Adler is a member of the firm's private education practice group, representing California colleges and universities in disputes regarding employment and student matters. She advises on business and risk management practices and policies in the areas of preventing harassment claims, student discipline and expulsion, faculty and staff discipline and termination, equal employment opportunity law compliance and contracts. Adler also regularly conducts training classes for faculty, staff and administrators on sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and disability accommodations. She is based in San Francisco. Rosner provides representation and legal counsel to the firm's city, county, special district and public safety clients. Rosner is a litigator with experience in lawsuits involving discrimination, harassment and retaliation, disciplinary and due process issues. She has been successful in obtaining summary judgments on behalf of clients in both state and federal court and has extensive appellate and administrative appeal experience. Rosner also works closely with local agencies on every facet of the disability accommodation process and speaks publicly on topics such as disability and the interactive process, managing the marginal employment, the Fair Labor Standards Act, harassment, discrimination and retaliation. She is based in Los Angeles. Sank represents private educational institutions on a range of employment law matters and student issues. Sank's areas of expertise include the interactive process and reasonable accommodations for employees and students, workplace and student investigations, employment/enrollment agreements, including arbitration agreements, and student discipline. Sank has successfully defended schools in matters brought by employees and students, such as racial harassment, age discrimination and breach of employment and enrollment agreements. He rejoined Liebert in 2012 after working at Seyfarth Shaw LLP from 2008 to 2012. He worked at Liebert from 2006 to 2008. He is based in Los Angeles.

Baxter is joining the firm's corporate practice, primarily advising media, entertainment and technology companies, as well as private equity firms in the media and entertainment space. He has experience in matters pertaining to the distribution, production, and finance for major films, television studios and multichannel video programming distributors. He advises clients on entertainment-related joint ventures, licensing agreements and mergers and acquisitions. Baxter has represented and advised a variety of high-net-worth individuals and companies over the years on corporate issues and business transactions. Baxter is based in Los Angeles

Batts is joining the firm's intellectual property practice group and has represented clients across numerous technology sectors, including streaming companies in patent litigation matters and inter partes review proceedings. Batts will be based in Palo Alto.

Hilderley has been of counsel to the firm since October 2017. She will continue to handle a variety of the firm's clients, including major label joint ventures, distribution and funding agreements, publishing deals and sales of significant and master recording catalogs. Hilderley will also represent several startups and other media companies in structuring and negotiating their music-related transactions. Hilderley is also the co-creator and instructor for the UCLA School of Law Music Industry Clinic, which gives law students the chance to represent real clients in the Los Angeles music community under the supervision of a licensed attorney. She is based in Los Angeles.

Garhart joins the business transactions practice, focusing on maximizing the value of trademark and copyright properties, from registering trademarks to copyrights, to negotiating licenses for startups, public companies and nonprofits. He works with clients to minimize legal risks related to their branding, advertising and publicity strategies. Garhart also counsels clients on internet issues, such as drafting website terms of use, creating online privacy policies and review customer communications for compliance with current laws such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and California's Consumer Privacy Act. Garhart is based in San Francisco.

The state government ethics and campaign disclosure agency appointed Bainbridge from his role as assistant chief of the FPPC enforcement division, where he worked for the last three years. He has worked in the division for six years. Bainbridge has overseen notable cases for the division, and helped develop policies and procedures, such as the Streamline program, which expedites resolutions to minor violations of the Political Reform Act. Prior to working at the FPPC, Bainbridge worked as staff counsel at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as the governor's legal affairs office. Before coming to the public sector, Bainbridge worked as an associate attorney at a Aronowitz, Skidmore Lyon in Auburn, practicing business and real estate litigation and transactional law. He is based in Sacramento.

Duane Morris LLP provides innovative solutions to today's multifaceted legal and business challenges through the collegial and collaborative culture of its more than 800 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally. The firm represents a broad range of clients, spanning all major practices and industries.

Mamet worked as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina in 2013 under President Barack Obama. He worked in that role until January 2017. Based on that experience, he agreed to join DLA Piper as a strategic adviser on Latin America issues. He will advise the firm, which recently announced an agreement with Argentinian firm Cabanellas Etchebarne Kelly on the continued development of its practice in Latin America, with a specific focus on Argentina. He will focus on building connections with the U.S. and Argentina through increased trade as well as security, science, technology, energy and student exchanges. Mamet is currently based in Los Angeles and Buenos Aires

Lucan's practice focuses on project development and finance, specializing in representing companies engaged in the development, financing, construction and operation of solar and wind power, energy storage and other alternative energy projects. Her experience covers all aspects of alternative energy development and finance, including merger and acquisition transactions, equity and debt financing, equipment purchase and sale agreements and power purchase agreements. Lucan will be based in Los Angeles.

Quinn Emanuel is a 780+ lawyer business litigation firm--the largest in the world devoted solely to business litigation and arbitration with 22 global office locations. Firm lawyers have tried over 2,600 cases, winning 88% of them. When representing defendants, Quinn Emanuel's trial experience gets better settlements or defense verdicts. When representing plaintiffs, Quinn Emanuel lawyers have won over $60 billion in judgments and settlements. Quinn Emanuel has also obtained five 9-figure jury verdicts, thirty-four 9-figure settlements, and fifteen 10-figure settlements. FTI Consulting named Quinn Emanuel the biggest litigation firm in the world. The American Lawyer named Quinn Emanuel the top IP litigation firm in the U.S. and the firm as one of the top six commercial litigation firms in the country. Four times in the last 5 years, we were voted as one of the four "most feared" firms by General Counsels at Fortune 500 companies -- the lawyers they "least like to see" on the other side. The UK legal periodical, The Lawyer named us "International Firm of the Year." Law360 selected us as Antitrust, Appellate, Banking, Class Action, Insurance, Product Liability, IP, White Collar, and Trials "Practice Groups of the Year." Managing IP twice recognized us as having the "Best ITC Litigation Practice" and honored us with the "Patent Contentious West" award. Legal Business has named us "US Law Firm of the Year" three times, and our German offices have been named both IP Litigation and Patent Litigation Firm of the Year by JUVE, Germany's most prestigious legal publication. Global Investigations Review, a leading legal periodical covering global white collar investigations, named us the "Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year." Global Arbitration Review named us the 11th best arbitration practice in the world. Further information is available at www.quinnemanuel.com.

Prior to going in-house in 2016, Rodda spent nearly 17 years at the firm, where he handled a variety of corporate transactions and securities matters, with a focus on representing investment funds, strategic buyers and boards of directors. His work included representing clients in their investments in Silicon Valley and technology startups, as well as advising Beats Music in its sale to Apple. As general counsel for Silver Point, an investment adviser with more than $10.5 billion in capital focused on global credit, distressed and special situations investments, Rodda oversaw all legal matters for the firm and its funds. He is based in Los Angeles.

Turner concentrates her legal practice on the representation of employers in disputes related to employment law. She has a broad range of legal experience and has represented clients in a host of business transactions and civil disputes, handling all aspects of litigation and case management from the initial pleading stage all the way through trial and appeal. She is based in Los Angeles

from Glaser Weil LLP Hwang has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation department and patent litigation group. His experience includes litigating complex patent, trademark and copyright disputes, handling American Invents Act proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and counseling relating to intellectual property procurement and development. Hwang's practice covers all aspects of intellectual property law, and he has handled matters covering a range of technologies and products. "JMBM offers an outstanding platform for my practice," he said. "I look forward to working with a team that has a proven track record for excellence and providing clients with desirable results." Hwang has represented a range of clients, including LG, VIZIO, British Broadcasting Corp., SHFL Entertainment, Bally Gaming, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle, and Fuji Xerox. He is a member of the board of governors for the Los Angeles Korean American Bar Association and the Big 12 LA Liaison for the KU Alumni Association. He is a member of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Association and writes a quarterly article about recent decisions at the Federal Circuit in "New Matter," the official publication of the State Bar of California IP Section. He is based in Los Angeles.

Payne is working in the firm's labor and employment practice. He has 26 years of experience advising and defending employers, and at Rutan & Tucker he chaired the employment law practice and worked in other leadership roles. He represents local, regional and national employers across a range of industries in all aspects of employment and labor law, with an emphasis on the challenges facing employers with operations in California. He is an adviser to employers seeking to comply with workplace rules that exist under local, state and federal laws. He is based in Irvine.

Gross advises companies on a range of intellectual property-related matters, including strategic alliances, joint ventures and licensing, as well as IP strategy and commercialization, copyright, patent and trademark matters and integration of business units and product lines in connection with mergers and acquisitions. In addition, she represents clients on large-scale, complex business process and information technology outsourcing transactions across a range of functions. Her practice also includes advising on data privacy and security matters, including cybersecurity, technology and data initiatives, the development of privacy and data security policies and product development. Gross joins partners Jennifer Carlson, Nina Flax and Rohith George, who have collectively expanded Mayer Brown's growing corporate and tech transactions capabilities. She is based in San Francisco.

An intellectual property litigator and trial lawyer in the Bay Area with a track record handling complex patent cases and - in particular - trials involving antitrust, copyright, trademark and other commercial disputes, for technology-focused clients.

Pinter has worked on more than 40 civil jury trials, as well as hundreds of mediation/arbitrations and more than 1,000 depositions. Her clients range from high-tech emerging growth companies, multibillion-dollar enterprises, venture capitalists, private investors, manufacturers, retailers, franchise owners and small business owners. She is based in Los Angeles.

Lau's practice is focused on the representation of management in labor and employment law matters. She represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment litigation. Lau defends management in litigation involving discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation and their labor and employment related actions. She also defends management in class action litigation involving misclassification, wage and hour, and meal and rest period violations. Lau is based in Los Angeles.

A former federal prosecutor for the Central District of California, Greenberg has experience handling white collar criminal cases involving public corruption, tax fraud, money laundering, bribery, antitrust, theft of trade secrets, off-label marketing, importation violations, securities fraud and cyber crime. He is based in Los Angeles.

In her prior role, Richardson was an equity partner and practiced for almost 20 years. She served as managing partner of that Ford & Harrison's Los Angeles office for many years and as co-leader of their national employment practices liability insurance practice group. She focuses her practice on employment law, litigation and client counseling. Richardson has litigated all forms of employment law cases in both state and federal courts in California, as well as before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcementand the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is based in Los Angeles.

She concentrates her practice on employment litigation, including Americans with Disability Act disputes, sexual harassment and wrongful termination claims. She represents companies in a variety of industries including hospitality, education, aerospace, nonprofits, service and entertainment. She also advises clients about leaves of absences, the good faith interactive process, reasonable accommodations, harassment, and responding to charges filed with agencies such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is based in Los Angeles.

In today's marketplace, high-stakes litigation is a reality for which every company must be prepared. A weak defense against a high-exposure lawsuit can be catastrophic for a company. It is essential for companies to work with a team of attorneys that has real trial experience and a history of successful defense results. At Yoka & Smith, we are nationally recognized as a Go-To defense firm. When the stakes are high and a business cannot afford to lose, we are a firm that has the experience and resources to mount a strong, efficient and effective defense for clients in California and throughout the country in product liability and catastrophic personal injury actions, commercial and business litigation, toxic exposure cases, class actions, complex tort actions and other civil litigation claims.

In today's marketplace, high-stakes litigation is a reality for which every company must be prepared. A weak defense against a high-exposure lawsuit can be catastrophic for a company. It is essential for companies to work with a team of attorneys that has real trial experience and a history of successful defense results. At Yoka & Smith, we are nationally recognized as a Go-To defense firm. When the stakes are high and a business cannot afford to lose, we are a firm that has the experience and resources to mount a strong, efficient and effective defense for clients in California and throughout the country in product liability and catastrophic personal injury actions, commercial and business litigation, toxic exposure cases, class actions, complex tort actions and other civil litigation claims.

Paz and Lehot have been named co-managing partners, succeeding Rich Scudellari, who served as managing partner and co-managing partner of the office since 2012. Prior to the appointment, Paz worked as vice office managing partner for Silicon Valley and is the co-chair of the firm's transactional tax practice. She focuses on advising clients in federal and state tax issues in mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, restructurings, limited liability companies and other pass-through entities, liquidations and other significant transactions. Lehot works as the co-chair of DLA Piper's emerging growth and venture capital practice, focusing in the areas of corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions law, advising public and emerging private companies and their venture capital and private equity investors from formation to liquidity. This includes public offers and private placements of equity, equity-linked and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spinoffs, strategic investments and joint ventures as well as corporate governance and securities compliance matters. "Stacy and I are excited to take the reins and continue to drive the growth we've seen in our Silicon Valley office, bringing our clients to a higher level from garage to global," Lehot said. "We're grateful for the opportunity to bring our complementary skill sets together to help chart out the next chapter of DLA Piper, not just a global firm, but a local firm with a team committed to serving their communities as well as their clients with a distinct voice and spirit." They are both based in East Palo Alto.