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Sidley Austin LLP

Published: Jun. 21, 2024 | Announced: Jun. 14, 2024


Shane Goudey joined Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in Palo Alto!


Goudey advises domestic and international investment fund sponsors on all aspects of the formation and operation of venture capital, private equity, fund-of-funds, secondary market, debt, and a variety of other types of funds. He has formed over 1,000 funds, ranging from multibillion-dollar venture capital and leveraged buy-out funds to smaller firms forming early-stage venture capital, angel, pledge, and similar micro-funds with just several million dollars in committed capital. Goudey also regularly works with and advises accelerator and incubator firms with respect to their organizational, operational, and fund formation matters.


Law Firm

Published: Dec. 12, 2024 | Announced: Dec. 12, 2024


Attorney Attorney joined Law Firm as partner in Los Angeles. The move was Dec. 12, 2024.
Recruiting brokered the deal.

Law Firm has 200 attorneys in 4 offices in San Francisco. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are litigation, white collar, antitrust. The firm’s website is www.mto.com

T: (213) 229-5358


Katten

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Sep. 1, 2024


Paul S. Yong was promoted to partner of Katten in Los Angeles - Century City.

Yong helps clients successfully navigate some of their most difficult and complex litigation matters. As an experienced and skilled securities litigator, he regularly defends public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, and government and internal investigations. He is a creative advocate who innovatively approaches complex legal and factual issues. He represents clients from a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on technology and life sciences. He has experience handling all phases of a lawsuit, from complaint to trial.

Camille A. Brooks was promoted to partner of Katten in Los Angeles - Century City.

Brooks represents financial services firms, landlords and other companies in class actions and complex litigation in state and federal court throughout the country. She has significant experience in commercial, class-action and other complex litigation, defending clients at all stages. She has defended against a variety of claims, including claims for breach of contract, violations of consumer protection statutes, and violations of federal banking statutes and regulations. She also has handled the defense of financial services firms and other companies in individual arbitrations.

Katten has 700 attorneys in 20 offices in United States and in London and Shanghai. Among the law firm’s key practice areas are corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. The firm’s website is https://katten.com/


Signature Resolution

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 28, 2024


Ellie K. Vilendrer joined Signature Resolution as neutral in Los Angeles. The move was Jan. 1, 2024.

Throughout her impressive career, Vilendrer has successfully represented a diverse array of clients, from individuals to large corporations, in fields such as commercial, employment, and intellectual property law. In 2013, she founded Vilendrer Law PC, specializing in supporting technology firms, from emerging startups to established enterprises. Her broad experience includes serving as outside general counsel and advising on intellectual property and privacy matters, underscoring her adaptability and depth of understanding in the tech industry.


Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 29, 2024


Brendan P. Bradley joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as partner in San Francisco. The move was Aug. 29, 2024.

Bradley's practice focuses on representing contractors, developers, and design professionals on large-scale commercial, residential, and public works projects. He has represented businesses and individuals in numerous related matters, including developers, general contractors, design professionals, and software and investment companies. His experience includes trying multiple cases to jury verdicts and resolving numerous claims at mediation. He has successfully defended developers and design professionals in claims involving wildfires and innumerable matters related to the construction of hospitals, schools, and public transit facilities.


Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 28, 2024


Alice Yuan joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Yuan advises private equity firms, portfolio companies, and other public and private companies across various industries on complex transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, growth equity investments, special situations transactions, and joint ventures. She also advises clients on general corporate and governance matters.


Hueston Hennigan LLP

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 26, 2024


Bram Alden joined Hueston Hennigan LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Alden spent the last eight and a half years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office. In his most recent role as chief of Criminal Appeals, he handled and oversaw the most complex appeals, supervised nine other appellate prosecutors, advised hundreds of trial attorneys, and taught legal writing. During his tenure in the U.S. Attorney's Office, he also tried five felony jury trials and one misdemeanor bench trial, never losing a single count, including for attempted murder, threats to kill major presidential candidates, bank robbery, false impersonation of a federal agent, conspiracy, and fraud. Alden also argued over 30 cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and drafted multiple successful en banc petitions. He received the Department of Justice Director's Award for devising responses to novel legal issues arising from the pandemic and guiding federal prosecutors nationwide.

Address

523 West 6th St., Suite 400 , Los Angeles 90014 United States
T: (213) 788-2023


Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C.

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 28, 2024


Steven J Pearse joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Pearse's practice focuses on Professional Liability (with an emphasis in accountancy and legal malpractice), Employment (litigation, including single-plaintiff, wage & hour, and PAGA claims, administrative investigations, including with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), the California Civil Rights Department ("CRD") and the California Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR"), and counseling), Business and Commercial, and General Liability matters. He is a seasoned litigator with an eye for strategic risk assessment and strives to prevent, minimize, or eliminate his clients' potential liability exposure from the onset. He is well-versed in all aspects of civil litigation and handles matters from inception through trial.

J. Andrew Wright joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Wright's practice focuses on representing CPAs, fiduciaries, attorneys, directors and officers, and other professionals in litigation and regulatory matters. He also represents creditors in post-judgment enforcement and prosecutes commercial litigation matters. He has achieved first-chair success in civil trial, arbitration, and the Court of Appeal.

Address

550 South Hope Street, Suite 2170 , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T: (213) 327-3500


Cooley LLP

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 28, 2024


William K. Pao joined Cooley LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Pao will advise various clients, including cryptocurrency and blockchain pioneers, on securities, regulatory, and litigation issues. Pao advises traditional banking and fintech clients on complex and cross-border matters, including commercial and consumer litigation and regulatory issues.

T: (818) 738-3690


Judicate West

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 26, 2024


Jeffrey A. Rudman joined Judicate West as neutral in Los Angeles.

Rudman has 26 years of experience in personal injury and employment matters. He founded his own boutique trial law firm, The Rudman Law Firm APC, in 2010, specializing in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. He has successfully handled more than 1,000 cases involving vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, and dangerous conditions of public property. In 2023, he pivoted to Rudman Mediation, where he focused solely on dispute resolution.


Sidley Austin LLP

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 28, 2024


Jon Dean joined Sidley Austin LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

A former prosecutor and experienced trial lawyer, Dean focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters, including patent and trade secrets cases, antitrust actions, securities matters, unfair competition cases, trademark disputes, employment actions, OSHA cases, and healthcare matters. Dean also represents companies and individuals in connection with civil and criminal government investigations, including investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and local law enforcement agencies.


Kaufman Dolowich

Published: Aug. 29, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 28, 2024


Francisco Cabada joined Kaufman Dolowich as partner in Los Angeles.

Cabada focuses his practice on labor and employment law and commercial litigation. He has over twenty years of experience defending employers in employment litigation, including claims of alleged harassment, retaliation, discrimination, and wrongful termination. Cabada handles wage and hour matters, including class and representative actions. He conducts investigations and interviews to analyze complex wage and hour data to assess his client's risk and exposure.


Sheppard Mullin

Published: Aug. 22, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 22, 2024


Jennifer Brough joined Sheppard Mullin as partner in San Francisco.

Brough represents pipeline, electric, and renewable energy companies in corporate matters and before federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy. She has experience advising many companies on regulatory compliance issues on both the state and federal levels. Her practice focuses on guiding companies through the energy transition, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction programs, environmental justice, and community engagement.


Procopio

Published: Aug. 22, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 21, 2024


Marina C. Gruber joined Procopio as partner in Palo Alto.

Gruber represents California employers in a wide range of actions before state and federal courts and administrative agencies while also counseling employers in prevailing wage and labor-related matters. She defends against single plaintiff discrimination and harassment actions, as well as California wage and hour law class actions alleging off-the-clock work, donning and doffing claims, and meal and rest break compliance. She has also litigated California prevailing wage matters at the administrative and trial court levels, defending employers facing allegations of failure to pay the appropriate prevailing wage rate(s), employ apprentices, maintain certified payroll, failure of subcontractors to meet prevailing wage obligations, and disputes over whether the projects in question were public works at all. She also advises contractors on wage audits, contract negotiations, and compliance. In addition to litigation, Gruber counsels employers in labor matters including those involving the National Labor Relations Board, handles labor arbitrations, advises on organizing campaigns, and defends against charges of unfair labor practices.

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Procopio is an AmLaw 200 corporate, intellectual property and litigation law firm with about 200 attorneys in seven U.S. offices, including San Diego, Del Mar Heights, Silicon Valley, Orange County, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Scottsdale and Washington, D.C. It serves public and private corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals in the United States as well as around the world. Learn more at procopio.com.

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Address

3000 El Camino Real | 5 Palo Alto , Palo Alto 94306 USA
T: (619) 906-5740


Ogletree Deakins

Published: Aug. 22, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 19, 2024


Dale Bellitto joined Ogletree Deakins as associate in San Francisco.

Bellitto's practice focuses on defending employers against wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wage and hour causes of action in both state and federal court. She also counsels employers on various employment practices and personnel matters - including, but not limited to, severance agreements, Family and Medical Leave Act leave, California Family Rights Act leave, and reasonable accommodations. She earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and her B.A. from Dartmouth College.

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Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Premier client service, as outlined in the firm's Client Pledge, is one of the firm's top priorities and a cornerstone of its core values. Best Law Firms(r) has named Ogletree Deakins a "Law Firm of the Year" for 13 consecutive years. In the 2024 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its "Law Firm of the Year" in the Employment Law - Management category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1000 attorneys located in 57 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S. www.ogletree.com

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Covington & Burling LLP

Published: Aug. 22, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 19, 2024


Kate Kraus joined Covington & Burling LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Kraus is nationally recognized and has more than 20 years of experience in tax planning and structuring. She advises on a wide range of partnership, corporate, and real estate matters, including joint ventures, fund formations, financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, liquidations, debt workouts, and bankruptcies.

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In an increasingly regulated world, Covington & Burling LLP provides corporate, litigation, and regulatory expertise to help clients navigate their most complex business problems, deals, and disputes. Founded in 1919, the firm has more than 1,300 lawyers in offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, and Washington.

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Address

1999 Avenue of the Stars , Los Angeles 90067


Buchalter

Published: Aug. 22, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 14, 2024


Shai Larkin joined Buchalter as shareholder in San Diego.

Larkin joined the firm's Corporate Practice group bringing extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other transactional matters. Larkin represents buyers, sellers, investors and sponsors in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and recapitalizations. His representation of companies includes formation through exit, including initial organizational, seed, and subsequent debt and equity financings. With emerging growth and later-stage companies, Larkin handles corporate governance matters, services and strategic partnership agreements and other commercial agreements.

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Buchalter is a full-service business law firm representing local, regional, national, and international clients in a multitude of practice areas and their subspecialties, among them: Bank and Finance, Corporate, Health Care, Litigation, Insolvency and Financial Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, and Tax and Estate Planning. Buchalter has approximately 500 attorneys with offices in California, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington. For more information about the firm, visit: buchalter.com.

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Nixon Peabody

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 16, 2024


Corey T. Leggett joined Nixon Peabody as counsel in San Francisco.

Leggett is an IP and technology litigator who helps clients navigate high-stakes disputes in which critical technologies are on the line. With a technical background and jury trial experience, Leggett provides a unique ability to dig into gritty details while crafting and executing big-picture strategies.


King & Spalding LLP

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 16, 2024


Joseph Halloum joined King & Spalding LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Halloum represents public and private companies, as well as private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, in a wide range of domestic and international transactions, capital structures and investments, governance and activism defense, finance, securities and other general corporate matters.


Goldberg Segalla

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 16, 2024


Linda B. Oliver joined Goldberg Segalla as special counsel in Los Angeles.

Oliver focuses her practice on advising and defending insurance companies, national and regional retail stores, hotels, and resorts. She has more than two decades of experience handling complex civil litigation and class actions in federal and state courts and arbitration forums, often serving as lead or primary counsel. Oliver has set strategy, developed facts, and presented legal arguments that achieved successful results on motions, through settlement negotiations and mediations, and at trial.


Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 16, 2024


Celia Moutes-Lee joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Moutes-Lee focuses on insurance coverage and bad-faith litigation. Her practice primarily involves defending bad faith lawsuits and resolving coverage disputes relating to first- and third-party claims. With extensive experience in litigating bad faith lawsuits, she handles cases involving claims under personal and commercial policies, including theft, fire, smoke, water, hail, sand, floods, earthquakes, and other catastrophic events, as well as uninsured motorist claims. Insurers regularly retain her to assist in the investigation of claims and determination of coverage, which includes conducting examinations under oath. She is highly skilled at investigating and litigating suspicious losses.

Kayla Berlin joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Berlin manages pre-litigation coverage issues and lawsuits related to bad faith disputes stemming from first-party insurance policies for insurer clients. Her practice is focused on insurance law, and she has achieved early dismissals and secured favorable judgments for insurers in bad-faith litigation. Berlin has extensive experience handling litigation and pre-litigation coverage matters under automobile, homeowners, renters, and commercial property policies. She also manages property loss claims for personal and commercial policies, including water damage, fire, wind, and other catastrophic losses. Additionally, she excels in conducting examinations under oath and litigating suspected fraudulent claims.


Kaufman Dolowich

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 16, 2024


Annalisa Zulueta joined Kaufman Dolowich as partner in San Francisco.

Zulueta is a civil litigation and trial attorney who focuses her practice in general liability defense and professional liability. She provides counsel and represents clients in state court, federal court, before governing agencies, and through mediation.


Knox Ricksen LLP

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 15, 2024


Coleman D. Heggi joined Knox Ricksen LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

With more than 17 years of legal experience, Heggi represents clients in civil litigation related to alleged false, fraudulent, or misleading health care benefit claims. Before joining Knox Ricksen, he advised insurance carriers on legal strategy and analysis in coverage disputes. He also represented attorneys in legal malpractice and professional responsibility cases, as well as various types of business litigation.


Miller Barondess, LLP

Published: Aug. 16, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 15, 2024


Jackson T. Herndon joined Miller Barondess, LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Herndon is a business litigator who has represented leaders in the financial, healthcare, pharmaceutical, energy, and aviation industries. He has extensive experience litigating high-profile and high-stakes litigation, including bet-the-company and multi-billion-dollar disputes.

Address

2121 Avenue of the Stars, 26th Floor , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T: (310) 552-4400
F: (310) 552-8400


Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Published: Jul. 25, 2024 | Announced: Jul. 24, 2024


Michele J. Beilke joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

For more than two decades, Beilke has litigated single-plaintiff discrimination and multi-plaintiff cases in state and federal courts. She also has considerable national jury trial and arbitration experience. She litigates state and national wage and hour class actions, and discrimination and harassment claims under state and federal law.

Galit A. Knotz joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Knotz is skilled in PAGA, wage and hour, and class actions involving complex wage and hour issues, retaliation, and discrimination, and has experience counseling clients on compliance and investigations.

Blake E. Guerrero joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Guerrero counsels employers on various matters, such as compliance with wage and hour laws, terminations, layoffs, workplace violence prevention, internal investigation procedures, and developments in California law. He also has experience updating employee handbooks and various standalone policies and agreements for employers.

Steven A. Morphy joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Morphy's practice focuses on defending and preventing labor and employment disputes.

Julia Y. Trankiem joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as partner in Los Angeles and Houston.

For more than two decades, Trankiem has represented employers nationwide on critical employment topics, across many different industries and in high-stakes single-plaintiff actions as well as class, collective, and representative actions. Her wage and hour experience includes litigation involving claims of misclassification, off-the-clock work, and unpaid overtime, meal and rest period violations, and claims under California's PAGA statute. She has successfully limited class size, defeated class certification, and developed novel legal arguments to eliminate or significantly reduce exposure.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Aug. 9, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 9, 2024


Laura Vartain Horn joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP as partner in San Francisco.

During her time with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Vartain Horn tried nine federal cases while also holding supervisory roles in the U.S. Attorney's Office for seven years. She was the lead prosecutor on charges brought against an individual for stealing Google's supercomputing and artificial intelligence technology. Months before that, she was the lead prosecutor who secured the federal convictions against the man who attempted to kidnap then-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and assaulted Paul Pelosi. Before her role supervising national security and cyber work in Silicon Valley, Vartain Horn oversaw complex corruption, civil rights, and white-collar matters, including investigations conducted in parallel with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, she was an associate at Latham & Watkins.


Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete

Published: Aug. 9, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 9, 2024


Arcelia N. Magaña joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete as associate in San Diego.

Magaña is a litigator and trial attorney specializing in labor and employment law. Focusing on creating stable and high-functioning work environments, she leverages her extensive experience to guide employers on best practices that help avoid the costly disruptions of litigation.

Daniel J. Galván joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete as associate in San Diego.

Galván brings a wealth of experience in workplace law. He represents employers in various labor and employment matters, including offering preventive advice and counseling. His proactive approach equips clients with the tools and knowledge necessary to manage employee relations effectively and reduce potential legal risks.

Ariel Valerio-Meek joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete as associate in San Diego.

Valerio-Meek focuses on litigation and assisting employers with allegations of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and related issues. Her experience includes navigating employee relations, developing compliance strategies, and providing preventative advice and counsel to best avoid the disruption and expense of litigation.

Guillermo A. Escobedo joined Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete as partner in San Diego.

Escobedo brings extensive experience to the table, particularly in defending claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment across various protected categories, retaliation, failure to accommodate, defamation, breach of contract, and misappropriation of trade secrets. His experience is particularly evident in handling wage-and-hour claims, including failure to pay overtime wages, off-the-clock work, meal and rest period violations, and misclassification issues. His litigation practice spans defending employers in single and multi-plaintiff lawsuits, class actions, and claims under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA), showcasing his ability to navigate complex legal terrain.


Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

Published: Aug. 9, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 9, 2024


Sean R. Ferron joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP as partner in Irvine.

Ferron focuses his practice on general liability, construction, and professional liability defense. He strengthens the Insurance, Product & General Liability, Construction, and Professional Liability Defense practice groups, deepening the firm's bench in Southern California.


Lowenstein Sandler

Published: Aug. 9, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 9, 2024


John Wayne Horton joined Lowenstein Sandler as partner in Palo Alto.

Horton represents corporations, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists on a full range of business and transactional matters, spanning the life cycle of businesses and portfolio investments. His practice focuses on business structuring, investment transactions, corporate governance, securities law, and later-stage pathway to exit, and his experience captures a broad range of industry sectors, including technology, life sciences, entertainment, and consumer goods.


Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP

Published: Aug. 9, 2024 | Announced: Aug. 6, 2024


Tiffany M. Spencer joined Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP as associate in San Diego.

Spencer has represented clients in all phases of litigation, including arguing motions on their behalf and serving as first chair attorney. While her work with Legal Aid covered various areas of law, Spencer's practice focuses particularly on unlawful detainer cases.