Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, continued its rapid growth of the Los Angeles office with the hiring of partner Marissa Alguire in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. Alguire is the sixth management-side employment lawyer to join Akerman’s Los Angeles team since January, expanding the office’s bench strengths in all aspects of California employment law. Nationwide, headcount for Akerman’s Labor and Employment Practice Group has more than doubled in size from 21 to 50 lawyers since 2016. More >>

Scheidemantle Law Group’s attorneys have joined Lathrop Gage LLP, the two firms announced today. The combination continues the expansion of Lathrop Gage’s Insurance Recovery and Product Liability practices, and marks another significant addition to its Los Angeles office, continuing the firm’s strategic growth in a key market. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Cynthia D. Brittain has joined the firm as a partner in its Trusts and Estates practice in the Los Angeles–Century City office. More >>

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli continues its strategic growth in California with the addition of transactional real estate attorney Herman Enayati. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, is continuing its strategic client commitment in Los Angeles with the addition of experienced transactional partner Irán Hopkins, as well as real estate associates Daphna Davidovits and Claudia Fu, with office headcount tripling to 37 lawyers and business professionals since 2015. Formerly at Ervin Cohen & Jessup, Hopkins, Davidovits and Fu join Akerman’s Real Estate Practice Group and Cannabis Practice, the first legal team created by a national law firm to serve the legal cannabis sector. More >>

Seth Stodder, a former U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assistant secretary for border, immigration and trade policy and assistant secretary for threat prevention and security, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He will represent clients on a wide variety of matters, including transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), international trade and customs issues, immigration and visas, cybersecurity and data privacy, government investigations and national/homeland security. More >>

Los Angeles, CA. Nixon Peabody is expanding its Labor and Employment practice with the arrival of partner Benjamin Kim, who joins the firm’s Los Angeles office. Ben joins Nixon Peabody from Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, LLP. More >>