Richard P. Klau joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as state chief technology innovation officer at the california department of technology in San Ramon.

Klau is the former senior operating partner of Google Ventures.
He is based in San Ramon.

Gareth S. Lacy joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as special advisor for strategic initiatives and communication at the employment development department in Carmichael.

Lacy has been on the California Gambling Control Commission since 2018.
He is based in Carmichael.

Frolan R. Aguiling joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the california dept. of human resources in Rocklin.

Aguiling has served as chief counsel since 2016. He previously was deputy chief counsel and assistant chief counsel at the department.
He is based in Rocklin.

Kristen E. Kane joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel in the office of tax appeals in Sacramento.

Kane has served as chief counsel since 2017 and was previously acting director.
She is based in Sacramento.

Bruce J. McNeil joined Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl Inc. as partner in Los Angeles.

McNeil specializes in employee benefits, including tax-qualified plans, executive and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, as well as the tax aspects of equity, phantom equity and employee benefits litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Brandee L. Diamond joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Diamond focuses on complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, particularly mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments and joint ventures.
She is based in San Francisco.

Eric Chow joined Foley & Lardner LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Chow focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, in addition to cross-border and domestic corporate deals such as investment, financing and joint venture transactions.
He is based in San Francisco.

Alex Ravski Jr. joined Foley & Lardner LLP as special counsel in San Francisco.

Ravski focuses on corporate transactions such as venture financing, mergers and acquisitions and entity formation, as well as corporate governance matters in the emerging technology space.
He is based in San Francisco.

Courtney D. King joined Foley & Lardner LLP as associate in San Francisco.

King focuses on corporate law and advises clients in a range of transactions including private equity investments and corporate restructurings.
She is based in San Francisco.

Benjamin J. Kim was promoted to deputy practice leader of the labor and employment group of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.

Kim also leads the occupational safety and health team and defends clients in employment litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Daniel Belzer was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Century City.

Belzer specializes in corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and capital-raising transactions.
He is based in Century City.

Vinay Bhupathy was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Century City.

Bhupathy advises health care clients in mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions, value-based care, reimbursement and regulatory compliance, health information technology contracting, product development, operations and data security and privacy.
He is based in Century City.

Kira T. Conlon was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Los Angeles.

Conlon helps secure land use and zoning entitlements for clients, including for residential, mixed-use, commercial, industrial and educational institution projects throughout the state.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Matthew J. Goldman was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Century City.

Goldman specializes in health care law with a focus on regulatory and transactional matters.
He is based in Century City.

Hayley S. Grunvald was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Grunvald specializes in labor and employment law with an emphasis on litigation defense.
She is based in San Diego.

Kristin P. Housh was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Housh specializes in business litigation including high stakes contractual disputes and equity ownership, partnership and shareholder disputes.
She is based in San Diego.

Patricia M. Jeng was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Francisco.

Jeng specializes in labor and employment litigation. She also represents clients before administrative agencies.
She is based in San Francisco.

Joy Nemirow was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Palo Alto.

Nemirow focuses on patent preparation, prosecution and strategy. She represents clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical fields.
She is based in Palo Alto.

Chris Ponder was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Palo Alto.

Ponder focuses on complex intellectual property disputes related to patents, trade secrets and unfair competition in the digital streaming, enterprise software, gaming, medical device, semiconductor and telecommunications industries.
He is based in Palo Alto.

Thomas R. Proctor was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Proctor specializes in representing insurance companies in bad faith litigation.
He is based in San Diego.

Eric Grant joined Hicks Thomas LLP as partner in Sacramento.

Grant specializes in energy and environmental litigation.
He is based in Sacramento.

Arti L. Bhimani joined Liebert Cassidy Whitmore as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Bhimani specializes in litigation, particularly the representation of nonprofit institutions.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Robert Barbarowicz was promoted to partner of Dentons US LLP in Los Angeles.

Barbarowicz specializes in advising insurance companies in corporate, transaction and regulatory matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jorge Arciniega joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Arciniega focuses on complex trademark and copyright matters including the registration and enforcement of global intellectual property portfolios and licensing and co-branding endorsement agreements.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Megan Clark joined Fisher Phillips LLP as associate in San Francsico.

Clark represents employers in claims of sexual harassment, wrongful termination, discrimination, disability accommodation and retaliation.
She is based in San Francisco.

Krystle D. Meyer joined Fisher Phillips LLP as associate in Los Angeles.

Krystle Meyer specializes in representing employers in litigation brought under California's Private Attorneys General Act.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Christina M. Vier joined Fisher Phillips LLP as associate in Los Angeles.

Vier specializes in defending clients in representative and class actions related to allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower claims, wrongful termination and wage and hour violations.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Paul R. Walker joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Walker advises clients in a range of real estate transactions including real estate loan workouts and restructurings, the origination of and investment in real estate loans and syndicated real estate-secured financings of all types.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth W. Walker joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Walker specializes in real estate litigation, bankruptcy and workout matters including the exercise of remedies, lender liability, UCC and judicial/non-judicial real estate foreclosures, receiverships, plans of reorganization, debtor-in-possession financings
and actions on guaranties.

Bruce W. Fraser joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Fraser advises hedge funds, commercial banks, life insurance companies and institutional capital in the origination of real estate loans such as construction loans, mezzanine and syndicated real estate-secured financings.
He is based in Los Angeles.

David Scheper joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Scheper focuses on complex commercial litigation, internal investigations and white collar criminal defense.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Alexander Cote joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Cote specializes in arbitration, trial and appeal. He has experience representing clients in First Amendment, intellectual property, real estate, legal malpractice and contract disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Peggy Dayton joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Dayton focuses on civil litigation and white collar criminal defense.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Katherine Farkas joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Farkas focuses litigation related to labor and employment, real estate and complex commercial disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.

William H. Forman joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Forman specializes in representing clients in a range of complex commercial disputes, consumer class actions, securities fraud matters and First Amendment cases.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Angela M. Machala joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Machala represents companies and corporate executives in regulatory and white collar criminal investigations.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Michael Swartz joined Winston & Strawn LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Swartz focuses on complex commercial and securities litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Gregory Ellis joined Winston & Strawn LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Ellis is a civil litigator and has experience with breach of contract and real estate disputes, business torts and securities fraud and intellectual property matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Marc Harris joined Winston & Strawn LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Harris focuses on the representation of companies and individuals in state and federal criminal investigations and prosecutions in addition to complex business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jana Russell joined Winston & Strawn LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Russell is a litigator and specializes in the defense of civil and criminal investigations and commercial disputes and class actions.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Thomas B. Song was promoted to chair of cdf’s workplace safety and health (osha) practice group of CDF Labor Law LLP in Irvine.

Song is an employment litigator and specializes in OSHA laws and compliance issues.
He is based in Irvine.

Scott F. Gautier joined Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gautier specializes in creating and structuring transactions related to distressed financial situations.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jeremy A. Avila joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel at the department of aging in San Jose.

Avila has been deputy county counsel at the Santa Clara County Counsel's office since 2019.
He is based in San Jose.

Ryan J. Szczepanik was promoted to president of East Bay Trust and Estate Lawyers in Orinda.

Szczepanik is a principal at Hartog, Baer & Hand APC and is a certified specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law.
He is based in Orinda.

Andrew Saxon joined Fisher Phillips LLP as of counsel in Irvine.

Saxon advises employers in employment, class action and commercial matters.
He is based in Irvine.

Albert Lin joined Fisher Phillips LLP as associate in Irvine.

Lin focuses on defending employers in workplace claims.
He is based in Irvine.

Michael R. Guerrero joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Guerrero specializes in advising clients in consumer protection and consumer financial services issues.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Robert J. O'Hair joined Judicate West as neutral in Sacramento.

O'Hair is a certified family law specialist and has been a private judge for 15 years for settlements and trials in Northern California. He is also a former judge pro tem for both the Sacramento County.
He is based in Sacramento.

Thomas N. McCormick as managing partner

McCormick specializes in employment litigation, complex commercial disputes and class action litigation.
He is based in Newport Beach.

Cory D. Catignani as partner

Catignani previously practiced vin Ohio and will now practice out of the Newport Beach office. He specializes in advising employers in employment matters related to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Family and Medical Act Leave and various other employment laws.
He is based in Newport Beach.

Jocelyn Hoffman

Hoffman represents employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge and wage-and-hour litigation.
She is based in Newport Beach.

Richard L. Shamos joined Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Shamos specializes in private investment products and fund formation.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Keith D. Koeller joined JAMS as neutral in Irvine.

Koeller was a founding partner of the firm and specialized in litigation. At Jams, he will focus on business and commercial, construction, construction defect, insurance, personal injury and torts and real property disputes.
He is based in Irvine.