Faegre Drinker announced today that Yana Johnson has joined the firm as a partner in the corporate practice in San Francisco. Johnson comes to the firm from Jackson Lewis.

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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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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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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Rosemarie Ring has joined the firm as a partner in the San Francisco office. Ring, formerly a partner with Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, will continue her litigation practice with an emphasis on representing technology companies in high-stakes litigation and regulatory matters involving a range of issues, including privacy, consumer protection and intellectual property.

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As part of the continuing expansion of its technology practice in California, O’Melveny announced today that top Capital Markets lawyer E. Ryan Coombs will join the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office this month. Coombs, who comes to O’Melveny from Simpson Thacher’s Palo Alto office, specializes in capital markets transactions for technology companies.