Fisher & Phillips LLP
Ashley Pham
as associate
in Irvine
Pham defends employers in labor and employment related disputes.
She is based in Irvine.
Caroline Scala
as associate
in Irvine
Scala is an employment litigator.
She is based in Irvine.
Lisa Peterson
as of counsel
in Irvine
Peterson advises, counsels and represents employers in workplace disputes.
She is based in Irvine.
Victor Xu
as of counsel
in Irvine
Xu specializes in employment litigation including complex wage and hour class and PAGA actions.
He is based in Irvine.
Address
2050 Main St Ste 1000 , Irvine 92614-8240 USA
T:
(213) 330-4500
F:
(213) 330-4501
Sacramento Superior Court
Lee Seale
as court executive officer
in Sacramento
Seale is the Sacramento County chief probation officer and will replace Lloyd Connelly effective June 1.
He is based in Sacramento.
Address
8745 Folsom Blvd , Sacramento 95826 USA
T:
(916) 875-0310
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Gary L. Ogden
as partner
in Los Angeles
from The Ogden Law Group.
Ogden specializes in real estate law with an emphasis on transactional matters involving commercial properties.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
350 South Grand Avenue Suite 3600 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 614-7333
F:
(310) 909-8000
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Thomas W. Michael
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Dentons US LLP.
Michael was co-chair OF the startup practice at Dentons and specializes in advising venture backed companies throughout their life cycles.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2049 Century Park East Suite 1700 , Los Angeles 90067 USA
T:
(310) 312-4255
F:
(310) 312-4224
Jones Day
Ramanda Luper
as associate
in Los Angeles
Luper specializes in business litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Celeste M. Brecht
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Venable LLP.
Brecht specializes in representing pharmaceutical, health care, consumer products, media, entertainment and transportation companies in civil disputes.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 S Flower St Fl 50 , Los Angeles 90071-2452 USA
T:
(213) 243-2116
F:
(213) 243-2539
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Julia Montgomery
as general counsel of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board
in Sacramento
Montgomery has served in the role since 2016 and was previously with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
She is based in Sacramento.
Address
1325 J St Ste 1900-A , Sacramento 95814 USA
T:
(916) 653-2690
F:
(916) 653-2743
JAMS
James L. Stoelker
as neutral
in Silicon Valley
from the Santa Clara County Superior Court.
Stoelker served on the bench 10 years and will be handling real property, insurance, family law, personal injury, torts, business and commercial disputes.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
David I. Brown
as neutral
in Sacramento
from the Sacramento County Superior Court.
Brown will handle insurance, personal injury, tort, construction, real property, professional liability, business, commercial and employment disputes.
He is based in Sacramento.
Clark Hill
Brian M. Hom
as Member
in Los Angeles
from Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
Hom specializes in commercial, securities and antitrust litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1055 West Seventh Street Suite 2400 , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(646) 331-2691
F:
(213) 488-1178
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Kevin P. Mytruk Garland
as senior counsel
in Los Angeles
from Loeb & Loeb LLP.
Garland represents lenders in real estate transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Joseph R. Bini
as associate
in Los Angeles
from Loeb & Loeb.
Bini focuses on representing real estate clients in debt financing transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
David A. Barksdale
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Loeb & Loeb LLP.
Barksdale is a veteran real estate attorney and specializes in financing and transactions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 South Flower Street 44th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 892-9306
Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells announces relocation of Silicon Valley office
The firm has signed an 11-year lease for an office in Redwood City and will be an anchor tenant in the new building at 855 Main in the first half of 2022.
Address
855 Main St , Redwood City 94063 USA
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Alexander F. Porter
as partner
in Los Angeles
from the U.S. attorney's office .
Porter is a former assistant U.S. attorney in the major frauds section and joins the firm's white collar, investigations and government controversies group.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400 , Los Angeles 90017-2566 United States
T:
(213) 633-6800
F:
(213) 633-6899
Winston & Strawn LLP
Stephen T. Kong
as partner
in Los Angeles
from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
Winston & Strawn added significant intellectual property experience to its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices with the addition of Stephen T. Kong as a partner in Los Angeles.
Kong joined the firm's corporate practice on April 20 from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
"Winston has a fantastic reputation and a very active and growing corporate practice," Kong said in an interview. "But what really drew me to make the move was Winston's approach to how they wanted to view intellectual property counseling within merger and acquisition transactions."
"Winston, and in particular Becky Troutman, who's a partner in the San Francisco office, have a vision of wanting to centralize and be systematic about how the firm approaches and handles intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions," he explained.
The goal, according to Kong, is for not only the firm's corporate strengths to be recognized in its mergers and acquisitions transactions, but also the way the firm handles the intellectual property aspects of those deals.
"This opportunity was very good for me at a personal level because of the role I would get to play in terms of leadership and in terms of shaping the intellectual property practice within mergers and acquisitions firm wide," he said.
Kong has experience advising clients in intellectual property licensing, technology development and the commercialization of content and media. He spent the bulk of his career in the Bay Area before relocating to Los Angeles four years ago.
"I always had an interest in technology," said Kong. "I studied computer science in college and worked in software development before I went to law school. I really came of age as a lawyer during the first dot com boom so I got to see the very early developments of the law and the internet. And it's been fantastic to continue to work in that field as the internet and the web has only become even more pervasive in our lives. To be able to be one of the fairly early lawyers in that field and continue to build upon the foundation of how the law has changed has been very personally rewarding," he said.
Address
333 South Grand Avenue 38th Floor , Los Angeles 90071-1543 USA
T:
(213) 615-1758
F:
(213) 615-1750
WithersWorldwide
Christine E. Brown
as special counsel
in San Francisco
Brown focuses on wealth, estate planning, succession and philanthropy matters. She also has experience as fiduciary counsel on trust and estate administration.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
505 Sansome Street, 2nd Floor , San Francisco 94111 USA
T:
(415) 872-3200
Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP
Steve Levitan
as partner
in Silicon Valley
Levitan specializes in patent, trade secret, trademark and technology contract disputes.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
1841 Page Mill Road, Suite 200 , Palo Alto 94304 USA
T:
(408) 341-3045
President Joseph Biden
Doug Parker
as director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
in Oakland
from Cal/OSHA.
Parker led the state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health and previously worked at the Mine Safety and Health Administration during President Barack Obama's administration.
He is based in Oakland.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Camille K. Binon
as legal adviser at the Public Employment Relations Board
in Sacramento
Binon has been an attorney at the board since 2019 and formerly was at the California Department of Human Resources.
She is based in Sacramento.
Sheena J. Farro
as legal adviser to the chair of the Public Employment Relations Board
Farro has served as a regional attorney for the board since 2015.
She is based in Sacramento.
Shuo Shuonan Chen
as member of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
in Berkeley
Chen is a lecturer at UC Berkeley and a general partner at IOVC investment company. She earned her law degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
She is based in Berkeley.
Geneva E. Thompson
as assistant secretary for tribal affairs at the California Natural Resources Agency
in Arcata
Thompson is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and associate general counsel to the Yurok Tribe since 2019.
She is based in Arcata.
Danielle A. Lucido
as chief counsel of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health at the California Department of Industrial Relations
in Albany
Lucido has been chief counsel at the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20, CIO & CLC since 2010.
She is based in Albany.
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Christopher D. Bright
as partner
in Orange County
Bright specializes in litigating patent cases. He has experience handling patent licensing negotiations, patent due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, as well as inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
He is based in Orange County.
Address
600 Anton Blvd, Ste 1400 , Costa Mesa 92626-7689 USA
T:
(714) 427-7799
F:
(714) 427-7799
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Monique Lashbrook
as partner
in San Diego
from Troutman Pepper LLP.
Lashbrook specializes in real estate acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, commercial mortgage financing, commercial leasing for industrial and retail spaces and property management matters.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
4320 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 205 , San Diego 92122 USA
T:
(858) 434-5020
Ropers Majeski
Briana J. Bramer
as Of Counsel
in Los Angeles
Bramer specializes in complex civil litigation and premises and product liability.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Ropers Majeski
Marie E. Sobieski
as Of Counsel
in San Jose
Sobieski focuses on intellectual property with a focus on general, patent and trademark litigation.
She is based in San Jose.
Ropers Majeski
Pascale Gagnon
as Partner
in Los Angeles
Gagnon advises clients in professional liability matters, as well as business and commercial litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Ropers Majeski
Chantel E. Lafrades
as Of Counsel
in San Francisco
Lafrades specializes in litigation with a focus on personal injury, premises liability, construction and property disputes.
She is based in San Francisco.
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Becky S. James
as Member
in Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA
from James & Associates.
James specializes in white collar criminal defense, civil and criminal appeals.
She is based in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.
Address
333 South Grand Avenue Suite 2100 , Los Angeles 90071 United States
T:
(213) 457-1800
F:
(213) 457-1850
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Abraham A. Tabaie
as Partner
in Palo Alto
Tabaie specializes in commercial business litigation involving trade secret misappropriation, privacy, products liability and unfair competition.
He is based in Palo Alto.
Berger Kahn ALC
Bonnie J. Bennett
in Berger Kahn
from Tyson & Mendes.
Wildfire litigator Bonnie J. Bennett joined Berger Kahn in Irvine as senior counsel. A graduate of Chapman University Fowler School of Law, she specializes in litigating subrogation claims on behalf of insurance companies.
She has handled claims related to the North Bay and Camp Fires against Pacific Gas and Electric Co., as well as the Thomas, Rye and Woolsey Fires against Southern California Edison Co. She worked alongside
Berger Kahn's managing partner Craig Simon in claims involving the Woolsey and Thomas Fires. "Bonnie is a perfect fit for our subrogation practice, which is why I personally recruited her," Simon said in a prepared statement.
Bennett joined the firm April 12 from Tyson & Mendes LLP in Los Angeles, where she had practiced since January.
According to Bennett, her past experience working with Simon and the firm were what attracted her to the opportunity, as well as the opportunity to return to Orange County.
"I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and the entire group," Bennett said. "Knowing how hard they work and how successful they are was part of the attraction."
Bennett formerly specialized in high stakes litigation, defending general contractors, developers and insurers and said subrogation was something she "somewhat fell into." "Getting an opportunity to switch from defense work to plaintiffs' work was an interesting opportunity and I really took to it and have enjoyed doing it ever since," she said. "Getting to the root cause of the different fires is always an interesting process."
Bennett previously practiced at Stutman Law, Hall Griffin LLP, Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck and Baker & Baker APC.
Address
1 Park Plz, Ste 340 , Irvine 92614-2511 USA
T:
(949) 474-1880
F:
(949) 313-5029
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Brenda Ho
as associate
in Irvine
from K&K Law Group.
Ho counsels and defends employers, insurers and third-party administrators in workers' compensation matters.
She is based in Irvine.
Address
2600 Michelson Dr Ste 900 , Irvine 92612-6507 USA
T:
(949) 271-3338
Miller Starr Regalia
Mitchell Khurin
as Associate
in Walnut Creek
from Valence Law Group.
Khurin focuses on commercial real estate transactions including leasing, acquisitions and dispositions.
He is based in Walnut Creek.
Address
1331 N. California Blvd. , Walnut Creek 94596
T:
(925) 935-9400
Squire Patton Boggs US LLP
Niloufar Massachi
as associate
in Los Angeles
from Baker & Hostetler LLP.
Massachi specializes in data privacy and protection, technology transactions, cybersecurity and breach response and consumer protection law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
555 South Flower Street, Fl 31 , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 689-6580
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Caitlin A. Tassos
as associate
in Los Angeles
from Waters, Kraus & Paul LLP.
Tassos focuses on trucking, transportation and general liability matters.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
777 S. Figueroa Street Suite 2000 , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(213) 415-7214
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Remy Joseph Kessler
as Senior Counsel
in Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete - Los Angeles office
from McGuireWoods LLP.
Kessler is an employment litigator with a focus on wage and hour class and representative actions.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1100 , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 909-7775