Intellectual property attorney Seyoung Cheon has joined Procopio as a Partner in its Chambers-recognized California Patent Prosecution practice, expanding the firm’s capabilities in sophisticated technologies and its work with clients across the Asia Pacific region. She will be based in Procopio’s Del Mar Heights, California, office. Cheon joins the firm from Ashurst Perkins Coie.
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that Bill Smelko has joined the firm as Partner in its San Diego office as a member of the Insolvency and Financial Law Practice Group. Smelko arrives at Buchalter from Procopio, where he had previously served as Partner.
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The San Diego office of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani recently welcomed Partners Melanie Butler and Morgan Sorena, adding additional depth to its employment and litigation capabilities.
Tags: Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP | San DiegoCommercial real estate attorney David Jones has returned to Procopio as a Partner after more than six years serving as Deputy General Counsel to the San Diego Unified Port District. Based in Procopio’s downtown San Diego office, David advises developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders, and public agencies on sophisticated real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, financing, joint ventures, entity formation, and development matters.
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Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Dean Longfield has joined the San Diego office as counsel in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, he served as in-house counsel at General Atomics, where he drafted and negotiated commercial agreements and provided legal support for mergers and acquisitions.
Tags: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. | San DiegoSnell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Kendall M. Lovell has joined the San Diego office as counsel in the Litigation, Investigations, and Trials Practice Group.
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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.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | San DiegoWith 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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