Veteran attorney John Podesta has joined Wilson Elser’s San Francisco office as a partner.
Podesta focuses his practice in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, business litigation and general civil litigation. Throughout his 20-year legal career, he has handled a broad spectrum of sophisticated litigated and nonlitigated matters, including insurance agents’ professional liability, negotiating licenses and real estate contracts, drafting entity formation agreements, all forms of alternative dispute resolution, and insurance issues with environmental contamination. (more…)
Dentons announced today that Daniel B. Higgins, one of the nation’s most accomplished health care strategists and deal lawyers, joined the Firm’s Health Care practice as a partner in the San Francisco office (more…)
The national law firm LeClairRyan has announced the addition of three shareholders who will greatly expand upon the firm’s already substantial capabilities in intellectual property and litigation matters. This move bolsters LeClairRyan’s capabilities in San Francisco, while creating opportunities for clients of the firm nationally (more…)
Farella Braun + Martel LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Charles J. “CJ” Higley as a partner and Daniel J. McLeod as an associate to its Real Estate & Land Use Department.
“We are delighted to welcome CJ and Dan to the group,” said Greg Shean, chair of Farella’s Real Estate & Land Use Department. “They bring added depth and experience to our very busy team of transactional real estate, land use and complex project development attorneys.” (more…)
Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to welcome Joseph F. Moore as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate & Construction Section. Joe will reside in Hanson Bridgett’s San Francisco office. Previously, Joe led Clyde & Co’s US infrastructure and construction projects practice.
Joe’s experience as an attorney and an engineer adds another layer of expertise for our clients,” said David Longinotti, Section Head of the firm’s Real Estate and Construction Section. “His industry knowledge is top notch and he will be a good fit with the attorneys in our collaborative environment.” (more…)
National law firm Polsinelli adds two noted San Francisco labor and employment attorneys to serve clients nationally. Shareholder Charles O. Thompson joins the firm as the Vice Chair of the California Labor & Employment Practice Group and will lead Polsinelli’s West Coast Labor and Employment Practice. Michele Haydel Gehrke also joins as a Shareholder, bringing Polsinelli’s growing, national Labor and Employment Practice to more than 50 attorneys coast to coast. Thompson and Gehrke previously practiced together at the same AmLaw 100 firm in San Francisco. Polsinelli entered the California market nearly four years ago in Los Angeles, and opened a San Francisco office last year with a strategic goal to expand. (more…)
Farella Braun + Martel LLP welcomes Michael Ginsburg as special counsel to its Renewable Energy & Clean Technologies Practice. Ginsburg focuses on energy project development and transactions.
“We are delighted to welcome Michael to Farella,” said Renewable Energy & Clean Technologies Group Co-Chair, David Stoll. “His extensive experience with project development in the energy space, including power purchase agreements and EPC and O&M agreements, provides a strong complement to Farella’s existing product offerings for our energy clients. Michael’s addition furthers our goal to provide a full menu of high-quality legal services to our renewable and traditional energy clients.” (more…)
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced today that it has expanded its San Francisco office with the addition of Forrest Booth as a Partner, Pamela Schultz as a Partner, Phillip Barilovits as Senior Counsel and Bradley H. Pace as an Associate. On March 31, 2015, the attorneys joined Hinshaw from Severson & Werson in San Francisco.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome this group of attorneys to our firm,” says Robert J. Romero, partner in charge of the San Francisco office. “Their capabilities enhance our firm-wide focus on representing the insurance industry and its many varied interests both domestically and abroad.” (more…)
Jeff Palmer has joined international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Based in the firm’s San Francisco office, Palmer joins the firm’s Litigation Practice, a group comprised of more than 600 litigators in 34 offices around the world (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Michael J. Bettinger will join the firm as a partner in San Francisco. He will be a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice.
Mr. Bettinger is a leading trial lawyer for patent cases in U.S. District Courts and the International Trade Commission. Mr. Bettinger, who has tried 21 cases to verdict, has litigated cases for high-tech clients in the computer, telecommunications, semiconductor, networking and healthcare industries. (more…)
Nixon Peabody is expanding its construction team in San Francisco with the arrival of new counsel John Foust.
John focuses his practice on counseling and dispute resolution in connection with complex construction, infrastructure, and energy projects in the U.S. and abroad. A leader on some of the largest domestic and international construction disputes, John represents both developers and major contracting firms. For example, John was part of a team who represented MGM Resorts International in a $1B plus contract dispute over the construction of the $8.5B CityCenter project in Las Vegas. (more…)
