Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, announced today that corporate partner Marc Boiron and litigation partner Rebecca Rettig have joined the firm in its leading financial services group and fintech practice. The team brings unique and deep-rooted expertise representing emerging and growth-stage companies at the forefront of the financial services industry’s digital transformation, as well as traditional financial and technology companies seeking to enter the fintech space. With Rettig based in New York and Boiron in Los Angeles, the team strengthens the firm’s national platform and will work across financial services, M&A, digital and technology, and privacy and data security. They both join the firm from FisherBroyles LLP.
Tags: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP | Los Angeles | New YorkFaegre Drinker Strengthens Environment & Energy Practice with Addition of Judith Praitis in Los Angeles
Faegre Drinker announced that Judith Praitis has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the environment and energy practice. Praitis comes to the firm from Sidley Austin, where she held senior practice leadership positions.
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Los AngelesLabor Management Relations Partner Tom Posey Joins Seyfarth
Seyfarth announced today the arrival of partner Thomas J. Posey to the Labor & Employment department and Labor Management Relations practice group in Los Angeles and Chicago. Posey joins from Reed Smith LLP, where he was a partner in its Labor, Employment, & Benefits practice in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Jackson Lewis Expands Class Action Practice with Addition of Michael D. Thomas
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Michael D. Thomas has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a Principal. Mr. Thomas joins the firm from Ogletree Deakins, where he focused his practice on employment law, class action and PAGA litigation.
Trusted Advisor Saul Rostamian Joins Sheppard Mullin in Century City
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Saul S. Rostamian has joined the firm’s Century City office as a partner. Rostamian was most recently a partner at Winston & Strawn. He is the 12th partner to join Sheppard Mullin in 2020.
Employment and labor lawyer rejoins Norton Rose Fulbright in Los Angeles
Goodwin Deepens California Roots at Intersection of Capital and Innovation with Real Estate Industry Partner Alex Jacobs
Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Alex Jacobs has joined the firm’s Real Estate Industry practice as a partner in the downtown Los Angeles office. Jacobs joins the firm from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks in Los Angeles.
FisherBroyles Welcomes Commercial Litigation Partner Scott Goldsmith in Southern California
FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Goldsmith as a commercial litigation and class action defense partner in Southern California. Prior to joining FisherBroyles, Scott was a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP where he led the Telephone Consumer Protection Act practice group.
Sidley Expands Private Equity Practice With the Addition of Partner Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek in Century City
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Corporate Partner in Los Angeles Office
William B. Kirshenbaum, an experienced corporate transactions and M&A attorney, has joined Barnes & Thornburg’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department. Kirshenbaum’s arrival closely follows the firm’s corporate law expansion on the opposite coast with the additions of Jahan Sharifi and Scott Beal, two founding partners of the firm’s New York office. Mr. Kirshenbaum comes to Barnes & Thornburg from Rosenfeld Meyer & Susman LLP.
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