Global specialist law firm Dechert LLP announced today that S. Michael Song has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice. Song, most recently a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, will be resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. (more…)

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Holland & Knight’s Los Angeles office welcomes prominent white collar defense lawyer Joel Athey as a partner in the firm’s growing West Coast Litigation Practice Group. Joining the firm with him is Nicholas Melzer, who will be a senior counsel in the West Coast Litigation Practice Group. (more…)

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to welcome Eric J. Fromme as a partner in its Irvine, California office. Formerly of Rutan & Tucker, Fromme helps companies to restructure their financial affairs and represents creditors in their dealings with financially distressed companies, both in and out of court. (more…)

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Pillsbury today welcomed Armando Castro as a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities – Technology practice in Silicon Valley. With a broad client base ranging from formation stage and emerging companies to established public companies, Castro focuses on advising technology clients on a variety of both domestic and international matters. (more…)

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Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Complex Litigation practice with the addition of five litigators, led by partners Gary Wolensky and Hugh Hewitt and including counsel Anne Marie Ellis and associates Jamison Power and Cyrus Wilkes. Mr. Wolensky and Mr. Hewitt were previously name partners at the product liability and commercial litigation firm Hewitt Wolensky & McNulty, where they represented Fortune 100 companies in the consumer products, automotive, entertainment, pharmaceutical, medical device, insurance, real estate development, and health care industries. (more…)

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Angela S. Haskins, previously a partner with Baker Keener & Nahra LLP, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Professional Liability; Elder Care; Product Liability and General Liability Practice Groups. Ms. Haskins brings to the firm her passion for defending healthcare professionals against claims of professional negligence and elder abuse. Her extensive alternative dispute resolution background enables her to identify issues necessary to bring about swift resolution of claims. She is intent on expanding her expertise and growing her practice. (more…)

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Andrew Bell has joined Marten Law PLLC as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, where he will further enhance the firm’s reputation as a national leader in energy, environmental and natural resource law. Bell is the latest partner to jump from a general practice firm to Marten Law’s dedicated platform. Bell joins Marten Law from the San Francisco office of Downey Brand LLP, where his work focused on complex energy and land use matters. (more…)

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Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the addition of international litigator Malcolm S. McNeil as a partner in the firm’s Complex Litigation practice. Mr. McNeil joins the Los Angeles office and focuses his litigation practice on behalf of businesses that work in venture capital formation, retailing, textiles, aviation, manufacturing, trade, real estate, and publishing. (more…)

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