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Miller Barondess, LLP

Published: Nov. 8, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 8, 2021


Margret L. Flodeen as Associate in Los Angeles from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Flodeen is a litigator who represents clients in diverse matters including contract, fraud, environmental and class action disputes.

Address

1999 Avenue Of The Stars, Suite 1000 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T: (310) 552-4400


Tyz Law Group

Published: Nov. 8, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 8, 2021


Chieh Tung as Attorney in San Francisco from Fenwick & West LLP.

Tung represents technology clients across a wide spectrum of litigation matters including commercial, false advertising, privacy, trademark, copyright and patent. In recent years,
Chieh has successfully defended against mass consumer privacy claims regarding smart home technologies and secured two favorable rulings from the U.S. Court of Appeal for the
Federal Circuit against multiple patent claims. Chieh spent five years before law school as a legal analyst at Google, reviewing legal removal requests from around the world concerning intellectual property, privacy, defamation, and national security. She is based in San Francisco.

Details

Tyz Law Group is a boutique litigation and IP counseling firm comprised of former big law attorneys with highly specialized expertise in the technology, video game, and beauty and wellness industries. The virtual-based firm offers legal representation and personalized client service on a subscription basis, providing clients with accessibility, budget predictability, and fee transparency. The nimble, 9-person firm's practice focuses on copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, class action, antitrust, and other commercial disputes and counseling matters. Tyz Law Group prides itself on deeply understanding its clients' businesses and is keenly focused on tailoring its strategies to their goals. To learn more, visit www.tyzlaw.com.

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Address

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 , San Francisco 94111 United States
T: (415) 868-6900


Hanson Bridgett LLP

Published: Nov. 8, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 8, 2021


Kate Bowles as Counsel in Los Angeles from Nelson Hardiman, LLP.

Bowles began her professional career as a registered nurse, providing strategic insights for her health provider clients in negotiating contracts, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions.
She has represented hospitals, surgery centers, group practices, telehealth companies and psychiatric health entities in transactional and regulatory matters. She routinely performs compliance reviews for anti-kickback, corporate practice of medicine, billing and pricing.

Details

Founded in 1958, Hanson Bridgett LLP is a multidisciplinary law firm with more than 190 attorneys throughout California with offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Walnut Creek and San Rafael. Our diverse client list includes large national and global companies as well as many governmental entities, regional businesses and individuals which we serve in transactions around the world. We are a certified B Corp and are socially responsible members of our communities. Our firm is driven by a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; charitable giving; pro bono legal work; and hands-on service.

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Address

425 Market Street, 26th Floor , San Francisco 94105 United States
T: (415) 995-5878


Gov. Gavin Newsom

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Catherine Purcell as Member of the Board of Parole Hearings in Vallejo from State Bar Court of California.

Purcell was presiding judge of the court since 2014, a review judge there
since 2008, and a former judge of the Kern County Superior Court.
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John F. Garcia as Member of the Board of Parole Hearings in Rancho Cucamonga

Garcia has been a deputy commissioner and administrative law judge at
the board since 2017.

Julie L. Garland as Member of the Board of Parole Hearings in San Diego

Garland has been a senior assistant attorney general since 2006.
She is based in San Diego.

Lawrence D. Nwaje as Member of the Board of Parole Hearings in Tarzana

Nwajei has been a deputy commissioner and administrative law judge for the board since 2020.
He is based in Tarzana.

Ryan Buckle as chief counsel at the Department of Health Care Access and Information

Buckley has been an attorney for the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development since 2018 and acting chief counsel since 2019.
He is based in West Sacramento.

Daniel E. Muallem as deputy secretary and chief counsel at the California Department of Veterans Affairs in Rocklin

Muallem has been assistant chief counsel at the department since 2019.
He is based in Rocklin.

Cindy N. Elias as counsel to the labor commissioner at the Department of Industrial Relations in San Francisco

Elias has been a Bureau of Field Enforcement attorney at the Labor Commissioner’s Office since 2018.
She is based in San Francisco.

Sara A. Dutschke as Member of the California Native American Heritage Commission in San Francisco from sdutschke@kaplankirsch.com .

Dutschke has been a partner at Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP since 2019 and chair for the Ione Band of Miwok Indians since 2018.
She is based in San Francisco.


Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Vinita Kailasanath as partner in Silicon Valley from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.

Kailasanath's clients are in the life sciences and medical device sectors. She has worked on intellectual property and transactions including those with artificial intelligence and machine learning components.
She is based in Silicon Valley.

Address

2710 Sand Hill Road, 2nd Floor , Menlo Park 94025 USA
T: (650) 461-8215


Color Health Inc.

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Catherine Lacavera as chief legal officer in Burlingame from Google Inc..

Lacavera spent 10 years at Google, where she was director of intellectual property and litigation. She also spent four years at international law firm White & Case after earning a degree in computer engineering, her law degree and a master's in business administration.
She is based in Burlingame.


California Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Michael J. von Loewenfeldt as member in San Francisco

Von Loewenfeldt is a partner at Wagstaffe, von Loewenfeldt, Busch & Radwick LLP and a State Bar of California certified specialist in appellate law.
He is based in San Francisco.

Anna-Rose Mathieson as member in San Francisco

Mathieson is a partner at California Appellate Law Group and a State Bar of California certified specialist in appellate law.
She is based in San Francisco.


Alto Litigation

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Derek T. Deavenport as attorney in San Francisco from The Law Office of Derek Deavenport.

Deavenport will specialize in electronic discovery project management. He has worked with law firms to extract and manage electronic information in cases involving cutting-edge technology, high finance, antitrust and government investigations.
He is based in San Francisco.

Address

4 EMBARCADERO CENTER , SAN FRANCISCO 94111 USA


FedArb

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Stephen S. Strick as arbitrator and mediator in Los Angeles and New York from Arbitration & Mediation Services.

Strick has more than 30 years of experience in alternative dispute resolution. He handles contract, accounting, finance, banking, lender liability, entertainment, media, sports, intellectual property, aerospace, defense, mergers, acquisitions and telecommunication disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles and New York.


Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 20, 2021


Elizabeth Dunn Rhodes as Partner in Los Angeles from Clapp Moroney Vucinich Beeman & Scheley APC.

Rhodes has a broad range of defense litigation experience in large commercial and municipal settings. She joins a team with a focus on trucking, transportation, product defect, general liability and premises liability.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Address

555 S Flower Street, 45th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T: (213) 542-8000
F: (213) 542-8100


Advocates for Survivors of Abuse

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Vanessa Baehr-Jones as Founding Partner in Oakland

Baehr-Jones spent nearly a decade prosecuting child sex offenders and securing restitution for survivors. As the Project Safe Childhood coordinator in Los Angeles, she managed the intake of all child exploitation cases in the seven-county Central District.
She is based in Oakland.

Ami Sheth Sagel as Founding Partner in Oakland

Sagel, a litigator for more than 15 years, was a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and Riverside. She was human trafficking coordinator in Riverside and helped create the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, a collaboration of prosecutors, law enforcement, and victim servicers.
She is based in Oakland.


Address

4200 Park Boulevard No. 413 , Oakland 94602
T: (510) 500-9634


Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 26, 2021


Paul Vargas as Of Counsel in San Diego from Vargas Law.

Vargas, a veteran tax attorney, handles transactional tax planning, tax controversy, international finance, and investment matters for businesses, investors and individuals.
He is based in San Diego.

Address

750 B St #2100 , San Diego 92101 United States
T: (619) 685-3003


Bergeson, LLP

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 28, 2021


Lloyd Winawer as Partner in San Jose, California from Goodwin Procter.

Winawer, known for his work on complex business litigation and investigations and securities law matters, is the leader of Bergeson's mergers and acquisitions dispute resolution group.
He is based in San Jose.

Address

111 N. Market St., Suite 600 , San Jose 95113 United States
T: (408) 291-6200


Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Published: Nov. 1, 2021 | Announced: Nov. 1, 2021


Joshua R. McLane as partner in Orange County from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Sheppard Mullin expanded its tax practice with the addition of Orange County based partner Joshua R. McLane, formerly of Kirkland & Ellis.
"I've worked across from Shepherd Mullin attorneys on past transactions and have always found them to be smart, collaborative and just practical attorneys," McLane said in an interview. "Really, the relationships were something that drove me here, the people I knew."
The firm's expanding private equity practice was an additional draw, McLane said.
"The opportunity to take part in that and work hand-in-hand with the corporate partners was something that I was very attracted to," he explained.
McLane spent a decade at Kirkland & Ellis and specializes his tax practice on private equity funds and their portfolio companies.
He handles complex business transactions and reorganizations such as mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and divestitures.
He was also general counsel and corporate secretary for CareTrust REIT, a real estate investment company in San Clemente, and was a senior tax associate at Deloitte.
With the move to Sheppard Mullin, McLane expects his practice to remain the same, but anticipates tax regulation changes in the future that could influence the way corporate transactions are structured.
"There's always new exciting things to learn in tax, and it's ever changing," McLane said. "And, frankly, that's something that drew me to the practice, broadly speaking."
What he enjoys most is being able to translate complex tax rules for his clients and colleagues and providing them with paths to their business objectives.
"On a personal level, I find great satisfaction in helping young associates build a tax foundation," he said.
McLane received his law degree from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Address

650 Town Center Dr, Fl 10 , Costa Mesa 92626-1993 USA
T: (714) 513-5100
F: (714) 513-5130


Gov. Gavin Newsom

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Cindy N. Elias as special counsel to the labor commissioner at the Department of Industrial Relations in San Francisco

Elias has been a Bureau of Field Enforcement attorney at the Labor Commissioner's Office since 2018.
She is based in San Francisco.

Daniel E. Muallem as deputy secretary and chief counsel at the California Department of Veterans Affairs in Rocklin

Muallem has been assistant chief counsel at the department since 2019.
He is based in Rocklin.


O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Lindsay A. Conner as partner in Century City from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.

Conner specializes in corporate transactions involving the entertainment industry.
He is based in Century City.

Address

1999 Avenue of the Stars 8th Floor , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T: (310) 246-6835


Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Jordan R. Jaffe as partner in San Francisco from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

Jaffe specializes in intellectual property with an emphasis on patent and trade secret litigation.
He is based in San Francisco.

Address

One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, Suite 3300 , San Francisco 94105 USA
T: (415) 947-2000


Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo PC

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Angela M. Powell as partner in Cerritos from Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP.

Powell represents and counsels public entities in employment litigation.
She is based in Cerritos.

Address

12800 Center Court Dr S, Ste 300 , Cerritos 90703-9364 USA
T: (562) 653-3200


UCLA Law School

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Talia R. Inlender as deputy director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy in Los Angeles from Public Counsel.

Inlender was a supervising senior staff attorney at Public Counsel and was with the organization for 13 years.
She is based in Los Angeles.


Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Anthony M. Sain as partner in Los Angeles from Manning & Kass Ellrod Ramirez Trester LLP.

Sain specializes in personal injury litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles

Address

633 West 5th Street Suite 4000 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T: (213) 358-6041
F: (213) 250-7900


Nossaman LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Steven M. Silva as partner in Sacramento from Blanchard, Krasner & French APC.

Silva specializes in eminent domain, real estate litigation, land use and appellate matters.
He is based in Sacramento.

Address

621 Capitol Mall Suite 2500 , Sacramento 95814 USA
T: (916) 930-7707
F: (916) 930-7707


Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Jared M. Kaye as associate in Los Angeles from Bohm Law Group.

Kaye specializes in the hospitality industry.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Jimmy Harris as associate in Los Angeles

Harris focuses on litigation related to premises liability, religious institutions and fraternities and sororities.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Address

801 S. Figueroa St, 15th Floor , Los Angeles 90017 United States
T: (213) 624-6900
F: (213) 624-6999


Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Pamela Acebo as associate in San Francisco from Jones Day.

Acebo specializes in litigation involving the retail, restaurant and hospitality industries.

Address

One California Street, Suite 900 , San Francisco 94111 USA
T: (415) 217-6990
F: (415) 217-6999


Proskauer Rose LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Robert A. Friedman as partner in Los Angeles from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.

Friedman specializes in corporate and partnership tax matters such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity fund formation and cross border transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Address

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 , Los Angeles 90067-3010 USA
T: (310) 284-5684


Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Nadia Sarkis as Partner in Los Angeles

Sarkis specializes in civil rights litigation, employment and municipal liability.
She is based in Los Angeles.


Hogan Lovells US LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


Christopher R. Moore as office managing partner in Silicon Valley

Moore specializes in merger and acquisitions, including cross border and domestic transactions, carveouts and leveraged buyouts.
He is based in Silicon Valley.


Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP (formerly Panish Shea & Boyle LLP)

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021



Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Published: Oct. 25, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 25, 2021


John Nelson as partner in San Diego from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.

San Diego environmental attorney John Nelson joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP particularly because its real estate practice aligns well with his focus.
Nelson was also drawn to make the move from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP because of Procopio's collegial spirit and strong practice groups, he said in an interview Thursday.
"One thing that I noticed right away when I started talking to them is that it's a very collegial environment," Nelson said. "I was impressed by the number of partners who went out of their way to meet with me on Zoom. It felt like a very collegial environment and that's been confirmed since I've joined."
Nelson spent the last four years at Lewis Brisbois and previously held inhouse roles at Ash Grove Cement Co. and Monsanto.
His practice focuses on litigation, regulatory and transactional work involving environmental law ranging from water rights to California Environmental Quality Act compliance.
"I really enjoy the regulatory work the most because you really get to dig into the regulations and all the policy issues that come with it," Nelson said. " That's kind of the heart of environmental law in a lot of ways."
What sets his practice apart from others, Nelson said, is his in-house experience. After spending a decade in house, he said, he understands clients' unique needs.
At Procopio, he looks forward to helping meet the environmental needs of the firm's existing clients and providing to his clients resources the firm has to offer, particularly real estate expertise.
Nelson graduated from UCLA School of Law.

Address

525 B St, Ste 2200 , San Diego 92101-4474
T: (619) 515-3260
F: (619) 788-5573


Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner, PC

Published: Oct. 21, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 21, 2021


Rebecca B. Denninghoff as associate in Los Angeles

Denninghoff specializes in advising owners, investors, lenders, tenants, landlords and developers in financing, leasing, development and acquisition real estate transactions.
She is based in Los Angeles.

Address

31248 Oak Crest Drive, Suite 200 , Westlake Village 91361 USA
T: (818) 879-9700
F: (818) 879-9680


Miller Barondess, LLP

Published: Oct. 20, 2021 | Announced: Oct. 15, 2021


Landon J. Dial as Associate in Los Angeles from Dowdall Law Offices A.P.C..

Dial specializes in complex civil litigation matters, including real property, business, and tort disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.

Address

1999 Avenue Of The Stars , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T: (310) 552-7561