Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, announced today the arrival of Michael Torosian. He joins Baker Botts’ Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) Practice as a member of the Corporate Department. Mr. Torosian, who is the fifth lateral partner to join Baker Botts’ Bay Area offices since early October, will work out of the San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. He joins Baker Botts from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, where he was a corporate partner in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. More >>

International law firm Squire Patton Boggs has strengthened its cross-border Corporate and Real Estate practices with the addition of Charlotte Westfall and Victor M. Marquez, who join the firm’s San Francisco office from CKR Law LLP. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, announced today the addition of Jonathan Patchen, a commercial and business trial lawyer who focuses on trade secrets and technology disputes, as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Mr. Patchen comes to Baker Botts from acclaimed Bay Area litigation boutique Taylor & Patchen. More >>

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP today announced that William Bogdan has joined the firm as a partner and Michael McConathy has joined as of counsel in the Personal Injury/Property Damage Defense Litigation practice in San Francisco. Formerly with LeClairRyan, Bogdan and McConathy join their former LeClairRyan partner, Jennifer Gray who joined Hinshaw’s Consumer Financial Services practice in Los Angeles last month. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Eliot Adelson has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco in its Global Antitrust Law Practice and Investigations + White Collar Defense Group. Mr. Adelson’s practice includes civil and criminal antitrust litigation and internal and governmental investigations. He has significant experience representing U.S. and Japanese companies. Mr. Adelson is the fifth lateral partner to join the firm’s Global Antitrust Law Practice in the last year, and the second to join in San Francisco following the recent arrival of Bonnie Lau, whose practice also focuses on civil and criminal antitrust litigation. Mr. Adelson joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in San Francisco. More >>

Morgan Lewis, a recognized longtime leader in the field of ediscovery, today welcomes Karen Hourigan as a partner resident in San Francisco who focuses on ediscovery, information governance, and data privacy. Karen previously practiced at a national law firm focused exclusively on information law and technology and had her own ediscovery and information governance firm. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Hourigan was a partner at HEREIAM Law. More >>

Clark Hill today announced that Leslie Katz has joined the firm as a Member in its Government & Public Affairs Practice in the firm’s San Francisco office. Katz was a member of the Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco and served as both the Commissioner of the Port of San Francisco and President of the San Francisco Port Commission. Before joining Clark Hill, Katz was a partner at CKR Law in San Francisco, and prior to that was a shareholder in the Government Law & Policy practices at Greenberg Traurig. More >>

Continuing to bolster its California presence, Winston & Strawn is pleased to welcome Pamela Davis, a longtime expert in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, to its San Francisco office. Prior to joining Winston, Pam served as co-director of Hui Chen Ethics Consulting, where she worked alongside Hui Chen, the DOJ’s first FCPA compliance counsel expert, counseling clients on FCPA matters. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sarah Piepmeier has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. The move also marks Sarah’s return to the firm, where she worked as an associate early in her legal career. Sarah rejoins Perkins Coie from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she was a partner and leader in the Bay Area IP Litigation Practice. More >>