Miller Barondess, LLP
Max W. Hirsch
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Hirsch is a litigator with experience representing clients in contract, copyright, trademark, false advertising, antitrust, and false claims act cases.
Bryan R. Redfern
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Redfern is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex litigation matters, including breach of contract and business tort claims, products liability defense, complex construction and engineering litigation, and antitrust claims.
Jessica P.G. Newman
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Newman is a litigator with experience representing clients in contract and partnership disputes, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, internal investigations, commercial real estate, and healthcare fraud and abuse.
Evan B. McGinley
joined Miller Barondess, LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
McGinley is a litigator with experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation, white collar investigations, contract disputes, antitrust litigation, and corporate compliance matters.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 552-4400
F:
(310) 552-8400
Vanaman German LLP (formerly Newman Aaronson Vanaman )
Blank Rome LLP
Kevin M. O'Malley
was promoted to partner of Blank Rome LLP in Los Angeles.
O'Malley specializes in financial services and secured lending in the manufacturing, health care and technology industries.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Klinedinst PC
Heather L. Rosing
was promoted to chief executive officer of Klinedinst PC in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Rosing specializes in the defense of lawyers and accountants, as well as ethics and risk management counseling. She is the chairperson of the professional liability department.
She is based in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Yoka & Smith, LLP
Chad Chen
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith, LLP in Los Angeles.
Chen defends clients in product liability litigation, commercial and business disputes and class actions. He also advises clients in non-litigation matters including client contracts and business transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Analea Patterson
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as legal affairs secretary in Sacramento.
Patterson has been chief deputy legal affairs secretary in the governor's office since 2019.
She is based in Sacramento.
Diana Becton
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california victim compensation board in El Sobrante.
Becton is a former superior court judge who has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017.
She is based in El Sobrante.
Cinthia N. Flores
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california agricultural labor relations board in Los Angeles.
Flores was appointed to the board in 2020. She is a former staff attorney at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Coby King
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board for professional engineers, land surveyors and geologists in Los Angeles.
King has been on the board since 2013. He is president and CEO of High Point Strategies.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Erin M. Choi
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california exposition and state fair board of directors in Sacramento.
Choi was appointed to the board in 2020 and is the corporate counsel at Sutter Health.
She is based in Sacramento.
Rex Hime
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of california exposition and state fair board of directors in Loomis.
Hime has been a member of the board since 1996 and is the president and chief executive officer of the California Business Properties Association. He has been president and CEO since 1984.
He is based in Loomis.
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Julia L. Allen
was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.
Allen represents clients in complex civil litigation and criminal proceedings.
She is based in San Francisco.
Sophie A. Hood
was promoted to partner of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco.
Hood focuses on high-stakes, complex litigation, including intellectual property, fraud, breach of contract, antitrust and securities disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Vanaman German LLP (formerly Newman Aaronson Vanaman)
Sidley Austin LLP
Idan Netser
joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Netser advises emerging and international companies on transactional matters including cross-border transactions, funding and investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, international tax, tax planning, tax controversy and transfer pricing.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Andrew Harper
joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Palo Alto.
Harper advises clients on complex business and financing issues with an emphasis on emerging and high growth companies. He has experience in equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Address
1001 Page Mill Rd, Building One, Suite 100 , Palo Alto 94304 USA
T:
(650) 862-8293
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Sarah Hibbard
joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as associate in San Diego.
Hibbard is a corporate and securities attorney and joins the firm's life sciences and medical technology industry group.
Address
4320 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 205 , San Diego 92122 USA
T:
(858) 434-5020
Holland & Knight LLP
Raymond Kim
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in Los Angeles.
Kim is a commercial litigator with a focus on consumer class action defense.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Yoka & Smith LLP
Lauren A.R. Lofton
was promoted to partner of Yoka & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.
Lofton defends clients in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and products liability litigation, as well as business tort matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Holland & Knight LLP
Mark E. Powell
joined Holland & Knight LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Powell specializes in estate and gift tax planning, family governance and succession planning and trust and probate administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
400 South Hope Street, 8th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 896-2426
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Edwards Judelson Jaelyn
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Judelson advises clients in international trade regulatory compliance with an emphasis on U.S. export controls and economic sanctions in the software and technology sector.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Blank Rome LLP
Arash Beral
joined Blank Rome LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Beral represents clients in complex and high-stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park E Ste 600 , Los Angeles 90067-2907 USA
T:
(424) 239-3453
F:
(424) 389-7519
Miller Starr Regalia
Nicholas E. Ma
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Ma is a commercial litigator. He represents real estate developers, tech companies, financial institutions and public entities.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
JAMS
John K. Stewart
joined JAMS as neutral in San Francisco.
Stewart was appointed to the bench in 2000 and served for 20 years, presiding over civil, criminal, juvenile and probate calendars. He was presiding judge in 2015.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 774-2600
F:
(415) 982-5287
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Kristina D. Lawson
was promoted to managing partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
promotes Kristina D. Lawson to managing partner
Lawson specializes in complex entitlement, land use, environmental and municipal matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
Michael J. Gorback
was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Gorback advises clients in corporate formation, debt and equity financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, technology transactions, employment counseling, public securities offerings, SEC reporting and corporate governance.
He is based in San Francisco.
Constance Liu
was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Liu advises clients in tax strategies and international estate planning, including issues related to investments in the U.S. and tax reporting requirements for foreign trusts.
She is based in San Francisco.
Sandra L. Rappaport
was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Rappaport specializes in employer- side labor and employment law.
She is based in San Francisco.
Mohammad Walizadeh
was promoted to management committee member of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Walizadeh focuses on commercial litigation related to real estate such as lease and contract actions, partition actions, debt collection cases, partnership disputes and bankruptcy matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Christopher A. Rheinheimer
was promoted to partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Rheinheimer focuses on complex trials and litigation with an emphasis on environmental, energy, land use
and real estate-related matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Ann Mary Olson
was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Olson represents clients in the health and long-term care services industries in civil and regulatory litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Nicole S. Witt
was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Witt advises clients on government and public agency law.
She is based in San Francisco.
Elisha J. Yang
was promoted to senior counsel of Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.
Yang is a transactional lawyer with a focus on commercial, real estate and land use matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
Tucker Ellis LLP
Nicholas V. Janizeh
was promoted to counsel of Tucker Ellis LLP in Los Angeles.
Janizeh focuses on product liability defense in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Musick Peeler
Michael Mauge
was promoted to partner of Musick Peeler in Los Angeles.
Mauge specializes in general litigation and employment law. He has experience litigating disputes related to wrongful termination and discrimination, contracts, construction defect, insurance bad faith and product liability.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Stacey L. Rosenberg
joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner.
Stacey L. Rosenberg, a former partner at Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP on Dec. 5 in the downtown Los Angeles office. Rosenberg, the 15th partner to join the firm in the last 12 months, will be part of the finance and bankruptcy practice group.
"I think that Sheppard offers me just a better platform," Rosenberg said of her move. "It has a larger banking group than Hogan had in the U.S. ... and it was doing well. But I think that Sheppard really gives me an opportunity to focus on a larger potential group of clients, and just because they have that larger finance practice, I think it's a bit easier to work with my partners and pitch business and the like."
Rosenberg had been with Hogan Lovells for four years.
Since the start of her career, she has specialized in secured lending and currently focuses on alternative lenders and direct lending. She also has experience in leveraged finance, working with investment banks and commercial banks and other types of debt finance, with the exception of public securities. Her clients range across industries but she has specific expertise in film finance, which she has been doing for the last 20 years.
Much of Rosenberg's work also involves distressed companies. "I think that there's quite a bit of opportunity to work with the bankruptcy partners to build on the synergies there as well," she added.
"Stacey checks a bunch of boxes," said Brent Horstman, Sheppard's finance and bankruptcy practice group leader. "We've always had a historical strength in commercial banking, but we have tried to strengthen our direct lending, alternative lender portion of our practice, which we think Stacey definitely does. We have a very strong entertainment group and Stacey fits well there as well. And then, just culturally, we've gotten to know Stacey over the course of interviewing and we think she fits very well with the firm. We thought, on all levels this was a great fit."
Rosenberg has been involved in handling adoption cases pro bono for the Alliance for Children's Rights. She was the coordinator of pro bono adoption cases at Hogan Lovells and looks to continue that work at Sheppard Mullin.
Address
333 S Hope St, Fl 43 , Los Angeles 90071-1422 USA
T:
(213) 617-4128
Miller Starr Regalia
Timothy Maes
was promoted to shareholder of Miller Starr Regalia in Walnut Creek.
Maes represents property owners, developers and retailers in real estate transactions.
He is based in Walnut Creek.
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
Daniel F. Freedman
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.
Freedman advises clients in real estate development, zoning, land use entitlements and compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Ryan D. Nowicki
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.
Nowicki specializes in domestic and international tax planning and controversies, business structuring and complex transactions, as well as nonprofit tax-exempt organization law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Andrew K. Steenbock
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in Los Angeles.
Steenbock focuses on wealth transfer planning, including estate, gift tax and charitable planning, probate and trust administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Stuart K. Tubis
was promoted to partner of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP in San Francisco.
Tubis focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on claims related to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
He is based in San Francisco.
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Tao Y. Leung
was promoted to partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP in Los Angeles.
Leung leads the labor and employment practice in the firm's California offices and specializes in state and federal employment law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Wesley E. Overson Jr.
joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in San Francisco.
Overson specializes in intellectual property and commercial litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
Two Embarcadero Center Suite 1900 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 273-4730
F:
(415) 723-7020
Latham & Watkins LLP
Steven N. Feldman
joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Feldman represents clients in complex commercial litigation, including complex commercial disputes, intellectual property matters and class actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100 , Los Angeles 90071-1560 USA
T:
(213) 891-8790
Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP
Nicholas D. Brauns
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Brauns specializes in complex business and transportation litigation.
He is based in San Diego.
Scott J. Ingold
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Ingold specializes in estate and trust litigation.
He is based in San Diego.
Rachel R. James
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
James is a family law attorney that specializes on high-asset, high-conflict divorce matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Nicole M. Martinez
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Martinez specializes in family law with an emphasis on high-asset, high-conflict divorce matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Eric D. Tetrault
was promoted to partner of Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP in San Diego.
Tetrault advises clients in planning and structuring of tax, corporate and real estate transaction matters.
He is based in San Diego.
Miller Starr Regalia
Samantha Chen
joined Miller Starr Regalia as associate in Walnut Creek.
Chen is a litigator and advises public agency clients on land use, planning and zoning matters including the California Environmental Quality Act, as well as building and municipal code enforcement, ADA compliance, public works projects and government transparency laws.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596 United States
T:
(925) 935-9400
Littler Mendelson PC
Eric Compere
joined Littler Mendelson PC as counsel in Los Angeles.
Compere counsels employers in workplace safety standards, compliance regulations and emerging issues.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
633 West 5th Street, 63rd Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 443-4284
F:
(800) 715-1330
K&L Gates LLP
Helen B. Kim
joined K&L Gates LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Kim focuses on securities litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Ste 800 , Los Angeles 90067-4105 USA
T:
(310) 552-5090
F:
(310) 552-5201