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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)

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FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the addition of Marc Boiron as a partner in its FinTech and Blockchain practice group, based in the firm’s Los Angeles and Palo Alto, Calif., offices. (more…)

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Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that it has opened a new office in Silicon Valley, effective April 1, 2018, with the addition of four intellectual property attorneys and two senior patent agents. The four attorneys joining Dickinson Wright are Michael J. Ferrazano as Member and William Cheng as Associate, Chad Eimers, and J. Brian Loker as Of Counsel. James Aslanis, Jr. and Bret McClay join the firm as Senior Patent Agents. (more…)

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Pillsbury today announced the arrival of Executive Compensation and Benefits partner Jonathan Ocker to the firm’s San Francisco office. Ocker joins from Orrick, where he was a partner and the chair of that firm’s Executive Compensation and Benefits group. He is also an alumnus of Pillsbury. (more…)

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DLA Piper announced today that Jeff Tsai has joined the firm’s Litigation, White Collar and Investigations practices as a partner in California, based out of the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Tsai, who previously led Alston & Bird’s State Attorneys General team, represents companies in complex civil and criminal enforcement matters brought by state and federal agencies. (more…)

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm has added five preeminent entertainment partners from Loeb & Loeb to establish an Entertainment and Media practice at Paul Hastings and has opened a new office in Century City, the business hub of Los Angeles’ thriving entertainment and media industry. The team includes partners Mickey Mayerson, Susan Williams, Craig Emanuel, Stephen Saltzman and Erik Hyman, who will be joining the Century City office. (more…)

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Dawn Collins and Tae Kim as partners in the Labor & Employment Department, yet another move illustrative of the firm’s continued growth in Southern California. Collins and Kim, previously shareholders at Ogletree Deakins, are seasoned employment litigators with extensive experience in California and federal law. (more…)

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Alston & Bird has expanded its litigation capabilities with the addition of four attorneys, including two partners, in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Joining Alston & Bird are partners Jeffrey Rosenfeld and Grant Alexander, along with counsel Rachel Lowe and senior associate Sean Crain. All arrive from DLA Piper. (more…)