Ms. Berliner represents and has handled transactions for multi-platinum and Grammy award winning artists, record and publishing companies, songwriters, managers, producers, production companies, directors, actors, writers, telecommunication companies, professional athletes, authors, and Oscar award winning film makers.
“I am excited to become a partner at a firm that has a fresh and unconventional approach to its practice. Rimon has played a pivotal role in reinventing the modern law firm, and its model is one that will appeal to both peers and clients. I look forward to expanding my practice at Rimon,” said Ms. Berliner.
Rimon, which has 14 offices internationally, has twice been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the most innovative law firms. Rimon’s Managing Partners were both named “Legal Rebels” by the American Bar Association’s ABA Journal. Rimon offers full service teams of highly-experienced attorneys handling corporate, litigation, intellectual property, tax and private client work. (more…)
The law firm WilmerHale today announced the arrival of Partner James Hill to its Los Angeles office. Dr. Hill, who earned his MD from the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, joins the firm in the Intellectual Property Department and will also be a member of the IP Litigation and Life Sciences Practices.
“We are thrilled to welcome James to the firm,” said Randall R. Lee, partner-in-charge of WilmerHale’s Los Angeles office. “James’ expertise in intellectual property—one of the firm’s core strengths—will be of tremendous value as we continue to grow our Los Angeles office, and will enhance our IP capabilities nationwide.” (more…)
Jenner & Block LLP is pleased to announce that corporate finance lawyer Neil Cummings has joined the firm as a partner in its Los Angeles office. With more than 20 years of experience representing a range of market participants, Mr. Cummings will add depth to the firm’s growing strength in corporate finance and increase the Los Angeles office’s transactional capabilities. He will be a member of the Corporate and Corporate Finance Practices. (more…)
Dentons announced today that Samuel R. Maizel has joined its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice as a partner. Maizel focuses his practice on the health care industry. A popular speaker and prolific writer, he regularly contributes to healthcare and restructuring industry conferences and publications. He joins Dan Higgins as the second nationally known and widely respected lawyer in the healthcare industry to join Dentons on the West Coast in recent weeks. (more…)
New partners in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and Atlanta – including three lawyers returning to firm; latest additions to government contracts, complex tort and corporate practices
Los Angeles/San Francisco/Washington (June 25, 2015) – McKenna Long & Aldridge heads into its pending merger with leading global law firm Dentons with a strong burst of momentum. The firm announced it has added five new partners in the month of June – in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and Atlanta – including three lawyers who previously practiced at McKenna.
The five partners span several key practice areas – government contracts and compliance, litigation and complex tort litigation and corporate transactions and regulation. (more…)
O’Melveny & Myers LLP welcomes back Jim Bowman, Maggie Carter, and David Kirman as partners in the Firm’s White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations Group. All three O’Melveny alumni join from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and bring exceptional trial skills and diverse prosecutorial experience in healthcare, securities, and financial services fraud.
Their return to private practice was applauded by former Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of Major Frauds Section Beong-Soo Kim, now Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.: “Having had the privilege of supervising them at various points in their careers, I consider each to be a powerhouse in his or her own right—Jim in the area of securities fraud, Maggie with her public corruption cases, and David in the healthcare fraud arena. The fact that all three of these stellar lawyers have decided to return to O’Melveny is a coup for the Firm. Their arrivals demonstrate O’Melveny’s commitment to recruiting the best and brightest, and further cement O’Melveny’s reputation as a go-to firm for internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense, and bet-the-company litigation.” (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Joel H. Rothstein has joined the firm as a partner in the Real Estate group of its Los Angeles office. Mr. Rothstein will continue his focus on structured finance, complex joint ventures and cross-border transactions in both the United States and Asia.
Mr. Rothstein led the Asia real estate and structured finance practices at his prior firm, where he regularly advised investment banks, private equity and sovereign wealth funds, real estate developers, and Asian and European investors in various areas, including real estate venture formation, non-performing loan acquisitions and dispositions, and investments in U.S. real estate. (more…)
Cooley is expanding its compensation and benefits practice with the addition of partner Barbara Mirza. Mirza joins Cooley from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where she practiced for a total of 12 years in the firm’s New York and Los Angeles offices. Mirza also spent four years as a senior executive compensation and benefits advisor in the Los Angeles office of Ernst & Young LLP. She will reside in the firm’s Los Angeles office and support the compensation and benefits needs of clients in the US and internationally. (more…)
Reid E. Dammann has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles and San Diego offices. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, International, and Privacy & Data Security practice groups. Mr. Dammann joins the firm from the Los Angeles office of Musick Peeler. (more…)
Greenberg Glusker’s renowned Entertainment Law Group announces the expansion of its music law practice with the addition of William I. Hochberg and Mitchell Manger.
William I. Hochberg, an accomplished transactional attorney, joins Greenberg Glusker as partner, bringing a tremendous level of music and media experience to the firm. Bill works for some of the finest creative talents and most innovative companies in the world. (more…)
Dirk Michels, one of California’s leading energy technology and renewable energy lawyers, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. As a member of the firm’s Business and Finance Department and Energy and Project Finance Group, Mr. Michels brings considerable experience in renewable energy to our clients in the West.
Mr. Michels represents energy technology and renewable energy companies and developers—as well as their lenders and investors—in corporate and project financing matters for solar, biomass, wind, thermal, transmission, energy storage, smart grid, and other energy projects. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Matthew C. Thompson, a prominent media and entertainment lawyer, has agreed to join Sidley as a partner and as co-head of Sidley’s media and entertainment practice. He will play a key role in leading the firm’s media and entertainment practice as it continues to expand as part of its new Century City office. Mr. Thompson’s arrival further demonstrates Sidley’s commitment to continued growth in Los Angeles and the active expansion of its media and entertainment resources following Sidley’s announcement that Dan Clivner, a leading M&A and private equity lawyer who has handled major transactions in the media and entertainment industry, joined the firm. (more…)
