Michael J. Shuster joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Shuster provides strategic intellectual property legal services to biotechnology, chemical and pharmaceutical companies. His practice includes patent prosecution, portfolio analysis, due diligence, litigation and opinion work. His clients include start-up and established biotechnology companies, venture capital firms, research universities and hospitals.

Kevin Kabler joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Kabler builds and manages patent portfolios for companies and institutions in the life sciences industry in the fields of immuno-oncology, antibodies, personalized medicine, vaccines, genetics, biologics, RNA interference, stem cells and immunotherapy. He provides strategic patent counseling and due diligence to clients at all stages of the business cycle, and also analyzes and evaluates third-party patents for risk reduction from assertions as well as investment purposes.

Deepa M. Rich joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Rich practices general securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on private and public companies and venture capital funds primarily in the life sciences and health care industries.

G. Samuel Zucker joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Zucker focuses on corporate transactions for high growth, life sciences and health care companies around the world, including representation of investors and portfolio companies in biotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, and digital health. His practice covers mergers and acquisition, financings, capital markets and general corporate matters. Zucker advises clients’ management and boards of directors on corporate governance and critical strategic matters.

Alyssa D. Bell joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Bell is a criminal defense attorney and appellate specialist. She brings extensive federal litigation experience at all stages of proceedings and wide-ranging expertise in criminal matters, including extradition, financial fraud, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act conspiracy, narcotics offenses, and Fourth and Fifth Amendment challenges to government overreach.

Gabriel L. Pardo joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Pardo brings a combination of criminal trial and civil litigation experience to the firm. He has achieved results for his clients at all stages of criminal cases, including favorable pre-indictment resolutions, dismissals and multiple jury acquittals.

Jennifer Resnik joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Resnik has experience in sophisticated criminal and civil litigation. She has successfully handled a wide variety of cases at all stages of litigation, including health care and other criminal fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, environmental and narcotics crimes.

David J. Sutton joined Cohen Williams LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Sutton represented people charged with complex federal crimes, including cryptocurrency offenses, financial fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, structuring, insider trading, health care fraud, and foreign corrupt Practices Act violations. He now represents clients in matters ranging from complex white-collar cases to driving under the influence misdemeanors.

Christian E. Mammen joined Womble Bond Dickinson LLP as partner in Palo Alto.

Mammen has more than 20 years of experience representing tech sector companies in complex patent litigation. His specific experience includes serving as lead counsel in patent infringement cases and other IP disputes. In addition, he guides clients in federal patent appeals.

Rebecca B. Hoyes was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco.

Hoyes is a member of the firm's healthcare practice group. She has an extensive background in the healthcare sector, with a primary focus representing hospitals and their medical staffs in a variety of issues, such as peer review and investigations; corrective action, hearings, and appeals; privileging and credentialing; development of bylaws, rules, and policies; compliance with accreditation, licensure and regulatory requirements; disruptive behavior, disability, and impairment issues; and mandatory reporting obligations.

Jill N. Jaffe was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in San Francisco.

Jaffe is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group. She is a litigator who specializes in disputes between adjacent property owners as well as those involving public procurements and infrastructure projects. She also litigates intellectual property/privacy and data protection matters in addition to professional liability actions.

Anna C. L. Tang was promoted to partner of Nossaman LLP in Los Angeles.

Tang is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group. She represents and advises emerging and established companies as transactional and general corporate counsel with respect to a wide variety of business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and corporate governance. She also provides counsel on offerings of equity and debt securities and private equity investments.

Elyse W. Whitehead was promoted to shareholder of Keesal, Young & Logan in San Francisco.

Whitehead represents employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, disability, unfair competition and class action matters. She also has exten-sive experience defending financial services firms in state and federal courts and before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Todd A. Lorenz joined Squire Patton Boggs as partner in San Francisco.

Lorenz is a member of the firm's intellectual property and technology practice. He has extensive experience in the life sci-ences sector with a particular focus on patent prosecution, counseling and IP transactions.

Peggy Dayton was promoted to partner of Scheper Kim & Harris LLP in Los Angeles.

Dayton represents clients in both civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. Her practice encompasses all phases of litigation, including appeals, in both state and federal court. In civil matters, Dayton has represented clients in fraud actions, contract disputes, business tort matters, legal malpractice cases, class action litigation, False Claims Act litigation, and securities matters, including actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Charles K. Kolstad joined Withers as partner in Los Angeles.

Kolstad is a member of the firm's private client, tax and corporate teams. He focuses his practice on international tax, corporate and partnership matters, assisting clients in tax and corporate planning relating to the acquisition, disposition and restructuring of businesses, corporations and partnerships both domestically and internationally.

S. Eva Wolf joined Withers as partner in Los Angeles.

Wolf is a member of the firm’s private client and tax team. She brings tax planning knowledge from spending four years as an attorney at the Internal Revenue Service.

Hector A. Agdeppa was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Agdeppa is a member of the firm's intellectual property practice group. He specializes in patent preparation and prosecution in the electrical, mechanical and computer software arts and is well-versed in the management and monetization of patent portfolios.

Gregory L. Berk was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Orange County.

Berk leads the firm’s immigration practice and is a member of the labor and employment practice group. He has more than 20 years of experience advising on all aspects of U.S. immigration matters. Berk assists employers worldwide with the hiring and retention of foreign national talent. He also works with investors on E-2 and EB-5 matters, as well as I-9 and other immigration compliance matters.

Jennifer L. Chavez was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Chavez is a member of the firm’s real estate, land use and environmental practice group. Her practice focuses on land use and development matters, including purchase and sale transactions and compli-ance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the Subdivision Map Act, the Coastal Act and plan-ning and zoning laws as well as other general real estate transactional matters.

Erinn M. Contreras was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Francisco.

Contreras is a member of the firm’s business trial practice group. She is also leader of the construction team. Contreras represents owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors and construction lenders in all stages of construction projects.

John F. Golembesky was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Golembesky is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group. He regularly represents healthcare providers, private equi-ty firms and strategic investors in connection with the purchase and sale of healthcare businesses. He also serves as out-side general counsel to many large, multi-specialty medical groups and advises them on complex hospital affiliations, phy-sician compensation plans, corporate governance, and operational matters.

Justin J. Hepworth was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Orange County.

Hepworth is a member of the firm’s tax, employee benefits, and trusts and estates practice group. He handles a range of state and local tax matters, from planning, compliance, and transactional matters to controversy matters in audit and through litigation. He also regularly advises clients on state and local tax implications of restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs and asset sales.

Whitney A. Hodges was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego.

Hodges is a member of the firm’s real estate, land use and natural resources practice group. Her practice focuses on advising and representing major residential, industrial, commercial and mixed-use development projects as well as Native American Indian tribes and renewable energy developers through all phases of the land use regulatory process and environmental compliance.

Rachel T. Hudson was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Francisco.

Hudson is a member of the firm’s intellectual property practice group. She focuses her practice on clients in the retail, food and beverage, and technology sectors. She advises clients conducting advertising campaigns, contests and sweepstakes, and cause marketing campaigns on substantiation, clearance, and legal compliance. Hudson also counsels clients on compliance with e-mail, telephone, and SMS marketing regulations.

Siraj Husain was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Palo Alto.

Husain is a member of the firm’s intellectual property practice group. He focuses his practice on intellectual property and patent strategy in various technical areas with an emphasis in software and computer science. He specializes in building and managing patent portfolios, both in the United States and internationally.

Jonathan D. Moss was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in Los Angeles.

Moss is a member of the firm’s business trial practice group. His practice entails handling complex business disputes, class action defense, securities litigation, shareholder derivative lawsuits, corporate dissolution actions, entertainment litiga-tion, real estate disputes and defending allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and fraud.

Adam A. Shipley was promoted to partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in San Diego and New York.

Shipley is a member of the firm’s corporate practice group. His practice focuses on representing clients in a variety of complex transactions in several industries, including energy, manufacturing, healthcare, industrials, life sciences and information technology. Shipley has extensive experience negotiating and managing company sale transactions, having advised many private equity and strategic buyers and sellers in buyout transactions.

John W. Martin

Martin has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, capital markets and complex technology transactions. In his new role, Martin said he aims to grow the firm in a strategically focused way.

Kate S. Gold joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Gold is a partner in the firm's labor and employment department. She has represented clients in all types of employment-related suits, including class and collective actions, discrimination and harassment, non-compete and wage-hour matters. In addition to litigating, she routinely counsels clients on matters involving the full range of state and federal employment issues.

Gene E. Berk joined Buchalter as of counsel in Sacramento.

Berk is a member of the firm's health care practice group. He represents major health care entities and has led significant acquisitions in the expansion, reconstruction and implementation of various hospitals, surgery centers and medical groups throughout the United States.

James Andrew Caprile joined Buchalter as shareholder in Sacramento.

Caprile is a member of the firm’s health care practice group. He represents clients in the healthcare sector on a wide range of issues, including business transactions, hospital and ambulatory surgical center syndications, and the formation, sale and merger of medical practices and management service organizations.

Beth J. Jay joined Horvitz & Levy LLP as of counsel in San Francisco.

Jay served as the principal attorney to three California chief justices and brings 35 years of Supreme Court and three years of federal appellate court insights to Horvitz & Levy's clients. In her role as senior adviser to the chief justice, Jay led and participated in numerous Supreme Court, Judicial Council, and State Bar committees focusing on judicial ethics issues such as multi-jurisdictional practice, insurance legislation, and court procedures.

Andrea L. Russi joined Horvitz & Levy LLP as senior counsel in San Francisco.

Russi has served as a staff attorney to Presiding Justice Ignazio Ruvolo (retired) in the 1st District Court of Appeal. She also served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, where she was a member of the criminal appeals section.

Tia Boatman-Patterson was promoted to senior adviser on housing of California Housing Finance Agency in Sacramento.

Boatman-Patterson will continue to serve as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, where she has served since 2014. Boatman-Patterson was general counsel at the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency from 2009 to 2014 and special assistant to California State Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez from 2004 to 2008 and to California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass from 2008 to 2009.

Christina E. Snider was promoted to tribal advisor of The Native American Heritage Commission in Auburn.

Snider has been reappointed tribal adviser in the Office of the Governor and Executive Secretary to the Native American Heritage Commission. Snider is a member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians and has served as an Indian Child Welfare Act representative for the tribe since 2017. She was of counsel at Ceiba Legal LLP from 2016 to 2017, staff attorney at the National Congress of American Indians from 2015 to 2016, a legal fellow at the Wishtoyo Foundation in 2014 and a law clerk in the Office of Tribal Justice at the U.S. Department of Justice in 2012.

John T. A. Rosenthal joined Klinedinst PC as senior counsel in Los Angeles.

Rosenthal represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters in state and federal courts across the country as well as before various regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, and the Federal Trade Commission.

Brian T. Seltzer was promoted to chairman of the board of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego.

Seltzer is a longtime shareholder and also chief operating officer of the firm. His practice encompasses real property, business law and commercial financing with a particular emphasis in real property transactions.

Ranjini Acharya was promoted to partner of K&L Gates LLP in Palo Alto.

Acharya focuses on complex patent litigation, trade secrets misappropriation, and copyright disputes in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission.

Ruth Delaney was promoted to partner of K&L Gates LLP in Los Angeles.

Delaney counsels domestic and offshore private fund advisers on organizational, regulatory, and compliance issues, including forming hedge funds, negotiating agreements, and structuring of funds.

Alan J. Hart was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Los Angeles.

Hart is a member of the firm's business and commercial litigation and intellectual property law practices. He represents and advises clients in commercial litigation and intellectual property matters involving issues including defense of business torts, contract disputes, false advertising, defamation, construction, products liability, trademark and patent litigation, labor disputes and insurance.

Spiros E. Fousekis was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Redwood City.

Fousekis practices in the firm’s business and commercial litigation, employment law and corporate law practice areas. He works closely with employers, tackling labor and employment law issues such as harassment, discrimination and retaliation under the Fair Employment and Housing Act; wrongful termination, wage and hour matters; meal and rest period disputes; whistleblower retaliation claims; the California Private Attorneys General Act; and employee-independent contractor classification disputes.

German A. Marcucci was promoted to partner of Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC in Los Angeles.

Marcucci practices in the firm's business and commercial litigation, employment law and insurance services areas. He regularly handles litigation involving personal injury and property damage claims occurring in commercial settings, including in relation to premises design and conditions, fire suppression systems and private security personnel. He also advises clients on liability, damages, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith matters.

Lee C. Cheng joined Maschoff Brennan as shareholder in Irvine.

Cheng's practice spans a broad array of disciplines, from corporate transactional work, M&A, governance, to intellectual property, licensing and litigation management and advice. He has delivered uniquely positive outcomes for clients in both commercial and intellectual property litigation matters. Lee is regarded as a national expert on defending companies against frivolous patent assertions and other types of extortionary litigation.

Charles S. Barquist joined Maschoff Brennan as shareholder in Los Angeles.

Barquist is a trial lawyer and IP litigator. His practice is focused on business litigation including patents and other intellectual property, antitrust and unfair competition, and dispute resolution for technology companies.

Katherine L. McDaniel joined Arendsen Cane Molnar LLP as head of intellectual property department in Beverly Hills.

McDaniel focuses her practice on trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, rights of publicity, domain names and related intellectual property for clients that are usually startups and small- to medium-sized companies.

Matthew A. Portnoff joined Venable LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Portnoff is a member of the firm's corporate and business transactions tax practices. He focuses on federal, state, and local tax matters as well as a broad range of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, real estate taxation, tax credits and tax-exempt financing, nonprofit taxation, and general business planning. In addition to his transactional practice, Portnoff regularly handles tax controversy issues in judicial and administrative forums at the federal, state, and local levels. He also has significant experience representing clients investing and operating in the commercial cannabis industry in accordance with applicable state laws.

Ohyoung Denny Kwon joined Covington & Burling LLP as partner in San Francisco.

Kwon represents numerous public and private companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in a wide range of M&A transactions. His transactional experience includes the acquisition and sale of domestic and foreign public companies, private companies, divisions, and other assets for cash, stock, and other consideration, structured as mergers, stock sales, asset sales, mergers of equals, leveraged buy-outs, going-private transactions, tender offers, unsolicited offers, and proxy contests.

Thomas J. Betts was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Diego.

Betts is a member of the firm's workers' compensation practice. He represents self-insured employers, third party administrators, and carriers at Workers' Compensation Appeals Boards throughout California.

Tina L. Baravarian was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

Baravarian is a member of the firm's products liability practice.

Elizabeth A. Burns was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Burns is a member of the firm’s health care practice. She specializes in the defense of health care providers including acute care and sub acute hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, physicians, nurses, group homes for the disabled, home health agencies, residential board and care homes and other health care facilities.

Christopher D. Chaplin was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

Chaplin focuses his practice in the defense of general liability matters involving personal injury, premises liability, wrongful death and catastrophic loss.

Amy R. Freeland was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Bernardino.

Freeland is a member of the firm’s construction practice. Her practice focuses on matters including construction defect litigation, product liability and general liability.

Kristine M. Scribner was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Sacramento.

Scribner is a member of the firm’s general liability practice. She handles a variety of cases including those in the area of general liability, public entity defense, professional liability and employment law. She represents a variety of clients, including local businesses and entrepreneurs and various California public entities in matters involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, entity dissolution, real property rights, California Government Tort Claims, intellectual property and trademark registration.

Lovee D. Sarenas was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in Los Angeles.

Sarenas is a member of the firm’s bankruptcy & insolvency practice. She has represented corporate and individual debtors, turnaround professionals and creditors in chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, corporate wind downs, and chapter 7 liquidations. Corporate clients range from small businesses to publicly traded corporations and startups in the retail, winery and technology-based industries.

Roxanne Reyna was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Bernardino.

Reyna is a member of the firm’s health care practice. She focuses on health care defense, including elder abuse and medical malpractice. Reyna has experience in the defense of longterm care facilities, hospitals, physicians, and residential care facilities. She also has experience in general liability and personal injury actions.

Marcus J. Lee was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Lee is a member of the firm’s labor & employment and Korean business and litigation practices. He represents and counsels employers in all employment-related matters – litigation, risk management and policy preparation.

Jacqueline G. Go was promoted to partner of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP in San Francisco.

Go is a member of the firm’s workers’ compensation practice.

Scott E. Adamson joined Alston & Bird LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Adamson represents public and private strategic and financial buyers and sellers, emerging businesses, and family offices and business owners in transactions spanning leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, 363 asset sales, and going-private deals.

Stacy R. Horth-Neubert joined Sidley Austin LLP as counsel in Los Angeles.

Horth-Neubert focuses her practice on commercial litigation, multi-district litigation and class actions, federal and state appeals, international arbitration, and administrative appeals. She has advised clients on matters including state and local regulation, commercial contact disputes, and unfair business practices and false advertising. Horth-Neubert has also represented several internet-based enterprises and large companies in such industries as design, entertainment, fashion, and travel and leisure.

Aldo E. Ibarra was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco.

Ibarra represents clients in the areas of wildfire litigation and tree law, construction defect, bankruptcy and personal injury. He also works with special servicers in connection with the recovery of bank loans.

Christopher M. Mooney was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in San Francisco.

Mooney focuses his practice on strategic patent counseling, patent prosecution and patent litigation. He advises large companies to maximize the value of their IP assets and works with well-funded startups to build strategic patent portfolios for defensive and offensive purposes.

Edward J. Campbell was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.

Campbell handles regulatory and transactional matters involving the acquisition, financing, development, asset management, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable and multifamily housing developments using low-income tax credits, various U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development subsidy programs and Federal Housing Administration loan products.

Angelica Valencia was promoted to partner of Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.

Valencia serves as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in financings involving multifamily housing projects, utilities, transportation, nonprofits, higher education and student loans. Puerto Rico is a key area of focus for Valencia. She serves as bond counsel to a number of different agencies in the U.S. territory in issuance of bonds and other financings. She also serves as counsel to the Build America Bureau, which provides financing for a range of transportation projects across the United States.

Drew R. Hansen joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Orange County.

Hansen will serve as co-chair of the firm's employment practice group and chair of the firm's trucking, logistics and warehouse industry practice group. He is an employment lawyer and business litigator specializing in defending companies against wage and hour class actions, PAGA claims, individual employment disputes, complex commercial lawsuits, and unfair business practice claims.

Roy Z. Silva joined Nossaman LLP as partner in Orange County.

Silva will serve as co-chair of the firm’s employment practice group. His areas of expertise include mortgage banking/lender liability, employment counseling and litigation, and appellate litigation. He represents clients in regulated industries throughout California.

Seth M. Goldstein joined Nossaman LLP as of counsel in Orange County.

Goldstein focuses on the representation of employers, particularly those in the transportation industry, with an emphasis on the defense of class and collective actions and other complex matters.