Buchalter is pleased to announce a team of former Archer Norris attorneys, including the Firm’s former Managing Shareholder, have joined the Firm. Douglas C. Straus joined as a Shareholder; Peter W. McGaw has joined as Of Counsel; and Benjamin C. Ellis and Zachary B. Young have joined as Attorneys. All join the Firm’s San Francisco office. Both Straus and Young will also join the Litigation Practice; McGaw and Ellis will join the Litigation and Environmental and Natural Resources Practice. (more…)
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of six new attorneys to our Bay Area practice. Partners W. Eric “Ric” Blumhardt, Jessica S. Pliner, Stephen B. Welch, and Patrice N. Harper, along with associates Kristin L. Wallace and A. Barclay “Clay” Byrnes, will join the firm this month. Mr. Welch, Ms. Wallace, and Mr. Byrnes will be based in a new Lewis Brisbois location in Walnut Creek, Calif. beginning Monday, September 17. (more…)
Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Andrea W. Lucan has rejoined the firm as a partner in its global project finance practice in Los Angeles. Ms. Lucan returns to Akin Gump from K&L Gates. (more…)
Expanding its team of top Intellectual Property attorneys, Rimon Law is pleased to welcome an eight-person group from the Silicon Valley office of Duane Morris, including four partners. (more…)
Lathrop Gage LLP is pleased to welcome Andrew Choung and Erica Van Loon to its Los Angeles office as Partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Both Choung and Van Loon come to Lathrop Gage from Glaser Weil LLP. (more…)
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Joseph C. Kracht as partner in the firm’s San Diego office. Kracht joins the firm’s Employment Law and Commercial Litigation practice groups. Kracht was previously with Lawton Law Firm in San Diego. (more…)
Tim Brugh, the former Vice President and West Coast Director of Fiduciary Services at The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, has joined Pillsbury as a partner in the firm’s marquee Estates, Trusts & Tax Planning/Private Wealth practice in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. (more…)
Labor and Employment Attorneys Sara Begley, Thomas Hill and Christina Tellado have joined Holland & Knight as partners in its Labor, Employment and Benefits Group. Ms. Begley will reside in the firm’s Philadelphia office, while Mr. Hill and Ms. Tellado will reside in the Los Angeles office. All previously practiced at Reed Smith, where Ms. Begley served as global practice group leader of the Labor & Employment Group from 2012 to 2017 and was global chair of the firm’s Women’s Initiative Network. (more…)
Goldberg Segalla continues to develop its national presence with the addition of four new attorneys to its Los Angeles and Orange County offices. (more…)
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo is thrilled to announce that attorney and education law veteran Ronald Wenkart has joined the firm’s Irvine offices as a partner. Ron has over four decades of experience in his field and, having served for over thirty four years as General Counsel to the Orange County Department of Education, brings a wealth of knowledge and insight regarding all public education and community college matters. (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Britt Anderson has joined the firm’s Trademark, Copyright, Media & Brand Protection practice as a partner in the Palo Alto office. This is the firm’s latest lateral partner addition in Palo Alto, following the arrival of recent laterals including Matt Oshinsky, Adrian Rich and Wendy Moore. Britt was previously a partner at K&L Gates. (more…)
