The placement of Allen Sussman, a Corporate and Securities partner from Morrison & Foerster into the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith. Mr. Sussman will lead Reed Smith's West Coast Capital Markets practice.
The placement of Craig Tanner, a Corporate & Securities partner specializing in international executive compensation, from DLA Piper, into the San Francisco office of Reed Smith, to serve as Global Head of the Executive Compensation practice firmwide.
The placement of Robert Dellenbach, a Corporate partner specializing in venture capital, private equity financing, start-ups and mergers and acquisitions from Fenwick & West, into the San Francisco office of Reed Smith.
The placement of Craig Mordock, a Corporate and Securities partner formerly of Morrison & Foerster, into the Orange County office of Bingham McCutchen.
The placement of Corporate and Securities partner Jinshu "John" Zhang, formerly of Greenberg Traurig, into the Los Angeles Office of Reed Smith. Mr. Zhang will serve as a bridge between Reed Smith's U.S. and China offices.
The placement of Insurance Recovery partners David Halbreich and Douglas Rawles of Los Angeles, David Weiss of San Francisco and Thomas Marrinson of Chicago from Morgan Lewis, into Reed Smith. David Halbreich will lead the West Coast Insurance Recovery Practice at Reed Smith, filling a very strategic need within that discipline for the firm.
The placement of Wilson Sonsini's entire Venture Fund Group, widely regarded as the most prominent unit of its kind on the West Coast, into the Palo Alto office of Goodwin Procter. This group includes Jonathan Axelrad, Robert Fore and Gerald Chacon, Jr.
The placement of Corporate and Securities partner Catharina Min, formerly of Squire Sanders, into the San Francisco office of Reed Smith.
The placement of Devin Cuyler, a Global Sourcing partner formerly of Pillsbury Winthrop, into the San Francisco office of Reed Smith.
The placement of Business and Finance partner Bradley DeJean, formerly of Thelen Reid, into the San Francisco office of Reed Smith.
The placements of real estate and land use partners Robin Kennedy and Michael Polentz, formerly of Miller Starr & Regalia, into the Palo Alto office of Manatt Phelps & Phillips.
The placements of Patent Litigation partners Byron Cooper, Gregory Bishop, April Abele and Thomas Fitzpatrick, formerly of Townsend and Townsend and Crew, at Goodwin Procter. The placements were instrumental in the opening of the firm's Silicon Valley office.
The placements of Jim Chapman as a partner and Stephen Clinton as a Counsel (both Corporate attorneys, formerly of Silicon Valley Law Group) along with other of their colleagues, at Nixon Peabody. The placements were instrumental in the opening of Nixon's Silicon Valley office.
The placement of Greg Schick, an expert in executive compensation, formerly of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, as a partner in the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin, to lead the firm's executive compensation practice.
The placement of David Tamman, a Corporate attorney, formerly of Liner Yankelevitz, as a partner in the Los Angeles office of Nixon Peabody.
The placement of Ann Lawrence, a former associate at Latham & Watkins, as a Corporate Counsel at Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker in Los Angeles.
The placement of Judy Davidoff, a Real Estate partner, formerly of Steefel Levitt and four of her colleagues, into the San Francisco office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton.
The placement of Ken Ikari, a Corporate partner, formerly of Irell & Manella, into the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith.
The placement of Ramsey Hanna, a Counsel, formerly of Alschuler Grossman into the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith.
The placement of Dale Hunt, a Biotechnology Patent partner, formerly of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, into the San Francisco office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.
The introduction of Cole Raywid & Braverman, a thirty-five attorney; Washington, D.C.-based communications and Internet law boutique, to Davis Wright Tremaine, resulting in the acquisition of Cole Raywid by Davis Wright.
The representation of Offner & Anderson, a four-lawyer firm in their search to be acquired by a larger law firm. This representation led to the placement of all four attorneys, including partners Dan Offner and David Anderson into the Los Angeles office of Nixon Peabody.
The placement of Dominique Shelton, a litigation attorney from Folger Levin & Kahn, as Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Kaye Scholer.
The placement of Timothy Pierce, a Construction Litigation partner from Thelen Reid & Priest, into the Los Angeles office of K&L Gates, to lead their West Coast Construction practice.
The placement of Harvey Schochet, a Real Estate partner who was a founding partner of Steefel Leveitt & Weiss, into the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine.
The placement of Birgit Millauer, an Intellectual Property partner, from Dorsey & Whitney, into the San Francisco office of Nixon Peabody.
The representation of Sanders Barnet Goldman Simons & Mosk, a ten attorney boutique, in their search to be acquired by a larger law firm. The placement of nine partners including Edward Sanders, former Senior Counsel to President Carter on Middle Eastern Affairs, Irwin Barnet, Kenneth Goldman, Michael Sanders, James Eskilson, Deborah Gunny, Ruth Holzman, Edward Levine and Bernard Simons into the Los Angeles office of Crosby Heafey, which was recently acquired by Reed Smith.
The representation of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in their acquisition of the Orange County office of Lyon & Lyon, which included eight partners and a like number of associates. Partners joining Orrick include: James Geriak, Samuel Stone, Hope Melville, Kurt Mulville, David Wang, Kenneth Roberts, Jim Brooks ( Los Angeles office), and Jeffrey Miller ( Menlo Park office).
The placement of five partners from the Los Angeles office of Oppenheimer Wolff, including managing partner Mark Wine, Marc Brown, Charles Rosenberg, Cynthia Lock, and David Gelfound, into the Los Angeles office of McDermott Will & Emery, which initiated the Patent practice for that office.
The representation of Gartner & Young, a five attorney Los Angeles Labor and Employment boutique, in their search to be acquired by a nationally recognized law firm. The placement of the three partners in that group, Naomi Young, Lawrence Gartner, and Kimberly Talley, was made at the Los Angeles office of Baker & Hostetler.
The representation of the Louderback Law Firm (an 11 attorney firm specializing in Employment & Commercial Litigation), in its merger with the Irvine based law firm of Payne & Fears, which resulted in the opening of Payne & Fears' San Francisco office.
The placement of Mark Levinson from the Los Angeles office of Luce Forward, as the partner who will lead the Corporate Finance practice at Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan.
The placement of Frank Ubell and Brad Blanche, two Patent Litigation attorneys from the Orange County office of Paul Hastings, into the Orange County office of Greenberg Traurig. Mr. Ubell was placed as a Shareholder, and Mr. Blanche as an Of Counsel.
The placement of Nancy Stagg, a Commercial Litigator specializing in Consumer Class Action Defense, from DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, into the San Diego office of Fish & Richardson.
The representation of Price & Gess, a four attorney Orange County Patent Prosecution and Patent Litigation boutique, in their search to be acquired by a larger law firm. Joseph Price and Albin Gess were placed as partners at the Irvine office of Snell & Wilmer to initiate and develop the firm's Southern California Intellectual Property practice.
The placement of two Patent Prosecution partners from the Los Angeles office of Oppenheimer, Wolff: Charles Berman and Christopher Darrow into the Los Angeles office of Greenberg Traurig, which initiated their West Coast Patent practice.
The representation of Feldman & Talley, a four attorney Los Angeles Labor and Employment boutique, in their search to be acquired by a larger law firm. The placement of the two partners, Carla Feldman and Jill Talley, was made at Loeb & Loeb in Los Angeles , California.
The placement of Gregory Lippetz, an Intellectual Property Litigation partner, from Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, into the San Francisco office of Bingham, McCutchen.
The placement of Steven Hazen, former Co-Chair of Paul Hastings' Asia Practice, into the Los Angeles office of Kelley Drye & Warren. After the closing of Kelley Drye, Los Angeles , Mr. Hazen was placed at the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine.
The placement of Joanne Redman, an Intellectual Property partner, from Riordan & McKinzie into the Los Angeles office Crosby Heafey Roach & May.
The placement of William O’Brien, a Patent Litigation partner from O’Melveny & Myers, into the law firm of Alschuler, Grossman, Stein & Kahan.
The placement of Kathy Davidson, a Tax partner from Pillsbury Winthrop, into the law firm of Alschuler, Grossman, Stein & Kahan.
The placement of Carol Lucas, a Health Care of counsel from Fullbright & Jaworski, into the Los Angeles office of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, as a partner.
The placement of Morley Mendelson, a Corporate and Tax attorney from Tatro Tekosky, Sadwick, Mendelson, into the Los Angeles office of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger.
The placement of Richard Codding, a Patent Litigation partner from Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, into the Los Angeles office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.
The Placement of Edward Radlo, a Patent Prosecution partner from Fenwick & West, into the San Francisco office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, which began the Patent Prosecution practice for that office.
The placement of John LeCrone, a Labor and Employment partner from Tatro Tekosky, Sadwick, Mendelson, into the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine.
The placement of Seth Levy, an Intellectual Property associate from Pillsbury Winthrop, as an of counsel into the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine, to help initiate their California Patent Prosecution practice.
The placement of Dennis Loomis, an Intellectual Property partner focusing on Trademarks and Copyrights from Lord, Bissell & Brook, into the Los Angeles office of Jenkins & Gilchrist.
The placement of Victoria Gilbert, an of counsel with a Banking specialty from Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, into the Los Angeles office of Kaye Scholer.
The placement of Christopher Wright, an Antitrust partner from Cooley Godward into he San Francisco office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart.
The placement of Lisa Aguiar, a Labor and Employment partner from Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, into the Silicon Valley office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.
The placement of Dan Deshon, a Project Finance partner from O’Melveny & Myers, into the Seattle , Washington office of Davis Wright Tremaine.
The placement of John “Rocky” Rawls III, a Trademark and Licensing partner from Jones Day, into the Los Angeles office of Fulbright & Jaworski.
The placement of Barbara Mandell, a litigation partner formerly of Gilbert & Kelly, into Michelman & Robinson.
The placement of Patrick Ellisen, a Patent Litigation partner from Foley & Lardner, into the Palo Alto office of Greenberg Traurig.
The placement of Judith Droz Keyes, a Labor & Employment partner from Morrison & Foerster, into the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine.
The placement of Samuel Lee, an IP of counsel from Frommer Lawrence & Haug, into Procopio Cory in San Diego.
The placement of Ron Alberts, a litigation partner formerly of Berger Kahn, into the Los Angeles office of Gordon & Rees.
The placement of Howard Jacobs, a litigation partner specializing in Sports Litigation, formerly of Forgie Jacobs & Leonard, into the Los Angeles office of Forgey & Hurrell.
The placement of William Walker, a litigation partner formerly of Courdert Brothers specializing in entertainment, financial institution and domestic and international commercial matters, into the Los Angeles office of Greenberg Glusker.
The placement of Frank Hiscox and his group, formerly of Dorsey & Whitney, into the Palo Alto office of White & Case to lead their West Coast Trademark practice.
