Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Ali U. Nardali as a corporate partner in the San Francisco office. He joins the firm from Morrison & Foerster LLP. 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 >>

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Joshua Lerner has joined the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office. Lerner, formerly a partner at Durie Tangri, will continue to focus on litigating major complex commercial matters. Before joining Gibson Dunn, Lerner was a partner at Durie Tangri for 10 years. More >>

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Sandra A. Edwards as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. As a civil trial attorney and former Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, Sandra brings to the firm extensive trial experience in federal and state court, particularly in the areas of product liability, toxic torts, and environmental litigation. Sandra joins Winston from Farella Braun & Martel LLP, where she was the Consumer Products and Manufacturing Industry Group Leader and former Chair of the Environmental and Product Law Department. More >>

King & Spalding today announced that Zuzana Ikels has joined the firm as a partner on the Healthcare team in the San Francisco office. Ikels joins from the healthcare-focused firm of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, and adds to the existing Life Sciences expertise of the firm in San Francisco. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Bonnie Lau has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco in its Global Antitrust Law Practice and Investigations + White Collar Defense Group. Ms. Lau’s practice focuses on civil and criminal antitrust litigation in federal and state courts, as well as enforcement proceedings before agencies in the U.S. and other countries. She further strengthens the firm’s criminal antitrust and cartel offerings following several recent high-profile additions, including Lisa Phelan, former Chief of the National Criminal Enforcement and Washington Criminal I Sections of the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Lau practiced with Dentons in San Francisco before joining Morrison & Foerster. More >>

Lewis Brisbois’ San Francisco office has brought on a team of five new attorneys that includes two partners and three associates. Partners Thomas E. Mulvihill and Alan E. Swerdlow join the firm’s Insurance Coverage practice, along with Associates Zvonimir Sola and Christopher K. Whang, with Associate Michael E. Yakumithis joining the General Liability Practice. More >>

Continuing its strategic expansion in the Bay Area, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added veteran intellectual property litigator David S. Bloch as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. Bloch, who joins the firm from Winston & Strawn, focuses on helping clients understand the complex technical and legal issues that their businesses face. More >>