Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the expansion of its Orange County office with the addition of Michael J. Baker as a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation group. Baker comes to Snell & Wilmer from Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo.
“We continually look for gifted lawyers and strategic growth opportunities that enhance our ability to serve our clients,” said Bill O’Hare, Administrative Partner of Snell & Wilmer’s Orange County office. “Mike is a proven litigator and trusted advisor with an outstanding reputation in the legal and business community. His addition to the firm further strengthens the commercial and construction litigation services we offer in Southern California. We are pleased to welcome Mike to our firm.” (more…)
Theodora Oringher PC is pleased to welcome Jon Mower as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Orange County office. Jon has over 30 years of experience in a wide array of litigation matters in federal and state courts including cases in California, Arizona, Florida, and New York. He has tried over 50 cases to verdict including contract and commercial disputes, employment claims, products liability and major personal injury cases, and professional liability claims. Jon’s current practice focuses on representing businesses and individuals in complex commercial disputes including partnership and business dissolution matters, class actions, and a variety of labor and employment disputes. He has also represented individual clients in major personal injury and business loss cases. (more…)
Rutan & Tucker LLP, one of California’s leading full-service law firms, recently announced that seasoned attorney Bill Schaal has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property group and a member of its Corporate/Securities/Tax Section. He practices in the firm’s Orange County office. (more…)
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Jay H. Im as a partner in its corporate/M&A practice. Im joins K&L Gates from Korean entertainment and media company CJ E&M Corporation, where he served as head of international legal affairs. He will initially be resident in the firm’s Seoul office before relocating to Orange County in the coming months to facilitate cross-border commercial activities and support the legal needs of the companies doing business there. (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Yuri Mikulka has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in its Orange County office. Mikulka joins from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, where she chaired the Intellectual Property practice group. (more…)
Michael G. McKinnon has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, based in the firm’s Orange County office. McKinnon joins from Greenberg Traurig. (more…)
McGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that litigators Evan Sorensen and Dhruv Sharma have joined the firm’s Irvine, California office. The addition of these two attorneys bolsters the firm’s national commercial litigation practice (more…)
Morgan Lewis represented an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of PCM, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCMI) in its agreement to acquire select assets of En Pointe Technologies Sales, Inc (more…)
Real estate attorney Roxana K. Chamouillé has joined the law firm Freeman Freeman & Smiley, LLP as a partner in its Irvine office.
Ms. Chamouillé handles commercial real estate transactions on behalf of local, regional and nationwide institutional lenders, with particular emphasis on financing, acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing. She was previously the Founder and President of RKC APC, a law firm specializing in real estate transactions and litigation. (more…)
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that J. David Bournazian has joined the firm’s litigation practice as a partner in Orange County. He joins the firm from Baker Hostetler LLP. Bournazian is the third litigation partner to join the firm’s Orange County office in the past six months, with Edward Kim and Peter Villar arriving last fall. (more…)
Building upon its existing three California offices in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, Novak Druce will enter Orange County on March 1. The new Orange County office will bring to 11 the number of Novak Druce offices across the country, with California having the highest concentration. (more…)
Greenberg Gross LLP, the Costa Mesa firm launched in April 2013 by two Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholders who had grabbed national headlines with a $50 million jury verdict, announced that Evan C. Borges, a top trial lawyer with Irell & Manella for 15 years, will join the firm as partner. Also joining Greenberg Gross is former Irell associate Michael P. McMahon. With the addition of Borges and McMahon, the firm now has three star lawyers from Irell. (more…)
