Theodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Seth Goldstein as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Orange County office. Seth’s practice has focused on the representation of financial institutions, with emphasis on the defense of consumer class actions and other complex matters brought against banks and other financial service providers in connection with retail banking and lending operations. Seth also has substantial experience in complex commercial disputes at both the trial and appellate levels for clients in a variety of industries, including government contracting, insurance, pharmaceuticals, securities and telecommunications. (more…)
PIB Law, a full-service law firm, is now serving clients coast-to-coast with the opening of its office in Orange County, California. On February 2, 2015 the firm announced the office opening at 695 Town Center Drive, 16th floor in Costa Mesa, California. (more…)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that William (Bill) Rooklidge is joining the Orange County office as a partner. Formerly with Jones Day, Rooklidge will continue to practice intellectual property law with a focus on patent litigation.
“We are very pleased to welcome Bill to the firm,” said Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Bill is a nationally recognized patent litigator with extensive trial and appellate experience. Our patent litigation practice is thriving, and adding someone of Bill’s caliber will help us continue to grow our practice while providing the highest level of client service.” (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced the addition of a three-partner group to its Intellectual Property practice, including Robert W. Dickerson Jr. and Lawrence R. LaPorte in the firm’s Los Angeles office, and Yasser M. El-Gamal in Orange County. The team joins from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where Dickerson had served as co-leader of that firm’s Intellectual Property practice and El-Gamal had served as administrative partner of its Orange County office.
Dickerson joins as chair of Manatt’s national Intellectual Property practice. (more…)
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that Edward Kim and Peter Villar have joined the firm as partners in Orange County. They are joined by associate Tania Rice. All three will work in the firm’s Business Litigation practice. They practiced together previously at Bingham McCutchen. (more…)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has added partner Joshua A. Dean in Orange County and special counsel Thomas G. Reddy in San Francisco. Dean and Reddy join Sheppard Mullin’s Corporate practice group from Bingham McCutchen.
“We are thrilled to welcome Josh and Tom, who bring a bank-focused transactional expertise to our Corporate practice group. Their knowledge and capabilities dovetail well with our financial institutions practice, while also strategically expanding our capabilities geared toward community and regional banks. Josh brings a significant level of banking industry M&A, securities and other experience, while Tom specializes in a mix of bank regulatory, finance and transactional work,” said Guy N. Halgren, chairman of Sheppard Mullin. (more…)
Freeman Freeman & Smiley today announced the addition of three attorneys to their Los Angeles office, bankruptcy attorneys Theodore Stolman and Carol Chow and real estate attorney Mark Jackson, as well as the addition of international law attorney Eduardo A. G. Bolt to their Irvine office. (more…)
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to welcome Eric J. Fromme as a partner in its Irvine, California office. Formerly of Rutan & Tucker, Fromme helps companies to restructure their financial affairs and represents creditors in their dealings with financially distressed companies, both in and out of court. (more…)
Scott Morehouse has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group, based in the firm’s Orange County office. Morehouse joins from Greenberg Traurig. (more…)
Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that John Hamilton has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in Orange County. Hamilton comes to the firm from Bracke Manufacturing, LLC, an electronic component manufacturing company, which he co-founded. Prior to owning his own business, Hamilton was a partner with Rutan & Tucker in Orange County. (more…)
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Mandana Massoumi has joined the Orange County office as a litigation partner in the Employment and Labor practice. She was previously a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
With a client roster that includes national retail chains and financial institutions, among others, Massoumi regularly represents major employers in class actions and other complex employment litigation. She has had significant success defending employers in matters involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, California Labor Code, California Business and Professions Code, the National Labor Relations Act, ERISA and a variety of other state and federal labor, discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, whistleblower and trade secret statutes. (more…)
Tamara Bogosian, a former deputy city attorney and county prosecutor, recently joined Best Best & Krieger LLP where she will defend cities and public safety officers in liability cases as part of the law firm’s public safety group. She also will oversee complex code enforcement cases across Southern California (more…)
