Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has further strengthened its California real estate team with the strategic addition of Shareholder Robert J. Brown in its San Diego office. Brown, who joins from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, brings more than 30 years of experience helping real estate industry clients navigate complex transactional tax issues across the United States.

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Sidley is pleased to announce that Michelle Doolin has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Sidley’s office in San Diego, where she will serve as global co-leader of the firm’s Consumer Class Action practice. Ms. Doolin joins from Cooley, where she chaired the class action practice.

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With an eye toward growing innovative technology in the Life Sciences & Medical Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Space realms, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Dr. John E. Wehrli as shareholder in the San Diego office. He joins the firm from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and previously was an equity partner at Jones Day and Latham & Watkins, and started his law firm career at Cooley.

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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Joseph Pelochino to the firm’s San Diego office as a shareholder. Joseph joins the firm from Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, where he has been a partner since 2020.

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McDermott Will & Schulte is pleased to announce Daniel (Dan) Pascucci has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group, based in San Diego. Dan joins from Mintz, where he served as Co-Chair of the Cross-Border Asset Recovery practice and brings experience in complex cross-border asset recovery, fraud investigations, and high-stakes litigation.

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Mintz announced today that Amit Singh has joined as a Member of the Corporate Practice in the firm’s San Diego office. Amit is a transactional lawyer who leads venture capital, private equity, and technology transactions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and joint venture deals. Prior to joining Mintz Amit led the West Coast Corporate Practice at Dentons, where he partnered with clients on pivotal transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and venture capital transactions.

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Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Tinen has joined the San Diego office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice group. With a wealth of experience and a focus in corporate and securities law, Tinen offers his guidance to a diverse range of clients navigating complex legal matters. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Tinen was a partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves, & Savitch LLP in San Diego.

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Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker has joined Cooley’s San Diego office as a partner in the firm’s global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice group. Bortniker arrives from Foley & Lardner, where she co-chaired its healthcare transaction group and its healthcare and life sciences sector’s payer/provider convergence area of focus. Her practice focuses on health regulatory counseling and transactional matters advising technology-based innovators and disruptors shaping the new healthcare landscape.

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