Goodwin Procter today announced that Terry D. Garnett and Vincent K. Yip have joined the firm’s Litigation Department in its Los Angeles office as partners in Goodwin’s Patent Litigation Practice. They will both focus on high-stakes patent litigation and licensing matters with an emphasis on the information technology industry.

As part of its ongoing expansion, the Los Angeles office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added three experienced real estate attorneys to DWT’s real estate practice group. The three new lawyers previously worked together at DLA Piper.

Steven G. Polard, a bankruptcy and commercial litigator with more than three decades of experience, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in our Los Angeles office.

Hogan Lovells announced today that Barry J. Thompson has joined its Litigation, Arbitration and Employment practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office.