Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has expanded its national Intellectual Property Department with the addition of five new attorneys, Lucas Dahlin, Barrington Dyer, Nitin Gambhir, Teri H.P. Nguyen and Fabio Marino. The group of IP litigators builds on the firm’s west coast momentum and expands the firm’s capabilities in Silicon Valley. (more…)

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Holland & Knight’s West Coast Land Use and Environment Group has added Marne S. Sussman as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Sussman focuses on a range of environmental issues, including climate change and air quality matters, permitting, land use projects and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Prior to joining Holland & Knight, she was a counsel with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in San Francisco. (more…)

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Global law firm Clyde & Co is pleased to announce further growth in the United States with the hire of 15 insurance and litigation partners from Sedgwick LLP, a California origin law firm. (more…)

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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani today announced the forthcoming addition of another practice group from Sedgwick LLP in its California offices. The new attorneys (who will be joining Gordon & Rees as of the first of the new year) will practice primarily in the firm’s Maritime Group, and will reunite with other former Sedgwick lawyers who […]

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VLP Law Group LLP is pleased to announce that Craig P. Wood has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining VLP, Mr. Wood was a sole practitioner and before that a partner and West Coast Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group at Foley & Lardner LLP. (more…)

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Allen Matkins, a California-based full service business and real estate law firm, announced today the addition of securities and corporate governance litigation partner Richard S. Horvath, Jr. to its San Francisco office. Rick brings to the firm’s Litigation Department and Corporate Governance & Compliance Group a diverse practice focused on representing directors and public companies in complex litigation involving alleged corporate misconduct or violations of federal securities laws. (more…)

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