Andrew R. Verriere joined Contra Costa County Bar Association as board director in Orinda.

Verriere is a principal at Hartog, Baer & Hand APC and specializes in trust and estate litigation, conservatorship litigation and financial elder abuse.
He is based in Orinda.

Karen Skelton joined Office of the U.S. Secretary of Energy as senior advisor in Washington D.C..

Skelton is the CEO and founder of policy and political consulting firm Skelton Strategies. She is a former director of strategic partnerships at the Global Climate Action Summit under Gov. Jerry Brown.
She is based in Washington D.C.

Doug H. Carsten joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Orange County.

Carsten specializes in complex patent litigation related to technology, pharmaceuticals, biologics, software and medical devices.
He is based in Orange County.

Brent A. Reinke as shareholder

Reinke is a shareholder who specializes in advising emerging growth companies in corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital and strategic alliance and licensing. He joined from Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP.
He is based in Westlake Village.

Ryan Azlein as shareholder

Azlein is an emerging companies shareholder who is relocating from the firm's Century City office. He focuses on advising emerging technology and high growth companies from startup to exit.
He is based in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara.

Jackie K. Park was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Los Angeles.

Park is co-U. S. managing partner and is the former co-chair of the real estate practice and comanaging partner of the L.A. office.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Mark D. Fowler was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Palo Alto.

Fowler is the global co-chair and U.S. chair of the intellectual property and technology practice. As a member of the management team he will focus on recruiting and growing client relationships.
He is based in Palo Alto.

Sang Kim was promoted to member of the management team of DLA Piper LLP in Palo Alto and San Francisco.

Kim is the global co-chair and U.S. chair of the tax practice. He will focus on
business development between the firm’s U.S. and Asia operations.
He is based in Palo Alto and San Francisco.

Thomas R. Sestanovich joined Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Sestanovich specializes in sales, acquisitions, securitized financing and negotiating and documenting leases for office, retail and industrial properties nationwide.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Alan M. Bergman joined Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Bergman specializes in real estate matters related to commercial, industrial and multi-residential properties.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Christine Ciarlo joined Freeman Freeman & Smiley LLP as associate in Los Angeles.

Ciarlo focuses on various types of real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, land development, asset management and business expansion.
She is based in Los Angeles.

William Wargo joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Wargo specializes in complex commercial disputes including contract actions, antitrust investigation and litigation, consumer and employment discrimination class actions and products liability actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Janine Cohen joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Cohen focuses on complex litigation including intracompany and contract disputes, financial management, employment defense, trade secrets, racketeering defense and trust related cases.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Paul Murtagh was promoted to partner of Isaacs Friedberg LLP in Los Angeles.

Murtagh specializes in complex commercial litigation including class actions, competitive business disputes, government litigation and insurance coverage disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Ethan Kroll joined Baker McKenzie LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kroll focuses his international tax practice on tax planning, intellectual property migrations, business transformation, transfer pricing and mergers and acquisitions tax.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jeffrey M. Fisher joined American College of Trial Lawyers as fellow in San Francisco.

Fisher is a partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP and cochairs the litigation department.
He is based in San Francisco.

Daniel W. Fox was promoted to partner of K & L Gates LLP in San Francisco.

Fox focuses on commercial disputes, product liability defense and environmental litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.

Saman Rejali was promoted to partner of K & L Gates LLP in Los Angeles.

Rejali specializes in litigation related to labor and employment and commercial disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Ryan G. Seeley joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as general counsel and deputy director at the department of housing and community development in Sacramento.

Seeley has been general counsel and deputy director since 2017. He joined the department in 2010 and was previously its assistant chief counsel and attorney.
He is based in Sacramento.

Shaleen M. Schmutzer- Smith joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy general counsel at the department of housing and community development in Sacramento.

Schmutzer-Smith has been deputy general counsel since 2017 and has been with the department since 2007.
She is based in Sacramento.

Dave A. Rand joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the california housing partnership corporation in Agoura Hills.

Rand has been a member of the corporation since 2019 and is a partner at Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP.
He is based in Agoura Hills.

Johanna K. Hartwig joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the commission on teacher credentialing in San Francisco.

Hartwig has been on the commission since 2018 and is principal at Hartwig Career Strategies. She is the former assistant dean for career planning and legal community engagement at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
She is based in San Francisco.

Rebecca Ruan-O'Shaughnessy joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the homeless coordinating and financing council in Walnut Creek.

Ruan-O'Shaughnessy is the vice chancellor of educational services and support in the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.
She is based in Walnut Creek.

Rafael C. Sweet joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the board of chiropractic examiners in Los Angeles.

Sweet is a sole practitioner and previously was a senior trial attorney at The Dominguez Firm.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Janine Cohen joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Cohen focuses on complex civil litigation in matters including intracompany disputes, RICO, fraud, financial management, employment, trade secret, trademark and commercial real estate, as well as probate and trust-related litigation and personal injury and professional malpractice defense.
She is based in Los Angeles.

William Wargo joined Isaacs Friedberg LLP as of counsel in Los Angeles.

Wargo specializes in complex commercial disputes including contract actions, antitrust investigations and litigation, consumer unfair competition and employment discrimination class actions, products liability litigation, and securities and data privacy matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Paul Murtagh was promoted to partner of Isaacs Friedberg LLP in Los Angeles.

Murtagh is a civil litigator and specializes in investor and real estate fraud, corporate governance, health care, unfair competition, environmental, entertainment, insurance coverage, breach of contract and class actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Lee Feldman as founding partner in Pacific Palisades

Feldman specializes in plaintiff employment litigation.
He is based in Pacific Palisades.

Gina Browne as founding partner in Pacific Palisades

Browne specializes in employment litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, as well as violations of the medical, disability and pregnancy leave and accommodation laws.
She is based in Pacific Palisades.

Alicia Olivares as founding partner in Manhattan Beach

Olivares represents employees in wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, pregnancy discrimination and violations of leave laws.
She is based in Manhattan Beach.

Brian A. Sun joined Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Sun specializes in complex business litigation, white collar criminal defense and investigation matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Lara D. Compton joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC as member in Los Angeles.

Compton specializes in health care regulatory compliance, privacy and security, and physician relationship matters such as contract negotiations.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Frank Petrilli joined Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Petrilli specializes in entitlement strategy, land use and land use litigation, as well as compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act.
He is based in San Francisco.

Joseph Abkin joined Rimon PC as partner in Santa Barbara.

Abkin specializes in corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, financing and real estate transactions.
He is based in Santa Barbara.

Jennifer Gillon Duffy joined Rimon PC as partner in Santa Barbara.

Gillon Duffy specializes in litigation with a focus on employment and family law.
She is based in Santa Barbara.

Craig Granet joined Rimon PC as partner in Santa Barbara.

Granet is a civil litigator with a focus on real estate, business and commercial litigation.
He is based in Santa Barbara.

Sarina Saluja joined Loeb & Loeb LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Saluja specializes in employment and labor related litigation such as discrimination claims, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, workplace privacy, data security, unfair competition, trade secret theft and corporate espionage.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Brent Snyder joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partner in San Francisco.

Snyder focuses on antitrust and competition. He previously was CEO of the Hong Kong Competition Commission, Hong Kong's competition enforcement agency, from 2017 to 2020 and is a former deputy assistant attorney general for criminal enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice.
He is based in San Francisco.