Kristen C. Jackson joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Jackson specializes in business and contractual disputes, commercial general liability, business interruption, property insurance and liability matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Todd Lyon as co-chair of the firm's labor relations practice

announces moves to the San Francisco office

Lyon is the co-chair of the firm's labor relations practice and advises employers in labor negotiations, collective bargaining, strikes, lockouts, closures and work jurisdiction disputes.
He is based in San Francisco.

Heather Brookfield joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Brookfield specializes in executive compensation matters including design, implementation, employment agreements, tax qualified retirement plans and severance programs.
She is based in San Francisco.

Marianne C. Sarrazin joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Sarrazin advises companies in the biotechnology and medical technology industries in traditional initial public offerings and alternative paths to public transactions.
She is based in San Francisco.

Francisco Palao-Ricketts joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Palao-Ricketts focuses on executive compensation and benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and special purpose acquisition company transactions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.

Ora Grinberg joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Grinberg specializes in corporate and international taxation with a focus on mergers, acquisitions and restructurings.
She is based in Silicon Valley.

Jamil Aslam joined Miller Barondess LLP as associate in Los Angeles.

Aslam specializes in litigation related to copyright and intellectual property, defamation, false advertising and antitrust.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jodie Shihadeh as founder in Los Angeles and New York

The transactional entertainment boutique has a national practice and a list of creators, entertainment companies and executives that have worked on projects with artists Cardi B, Dua Lip and Billie Eilish.
She is based in Los Angeles and New York.

Shannon Sorrells joined Koning Zollar LLP as partner in San Diego.

Sorrells focuses on employment law and has expertise in regulatory compliance and litigation avoidance.
She is based in San Diego.

Tracy Rubin joined Cooley LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Rubin specializes in corporate transactions involving technology companies such as asset carve-outs, spin-outs, patent portfolio acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and strategic investments.
She is based in Palo Alto.

Lucia E. Coyoca was promoted to co-chair of the firm of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP in Los Angeles.

Coyoca specializes in litigation related to the entertainment industry and insurance coverage.
She is based in Los Angeles.

David A. Steinberg was promoted to co-chair of the firm of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP in Los Angeles.

Steinberg specializes in intellectual property with a focus on copyright, trademark, unfair competition and trade secrets.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jon B. Streeter joined Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye as member of the california access to justice commission.

Streeter will serve a two-year term starting in July and serves on the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco.
He is based in San Francisco.

Kristen Bush was promoted to partner of The law firm of Schwartz Semerdjian Cauley & Evans in San Diego.

Bush specializes in business and commercial, construction and employment litigation.
She is based in San Diego.

Eli Makus joined Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corporation as senior partner in Sacramento.

Makus has purchased founder Deborah Maddux's interest in the firm, which will relaunch under the new name Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation. He specializes in investigation in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, disability accommodations and other employment related claims.
He is based in Sacramento.

Travis Jackson joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Jackson specializes in mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures involving hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Renée Delphin-Rodriguez joined DLA Piper as partner in San Francisco.

Delphin-Rodriguez focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity and debt financing, commercial agreements and other corporate matters and governance related to the health care industry.
She is based in San Francisco.

Laura Wytsma joined Dentons as counsel in Los Angeles.

Wytsma specializes in high stakes litigation related to intellectual property and appellate.
She is based in Los Angeles.

James B. De Los Reyes joined Wendel Rosen LLP as associate in Oakland.

Reyes specializes in general and construction litigation.
He is based in Oakland.

Brent Jamison joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as deputy director of the california department of general services interagency support division in Rocklin.

Jamison has been deputy director since 2014 and was the chief of the Department of General Services Office of Fleet and Asset Management from 2011 to 2014.
He is based in Rocklin.

Zackery P. Morazzini joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as director of the office of administrative hearings at the department of general services in West Sacramento.

Morazzini has been director since 2015 and was general counsel for the California Fair Political Practices Commission from 2011 to 2015.
He is based in West Sacramento.

Rickey Ivie joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the commission on judicial performance in Los Angeles.

Ivie is a founding member of Ivie McNeill Wyatt Purcell & Diggs, where he has been a director since 1980.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Andrew P. Sparks joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Sparks focuses on venture capital financing and corporate matters related to emerging companies.
He is based in San Francisco.

Mark S. Millard joined JAMS as neutral in Irvine.

Millard was appointed to the bench in 2003 and will specialize in family law disputes.
He is based in Irvine.

Peter J. Woo joined Jackson Lewis PC as principal in Orange County.

Woo was the national vice chair of the employment and labor practice at Goldberg. He specializes in representing employers in workplace law matters including preventive advice.
He is based in Orange County.

Sean Paisan joined Jackson Lewis PC as principal in Orange County.

Paisan specializes in Occupational Safety and Health Administration, data privacy and trade secret matters.
He is based in Orange County.

Jeffrey B. Barton joined Judicate West as neutral in San Diego.

Barton served on the bench for 20 years and previously represented medical providers in professional liability disputes. He is a former presiding judge and is based in San Diego.

Erin P. Gibson was promoted to chair of the international trade commission practice of DLA Piper in San Diego.

Gibson focuses her civil trial practice on patent litigation and International Trade Commission proceedings.
She is based in San Diego.

Debra Vernon joined Rimon Law as partner in San Francisco.

Vernon specializes in advising emerging companies. She advises clients in startup formation, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions.
She is based in San Francisco.

David Y. Choi joined Rimon Law as partner in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Choi specializes in advising clients in the cannabis industry
on litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Carlton Fleming joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Fleming represents life sciences and technology companies in private financing, public offerings, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance and corporate governance.
He is based in San Francisco.

Scott P. Shaw as office managing partner

The new location will be led by office managing partner Scott P. Shaw, who joined the firm this year from Call
& Jensen.

Artin Betpera joined Buchalter as shareholder in Irvine.

Betpera specializes in high stakes litigation related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
He is based in Orange County.

Robert C. O'Brien joined Signature Resolution as neutral in Los Angeles.

O'Brien is the former national security adviser and will handle complex disputes related to business and commercial contracts, class actions, employment, entertainment, securities and corporate governance.
He is based in Los Angeles.