Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Cindy McAdam is joining the firm as a partner in its Technology & Life Sciences Group and will be resident in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. She comes to Goodwin from Bay Area technology company Xapo, where she served as President and General Counsel. (more…)
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP continues to bolster its leading intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of Brian Ankenbrandt as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He joins K&L Gates from Paul Hastings LLP in a move that reunites him with fellow IP trial lawyer Jeff Randall, whose addition to K&L Gates was announced earlier this month. Ankenbrandt began practicing with Randall nearly two decades ago, and together, they have represented many of the world’s most successful and recognizable technology companies as well as numerous other industry-leading enterprises. (more…)
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Justin M. Barnes and Lara S. Garner have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property practice in the San Diego office. Both lawyers join the firm from Fish & Richardson. (more…)
Kao and Tsai come to V&E from Perkins Coie LLP. Kao will serve as Managing Partner of V&E’s Palo Alto office while also working out of the firm’s San Francisco office, where Tsai will be based. In addition, Kao and Tsai have an extensive roster of clients in the Asia-Pacific region and will oversee V&E’s Taiwan practice. (more…)
Harry I. Johnson, until recently a member of the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), will join Morgan Lewis on October 1 as a partner. Mr. Johnson adds to the deep bench of talent in the firm’s premier Labor and Employment Practice, and his presence will further enhance its capabilities to serve employers on labor-management issues. (more…)
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, a Seattle-based law firm representing plaintiffs in high-profile class actions and complex litigation today announced the opening of a new office in San Diego, marking its tenth location and third in California. (more…)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Deepak Nanda has joined the Orange County office as a partner. A corporate partner who served as Managing
Partner of Foley & Lardner’s Los Angeles office, Nanda will continue to focus his practice on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. (more…)
Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Fredrich Lim has joined the firm as a partner in its Private Equity Group in San Francisco. Lim comes to Goodwin from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in the debt finance group. (more…)
Alston & Bird today announced the hiring of Jeffrey Tsai, a former senior official with California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris’s office, as a litigation partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley and Los Angeles offices. (more…)
Paul J. Kaufman has joined the Del Mar office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group and Energy practice. Kaufman joins from Chadbourne & Park in Los Angeles. (more…)
Greenberg Traurig, LLP has expanded its Tax Practice in California with the addition of property tax shareholders C. Stephen Davis and Cris O’Neall to the Orange County office.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP is bolstering its leading intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of partner Jeff Randall, whose representations include many of the world’s most successful and recognizable technology companies as well as numerous other industry-leading enterprises. Randall, who arrives from Paul Hastings LLP, handles patent, trade secret, and other IP litigation for clients located in and outside the Silicon Valley. (more…)
