JAMS
Randa M. Trapp
as neutral
in San Diego
from the San Diego Superior Court.
Trapp was a judge for 18 years and served as supervising judge of the civil division and a member of the court's executive committee.
She is based in San Diego.
Address
401 B Street Suite 2100 , San Diego 92101 USA
T:
(619) 236-1848
F:
(619) 236-9032
Eversheds Sutherland US LLP
Jeffrey W. Guise
as partner
in San Diego
from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Guise advises clients in building, managing and protecting their intellectual property portfolios globally.
He is based in San Diego.
Address
12255 El Camino Real , San Diego 92130 USA
T:
(858) 252-6074
Venable LLP
Logan M. Elliott
as partner
in Los Angeles
Elliott is trial and appellate litigator with a focus on high stakes business litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Matthew M. Gurvit
as partner
in Los Angeles
Gurvit focuses on complex litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Marjorie W. Norman
as partner
in Los Angeles
Norman specializes in domestic and international trademark preparation and prosecution, portfolio strategy, licensing, clearance and intellectual property transaction counseling.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Ryan M. Andrews
as partner
in Los Angeles
Andrews specializes in defending employment lawsuits and arbitration, as well as counseling employers in law compliance and best practices.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Data Trace Publishing Company
Alan R. Seher
as author of the California Estate and Gift Tax Planning Forms and Practice Manual
in San Francisco
Seher is a certified specialist in taxation by the State Bar and is partner at Niesar & Vestal LLP.
He is based in San Francisco.
Public Counsel
Mónica Ramírez Almadani
as president and CEO
in Los Angeles
Almadani succeeds Margaret Morrow effective June 1 and is a law professor and co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
610 South Ardmore Avenue , Los Angeles 90005 USA
T:
(213) 385-2977
F:
(213) 385-9089
Sanders Roberts LLP
Robert K. Dixon
as partner
in Los Angeles
Dixon specializes in products liability, personal injury, wrongful death and complex litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1055 West 7th Street Suite 3200 , Los Angeles 90017 USA
T:
(213) 426-5000
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan
Dwain Woodley
as assistant district attorney
in San Diego
Woodley is the first African American to hold the job. He was previously chief deputy district attorney.
He is based in San Diego.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Ulysses Hui
as Partner
in Silicon Valley
from Japan Display Group.
Hui specializes in commercial technology transactions.
He is based in Silicon Valley.
Address
505 Montgomery Street Suite 800 , San Francisco 94111-6533 USA
T:
(650) 352-6420
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Jean L. Tom
as member of the executive committee
in San Francisco
Tom is a partner and co-chair of the attorneys of color affinity group.
She is based in San Francisco.
Camilo Echavarria
as member of the executive committee
in Los Angeles
Echavarria is partner in charge of the Los Angeles office and is a member of the firm's diversity executive
council.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Robert "Bob" J. McGahan
as partner
in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
McGahan specializes in government enforcement, white collar criminal defense and high exposure civil litigation matters.
He is based in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Address
19191 South Vermont Avenue Suite 900 , Torrance 90502 USA
T:
(424) 221-7400
F:
(424) 221-7499
Ropes & Gray LLP
Torrey J. McClary
as partner
in San Francisco
McClary advises health care and technology companies and real estate investment trusts in mergers and acquisitions and transformational transactions.
She is based in San Francisco.
Ranee Adipat
as counsel
in San Francisco
Adipat specializes in transactional law involving health care entities.
She is based in San Francisco.
Address
Three Embarcadero Center , San Francisco 94111-4006 USA
T:
(415) 315-6300
F:
(415) 315-6350
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Rosanna Marrero Neagle
as partner
in San Francisco
Neagle specializes in corporate and commercial matters and is the former vice president of legal affairs at Nestlé USA.
She is based in San Francisco.
Irell & Manella LLP
Andrei Iancu
as partner
in Los Angeles
Iancu is the former undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in President Donald Trump's administration.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Address
1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 900 , Los Angeles 90067-4276 USA
T:
(310) 203-7537
F:
(310) 203-719
Paul Hastings LLP
Sean Monroe
as Partner
in Century City
from O'Melveny & Myers.
Monroe specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions in the entertainment and media industries.
He is based in Century City.
Address
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 27th Floor , Los Angeles 90067 United States
T:
(310) 620-5700
Desmarais LLP
Gabrielle E. Higgins
as partner
in San Francisco
from Ropes & Gray LLP.
Desmarais LLP expanded its Bay Area intellectual property capabilities with the addition of partner Gabrielle E. Higgins. She is the firm's first lateral partner hire in its San Francisco office, which opened in 2019.
"In some ways for me it's like coming full circle and coming home," said Higgins. "I started at Fish & Neave in New York, an IP litigation boutique that had a 250-year history representing companies such as the Wright Brothers and General Electric."
She added, she was attracted to returning to a firm of intellectual property trial lawyers who work together and have similar practices, as well as the opportunity to help build out the firm's Bay Area presence.
Including her time at Fish & Neave before its merger with Ropes & Gray in 2007, she was with that firm for 30 years.
During her time at Fish & Neave, she spent some time working with John Desmarais, founder of Desmarais LLP, and was one of nine attorneys that helped the firm establish its first West Coast office in the Bay Area.
With over three decades of patent litigation experience, Higgins has represented leading technology companies such as Apple, Google and Samsung before the board's Patent Trial and Appeal Board as well as federal court.
She is a member of the board's Bar Association, currently serving on the programming committee, and nonprofit ChIPs, which focuses on advancing and connecting women in technology, law and policy. She also is dedicated to mentoring the next generation and partners with her clients and friends to host
breakfasts and lunches for young women just beginning their intellectual property careers.
Address
101 California St, Ste 3070 , San Francisco 94111-5817 USA
T:
(415) 573-1902
Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP
Tanganica J Turner
as Associate
in Los Angeles
from Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP.
Turner specializes in labor and employment litigation.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
624 S. Grand Ave. Suite 2000 , Los Angeles 90017 United States
T:
(213) 629-7600
F:
(213) 624-1376
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Bardia Moayedi
as partner
in Orange County and San Diego
from Troutman Sanders LLP.
Moayedi specializes in advising emerging growth and public companies.
He is based in Orange County and San Diego.
Address
4320 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 205 , San Diego 92122 USA
T:
(858) 434-5009
Buckley LLP
Michael Rome
as Partner
in Los Angeles
Rome focuses on complex commercial disputes, consumer class actions and government enforcement matters.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Covington & Burling LLP
Mark Chen
as Special Counsel
in Los Angeles
Chen is a litigator and specializes in intellectual property and complex commercial disputes.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Covington & Burling LLP
Bobby Lutzker
as Special Counsel
in San Francisco
Lutzker specializes in drafting and negotiating licenses, collaboration, supply, distribution and other commercial agreements for life sciences and technology companies.
He is based in San Francisco.
Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP
Christian Nickerson
as Partner
in Santa Monica
Nickerson focuses on employment, business, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
He is based in Santa Monica.
Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck
Lauren Jones
as Of Counsel
in San Francisco
Jones specializes in real property, trust and probate litigation and landlord-tenant matters.
She is based in San Francisco.
John Lupton
as Partner
in Los Angeles
Lupton specializes in business litigation with a focus on the defense of legal malpractice cases and insurance litigation.
He is based in Los Angeles.
Ashley Klein
as Partner
in San Francisco
Klein is co-chair of the real estate practice group and is comanaging partner of the San Francisco and Sonoma offices.
She is based in San Francisco and Sonoma.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Carol Alexis Chen
as partner
in Los Angeles
from U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California.
Chen was with the U.S. attorney's office for 15 years and was chief of the international narcotics, money laundering and racketeering section.
She is based in Los Angeles.
Address
333 Grand Ave., 38th Floor , Los Angeles 90071 USA
T:
(213) 615-1820
Umberg/Zipser LLP
Halim Dhanidina
as partner
in Irvine
Dhanidina is a retired 2nd District Court of Appeal justice who was
appointed in 2018.
He is based in Irvine.
Address
1920 Main Street, Suite 750 , Irvine 92614 USA
T:
(949) 679-0052
F:
(949) 679-0462
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mandana Massoumi
as Partner
in Century City
from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.
Seyfarth Shaw expanded its Los Angeles employment and labor practice with the addition of partner Mandana Massoumi from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
Massoumi practiced at Manatt for seven years and is the former co-chair of the national retail and consumer products industry practice group. What drew Massoumi to Seyfarth was the firm's deep bench strength in employment law, she said.
"The quality of client service and the work for me was very impressive and was a draw in wanting to be part of the team and providing my clients with the opportunity to have this additional bench strength that can assist them not just here in California, but across the country and even internationally," she explained.
As a litigator, Massoumi specializes in class and collective actions, but her practice also includes advising clients on day to day employment matters and defending them in litigation and audits by government agencies.
"I've been fortunate enough to have a practice that's allowed me to work with clients across industry groups, but I've had particular experience and I have a large number of clients that are in the retail and consumer industry groups, as well as those who are in the technology and digital space," she said.
Massoumi said she enjoys most "being able to really partner with my clients and really fully understanding their businesses and being effective in that way, where I'm able to step in and work side by side with them or provide counsel in a way that can make a difference in how they're doing their work or how they're operating their business."
Massoumi has an active pro bono practice that has included advising nonprofits on employment matters and assisting in immigration and refugee cases.
She is also a board member of Orange County Coastkeeper, a nonprofit clean water organization.
Address
695 Town Center Dr Fl 14 , Costa Mesa 92626 USA
T:
(714) 371-2500
F:
(714) 371-2550
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP
Richard R. Sheridan
as Of Counsel
in San Diego
from Scripps Health.
Sheridan is the former general counsel and corporate secretary of Scripps. He specializes in governance and corporate law.
Sheridan is based in San Diego.
Address
101 West Broadway, Ninth Floor , San Diego 92101 United States
T:
(619) 237-5200
F:
(619) 615-0700
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Renee M Gabbard
as partner
in Irvine
Gabbard specializes in trust, estate and succession planning.
She is based in Irvine.
Charles W. Lin
as partner
in Irvine
Lin focuses on advising clients in trust, estate and succession matters.
He is based in Irvine.
Address
100 Spectrum Center Dr, Ste 520 , Irvine 92618-4968 USA
T:
(949) 346-8399
F:
(619) 788-5566
Gov. Gavin Newsom
Robert A. Bonta
as California Attorney General
in Sacramento
Bonta has been a state Assembly member for Alameda County since 2012. If confirmed, he will replace Xavier Becerra, who was confirmed as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Bonta is based in Sacramento.
Dennis D. Kim
as director of real property at the California High- Speed Rail Authority
in Roseville
Kim has been assistant vice president and deputy director of real property at the authority since 2019.
He is based in Roseville.
Kathryn Ellen Doi
as California New Motor Vehicle Board
in Sacramento
Doi has been on the board since 2013 and is a partner at Hanson Bridgett LLP.
She is based in Sacramento.
Samantha Murray
as California Fish and Game Commission
in Del Mar
Murray has been on the commission since 2019 and is executive director of the Master of Advanced Studies Program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
She is based in Del Mar.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Joseph K. Halloum
as partner
in Menlo Park
from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Halloum specializes in mergers and acquisitions involving publicly traded companies and private equity sponsors.
He is based in Menlo Park.
Address
2710 Sand Hill Road , Menlo Park 94025
T:
(650) 618-9288
Blank Rome LLP
Sharon R. Klein
as partner, office chair and chair of the privacy, security and data protection practice
from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
Klein specializes in data privacy, information security laws and regulation.
She is based in Orange County.
Alex C. Nisenbaum
as partner
in Orange County
from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
Nisenbaum focuses on data privacy, information security laws and regulation.
He is based in Orange County.
Karen H. Shin
as associate
in Orange County
from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
Shin specializes in data privacy and information security laws and regulation.
She is based in Orange County.
Address
2029 Century Park E, Ste 600 , Los Angeles 90067-2907 USA
T:
(424) 239-3400
F:
(424) 239-3434