Continuing the expansion of its San Francisco footprint and intellectual property capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that William B. Kezer, Ph.D., an experienced patent prosecutor formerly of Kilpatrick Townsend, has joined the firm as a Member in the San Francisco office. With a breadth of experience in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, he marks the latest significant addition to the firm’s nationally prominent IP practice, which last year attracted a group of 18 former Edwards Wildman attorneys. (more…)

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Nancy E. Pritikin has joined the Palo Alto office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group. Pritikin joins from Littler Mendelson, where she co-chaired the firm’s Complex Litigation and Jury Trials practice group. (more…)

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Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Michael Russell has joined the firm’s Silicon Valley office as a partner in the Technology & Life Sciences Group. (more…)

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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Kimberley Chen Nobles has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice in the Orange County office. (more…)

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Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (“AALRR”) has added two prominent partners to its traditional labor and employment law practice. Brigham Cheney and Brent Garrett will augment AALRR’s team of 160 attorneys and advise management in claims involving both union and non-union employees. (more…)

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Colleen H. McDonald has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Finance and Bankruptcy practice group, based in the firm’s San Francisco office. McDonald joins from Reed Smith. (more…)

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Stephen Hibbard has joined the Firm as a partner in its Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation (FILR) Practice and will be based in the Firm’s San Francisco Office. Mr. Hibbard was previously a partner in the San Francisco office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he was a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice. (more…)

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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Century City, which expands the national labor and employment law firm’s footprint to 29 offices in 16 states. (more…)

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Holland & Knight today announced that Robert Haight has joined its San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Section. Mr. Haight specializes in municipal and public finance matters, in particular Mello-Roos CFDs and Infrastructure Financing Districts. Most recently, he was a partner with Goodwin Procter. (more…)

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Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Raj Tanden has joined the firm’s Taxation and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices as a partner in the Los Angeles office. (more…)

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Securities litigator Patrick Gibbs has joined Cooley as a partner in the Palo Alto office. He joins from Latham & Watkins where he was a partner and former co-chair of its securities litigation and professional liability practice. (more…)

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Wilson Elser announced today that corporate attorney William Tolin Gay has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. (more…)

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