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Schiff Hardin LLP

Published: Oct. 13, 2017 | Announced: Oct. 11, 2017


Steven E. Swaney as Partner in San Francisco from Squire Patton Boggs.

Steven E. Swaney has joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a partner in the Product Liability and Mass Torts Practice in the San Francisco office. Swaney represents companies in product liability, class action, and multidistrict matters arising out of product defect, breach of warranty, toxic tort, and consumer fraud claims. As former assistant U.S. attorney (AUSA), he also advises on commercial and white collar criminal matters.

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Schiff Hardin LLP is a general practice law firm representing clients across the United States and around the world. We have offices located in Ann Arbor, Chicago, Lake Forest, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. Our attorneys are strong advocates and trusted advisers - roles that contribute to many lasting client relationships. For more information, go to schiffhardin.com.

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Address

One Market Street, Spear Street Tower, Suite 3100 , San Francisco 94105 United States
T: (415) 901-8680


BakerHostetler

Published: Oct. 13, 2017 | Announced: Oct. 11, 2017


Mark A. Kadzielski as Partner in Los Angeles from Pepper Hamilton.

Mark Kadzielski provides regulatory and operational guidance and representation to hospitals, medical staffs, managed care enterprises and institutional and individual healthcare providers throughout the United States. His work includes government regulatory investigations, contracting issues, credentialing, peer review, licensing, medical staff bylaws, joint commission accreditation and Medicare certification. Mark has prepared more than 200 sets of medical staff bylaws and has handled peer review hearings and appeals, including litigation in many courts.

Jeeyoung Kim as Counsel in Los angeles from Pepper Hamilton.

Jeeyoung Kim’s practice focuses on healthcare-related issues, including federal and state licensing and regulatory compliance, peer review and credentialing, medical staff governance, medical staff bylaws and policies, hospital operations, fraud and abuse, contracting, patient privacy and telemedicine. She represents hospitals, medical staffs, managed care organizations, medical groups, and other healthcare entities and providers in these matters.

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Recognized as one of the top firms for client service, BakerHostetler is a leading national law firm that helps clients around the world to address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With five core national practice groups - Business, Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation and Tax - the firm has more than 940 lawyers located in 14 offices coast to coast. BakerHostetler is widely regarded as having one of the country's top 10 tax practices, a nationally recognized litigation practice, an award-winning data privacy practice and an industry-leading business practice. The firm is also recognized internationally for its groundbreaking work recovering more than $12 billion in the Madoff Recovery Initiative, representing the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Visit bakerlaw.com.

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Address

11601 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles 90025 United States
T: (310) 820-8800


Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, P.C.

Published: Oct. 13, 2017 | Announced: Oct. 13, 2017


Mark M. Gnesin as Of Counsel in Los Angeles

Gnesin joins RMKB's Catastrophic/Personal Injury, Construction, Premises Liability, Product Liability and Professional Liability practice areas.


Address

445 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3000 , Los Angeles 90071
T: (213) 312-2000


Omega Law Group, PC

Published: Oct. 13, 2017 | Announced: Oct. 13, 2017


Robin Saghian as Managing Partner

Edwin Saghian as Managing Partner

Shahab Mossavar-Rahmani as Managing Partner

Gabriella Jessica Naysan as Managing Partner

Address

9454 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 830 , Beverly Hills 90212 USA
T: (310) 526-8383
F: (310) 526-8263


Lathrop Gage LLP

Published: Oct. 6, 2017


Ronald Anthony Valenzuela as partner in Los Angeles from Proskauer Rose LLP.

Lathrop Gage LLP has announced that Ronald Anthony Valenzuela has joined the firm's policyholder and insurance coverage practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Valenzuela represents policyholders in disputes with insurers involving a wide range of coverages and has extensive experience in other complex litigation matters including products liability, mass tort, environmental and consumer cases.

Address

1888 Century Park E, Ste 1000 , Los Angeles 90067-1714 United States
T: (310) 789-4664
F: (310) 789-4601


Lathrop Gage LLP

Published: Oct. 6, 2017


Nancy Sher Cohen as partner-in-charge in Los Angeles from Proskauer Rose LLP.

Lathrop Gage LLP has announced that Nancy Sher Cohen has joined the firm's policyholder and insurance coverage practice as partner-in-charge in Los Angeles. Cohen has been lead counsel in the prosecution of many insurance coverage lawsuits related to life insurance claims and environmental and product liabilities.

Address

1888 Century Park E, Ste 1000 , Los Angeles 90067-1714 United States
T: (310) 789-4664
F: (310) 789-4601


Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Candace Marie Harrison as shareholder in Orange County from Jackson Lewis P.C..

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. has announced that Candace Gomez Harrison has joined as a shareholder in the firm's Orange County office. Harrison's clients cover a wide range of industries, such as finance, healthcare, real estate, retail, technology, and others. She has represented her clients in matters involving wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, workplace violence, and more. She also provides on-site trainings and counsels her clients on litigation avoidance and workplace investigations.

Address

695 Town Center Dr # 1500 , Costa Mesa 92626 United States
T: (714) 800-7900


California Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Kristen Elaine Kane as chief counsel in Sacramento from California Governor's Office of Business.

Governor Jerry Brown has announced that Kristen Elaine Kane has been appointed chief counsel in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration's Office of Tax Appeals. Kane will serve as acting director. Prior to being appointed to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Kane served as deputy director of the California Competes Tax Credit Program at the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.

Address

3321 Power Inn Rd., Ste. 210 , Sacramento 94279 United States
T: (916) 227-6700
F: (916) 227-1883


La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Normal Benjamin Cramer as shareholder in San Diego

La Follette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames has announced that Norman Benjamin Cramer has been selected to be a shareholder in San Diego. Cramer has been with the firm since 2011 and works exclusively on civil litigation defense, with an emphasis on medical malpractice, professional liability, general liability and premises liability.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Jane Wu as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Jane Wu has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Wu's practice focuses on all aspects of debt financing transactions, including the representation of private equity sponsors, hedge funds, and public and private companies in secured and unsecured financings, leveraged buy-outs, recapitalizations, cross-border transactions, first lien-second lien and unitranche financings, and workouts and restructurings.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Sarah Schaedler Beach as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Sarah Schaedler has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Schaedler represents clients in a broad range of industry sectors, with a focus on software and technology driven products and consumer products. She also regularly advises clients on intellectual property related transactions, including licensing, software and other intellectual property development arrangements, and intellectual property transfer agreements, as well as commercial agreements.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Benjamin Allen Herbert as partner in Los Angeles

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Benjamin A. Hebert has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Herbert, whose practice focuses on patent infringement litigation, has worked on complex cases involving diverse technologies, including medical devices, and computer software and hardware, and satellite technology.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Ashley Elizabeth Littlefield as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Ashley E. Littlefield has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Littlefield has represented clients in arbitrations, regulatory and governmental investigations, and in state and federal courts, in matters including securities and shareholder litigation, commercial contracts, and consumer class actions.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Aditi Iyer as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Aditi Iyer has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Iyer's practice focuses on representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a range of corporate financing transactions, including acquisition financings for leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, asset-based credit facilities, subscription facilities and refinancing facilities, both domestically and cross-border.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Sarah Louise Forney as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Sarah L. Forney has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Forney has handled cases that have involved a variety of technologies and industries, such as semiconductors, wireless and cellular standards, encryption, relational databases and home appliances.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Kristen Leigh Derhaag as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Kristen L. Derhaag has been promoted to partner. Derhaag is a corporate partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


James Warren Beard as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that James W. Beard has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Beard is an intellectual property partner whose practice focuses on patent litigation. Beard's experience includes representations involving a wide range of technologies, including computer science and signal processing, biotechnology and medical devices, and consumer products. He has represented clients in numerous Federal forums, from district courts and the International Trade Commission, to the Court of International Trade and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


James W. M. Beach as partner in San Francisco

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that James W. Beach has been promoted to partner in San Francisco. Beach's practice focuses primarily on the representation of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their businesses, including structuring and negotiating strategic and leveraged acquisitions of private and public targets, sale transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, equity financings, minority and growth equity investments and restructurings and workouts. He also represents private equity portfolio companies in routine corporate, executive compensation and governance matters.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Anjna R. Mehta as partner in Palo Alto

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Anjna R. Mehta has been promoted to partner. Mehta is a corporate partner in the firm's Palo Alto office.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Kristin Elizabeth Rose as partner in Los Angeles

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Kristin E. Rose has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Rose's practice focuses on complex civil litigation in federal and state courts. Her experience encompasses federal and state securities claims and other complex commercial litigation matters. She also has experience with various stages of complex litigation, including fact investigation, managing discovery, motion practice, and trial.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


James Andrew Rapore as partner in Los Angeles

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that James A. Rapore has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Rapore's practice focuses on litigation.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Michael Alexander Onufer as partner in Los Angeles

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Michael A. Onufer has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Onufer's practice focuses on litigation.


Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Bryan T. Ikegami as partner in Los Angeles

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has announced that Bryan T. Ikegami has been promoted to partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Ikegami concentrates his corporate practice in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, private equity, corporate securities and finance and corporate governance. He represents buyers, sellers, private equity funds and their portfolio companies and financial institutions in a variety of corporate transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, public and private financing transactions, restructurings, recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts.


Peckar & Abramson, P.C

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Ronald Lee Helmuth as partner in Los Angeles from Ronald L. Helmuth, P.C..

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. has announced that Ronald Helmuth has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles. Helmuth focuses his practice on litigation and alternative dispute resolution of complex construction claims. His clients include owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, designers, public agencies, and sureties, and he has represented various public entities and contractors in contract drafting and review. Helmuth has also served as a consultant to the Los Angeles Public Works Department, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency and Fermi National Accelerator Lab.

Address

1875 Century Park E # 550 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T: (310) 228-1075


Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Laura Jean Maechtlen as chair of labor & employment department in San Francisco

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has announced that Laura Maechtlen has been named chair of the firm's labor and employment department. Maechtlen has served as vice-chair since January 2016. Maechtlen is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office and focuses her practice on employment litigation, including the defense of class, collective and multi-plaintiff actions.


Fox Rothschild LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Michael Thomas Clark as partner in Los Angeles from Seyfarth Shaw LLP .

Fox Rothschild LLP has announced that Michael T. Clark has joined the firm's corporate department as a partner in Los Angeles. Clark represents domestic and international companies in corporate and M&A matters in a wide range of industries. He also serves as securities counsel to developers and regional centers, often assisting with EB-5 financing transactions and securities law compliance. He also frequently serves as outside general counsel to his clients, advising on contracts, regulatory compliance, general commercial transactions and corporate governance matters.

Address

10250 Constellation Boulevard, Suite 900 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T: (424) 285-7035
F: (310) 556-9828


Venable LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017


Tyler Guy Welti as counsel in San Francisco from Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Venable LLP has announced that Tyler G. Welti has joined the firm's environmental practice as counsel in San Francisco. Welti counsels clients on federal and state environmental, natural resource, and land use litigation, including enforcement actions, citizen suits, National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act challenges, and Administrative Procedure Act lawsuits and appeals.

Address

505 Montgomery St #1400 , San Francisco 94111 United States
T: (415) 653-3750


Patterson + Sheridan LLP

Published: Oct. 4, 2017 | Announced: Oct. 2, 2017


Joe Stevens as Partner

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Intellectual property law firm Patterson + Sheridan has announced the relocation of the firm's Silicon Valley office from Palo Alto to downtown San Jose. The new office, a 5900 square-foot space is located at 50 West San Fernando Street, Suite 250. Phone numbers for the new office will remain the same: the main number will continue to be 650/330-2310. The move should be completed by October 1. Joe Stevens is the managing partner for the Silicon Valley office.

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Address

50 West San Fernando St., Suite 250 , San Jose 95113 USA
T: (650) 330-2310
F: (650) 330-2314


Shegerian & Associates, Inc.

Published: Oct. 4, 2017 | Announced: Oct. 6, 2017


Carney R Shegerian as Founder

The Los Angeles based firm of Shegerian & Associates specializes in all areas of employment law including sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, wage and hour and wrongful termination.

Address

6205 Lusk Boulevard Suite 200 , San Diego 92121
T: (619) 880-1000


Jones Day

Published: Sep. 28, 2017


Brian G. Selden as partner-in-charge in Silicon Valley

Jones Day has announced that Brian Selden has been appointed partner-in-charge at the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Selden is a member of the firm’s business & tort litigation practice, and has spent his entire career at Jones Day. His practice focuses on disputes or commercial transactions where intellectual property, technology, information and knowledge, or other intangible assets are a significant factor. Selden also represents companies in civil and commercial litigation, class action defense, as well as in criminal, regulatory and internal investigations.