Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce the firm’s Orange County office is expanding their private client services group with Partner Mark Powell and Associate Charles W. Daff. Powell and Daff come to Snell & Wilmer from Dorsey & Whitney as Certified Specialists in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, California Board of Legal Specialization. They bring with them over 20 years of experience practicing law. More >>

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that prominent ERISA litigator Jenny Wang will join the firm’s Orange County office as a shareholder. Wang will practice in the firm’s ERISA Litigation Practice Group, which has steadily expanded over the past decade and now includes more than 20 attorneys in multiple offices throughout the country. According to data published by Lex Machina in May 2019, Ogletree Deakins’ ERISA litigation team handled more ERISA litigation matters than any other law firm in the U.S. from 2016-2018. Wang joins Ogletree Deakins from Hinshaw & Culbertson and has more than 20 years of experience defending employers and insurers in ERISA-governed benefits litigation. More >>

Sheppard Mullin is pleased to announce that partner Frank W. Dworak has joined the firm’s Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice group in Orange County. Dworak was most recently a partner at K&L Gates LLP. Since January 2018, Sheppard Mullin has added 21 lateral partners as well as opening a new office in Dallas. More >>

Numan Siddiqi, an attorney with more than two decades of experience handling complex transactions involving both public and private companies, has joined BakerHostetler as a partner in its Business Group, based in Costa Mesa. Siddiqi was previously a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP. More >>

Womble Bond Dickinson has greatly expanded its business litigation capabilities with the addition of a growing litigation team in Costa Mesa. The team, led by veteran financial services litigation attorney Eric Troutman, gives the firm an experienced and well-credentialed California business litigation presence. The team previously practiced together at Dorsey & Whitney, where Troutman served as Head of that firm’s Costa Mesa office. More >>

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Tracie Childs as a shareholder in the firm’s Orange County office. Childs joins Ogletree Deakins from Manning & Kass in San Diego, where she was a partner and handled a broad range of labor and employment matters. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Kellie Christianson to its Orange County office as a partner in its Employment and Labor Practice. More >>

The highly regarded Haynes and Boone, LLP Insurance Recovery Practice proudly welcomes three new California-based lawyers led by Partner David P. Bender Jr., who brings 31 years of experience advocating for policyholder rights across a wide range of industries. More >>