James Francis Hennessy was promoted to counsel of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Hennessy's healthcare clients include physician practices, hospitals, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, medical foundations, DMEPOS suppliers, academic medical centers, independent diagnostic testing facilities (IDTFs), federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). He also represents a variety of life sciences companies and health industry-focused private equity companies.

Kevin M. Hara was promoted to counsel of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Hara's practice focuses on life sciences product liability litigation and multidistrict and mass tort litigation. His experience includes representation of many major manufacturers of medical products including numerous cardiac and orthopedic medical devices, and commonly used prescription medications.

Donna Sally Salcedo was promoted to counsel of Reed Smith LLP in Century City.

Salcedo represents public and private companies and financial institutions in connection with a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, initial public offerings, secondary offerings, corporate formation and governance, and other general corporate matters.

Carla M. Wirtschafter was promoted to counsel of Reed Smith LLP in Century City.

Wirtschafter is experienced in a wide variety of complex business litigation and disputes, including representing and defending clients in lawsuits involving securities laws and business crimes, acquisition and earnout disputes, and intellectual property, including advertising, trademark, copyright, trade secret.

Jonathan M Baum joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Jonathan Baum is a partner in Steptoe & Johnson LLP's Investigations & White-Collar Defense Group. He represents individuals and companies in criminal and civil proceedings in federal and state court, as well as in government investigations. He handles bank and wire fraud, money laundering, bribery, and economic espionage matters for clients.

Sarah Davis was promoted to counsel of Buckley LLP in San Francisco.

Davis represents financial institutions in consumer class actions, complex commercial litigation, and regulatory enforcement actions.

Lauren L. Erker was promoted to counsel of Buckley LLP in San Francisco.

Erker represents financial services companies and industry-leading technology, retail, and manufacturing firms in consumer class actions, complex commercial litigation, and enforcement actions.

Michael W. Ward joined Baker Botts LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Ward focuses on government investigations and white collar criminal defense. He has been appointed as an Independent Compliance Monitor and regularly advises clients on best practices in corporate compliance programs.

Matthew M. Brady was promoted to partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Los Angeles.

Brady handles all aspects of a variety of complex civil litigation matters, including insurance recovery, complex contract disputes, property damage disputes and large-scale construction disputes. His practice also includes white collar defense and investigations.

Kelly Siobhan Laffey was promoted to partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP in Sherman Oaks.

Laffey focuses on advising emerging growth and middle market companies in the technology, digital, internet, interactive media and entertainment industries.

Neil N. Elan was promoted to senior counsel of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP in Sherman Oaks.

Elan's civil litigation practice focuses on all areas of business and commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on business dissolution, buy-sell agreements, prosecution, and defense of breach of contract and promissory note actions, business torts, unfair business practices, fraud, and anti-SLAPP.

John R. De La Merced was promoted to senior counsel of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP in Sherman Oaks.

Merced focuses on clients in commercial, intellectual property, and real estate disputes in federal court, state court, and arbitration.

Daniel P. Fallon was promoted to partner of Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Diego.

Fallon leads a group of litigators specializing in professional liability, personal injury, general commercial liability, and business litigation.

Justin Boose joined Holland & Knight LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Portland.

Boose represents sponsors, developers, investors, private equity and infrastructure funds, and regulated and nonregulated utilities on all types of transactions for renewable and traditional energy projects. His experience is heavily concentrated in solar, wind and energy storage projects, but also includes fuel cell, anaerobic digester, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, cogeneration, ethanol, biogas, biomass, waste-to-energy, water, carbon capture and mitigation, green hydrogen, electric vehicle charging, e-mobility and energy efficiency projects.

J. Matthew Carter was promoted to partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Los Angeles.

Carter focuses on litigating bid protests, conducting internal investigations, representing companies and individuals in suspension and debarment proceedings, and providing regulatory and compliance advice.

Robert P. Merten III was promoted to partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Sacramento.

Merten represents and advises clients nationwide on state and local tax issues, primarily income and franchise tax, sales and use tax, property and transfer tax, and local tax matters.

Julie Park was promoted to partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Silicon Valley.

Park advises public and private companies on corporate and transactional matters, with a focus on capital markets and securities law matters, including initial public offerings and SPAC transactions.

Kamran Mirrafati joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Mirrafati defends employers in a wide range of employment litigation and arbitration matters involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, leaves of absence, breaches of contract, and wage and hour class actions.

Adam Le Berthon was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in Los Angeles.

Berthon handles complex and multiparty business litigation. He has extensive experience defending professional liability claims, product liability and mass tort actions filed against pharmaceutical and consumer product companies and has represented numerous companies and individuals involved in environmental litigation.

Nicholas R. Lane was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in San Francisco.

Lane represents individuals and organizations in a variety of national and international disputes before federal and state courts and in alternative dispute resolutions.

Jianlin Song was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in San Francisco.

Song represents manufacturers across the spectrum of life science products. She also has represented clinical and diagnostic laboratories and dental, medical and nursing practitioners in professional malpractice cases, and in response to investigations by their respective professional boards.

Victoria Q. Smith joined Squire Patton Boggs as partner in Palo Alto.

Smith represents clients in intellectual property matters spanning a variety of industries, including telecommunications, electronics, and software (including technology related to cellular devices, data encryption and compression, email, mapping and enterprise software, and graphics software and chips), and biotech and pharmaceuticals.

Edwin Astudillo joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in San Diego.

Astudillo has experience in public company reporting, securities offerings, corporate governance, and public and private mergers and acquisitions.

Elizabeth Dorsi was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Dorsi represents clients in disputes ranging from high-stakes civil litigation to pre-litigation conflict resolution.

Shanti Eagle was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Eagle represents large corporate clients, small businesses, and individuals pursuing coverage under a variety of insurance policies, including general liability, errors & omissions liability, directors & officers liability, employment practices liability and commercial and first-party property insurance.

Aviva J. Gilbert was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Gilbert represents individuals and companies in federal and state government enforcement, investigation, and criminal justice matters. She co-chairs the firm’s white-collar defense and corporate investigations practice and is a leader of its healthcare practice.

Drew N. Goodwin was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Goodwin advises clients of various sizes from early-stage companies to publicly traded corporations across a wide range of industries, with a focus on renewable energy, cannabis, and sports.

Jeffrey M. Hamilton was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Hamilton’s practices a full range of corporate work including mergers and acquisitions, including Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, equity and debt offerings, venture capital financings, and fund formation.

Agustin D. Orozco joined Crowell & Moring LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Orozco's practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations, as well as government contracts matters. His background as a federal prosecutor and government contracts attorney positions him to be an effective strategist for clients on matters at the intersection of government contracts and white collar defense.

Joshua M. Rosenberg joined Venable LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Rosenberg handles a wide range of complex litigation matters, including breach of contract, copyright and trademark infringement, employment disputes, defamation, invasion of privacy, and general business matters.

Chaka M. Patterson joined Alston & Bird LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Patterson has more than 25 years of experience as in-house counsel, government prosecutor and in private practice.

Michael L. Kibbe was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Irvine.

Kibbe advises a wide range of clients on employment related matters involving compliance with federal and state laws and best employment practices.

Derek S. Hecht was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Irvine.

Hecht’s practice includes leading computer forensic
investigations, developing internal policies, procedures
and litigation.

Ian G. Robertson was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Irvine.

Robertson focuses primarily on defense of wage and hour class actions and California Private Attorneys General Act cases.

Michelle M. Holmes was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Los Angeles.

Holmes advises employers on all types of labor and employment matters, including defending clients in lawsuits and administrative proceedings that involve wrongful termination, employment discrimination, wage and hour and harassment.

Jyoti Mittal was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Los Angeles (Century City).

Mittal represents employers in a broad range of employment litigation matters, including at the administrative level, defending against discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, unfair competition, theft of trade secrets and wage and hour claims.

Noah J. Woods was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in San Diego.

Woods represents employers in single plaintiff actions alleging claims of wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, discrimination, breach of contract and violations of wage and hour laws at the state and federal level, and in arbitration and administrative hearings .

Philip B. Baldwin was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in San Francisco.

Baldwin advises employers in a broad range of traditional labor and employment law matters arising under federal and state laws.

Richard L. Gillespie was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Walnut Creek.

Gillespie represents employers of all sizes and industries in all aspects of labor and employment law.

Melissa K. Peters was promoted to shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC in Walnut Creek.

Peters specializes in California Occupational Safety and Health Administration matters.

Adam M. Romney joined Berger Kahn as senior counsel in Irvine.

Romney specializes in wildfire litigation. He successfully argued wildfire subrogation claims in litigation against PG&E over the North Bay Fire and Camp Fire, against Southern California Edison over the Thomas Fire and Woolsey Fire, and against the State of Nevado over the Little Valley Fire.

Keith M. Cochran was promoted to partner of Fitzgerald Knaier LLP in San Diego.

Cochran focuses on complex business disputes and intellectual property litigation in state and federal court. He has prosecuted and defended cases involving claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition, securities and common law fraud, and other business-related torts.

Marisa D. Brutoco joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in Orange County and Century City.

Brutoco is in the Entertainment, Technology and Advertising Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin's Orange County and Century City offices and is a leader of the firm's Technology Transactions Team.

Joshua T. Love was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in Los Angeles (Century City).

Love i represents emerging and superstar-level talent, music companies, entrepreneurs, investment vehicles, brands and advertising agencies on a wide array of music business-related agreements, including recording, publishing, live touring, sponsorship and endorsement, management, master use and synchronization, and other music rights clearance agreements.

Marc D. Marc D. Hauser was promoted to partner of Reed Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Hauser focuses his practice primarily on the cannabis industry, he was recently recognized by Chambers USA and Legal 500 as one of the leading cannabis attorneys in the United States.

Travis S. Silva was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.

Silva focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial litigation, including intellectual property, contract, and class action matters. He works with technology, media, pharmaceutical, and public entity clients, and he has represented law firms both big and small in professional liability matters.

Anjali Srinivasan was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.

Srinivasan represents clients in all facets of commercial litigation, including in intellectual property matters and class actions. She also maintains an active pro bono practice that includes civil rights cases, wrongful conviction matters, and immigration cases.

David J. Rosen was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.

Rosen represents clients in a range of complex civil litigation matters, including intellectual property, antitrust, and breach of contract cases.

Emily M. Karlberg joined Ropes & Gray LLP as counselor in San Francisco.

Karlberg focuses her practice on complex intellectual property, technology and privacy issues in connection with mergers and acquisitions, including business divisions, spinoffs, carve-out transactions, and joint ventures.

Lisa M. Reimbold was promoted to member of Clark Hill PLC in Los Angeles.

Reimbold's specializes in general liability matters and employment litigation involving harassment, discrimination and retaliation, Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits, whistleblower claims, and wage and hour litigation.