McDermott Will & Emery, a leading international law firm, announced that Jeffrey M. Reisner has joined the Firm’s Transactions and Restructuring & Insolvency groups as a partner, based in Los Angeles and New York. Jeff will become co-chair of the Restructuring & Insolvency group. He joins McDermott from Irell & Manella LLP, where he served as the Chair of their bankruptcy practice. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Pamela Davis as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Pamela brings 25 years of white collar experience to the firm, including the distinction of being appointed three times by the U.S. government to serve as an independent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) monitor and independent consultant. (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Heather M. Sager has joined the firm in San Francisco as a partner in the Labor & Employment practice. Heather is the fourth Labor & Employment partner to join the firm in the past two months. (more…)
hook, Hardy & Bacon is pleased to announce the opening of a Los Angeles office, spearheaded by new Partners Michael Mallow, Mark Campbell and Rachel Straus. As members of Shook’s Business Litigation and Class Action and Appellate practices, the attorneys bring decades of experience defending complex commercial litigation and consumer class actions to the firm’s roster of automotive, consumer products, cosmetics, energy, and food and beverage clients. (more…)
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Leslie Helmer will join the firm’s Los Angeles office as a shareholder. Helmer joins Ogletree Deakins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she practiced in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department for 27 years. (more…)
Venable LLP announced today the addition of four high-profile entertainment and media litigation partners to its growing national Commercial Litigation Practice in the Los Angeles office—Lee S. Brenner, David E. Fink, Michael J. O’Connor, and Sarah L. Cronin—who are coming from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. In addition, five associates are joining the Commercial Litigation Practice—Sarah E. Diamond, Cary L. Finkelstein, Ken D. Kronstadt, Michael C. Godino, and Christina Nordsten. Besides the entertainment and media industry, several of the attorneys represent policyholders in claims to recover against insurance companies. (more…)
Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to welcome back Timothy A. Gustafson as a partner in the State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice. Based in Sacramento, Mr. Gustafson will be an integral part of Eversheds Sutherland’s anticipated growth in California, particularly in the areas of state and local tax controversy and litigation. Mr. Gustafson previously practiced at Eversheds Sutherland from 2012 to 2018 and rejoins the firm from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to expand its Litigation Practice in California with the addition of Lisa M. Simonetti as shareholder in the Los Angeles office. Simonetti, who joins the firm from Vedder Price, focuses her practice on the defense of complex litigation, including financial services class actions and mass actions. (more…)
Stephen A. Cazares, a former federal prosecutor with two decades of experience handling complex corporate and securities fraud investigations and litigation, has joined the renowned white collar and government investigations team at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, as a partner. He will serve clients across the country from the firm’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. (more…)
Buchalter is pleased to welcome both Daniel Wu, Litigation Shareholder in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and Brian Fish, Real Estate and Land Use Shareholder in the San Diego office. Wu joins from Squire Patton Boggs and Fish was previously with Dentons. (more…)
Morgan Lewis today welcomes Michelle McCarthy, who has worked extensively with multiemployer and single employer pension and welfare plans, as a partner resident in Los Angeles. She arrives from a large national law firm. (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a preeminent global law firm, announced today that leading technology dealmaker, Bill Choe, has joined the firm as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice and will be based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Joining Choe from his prior firm is M&A partner Jason Rabbitt-Tomita, and a team of attorneys who work with the two are expected to follow. (more…)
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