Dykema Gossett PLLC
Becky S. James
joined Dykema Gossett PLLC as member in Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA.
James specializes in white collar criminal defense, civil and criminal appeals.
She is based in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.
Address
333 South Grand Avenue Suite 2100
Los Angeles, 90071 United States
T:
(213) 457-1800
F:
(213) 457-1850
Ropers Majeski
Chantel E. Lafrades
was promoted to of counsel of Ropers Majeski in San Francisco.
Lafrades specializes in litigation with a focus on personal injury, premises liability, construction and property disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Ropers Majeski
Pascale Gagnon
was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski in Los Angeles.
Gagnon advises clients in professional liability matters, as well as business and commercial litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Ropers Majeski
Marie E. Sobieski
was promoted to of counsel of Ropers Majeski in San Jose.
Sobieski focuses on intellectual property with a focus on general, patent and trademark litigation.
She is based in San Jose.
Ropers Majeski
Briana J. Bramer
was promoted to of counsel of Ropers Majeski in Los Angeles.
Bramer specializes in complex civil litigation and premises and product liability.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Christopher D. Bright
joined Snell & Wilmer LLP as partner in Orange County.
Bright specializes in litigating patent cases. He has experience handling patent licensing negotiations, patent due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, as well as inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
600 Anton Blvd, Ste 1400
Costa Mesa, 92626-7689 USA
T:
(714) 427-7799
F:
(714) 427-7799
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Camille K. Binon
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as legal adviser at the public employment relations board in Sacramento.
Binon has been an attorney at the board since 2019 and formerly was at the California Department of Human Resources.
She is based in Sacramento.
Sheena J. Farro
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as legal adviser to the chair of the public employment relations board.
Farro has served as a regional attorney for the board since 2015.
She is based in Sacramento.
Shuo Shuonan Chen
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the mental health services oversight and accountability commission in Berkeley.
Chen is a lecturer at UC Berkeley and a general partner at IOVC investment company. She earned her law degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
She is based in Berkeley.
Geneva E. Thompson
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as assistant secretary for tribal affairs at the california natural resources agency in Arcata.
Thompson is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and associate general counsel to the Yurok Tribe since 2019.
She is based in Arcata.
Danielle A. Lucido
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as chief counsel of the division of occupational safety and health at the california department of industrial relations in Albany.
Lucido has been chief counsel at the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, CIO & CLC since 2010.
She is based in Albany.
President Joseph Biden
Doug Parker
joined President Joseph Biden as director of the occupational safety and health administration in Oakland.
Parker led the state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health and previously worked at the Mine Safety and Health Administration during President Barack Obama's administration.
He is based in Oakland.
Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP
Steve Levitan
joined Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Levitan specializes in patent, trade secret, trademark and technology contract disputes.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
1841 Page Mill Road, Suite 200
Palo Alto, 94304 USA
T:
(408) 341-3045
WithersWorldwide
Christine E. Brown
joined WithersWorldwide as special counsel in San Francisco.
Brown focuses on wealth, estate planning, succession and philanthropy matters. She also has experience as fiduciary counsel on trust and estate administration.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Sansome Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, 94111 USA
T:
(415) 872-3200
Public Counsel
Mónica Ramírez Almadani
joined Public Counsel as president and ceo in Los Angeles.
Almadani succeeds Margaret Morrow effective June 1 and is a law professor and co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
610 South Ardmore Avenue
Los Angeles, 90005 USA
T:
(213) 385-2977
F:
(213) 385-9089
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan
Dwain Woodley
was promoted to assistant district attorney of San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan in San Diego.
Woodley is the first African American to hold the job. He was previously chief deputy district attorney.
He is based in San Diego.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Robert "Bob" J. McGahan
joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C..
McGahan specializes in government enforcement, white collar criminal defense and high exposure civil litigation matters.
He is based in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Address
19191 South Vermont Avenue Suite 900
Torrance, 90502 USA
T:
(424) 221-7400
F:
(424) 221-7499
Ropes & Gray LLP
Torrey J. McClary
joined Ropes & Gray LLP as partner in San Francisco.
McClary advises health care and technology companies and real estate investment trusts in mergers and acquisitions and transformational transactions.
She is based in San Francisco.
Ranee Adipat
joined Ropes & Gray LLP as counsel in San Francisco.
Adipat specializes in transactional law involving health care entities.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
Three Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, 94111-4006 USA
T:
(415) 315-6300
F:
(415) 315-6350
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Rosanna Marrero Neagle
was promoted to partner of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP in San Francisco.
Neagle specializes in corporate and commercial matters and is the former vice president of legal affairs at Nestlé USA.
She is based in San Francisco.
Paul Hastings LLP
Sean Monroe
joined Paul Hastings LLP as partner in Century City.
Monroe specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions in the entertainment and media industries.
He is based in Century City.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 27th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067 United States
T:
(310) 620-5700
Squire Patton Boggs US LLP
Niloufar Massachi
joined Squire Patton Boggs US LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Massachi specializes in data privacy and protection, technology transactions, cybersecurity and breach response and consumer protection law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 South Flower Street, Fl 31
Los Angeles, 90071 USA
T:
(213) 689-6580
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Caitlin A. Tassos
joined Goldberg Segalla LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Tassos focuses on trucking, transportation and general liability matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
777 S. Figueroa Street Suite 2000
Los Angeles, 90017 USA
T:
(213) 415-7214
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Remy Joseph Kessler
joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP as senior counsel in Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete - Los Angeles office.
Kessler is an employment litigator with a focus on wage and hour class and representative actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, 90067 United States
T:
(310) 909-7775
JAMS
Randa M. Trapp
joined JAMS as neutral in San Diego.
Trapp was a judge for 18 years and served as supervising judge of the civil division and a member of the court's executive committee.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
401 B Street Suite 2100
San Diego, 92101 USA
T:
(619) 236-1848
F:
(619) 236-9032
Eversheds Sutherland US LLP
Jeffrey W. Guise
joined Eversheds Sutherland US LLP as partner in San Diego.
Guise advises clients in building, managing and protecting their intellectual property portfolios globally.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
12255 El Camino Real
San Diego, 92130 USA
T:
(858) 252-6074
Venable LLP
Ryan M. Andrews
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Andrews specializes in defending employment lawsuits and arbitration, as well as counseling employers in law compliance and best practices.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Logan M. Elliott
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Elliott is trial and appellate litigator with a focus on high stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Matthew M. Gurvit
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Gurvit focuses on complex litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Marjorie W. Norman
was promoted to partner of Venable LLP in Los Angeles.
Norman specializes in domestic and international trademark preparation and prosecution, portfolio strategy, licensing, clearance and intellectual property transaction counseling.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Data Trace Publishing Company
Alan R. Seher
joined Data Trace Publishing Company as author of the california estate and gift tax planning forms and practice manual in San Francisco.
Seher is a certified specialist in taxation by the State Bar and is partner at Niesar & Vestal LLP.
He is based in San Francisco.
Sanders Roberts LLP
Robert K. Dixon
joined Sanders Roberts LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Dixon specializes in products liability, personal injury, wrongful death and complex litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1055 West 7th Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles, 90017 USA
T:
(213) 426-5000
Irell & Manella LLP
Andrei Iancu
joined Irell & Manella LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Iancu is the former undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in President Donald Trump's administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 900
Los Angeles, 90067-4276 USA
T:
(310) 203-7537
F:
(310) 203-719
Desmarais LLP
Gabrielle E. Higgins
joined Desmarais LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Desmarais LLP expanded its Bay Area intellectual property capabilities with the addition of partner Gabrielle E. Higgins. She is the firm's first lateral partner hire in its San Francisco office, which opened in 2019.
"In some ways for me it's like coming full circle and coming home," said Higgins. "I started at Fish & Neave in New York, an IP litigation boutique that had a 250-year history representing companies such as the Wright Brothers and General Electric."
She added, she was attracted to returning to a firm of intellectual property trial lawyers who work together and have similar practices, as well as the opportunity to help build out the firm's Bay Area presence.
Including her time at Fish & Neave before its merger with Ropes & Gray in 2007, she was with that firm for 30 years.
During her time at Fish & Neave, she spent some time working with John Desmarais, founder of Desmarais LLP, and was one of nine attorneys that helped the firm establish its first West Coast office in the Bay Area.
With over three decades of patent litigation experience, Higgins has represented leading technology companies such as Apple, Google and Samsung before the board's Patent Trial and Appeal Board as well as federal court.
She is a member of the board's Bar Association, currently serving on the programming committee, and nonprofit ChIPs, which focuses on advancing and connecting women in technology, law and policy. She also is dedicated to mentoring the next generation and partners with her clients and friends to host
breakfasts and lunches for young women just beginning their intellectual property careers.
Address
101 California St, Ste 3070
San Francisco, 94111-5817 USA
T:
(415) 573-1902
Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP
Tanganica J Turner
joined Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP as associate in Los Angeles.
Turner specializes in labor and employment litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
624 S. Grand Ave. Suite 2000
Los Angeles, 90017 United States
T:
(213) 629-7600
F:
(213) 624-1376
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Ulysses Hui
joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.
Hui specializes in commercial technology transactions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
505 Montgomery Street Suite 800
San Francisco, 94111-6533 USA
T:
(650) 352-6420
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Camilo Echavarria
was promoted to member of the executive committee of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Los Angeles.
Echavarria is partner in charge of the Los Angeles office and is a member of the firm's diversity executive
council.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Jean L. Tom
was promoted to member of the executive committee of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco.
Tom is a partner and co-chair of the attorneys of color affinity group.
She is based in San Francisco.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mandana Massoumi
joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as partner in Century City.
Seyfarth Shaw expanded its Los Angeles employment and labor practice with the addition of partner Mandana Massoumi from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
Massoumi practiced at Manatt for seven years and is the former co-chair of the national retail and consumer products industry practice group. What drew Massoumi to Seyfarth was the firm's deep bench strength in employment law, she said.
"The quality of client service and the work for me was very impressive and was a draw in wanting to be part of the team and providing my clients with the opportunity to have this additional bench strength that can assist them not just here in California, but across the country and even internationally," she explained.
As a litigator, Massoumi specializes in class and collective actions, but her practice also includes advising clients on day to day employment matters and defending them in litigation and audits by government agencies.
"I've been fortunate enough to have a practice that's allowed me to work with clients across industry groups, but I've had particular experience and I have a large number of clients that are in the retail and consumer industry groups, as well as those who are in the technology and digital space," she said.
Massoumi said she enjoys most "being able to really partner with my clients and really fully understanding their businesses and being effective in that way, where I'm able to step in and work side by side with them or provide counsel in a way that can make a difference in how they're doing their work or how they're operating their business."
Massoumi has an active pro bono practice that has included advising nonprofits on employment matters and assisting in immigration and refugee cases.
She is also a board member of Orange County Coastkeeper, a nonprofit clean water organization.
Address
695 Town Center Dr Fl 14
Costa Mesa, 92626 USA
T:
(714) 371-2500
F:
(714) 371-2550