Douglas Michael McManamon as principal in Oakland

Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson, PLC announced Douglas Michael McManamon has been elevated to principal in Oakland. McManamon, who is a member of the firm's construction and facilities practice, assists clients across California with all significant aspects of construction law and litigation, from procurement to project close-out and dispute resolution.

Camille Hamilton Pating as principal in Oakland

Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson, PLC announced Camille Hamilton Pating has been elevated to principal in Oakland. Pating, who is a member of the firm's labor and employment practice, advises employers on a full range of personnel matters and conducts training on anti-discrimination laws, social media regulation, data privacy and implicit bias.

Tara Seshadri Kaushik as board member in San Francisco from Holland & Knight LLP.

The Conference of California Public Utility Counsel announced Tara Seshadri Kaushik has been selected as the newest member of its board of directors. Kaushik is a member of Holland & Knight LLP's land use and environment group. She focuses her practice on regulatory matters, with a specific emphasis on energy, natural resources and the environment. Kaushik has advised and represented clients on numerous issues before state and public utilities commissions throughout the western United States as well as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Caitlin Morrow Bair as partner in San Francisco

O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced Caitlin Morrow Bair has been promoted to partner in San Francisco, effective Jan. 1. Bair is a member of the firm's health care and white collar criminal defense practices. Bair handles trade secrets litigation, class action suits, and contractual disputes.

Kathleen Celia Ryan as partner in Los Angeles from The Office of Regulations.

Akerman LLP announced Kathleen Celia Ryan has joined as a partner in Los Angeles. Ryan focuses her practice on fair lending and regulatory compliance matters, particularly on issues related to the Fair Housing Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Community Reinvestment Act, Truth in Lending Act, and UDAAP. She previously served as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Regulations.

Julia Lee as counsel in Los Angeles

Goodwin Procter LLP announced Julia Lee has been promoted to counsel in Los Angeles, effective Jan. 1. Lee is a member of the firm's business law department and a member of its real estate, REITs + real estate capital markets group.

Ruchun Ji as partner in Palo Alto

Sidley Austin LLP announced Ruchun Ji has been elected partner in Palo Alto, effective Jan. 1. Ji practices in the firm's emerging companies and venture capital practice. His work focuses on general corporate and business law, including China-related mergers and acquisitions, private equity/venture capital financings, joint ventures and public securities offerings. He also advises multinational and startup companies in a number of sectors including biopharmaceutical, wireless media, internet and manufacturing.

Katherine Ann Roberts as partner in Los Angeles

Sidley Austin LLP announced Katherine Ann Roberts has been elected partner in Los Angeles, effective Jan. 1. Roberts practices in the firm's labor, employment and immigration group. She handles wage-and-hour class and collective actions involving state and federal overtime exemptions, meal and rest period claims and claims under the California Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). She also defends employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate and other causes of action arising under state and federal law.

Daniel Roberto O'Neill as partner in San Francisco

Sidley Austin LLP announced Daniel Roberto O'Neill has been elected partner in San Francisco, effective Jan. 1. O'Neill is a member of the firm's investment funds, advisers and derivatives practice. His practice focuses on the representation of investment managers and fund sponsors in connection with the structuring, formation, funding, and operation of a wide range of investment products and services, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and separately managed accounts. He also regularly counsels investment managers with respect to federal and state registration and compliance issues and general corporate matters.

Brandon Clark Rose as partner in San Jose

McManis Faulkner announced Brandon Clark Rose has been elevated to partner in San Jose, effective Jan. 1. Rose is a member of the family law group and represents clients during marital dissolution cases, resolving property and business disputes, as well as contested child custody and support issues.

Andrea Sheridan Ordin as partner in Los Angeles from 38235.

Strumwasser & Woocher announced Andrea Sheridan Ordin has joined the firm's public-interest and government-representation practice as senior counsel in Los Angeles. Ordin also serves on the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as the first female U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California and was only the third woman in the nation to serve as a U.S. attorney. She also served as president of the Los Angeles Police Commission.

Craig Paul Wood as partner in Los Angeles from sole practitioner.

VLP Law Group LLP announced Craig Paul Wood has joined the firm's real estate practice group as a partner in Los Angeles. Wood's practice encompasses the representation of institutional investors, private equity sponsors, high net-worth individuals, pension funds, pension fund advisors and private companies in a broad range of real estate projects throughout the United States.

Irene Inkyu Yang as partner in San Francisco

Sidley Austin LLP announced Irene Inkyu Yang has been elected partner in San Francisco, effective Jan. 1. Yang is a member of the firm's intellectual property litigation practice and represents clients in patent cases across a broad range of industries and technologies, including computer networking and telecommunications, Internet software and e-commerce, video conferencing, operating systems, semiconductors, peritoneal dialysis, large volume infusion pumps, vehicle and asset tracking, biometric fingerprint sensors, needleless intravenous connectors, architectural lighting fixtures and electronic educational toys.

Stephen Abreu as counsel in San Francisco

King & Spalding LLP announced Stephen Abreu has been promoted to counsel in San Francisco. Abreu negotiates and drafts a range of intellectual property and commercial agreements for life sciences companies, such as strategic partnering and collaboration agreements, intellectual property licenses, and commercial manufacturing, supply and distribution agreements.

Amber Melia Trincado as counsel in San Francisco

King & Spalding LLP announced Amber Melia Trincado has been promoted to counsel in San Francisco. Trincado focuses on the defense of complex litigation, as well as product liability and toxic tort claims. She represents clients in the chemical, oil and energy industries in state and federal courts throughout the country.

William Scott Cameron as counsel in Sacramento

King & Spalding LLP announced William Scott Cameron has been promoted to counsel in San Francisco & Sacramento. Cameron represents clients in civil litigation in state and federal courts, including False Claims Act cases and represents healthcare providers in disputes against health plans. He also handles antitrust, breach of contract and constitutional law cases.

Jennifer Audrey DePalma as counsel in Silicon Valley from O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

King & Spalding LLP announced Jennifer Audrey DePalma has joined its corporate practice as counsel in Silicon Valley. DePalma counsels private and public companies, as well as venture capital and private equity investors, on matters of mergers and acquisitions, financings, initial public offerings and corporate governance. Her practice focuses on the representation of companies developing technologies and intellectual property, particularly in the life sciences, biotech, healthcare and financial technology sectors and on the blockchain.

Robert Dewey Purcell as board member in Sacramento from Laborers' International Union of North America.

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Robert Dewey Purcell has been appointed to the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings investment board. Purcell was a director in the Public Employee Department at the Laborers' International Union of North America from 1997 to 2012, a political organizer for the California Democratic Party from 1988 to 1989 and a political director at Neighbor-to-Neighbor from 1986 to 1988.

Michael S. Didiuk in San Francisco from U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission .

Perkins Coie LLP announced Michael S. Didiuk has joined its investment management practice as a partner in San Francisco. During his time at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Didiuk headed examinations of registered investment advisers to cryptoasset funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, registered investment companies and family offices. He also counseled on issues under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and coordinated across divisions on digital currency and marketplace lender matters.

Jason Milan Savich as partner in San Francisco

Cooley LLP announced Jason Milan Savich has been elected partner in San Francisco, effective Jan. 1. Savich advises borrowers, banks and non-bank lenders in a broad range of public and private debt financings, including convertible and high-yield bonds, acquisition financings, secured and unsecured credit facilities and various structured financings.

Megan Arthur Schilling as partner in San Diego

Cooley LLP announced Megan Arthur Schilling has been elected partner in San Diego, effective Jan. 1. Schilling focuses on compensation and benefits for public and private companies. She counsels companies on designing, implementing and disclosing employment, incentive, change-in-control and severance arrangements. Schilling also provides strategic advice to boards of directors and management teams on these matters, as well as new developments and evolving best practices in executive compensation, corporate governance and shareholder engagement.

Chang Derek Liu as partner in San Francisco

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced Chang Derek Liu has been elected partner in San Francisco, effective Feb. 1. Liu focuses his practice primarily on the technology and life sciences industries. His transactional experience includes public and private company mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; tender and exchange offers; joint ventures; minority investments; and other strategic corporate transactions, representing both strategic and private equity clients.

Adam Shaun Bloom as partner in Palo Alto

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced Adam Shaun Bloom has been elected as partner in Palo Alto, effective Feb. 1. Bloom advises clients on general business and corporate law matters. He works with public and private technology companies, as well as investment banks, venture capital firms, and private equity firms. Bloom also handles complex transactions and deals involving novel structures.

Matthew John Bresnahan as partner in San Diego & Los Angeles

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced Matthew John Bresnahan has been elected partner in San Diego and Los Angeles, effective Feb. 1. Bresnahan serves as primary outside intellectual property counsel to life sciences companies within the biotechnology, molecular biology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device industries in Southern California. His practice focuses on all aspects of IP, including strategic patent counseling, patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation.

Rebecca Lee DeGraw as partner in Palo Alto

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced Rebecca Lee DeGraw has been elected partner in Palo Alto, effective Feb. 1. DeGraw serves as outside general counsel and advises clients at all stages of development on a range of corporate and securities matters. She has represented both companies and investors in venture capital financings, and buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions.

Susan Marie Krumplitsch as partner in Palo Alto

Cooley LLP announced Susan Marie Krumplitsch has been elected partner in Palo Alto, effective Jan. 1. Krumplitsch's litigation practice focuses on intellectual property disputes and strategic counseling for life sciences companies with an emphasis on patent litigation. She represents innovative biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies in trial, appellate and post-grant review proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office - including inter partes review proceedings.

John Paul Oleksiuk as partner in Santa Monica

Cooley LLP announced John Paul "JP" Oleksiuk has been elected partner in Los Angeles, effective Jan. 1. Oleksiuk's practice focuses on litigation, prosecution and counseling in the fields of trademark and copyright law. He litigates trademark and copyright disputes in federal courts, trademark matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and UDRP domain name arbitration proceedings.

Angela Lucille Dunning as partner in Palo Alto

Cooley LLP announced Angela Lucille Dunning has been elected partner in Palo Alto, effective Jan. 1. Dunning's litigation practice spans a wide array of matters in federal and state court, including complex commercial disputes, trademark, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition cases.