She is based in Costa Mesa.
Address
600 Anton Blvd, Ste 900
Costa Mesa, 92626-7193 USA
T:
(714) 966-8826
F:
(714) 754-6611