Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that David King has joined the Firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Investment Funds Group. Mr. King joins Kirkland from The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) where he was a Principal focused on Carlyle’s Global Real Assets business. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Joshua Morse has joined the firm’s Restructuring group as a partner in San Francisco.Prior to joining DLA Piper, Morse was a partner with Jones Day. He received his J.D. from Santa Clara University and his B.B.A. from New Mexico State University.

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Troutman Sanders LLP announced today that James Diwik has joined the firm’s Litigation and Construction practices in the San Francisco office. He previously practiced at Sedgwick LLP. More >>

Polsinelli announced today Richard V. Zolezzi, an accomplished corporate attorney, joined its San Francisco office. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of six highly regarded IP litigators to its Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation group. The San Francisco-based team, which joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, consists of partners Stefani E. Shanberg and Jennifer J. Schmidt, of counsel Robin L. Brewer, and associates Eugene Marder, Madeleine E. Greene, and Michael J. Guo. More >>

Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced Kory Christensen, an accomplished intellectual property attorney, joined as shareholder in its San Francisco office. Christensen is the most recent of several attorneys to join Polsinelli’s California offices this year, adding to the firm’s intellectual property strength on the West Coast. More >>

Brian Coughlan has joined McGuireWoods’ nationally recognized debt finance practice as a partner, continuing the firm’s San Francisco expansion and broadening its capabilities serving financial institutions and FinTech companies. More >>

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. continues to expand its bicoastal Intellectual Property practice with the addition of veteran patent attorney Alex Trimble, Ph.D. who will serve as a Member in the San Francisco office. The addition of Mr. Trimble to the San Francisco office closely follows the recent additions of Member Stephen J. Akerley as well as Of Counsel Phil Ducker and associate Adrian Kwan. More >>