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…)
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…)
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…)
Sidney S. Fohrman has joined the Century City office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Entertainment and Digital Media practice group. Fohrman joins from Barnes & Thornburg LLP. (more…)
Jennifer L. Gray has joined LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s consumer financial services litigation and class action litigation teams and is resident in the national law firm’s Los Angeles office. (more…)
Buchalter is pleased to welcome Shareholder Dawn Knepper as a member of the Labor & Employment Practice in the Orange County Office. Ms. Knepper joins Buchalter from Ogletree Deakins. (more…)
Fisher Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm representing employers, is pleased to announce the addition of Cheryl Schreck as a partner in Los Angeles. Schreck joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., where she was a shareholder in the firm’s employment practice. (more…)
Hunton & Williams LLP announces the expansion of its national labor and employment practice with the addition of partners Michele J. Beilke and Julia Y. Trankiem and two associates in Los Angeles. All four came to the firm from Reed Smith LLP. (more…)
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey E. Bjork will join the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice within the Finance Department. In his practice, Bjork represents debtors and creditors in all aspects of restructurings across industries, and he has notable experience in major municipal restructurings. Bjork joins Latham & Watkins from Sidley Austin in Los Angeles where he was a partner. (more…)
Buchalter is pleased to announce and welcome Intellectual Property Shareholder J. Rick Taché and his core team – Senior Counsel Erikson Squier and Senior Counsel Roger Scott. Mr. Taché will serve as the firm-wide Co-Chair of the Patent Litigation Group. All will be based in the Firm’s Orange County, California office. (more…)
Los Angeles, CA. Nixon Peabody continues to expand its burgeoning West Coast intellectual property practice with the arrival of two patent litigation partners. (more…)
DLA Piper announced today that Michael Garfinkel and Miles Cooley have joined the firm’s Media, Sport and Entertainment practice as partners in Los Angeles. (more…)
