Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli continues its strategic growth in California with the addition of transactional real estate attorney Herman Enayati. (more…)
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, is continuing its strategic client commitment in Los Angeles with the addition of experienced transactional partner Irán Hopkins, as well as real estate associates Daphna Davidovits and Claudia Fu, with office headcount tripling to 37 lawyers and business professionals since 2015. Formerly at Ervin Cohen & Jessup, Hopkins, Davidovits and Fu join Akerman’s Real Estate Practice Group and Cannabis Practice, the first legal team created by a national law firm to serve the legal cannabis sector. (more…)
Leading intellectual property litigators Chris Kao and David Tsai have joined Pillsbury as partners. They come to the firm from Vinson & Elkins and will be primarily based in the San Francisco office. (more…)
Sheppard Mullin is pleased to announce that partners John H. Booher and Eric A. Newsom have joined the firm’s Palo Alto and San Francisco offices, respectively. Booher joins from Hogan Lovells LLP and Newsom from Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP, where he was co-chair of the Corporate and Finance Practice Group and a member of the Healthcare Division. Since January 2018, Sheppard Mullin has added 19 lateral partners across 6 offices as well as opening a new office in Dallas. (more…)
Los Angeles, CA. Nixon Peabody is expanding its Labor and Employment practice with the arrival of partner Benjamin Kim, who joins the firm’s Los Angeles office. Ben joins Nixon Peabody from Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, LLP. (more…)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Kahlil T. Yearwood has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner. Yearwood, formerly with Dechert LLP, continues his real estate finance practice at Gibson Dunn. (more…)
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney welcomes commercial law and transactional attorney Bradley E. Wolf as shareholder, and civil litigator Teresa M. Beck as of counsel to the firm’s San Diego office. (more…)
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes David A. Bronner and Todd R. Southwell in the Los Angeles and Chicago offices, respectively, as partners in its corporate/M&A practice. Bronner joins the firm from Nixon Peabody LLP, while Southwell arrives from Clark Hill PLC. (more…)
