Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Katherine C. Bissett
was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles.
Bissett advises lenders and borrowers in real estate finance, including the structure, underwriting and negotiation of clients' loans. Most recently, she has been specializing in asset management work such as assisting clients with loan modifications, assumptions, collateral substitutions, extensions, workouts and enforcement actions.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Chandra S. Andrade
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Andrade defends and advises employers in workplace disputes including class actions and Private Attorney General Act litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Winston Liaw
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Liaw represents technology companies in patent infringement litigation and intellectual property matters.
He is based in San Francisco.
Kelly M. Matayoshi
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Matayoshi specializes in litigation on products liability claims, subrogation defense, contract and other disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Janice W. Reicher
Reicher is co-chair of the white collar defense and internal corporate investigations group and also specializes in complex business litigation.
She is based in San Francisco.
Brent Saldaña
was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.
Saldaña focuses on real estate transactions including acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, financing, management and ownership transactions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP
Rupa Patel
was promoted to partner of Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP in Walnut Creek.
Patel specializes in complex litigation with an emphasis on construction claims and products liability plus business and corporate disputes.
She is based in Walnut Creek.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Stan Lewandowski
joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Lewandowski advises emerging companies in corporate matters including venture capital and private equity financing, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
2550 Hanover Street , Palo Alto 94304-1115 USA
T:
(650) 233-4500
F:
(650) 233-4545
Rossi Hamerslough Reischl & Chuck
Missy Cornejo
was promoted to shareholder of Rossi Hamerslough Reischl & Chuck in San Jose.
Cornejo represents business entities, commercial developers, real estate buyers and sellers, real estate brokers and agents, as well as commercial landlords and tenants in all aspects of litigation.
She is based in San Jose.
Miller Barondess, LLP
Casey B. Sypek
was promoted to partner of Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles.
Sypek is a trial attorney and focuses on employment, contract, fraud, copyright, trademark, entertainment and false advertising disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Kabateck LLP
Shant A. Karnikian
was promoted to partner of Kabateck LLP in Los Angeles.
Karnikian specializes in insurance bad faith and catastrophic personal injury. Since joining the firm in 2013, he has been involved in obtaining over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for clients.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Farnaz M. Alemi
joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Alemi provides strategic and consulting services to clients on issues related to intellectual property, brand strategy and protection and risk management.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 , Los Angelea 90067 USA
T:
(310) 312-4267
F:
(310) 312-4224
Dechert LLP
Jennifer S. Swan
joined Dechert LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Swan joined Dechert LLP's Silicon Valley office as part of a national intellectual property duo from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, where she practiced for two decades. Dechert announced the addition of Swan and Howard W. Levine, who is based in Washington D.C. on Jan. 11.
"I had made very strong connections [at Finnegan ] and I'm extremely grateful for those, but I thought that the global platform at Dechert and the opportunity to work across different practice groups with lawyers who are at the top of their field was just too good of an opportunity to pass up," said Swan.
Swan specializes in intellectual property counseling and litigation focused on enforcement and defense of patent rights, as well as Hatch Waxman litigation. Her clients have ranged from large companies to life sciences startups, including in the chemical, medical device, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
"It's a unique practice in that I can use my litigation experience to help guide companies with their intellectual property development and make it stronger as they go through the phases of development of their companies," Swan said.
As a former law clerk to Chief Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Judge Ronald Whyte of the Northern District of California, her litigation practice also includes appellate work.
Swan's and Levine's litigation work together began when she was based in Finnegan's Washington D.C. office and continued after Swan relocated to the Bay Area.
"We just have a really strong working relationship. I think actually being on two different coasts now we have found to be an advantage because we can take advantage of the time difference," she said. "We have really long working days now because I have three extra hours to work."
At Dechert, Swan looks forward to contributing her intellectual property experience to the firms, as well as working in collaboration with the firm's practice groups to help clients with their intellectual property needs as they develop their products.
Swan is a member of The American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Address
3000 El Camino Real, Five Palo Alto Square, Suite 650 , Palo Alto 94306-2112 USA
T:
(650) 813-4816
F:
(650) 813-4848
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Patrick Shannon
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder and co-leader of the government law and policy practice in Sacramento.
Shannon specializes in government relations and administrative law before the Legislature and state regulatory and enforcement agencies.
He is based in Sacramento.
Alice Kessler
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP as shareholder and co-leader of the government law and policy practice in Sacramento.
Kessler most recently was involved in advocacy before the Legislature, where she specialized in the interests of technology firms, automakers, trade associations and government entities.
She is based in Sacramento.
Address
1201 K Street Suite 1100 , Sacramento 95814 United States
T:
(916) 442-1111
Tyz Law Group
Rachel Waters
was promoted to partner of Tyz Law Group in San Francisco.
Waters provides technology companies, entrepreneurs and emerging businesses with advertising, product and privacy counseling in the digital commerce and software industries.
She is based in San Francisco.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Mary Kimura
was promoted to partner of Norton Rose Fulbright in San Francisco.
Kimura is a public finance lawyer. She represents clients as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel and borrower's counsel in tax exempt and taxable financing throughout the country.
She is based in San Francisco.
Weintraub Tobin
Jessica Rankin Corpuz
was promoted to shareholder of Weintraub Tobin in Los Angeles.
Corpuz specializes in complex commercial disputes with a focus on entertainment and intellectual property.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Holland & Knight LLP
Sarah A. Marsey
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco.
Marsey represents Alaska Native Corporations and others, plus individuals in complex commercial disputes, construction litigation, professional liability and tort claims.
She is based in San Francisco.
Daniel R. Golub
was promoted to partner of Holland & Knight LLP in San Francisco.
Golub is part of the firm's West Coast land use and environment group. He represents developers, nonprofits and public agencies in litigation and in the permitting and entitlement process.
He is based in San Francisco.
Jackson Lewis PC
Nicky Jatana
was promoted to office managing principal of Jackson Lewis PC in Los Angeles.
Jatana represents clients in employment litigation and counsels employers on daily workplace issues.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP
George S. Howard Jr
joined Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP as partner in San Diego.
Howard represents employers in discrimination, wage and hour, harassment, trade secrets and employee mobility, retaliation, whistleblower, ERISA and contract issues.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
101 W. Broadway 9th Floor , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 243-1577
F:
(619) 615-0700
Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP
Kari J. Brown
was promoted to partner of Spaulding McCullough & Tansil LLP in Santa Rosa.
Brown focuses on employment and general civil litigation.
She is based in Santa Rosa.
Travis Credit Union
Michael J Levy
was promoted to general council / travis credit union of Travis Credit Union in Vacaville.
Levy will oversee all company litigation, provide guidance on regulatory compliance and bring a legal perspective to the company's strategic vision.
He is based in Vacaville.
Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP
Corinna Arbiter
was promoted to senior attorney of Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP in San Diego.
Arbiter represents developers, general contractors, architects, and subcontractors in complex construction defect matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Daniel J. Brast
was promoted to senior attorney of Balestreri Potocki & Holmes LLP in San Diego.
Brast represents real estate developers and general contractors in complex construction related disputes, in addition to advising in general business transactional matters.
He is based in San Diego.
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.
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
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
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