Proskauer is pleased to welcome partner Richard Westling to its Litigation Department and Health Care Group in the Los Angeles and Washington D.C. offices. Richard continues the strategic expansion of the Firm’s litigation footprint both in Los Angeles and firmwide. Westling arrives at Proskauer from Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Jack Stratton has joined the Firm as a partner in the Executive Compensation & Benefits Group in Los Angeles. Jack joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in its Executive Compensation practice.
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Corporate Practice with the addition of Joe Awad as a shareholder in the Orange County and Los Angeles offices. He previously worked at The Gores Group, an investment firm based in Beverly Hills, where he most recently served as the firm’s vice president and general counsel.
Akerman is pleased to announce that Mel M.C. Cole, who is based in San Francisco, has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group. Mel will be working remotely from San Francisco and assigned to our Los Angeles office. With a distinguished career in employment law, Mel brings extensive experience in class action and PAGA-only matters, as well as expertise in independent contract misclassification, particularly within the gig economy. Mel joins from Seyfarth Shaw LLP and her addition to Akerman marks a significant step in the firm’s strategic growth in California.
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Squire Patton Boggs has hired two experienced litigation attorneys into its global Labor & Employment Practice with the addition of partner Jon G. Daryanani and of counsel Jill L. Ripke. They join from Perkins Coie LLP where Mr. Daryanani served as Los Angeles Managing Partner until 2024.
In a move that brings together one of the most highly regarded land use teams in California and Paul Hastings’ elite real estate group, the firm has further solidified its powerhouse platform with the addition of partners DJ Moore, Beth Gordie, Winston Stromberg, Benjamin Hanelin and Lauren Paull in Los Angeles. The team joins from Latham & Watkins, uniting two top-ranked Chambers practices.
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King & Spalding announced today that e-discovery lawyer Chris Costello has joined the firm’s Product Liability and Mass Torts practice group as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
Sidley is pleased to announce that Judith Shophet Sidkoff has joined as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice in Century City as a member of its Product Liability and Mass Torts practice. Ms. Sidkoff joins Sidley from Dentons, where she was a partner in both the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Consumer Products Representation and Services practice groups. She joins her colleague Sarah Carlson, who recently joined Sidley’s Litigation practice.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | Los AngelesKing & Spalding announced today that Paul Watford, who served for 11 years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has joined the firm’s Business Litigation practice group as a partner. He is based in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
