Kalama Lui-Kwan has joined Troutman Sanders LLP as a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Litigation practice in San Francisco. Lui-Kwan was previously the vice chair of Severson & Werson’s Financial Services practice group. More >>

Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Jina Choi has joined the firm in the San Francisco office as a partner in its Securities Litigation, Enforcement, and White–Collar Defense group. Ms. Choi spent the last 16 years at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where she was head of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office for five years and developed a reputation for her work on high-profile, complex, and novel enforcement actions. More >>

Holland & Knight announced today that Ashley L. Shively has joined the firm as a partner in its West Coast Litigation Group. Ms. Shively, who will reside in the San Francisco office, previously was a partner at Reed Smith. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs has added life sciences partner Todd Lorenz to its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice (IP&T) in San Francisco. Mr. Lorenz has extensive experience in the life sciences sector with a particular focus on patent prosecution, counseling, and IP transactions. He joins from Arnold & Porter. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Camarin E.B. Madigan has joined the firm’s Real Estate and Land Use practice in San Francisco. Camarin joins Perkins Coie from Morgan Lewis. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P. is expanding its award winning Tax Practice with the addition of Jon Feldhammer, who arrives as partner from Perkins Coie. Mr. Feldhammer will be based in San Francisco. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Tracy Shapiro has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in Northern California. She will be based in the San Francisco office. Shapiro, who joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, previously worked at the FTC in the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. More >>

San Francisco- Expanding its Private Fund and Securities Advisor team, Rimon Law welcomes Geoffrey Perusse as a Partner on their Financial Services team in the firm’s San Francisco and Lake Tahoe offices. Mr. Perusse joins Rimon from VLP Law Group, where he was a Partner. More >>