Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Susan S. Muck
joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Muck focuses on federal and state shareholder litigation as well as internal and regulatory investigations for private and public companies.
She is based in San Francisco.
Kevin P. Muck
joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Muck defends issuers, officers and directors in shareholder class actions, derivative litigation and challenges to mergers and acquisitions.
He is based in San Francisco.
Address
1 Front St, Ste 3500 , San Francisco 94111-5356 USA
T:
(628) 235-1000
F:
(628) 235-1001
Judicate West
Gail A. Glick
joined Judicate West as neutral in Los Angeles.
Glick has over 26 years of experience in employment litigation representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
601 S Figueroa St #3400 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 223-1113
F:
(213) 223-1114
Hartog, Baer & Hand APC
Andrew Zabronsky
joined Hartog, Baer & Hand APC as principal in Orinda.
Zabronsky focuses on all aspects of trust and estate litigation. He is based in Orinda.
Anthony Matricciani
joined Hartog, Baer & Hand APC as senior associate in Orinda.
Matricciani represents beneficiaries, heirs, fiduciaries and interested persons in trust litigation. He is based in Orinda.
Address
4 Orinda Way, Suite 200-D , Orinda 94563 USA
T:
(925) 253-1717
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Robert Phillips
joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Phillips' focus is on corporate and capital market transactions for life sciences and technology companies. He is based in San Francisco.
Address
555 Mission St Ste 3000 , San Francisco 94105-0921 USA
T:
(415) 393-8239
F:
(415) 374-8486
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jennifer L. Nassiri
joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Nassiri focuses her practice on bankruptcy, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy related litigation. She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
333 South Hope Street Forty-Third Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 617-4106
F:
(213) 443-2739
JAMS
Roderick M. Thompson
joined JAMS as neutral in San Francisco.
Thompson has over 20 years of experience as a trial partner and 30 years of experience as an ADR neutral. He is based in San Francisco.
Address
2 Embarcadero Ctr, Ste 1500 , San Francisco 94111-3906 USA
T:
(415) 774-2615
F:
(415) 982-5287
Governor Newsom
Christine M. Ciccotti
joined Governor Newsom as chief counsel at california department of state hospitals in Davis.
Ciccotti has served as chief counsel since 2018. She is based in Davis.
Grace Arupo Rodriguez
joined Governor Newsom as assistant deputy director of legal affairs at the department of consumer affairs in Roseville.
Rodriguez has served as assistant deputy director of legal affairs since 2017. She is based in Roseville.
Brooks Allen
joined Governor Newsom as education policy advisor to the governor and executive director of the state board of education in Los Gatos.
Prior to his appointment, Allen served as the assistant superintendent, CCEE liaison and legal counsel at the Marin County Office of Education. He is based in Los Gatos.
Ryan W. Marcroft
joined Governor Newsom as deputy director of legal affairs at the department of consumer affairs in Carmichael.
Marcroft has served as deputy director since 2017. He was the assistant chief counsel within the department from 2016 to 2017. He is based in Carmichael.
Francisco Silva
joined Governor Newsom as california health facilities and financing authority in Sacramento.
Silva is the general counsel and senior vice president of the California Medical Association since 2006. He is based in Sacramento.
Fenwick & West LLP
Kristine M. Di Bacco
joined Fenwick & West LLP as partner in Mountain View.
Di Bacco rejoined Fenwick & West as a corporate partner in Mountain View on Sept. 8 from Torys LLP in Toronto.
"I loved my time at Fenwick and I think it's a phenomenal firm. It has great clients, it has a great culture and it's a really great place to be able to practice the kind of law that I practice. It really was a very easy decision for me to just kind of go back home," said Di Bacco.
Di Bacco is a startup venture capital lawyer, who advises technology companies on general corporate and securities law. She also advises incubators, angel investors, venture capitalists and strategic investors as they support and invest companies in various stages of growth.
A significant amount of her time is spent working with female founders, entrepreneurs and investors, an important focus of her practice in terms of the clients she takes on, she said.
At Torys' the native Canadian led the firm's startup and venture capital practice and was with the firm for just under 2 years.
Prior to relocating to Canada, Di Bacco was with Fenwick for 11 years in San Francisco as an associate and partner and in New York as one of the office's founding partners.
"It was really nice to be back home in my home city, but I just really missed my Silicon Valley life and the energy and depth of companies and investors. I missed that much more than I expected to and so Toronto was great, but I was really eager to just get back to that practice, life and community," she said.
Di Bacco has worked with clients such as Everlane, Facebook Inc., Female Founders Fund, GoPro Inc., WeWork, Tile, Square Inc, Tastemade Inc. and Coffee Meets Bagel.
Address
801 California Street , Mountain View 94041 USA
T:
(650) 988-8500
Baker Botts LLP
Peter H. Kang
joined Baker Botts LLP as partner and co-chair of korea based ip practice in Palo Alto.
Kang is a first chair patent and trial lawyer. His clients range from startups in Silicon Valley to multinational electronics manufacturers based in Asia. He is based in Palo Alto.
Address
1001 Page Mill Road Building One, Suite 200 , Palo Alto 94304-1007 USA
T:
(650) 739-7559
F:
(650) 739-7659
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Hazel Ocampo
joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP as senior counsel in San Diego.
Ocampo joined Allen Matkins as senior counsel in the land use, environmental and natural resources group. She joined the firm from Procopio, where she practiced the last 7 years.
"Allen Matkins has a wonderful reputation and an excellent real estate practice and a really robust environmental group, as well, and that was very attractive to me," said Ocampo. "There are a lot of environmental attorneys who are really skilled at Allen Matkins, so to be part of a really dynamic and robust team was attractive."
The land use, environmental and natural resources group's approach to working as a team made her feel Allen Matkins was a good place to advance her career, she said.
Ocampo specializes in representing private companies who are subject to enforcement actions by government agencies such as the Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Department of Environmental Health, the Air Pollution Control District and the Environmental Protection Agency. She also works with developers in real estate due diligence.
She is a former law clerk for The Council on Environmental Quality and The California Environmental Protection Agency, which she says prepared her for the work she does today.
"Because I am involved in resolving actions with government agencies, the fact that I've been on that side, working with government agencies, helps me see the problem on both sides so that I can understand where they're coming from and I can understand what their goals are," she added. "It helps me navigate those processes more efficiently just because I know that we need to get to a resolution and both parties need to get to a solution that makes sense. I'm able to kind of see the problem from the eyes of the regulators to find solutions that are sensible."
Address
600 West Broadway, 27th Floor , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 233-1155
Nicolson Law Group PC
David S. Canter
was promoted to partner of Nicolson Law Group PC in Los Angeles.
Canter is a civil litigator and trail lawyer. He has been with the firm since 2019.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Governor Newsom
Troy F. Vaughn
joined Governor Newsom as to the board of the prison industry authority in Corona.
Vaughn is the executive director and co-founder of the Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership since 2011.
He is based in Corona.
Address
Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership 742 North La Brea Blvd. , Inglewood 90302 USA
Morrison Rothman LLP
Adam H. Gertz
was promoted to head of esports of Morrison Rothman LLP in Los Angeles.
Gertz is a senior counsel at the firm. His focus is in entertainment, video game and digital media law.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Nossaman LLP
Edward A. Meyer
joined Nossaman LLP as of counsel in Sacramento.
Meyer relocated to Sacramento and joined Nossaman as of counsel in its healthcare practice group.
"It's a tremendous opportunity, especially to be back in Sacramento. I'm actually a fifth-generation Californian. Believe it or not, my great great grandfather was a 49er and actually walked these streets, so it's in my heart to be out here," he said "And when the opportunity arose, I got a call from an old friend who I practiced twice with in my career, I immediately jumped at [the opportunity]."
He joined Nossaman after five years at MEDNAX Services Inc., where he most recently served as the assistant general counsel of anesthesia and prior to that, he was senior regional counsel for the Midwest region. He was based out of Texas.
"Nossaman goes way back historically in the healthcare sector so that's something that was very attractive
to me," he added.
Meyer has dedicated the last 11 years of his career to the physician sector of healthcare, focusing on the business and regulatory side. He has held in-house roles at Pediatrix Medical Group, Dignity Health, Marshall Medical Center and Sutter Health over the course of his career.
He is also a former government official, having served as a special assistant within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989 and was a founding partner of his own boutique healthcare firm, McDonald & Meyer, from 2000 to 2002 in North Carolina.
With the move to Nossaman, Meyer said he looks forward to reconnecting with old friends and colleagues in Sacramento's legal community and further developing his practice.
Details
Nossaman LLP
Address
621 Capitol Mall , Sacramento 95814 USA
T:
(916) 442-8888
Arent Fox
John Zaimes
joined Arent Fox as partner in Los Angeles.
Zaimes focuses on labor and employment litigation. He represents clients in wage and hour class actions, PAGA claims, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, National Labor Relations Act, Railway Labor Act and Occupational Safety and Health Administration issues. He is based in Los Angeles.
Roxanne M. Wilson
joined Arent Fox as counsel in Los Angeles.
Wilson's focus is defending and advising clients on employment related class actions, PAGA claims and various issues including wage and hour, exempt employees and reductions in force. She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 West Fifth Street , Los Angeles 90013 USA
T:
(213) 629-7400
F:
(213) 629-7401
Klinedinst PC
Frederick M. Heiser
was promoted to managing shareholder of Klinedinst PC in Irvine.
Heiser focuses on business and commercial litigation, commercial general liability and employment. He represents entrepreneurs, small family businesses and fortune 500 companies. He is based in Irvine.
Tharpe & Howell LLP
Ovsanna Takvoryan
joined Tharpe & Howell LLP as partner in Sherman Oaks.
Takvoryan is chair the firm's recently launched bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice group. She has over 19 years of experience in large and complex bankruptcy cases, workouts and out of court restructuring matters. She is based in Sherman Oaks.
Address
15250 Ventura Blvd, Fl 9 , Sherman Oaks 91403-3221 USA
T:
(818) 205-9955
Silver & Wright LLP
Valerie Escalante Troesh
was promoted to partner of Silver & Wright LLP in Irvine.
Troesh is the firm's first female minority partner. She represents public agencies in code enforcement. She is based in Irvine.
Rene L. Farjeat
was promoted to partner of Silver & Wright LLP in Irvine.
Farjeat focuses on code enforcement, receiverships, police services, land use, zoning and planning, municipal law and litigation, nuisance and graffiti abatement, administrative law and litigation, constitutional law and tort defense. He is based in Irvine.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Marc Boiron
joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Boiron focuses his practice on blockchain and digital assets. He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 312-4303
F:
(310) 312-4224
Michelman & Robinson LLP
Tim Gorry
joined Michelman & Robinson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Gorry represents public and private corporations, board of directors, board committees, private equity and hedge funds, partnerships and joint ventures and individuals in commercial and business litigation. He is based in Los Angeles.
Jon-Jamison Hill
joined Michelman & Robinson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Hill focuses on commercial and business ligation and specializes in disputes related to contacts, construction defects, intellectual property, real estate, trade secrets, groundwater contamination, professional responsibility and complex public works construction projects. He is based in Los Angeles.
Jackie Joseph
joined Michelman & Robinson LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.
Joseph is a civil litigator with over 25 years of experience handling cases in state and federal courts. She joined the firm’s commercial and business litigation practice group. She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
10880 Wilshire Boulevard, 19th Floor , Los Angeles 90024 USA
T:
(310) 299-5500
F:
(310) 299-5600
Judicate West
John S. Adler
joined Judicate West as neutral in San Diego.
Adler has over 40 years of legal experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has experience in employment law cases related to wage and hour class actions, PAGA actions, business torts and personal injury matters. He is based in San Diego.
Address
402 W. Broadway Ste 2400 , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 814-1966
F:
(619) 814-1967
Sklar Kirsh LLP
Robbin L. Itkin
joined Sklar Kirsh LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Itkin represents debtors; creditors, equity and bondholders' committees and purchasers and trustees in corporate restructurings and bankruptcies in various industries like real estate, entertainment, retail and sports. She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1880 Century Park East, Ste 300 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 929-4466
F:
(310) 929-4469
Governor Newsom
Brenda Davis
joined Governor Newsom as the california horse racing board in Sacramento.
Since 2007, Davis has been a Principal at Brenda Davis Law Group. She was managing counsel of the California Farm Bureau Federation from 1999 to 2007. She is based in Sacramento.
Address
770 L St Ste 950 , Sacramento 95814-3361 USA
T:
(916) 800-2087
F:
(916) 492-6001
Atheria Law
Karen Hart
joined Atheria Law as associate in Los Angeles.
Hart specializes in the representation of insurers in connection with complex third-party claims and insurance coverage litigation. She has litigation experience handling insurance coverage actions in state and federal courts from initial pleading to case resolution.
Address
1019 E. 4th Place, 4th Floor , Los Angeles 90013 United States
T:
(415) 278-7119
Renne Public Law Group
Julian Gross
joined Renne Public Law Group as partner in San Francisco.
Gross focuses on community benefits in land use development and public infrastructure. He has negotiated contracts statewide and across the country. He is based in San Francisco.
Address
350 Sansome Street, Suite 300 , San Francisco 94104 USA
T:
(415) 848-7200
F:
(415) 848-7230
Brown Rudnick LLP
David M. Stein
joined Brown Rudnick LLP as partner in Irvine.
Stein focuses on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation. He is based in Irvine.
Address
2211 Michelson Drive 7th Floor , Irvine 92612 United States
T:
(949) 440-0231
F:
(949) 486-3686
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP
Natalie A. Pierce
joined Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP as partner and chair of the labor and employment practice in San Francisco.
Pierce joined Gunderson Dettmer as partner and chair of the labor and employment practice on Aug. 17 after nearly 15 years with Littler Mendelson PC.
At Littler, she served as the co-chair of the robotics, artificial intelligence and automation practice group in addition to her role as co-chair of the firm's diversity and inclusion council.
"I'm just really excited to support entrepreneurs and those who are investing in them. Gunderson has such a collaborative culture, a global reach and an appreciation for the benefits of transformative technology," said Pierce. "It's really an opportunity to merge my two passions, which is labor and employment law and looking at the way workplaces and the world are changing. It's just really a perfect combination."
Pierce advises technology and life sciences companies on employment related matters and focuses on the needs of emerging growth companies.
"I love acting as a trusted advisor to my clients on all employment related matters and working with them to avoid future problems," she added.
In the past, she has worked with companies of all sizes on workforce aspects of business transactions and has advised clients on incorporating technology into the workplace.
What drew Pierce to Gunderson was it's culture and people. "It's just day three, but it already feels like home," she added.
Pierce is an active member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, having served as regional president from 2013 to 2018. She is also active in the Association of Corporate Counsel's Cybersecurity Advisory Board, the American Bar Association's Center for Innovation, the Union Internationale des Avocats and various organizations in the startup space including Declare.
Address
One Bush Plaza Suite 1200 , San Francisco 94104 USA
T:
(415) 801-4920
F:
(415) 978-9806
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Amy S. Park
joined O'Melveny & Myers LLP as partner in Menlo Park.
Park joined O'Melveny's securities litigation practice. She focuses on high stakes commercial disputes including complex business litigation, securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, corporate governance disputes, internal investigations and M&A litigation. She is based in Menlo Park.
Address
2765 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park 94025 USA
T:
(650) 473-2680
Governor Newsom
Nancy C. Miller
joined Governor Newsom as california high-speed rail authority board of directors in Sacramento.
Since 2015, Miller has served as partner at Renne Sloan Holtzman Sakai LLP. She is a member of the UC Hastings College of the Law Board of Trustees and the KVIE Public Television Board of Directors. She is based in Sacramento.
Lynn Schenk
joined Governor Newsom as california high-speed rail authority board of directors in San Diego.
Schenk has served on the board of directors since 2004. She was chief of staff to Governor Gray Davis from 1999 to 2004 and is a former U.S. Congresswoman. She is based San Diego.
Anthony C. Williams
joined Governor Newsom as california high-speed rail authority board of directors in Orange.
Williams serves as legislative affairs secretary in the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom since 2019. From 2014 to 2019, he served as director of national strategy and engagement at the Boeing Co. He is based in Orange.
Maurice Emsellem
joined Governor Newsom as senior advisor at the california labor and workforce development agency in Berkeley.
Emsellem serves as program director at the National Employment Law Project since 2015. He has been with the organization since 1990. He is based in Berkeley.
Nancy Farias
joined Governor Newsom as chief deputy director of external affairs, legislation and policy at the california employment development department in Thousand Oaks.
Farias has been the director of government relations at SEIU Local 1000 since 2017. From 2016 to 2017, she served as deputy chief of staff at the Office of California State Senator Henry Stern. She is based in Thousand Oaks.
Carole Vigne
joined Governor Newsom as general counsel and deputy director at the california employment development department in San Francisco.
Since 2014, Vigne has served as senior staff attorney and program director of the Wage Protection Program for Legal Aid at Work. She is based in San Francisco.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Ming-Tao Yang
was promoted to managing partner of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP in Palo Alto.
Yang specialized in litigating patent and trade secret disputes in addition to advising clients on licensing and portfolio management matters, inter partes reviews and IP strategies. He is based in Palo Alto.