Leading Emerging Companies + Venture Capital Partners Michael Glaser and Mike LaPlante Join Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the additions of Michael Glaser and Mike LaPlante as partners in the firm’s Corporate Department and Emerging Companies + Venture Capital (ECVC) Group. Together, Mr. Glaser and Mr. LaPlante bring to the firm over three decades of experience and one of the largest emerging companies practices in Northern California. Mr. Glaser and Mr. LaPlante join Morrison & Foerster from Perkins Coie LLP, where Mr. Glaser recently served as co-chair of the ECVC practice. 

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Seyfarth Adds Another Labor Management Relations Partner on the West Coast

Seyfarth announced today the arrival of partner Jamie R. Rich to its Labor & Employment department and Labor Management Relations practice group in San Francisco. Rich previously served as a Greenberg Traurig shareholder in San Francisco and Sacramento where she was national co-chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment practice’s Labor-Management Relations group.

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Ropes & Gray Strengthens IP and Technology Transactions Team with New Partner and Counsel

Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced that its industry-leading intellectual property and technology transactions practices are expanding again with the arrival of two leading lawyers: Edward H. Sadtler as partner in New York and Emily M. Karlberg (Lieberman) as counsel in San Francisco. Sadtler joins from Schulte Roth & Zabel, while Lieberman comes to the firm from Gunderson Dettmer.

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Polsinelli Deepens Real Estate Finance Roster, Welcoming Kristian J.F. Bornemann

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes real estate finance attorney Kristian J.F. Bornemann as principal in the firm’s San Francisco office. Bornemann joins the firm’s national Real Estate Finance Practice, having broad experience in all aspects of real estate financing transactions. Prior to joining Polsinelli, Bornemann was at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

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Jordan Jaffe Joins Wilson Sonsini’s Litigation Practice in San Francisco

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jordan R. Jaffe has joined its litigation department as a partner in the San Francisco office. He joins the firm’s expanding patent litigation practice. Jaffe’s addition marks Wilson Sonsini’s latest effort to add trial experience to its litigation department. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Jaffe was a partner in the San Francisco office of law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he was chair of the autonomous vehicle practice.

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