Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP), a highly acclaimed California and
Nevada law firm, is pleased to announce that Lane E. Webb has joined the firm’s San Diego
office as a partner. (more…)
International law firm Proskauer today announced the arrival of two nationally acclaimed litigators, Bart Williams and Manuel Cachán, as partners in its Los Angeles office. They will become members of Proskauer’s Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations and Sports Law Practice Groups. Mr. Williams will become the co-chair of Proskauer’s Los Angeles Litigation practice. (more…)
Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that intellectual property lawyer Troy Schmelzer has joined the global law firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. He comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from DLA Piper. (more…)
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce the addition of Jonathan Bloch as a shareholder in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Bloch brings an unparalleled depth of experience, knowledge and relationships to Brownstein’s corporate practice group. He represents corporations, investors and entrepreneurs in business and real estate transactions, representing developers and sponsors with respect to all aspects of EB-5 development projects across the country. Bloch is joining Brownstein from Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell in Los Angeles. (more…)
The Los Angeles office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Leslie A. Hakala as a partner in the government enforcement practice. Hakala joins from the Los Angeles Regional Office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she was Senior Counsel with the Enforcement Division. (more…)
Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Chris Amantea, who has practiced environmental law in California for more than 25 years, has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Environmental, Products and Mass Torts practice. The firm is also pleased to welcome Christopher Smith as an associate in the Los Angeles office. Together, the pair joins a national practice that was expanded in 2015 with the arrival of a five-partner team in Chicago led by Robert Shuftan, who now serves as the head of the firm’s practice. (more…)
Pryor Cashman LLP is pleased to announce that entertainment industry veteran Adam R. Mehr has joined the firm as a partner in the Media & Entertainment Group. Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Mehr joins Pryor Cashman from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. Before that, he served for nine years as Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel for Gold Circle Entertainment, a leading independent producer, financier and distributor of motion pictures. (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Beth A. Fox has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Energy and Natural Resources practice. Fox comes to Manatt from the Southern California Edison Company, where she served as director and managing attorney of the Power Procurement section of the SCE Law Department. (more…)
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Century City, which expands the national labor and employment law firm’s footprint to 29 offices in 16 states. (more…)
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Raj Tanden has joined the firm’s Taxation and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices as a partner in the Los Angeles office. (more…)
Wilson Elser announced today that corporate attorney William Tolin Gay has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. (more…)
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Gary Stiffelman, who is joining the firm as a shareholder in the Entertainment & Media Practice. Stiffelman, who has nearly 35 years of entertainment and media experience, joins the firm from Ziffren Brittenham. (more…)
