Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Frank E. Melton has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as Shareholder. Mr. Melton, who joins Jackson Lewis from Littler, has spent his entire career practicing in the area of labor and employment law. (more…)
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce that former California State Assemblymember Roger Dickinson has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Government Law & Policy Practice. Dickinson will be located in the Sacramento office, where he served as a member of the state Legislature and Sacramento County Board of Supervisors for more than 20 years combined.
“Roger’s hire continues the strategic expansion of Greenberg Traurig’s Government Law & Policy Practice,” said Chuck Birenbaum, Greenberg Traurig’s chair of Northern California. “The Government Law & Policy Practice has long been a core Greenberg Traurig practice at the federal, state, and local levels. As the California economy grows stronger, Roger’s experience with planning, permitting and financing public and public-private partnership transportation, health and other economic development projects will be invaluable to our clients. In Sacramento, Roger joins a seasoned and effective group geared to solving client issues throughout California. We are proud to welcome the Assemblyman as the newest member of our team.” (more…)
Hanson Bridgett LLP expands its environmental practice with the addition of two attorneys. The firm is pleased to welcome Davina Pujari as a partner and Christopher Jensen as counsel to its San Francisco office.
“With Davina and Chris we are adding two top flight environmental litigation and counseling experts with a specialization in white collar defense,” said David Longinotti, Chair of the Real Estate and Construction Section. “As people, Davina and Chris fit our culture like a glove, and we are looking forward to our collaboration.” (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that Jason D. Lohr has joined its Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology practice (IPMT) as a partner in its San Francisco office.
Lohr counsels established and emerging companies on a variety of patent, trademark and other intellectual property issues. His practice focuses on patent counseling and portfolio management, prosecution and post-grant proceedings, licensing and other transactions, due diligence, clearance investigations, and litigation support. His technology experience includes computer hardware, software, Internet and database applications, computer graphics, animation, and cloud computing. (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…)

BakerHostetler is proud to announce that leading healthcare attorneys Noah Rosenberg, Lenard “Len” Pick, and Lauren Wilson have joined the firm’s Los Angeles office and the national Healthcare Industry team. Rosenberg and Pick join as Partners and Wilson joins as Counsel. Rosenberg will serve as co-leader of the national Healthcare Industry team with Christopher J. Swift and B. Scott McBride. All three join from Rosenberg and Kaplan, a Beverly Hills-based law firm focused exclusively on healthcare law for hospitals, health systems, physician practices, and employers. They are known for developing industry-leading collaborations among hospitals and physician groups, and among healthcare providers and healthcare insurers seeking creative solutions to provide high-quality, accessible, and cost-effective healthcare to large client populations. (more…)
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, DC, announced today that Steven D. Atlee has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Financial Services/Class Action Practice Group. Mr. Atlee joins recent additions, Yousuf Dhamee and Associate Neema Ghannadi, who joined the Investment Management Practice in the Los Angeles Office in December. (more…)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has added two partners to the firm’s Business Trial practice group: Adam F. Streisand and Nicholas J. Van Brunt. Streisand and Van Brunt join Sheppard Mullin’s Century City office from Loeb & Loeb, where Streisand chaired the firm’s Trust and Estate Litigation practice. (more…)
Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Chauncey Swalwell has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate Capital Markets Group in Los Angeles. He comes to Goodwin from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. (more…)

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Waterman as a shareholder in its San Diego office. Waterman’s practice focuses on land use, CEQA/NEPA environmental review, and water and natural resource issues. Well known for his expertise in permitting a wide range of complex projects, including renewable solar and wind energy, mixed use, and commercial projects, Waterman also counsels clients on compliance with Clean Water Act permitting, including California’s new Industrial Storm Water permit. (more…)
Pillsbury today announced Cecily Dumas, a highly regarded bankruptcy lawyer who also handles commercial transactions and litigation, is joining the firm’s Insolvency & Restructuring practice as a partner in the San Francisco office.
Dumas is well known in the Bay Area and beyond for her representation of high-profile clients and bankruptcy trustees, as well as her frequent presentations on the latest developments in insolvency and restructuring. She has more than 25 years’ experience in bankruptcy and commercial law, most recently as lead name partner of her own firm, Dumas & Clark LLP. (more…)
In a further expansion of its rapidly growing Whistleblower Practice, Constantine Cannon announced the opening of an office in San Francisco, and that well-known Bay Area qui tam whistleblower lawyers Eric Havian, Wayne T. Lamprey and Anne Hayes Hartman will be joining the firm. (more…)