Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of six new attorneys to our Bay Area practice. Partners W. Eric “Ric” Blumhardt, Jessica S. Pliner, Stephen B. Welch, and Patrice N. Harper, along with associates Kristin L. Wallace and A. Barclay “Clay” Byrnes, will join the firm this month. Mr. Welch, Ms. Wallace, and Mr. Byrnes will be based in a new Lewis Brisbois location in Walnut Creek, Calif. beginning Monday, September 17. (more…)

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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today the addition of attorney Marlan D. Walker to the firm’s internationally-recognized Intellectual Property Department on the Health & Life Sciences Team. Mr. Walker joins Kilpatrick Townsend’s Walnut Creek office as Counsel (more…)

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Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to welcome two new partners to its ranks, Robert A. McFarlane and William E. Adams. Rob is a registered patent attorney whose practice will focus on patent litigation and intellectual property disputes, and Bill’s practice will focus on complex business disputes. Rob will be based in San Francisco and Bill in the firm’s recently opened Walnut Creek office (more…)

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