Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP added partner James L. Hsu last week. Hsu joins the Los Angeles office. He focuses his practice on business transactions in China. Hsu most recently worked at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP.

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Blank Rome has hired six attorneys in its Los Angeles office. Denis Codon joins from Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi as a partner. Name Partner Howard Knee from Knee, Ross & Silverman, also joins the firm as a partner, bringing with him attorneys: Michael Ludwig, Colleen Carolan, Jim Newman and Mary Pierce.

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Rimon Law Group, a virtual law firm, has hired four new partners: Dov Grunschlag, Jason Jungreis, John Rosenbaum and Rosanna Russell. Grunschlag was a partner at DLA Piper. Jason Jungreis currently holds the position of Vice President of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association. John Rosenbaum joins from White & Case LLP. Rosanna Russell was previously with Cooley Godward.

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John Schulman is set to join Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp to help grow the firm’s new entertainment practice. Schulman spent 25 years with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. where he served as the general counsel. He joins the Los Angeles office.

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An Intellectual Property litigator has jumped from DLA Piper to Jones Day. Randy Kay has landed at the firm’s San Diego office after speding 20 years at DLA Piper. He is the second partner to laterally land at the San Diego office in two weeks.

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A group of five Land Use Lawyers have left the Los Angeles office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis for Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. Land Use Chairman Jarold Neuman led the group and brought along partner Michael Kiely. The three associates who made the jump are: Alfred Fraijo Jr., Claudia Gutierrez and Phillip Tate.

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Proskauer Rose has lost a partner from its Los Angeles office to Bingham McCutchen.

Greenberg Traurig has added a shareholder to its Los Angeles office.

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has hired U.S. Attorney, Thomas O’Brien.