McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that entertainment litigator Grant Maxwell has joined the firm as a Principal in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Maxwell focuses on general business litigation with an emphasis on complex disputes in the entertainment industry.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is expanding its Entertainment & Media Practice with the addition of music attorney Charles J. “Jeff” Biederman as a shareholder in its Los Angeles office. He joins the firm from Manatt.
Pillsbury has recruited former federal prosecutor Kimberly D. Jaimez as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice in Los Angeles. Jaimez was most recently an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, having served two years in the General Crimes section and five years in the Major Frauds Section. At Pillsbury, Jaimez plans to focus on corporate investigations, government enforcement, white-collar defense and general litigation.
Nixon Peabody LLP is pleased to welcome Michael L. Lawhead as a partner in the Corporate practice, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Michael comes to the firm from Baker & Hostetler.
Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce the addition of Real Estate Partner Matthew Friedrich to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Friedrich joins the firm from the Los Angeles office of Greenberg Traurig LLP.
King & Spalding today announced that Jeffrey Hammer has joined the firm as a partner in the Trial and Global Disputes practice group in the Los Angeles office. He most recently co-led his own firm, Caldwell Hammer, with trial lawyer Chris Caldwell, and worked at Boies Schiller Flexner (BSF) until April 2020.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Chris Pelham has joined its Los Angeles office as a partner. Pelham is the sixth US lateral partner to join the firm’s global investigations team this year, following Celia Cohen, Tom Coulter, Jay Dewald, Julie Searle and Brian Sun. Joining from Jones Day, Pelham serves international clients with disputes, regulatory, litigation and internal investigation needs in China and other parts of Asia.
