David Boyer has joined Nossaman as a partner in the Water Practice Group, the Firm announced today. Mr. Boyer represents public agencies and private parties on water, environmental and natural resources, public policy, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, insurance coverage, and employment matters. He is based in Nossaman’s Orange County office (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Fitness International, LLC, an affiliate of LA Fitness International, LLC, an owner of fitness clubs, in the proposed acquisition of assets relating to 171 Bally Total Fitness clubs. The transaction remains subject to various closing conditions (more…)
A team of attorneys at Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Orange County’s largest full-service law firm, are representing 10 Southland cities and their redevelopment agencies in a landmark lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of two bills adopted by the California State Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this past June (more…)
The global law firm Jones Day announced that Martha Gooding and Michael Stimson have joined the Firm as partners in its Intellectual Property Practice, resident in the Firm’s Irvine Office. Both were most recently partners in the Irvine office of Howrey, where they were members of the firm’s IP Group (more…)
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear has announced the opening of a new office in Washington, DC, its first office outside of the state of California. William Zimmerman, previously a litigation partner at the firm’s Orange County office, will head the new branch. The firm plans to expand the office to ten to fifteen attorneys over the next year.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Los Angeles-based firm Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro is opening a new office in Costa Mesa, CA this month. This decision comes after the recent hiring of Gordon Schaller, the former managing partner of Greenberg Traurig’s Orange County office. Schaller, a tax estate planning attorney, will head the office, and some partners from the L.A. office who live in Orange County will also work there. The firm will be looking to hire more attorneys over the next six months. The Costa Mesa office is Jeffer’s third in CA, with the firm already having offices in Century City and San Francisco.
Source: www.law.com

