Howard Rice IP has lost a intellectual property Partner, who had been with the firm for 19 years. Bobbie Wilson, who was the head of Howard’s IP litigation practice, has joined Perkins Coie. She practice out of both the San Francisco and Menlo Park offices as an equity partner.

Venable has boosted its Los Angeles office with a hire from Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. Hamid R. Rafatjoo has joined the firm as a Bankruptcy partner. Rafatjoo specializes in insolvency and corporate restructurings.

Chadbourne & Parke has just hired two big names for its intellectual property practice. Stephen Manetta, previously the IP executive at General Electric is joining the firm after 15 years of experience in the field. Also joining is Rajappan (

Loeb & Loeb LLP has hired a Land Use and Regulatory Affairs senior counsel. Nicole Kuklok-Waldman has joined the firm in Los Angeles. Kuklok-Waldman focus her environmental law practice on land use and real estate development.