McGuireWoods continues the strategic expansion of its nationally recognized financial services litigation practice with the addition of partners Marc A. Lackner, a former head of Bank of America’s mortgage litigation group, and Carolee A. Hoover in the firm’s new San Francisco office. More >>

Continuing the trend of growing its corporate practice in California, Nixon Peabody has further expanded its West Coast M&A and Corporate Transactions practice with the arrival of partner Jinjian Huang to its San Francisco office. More >>

David S. Reidy, a leading financial services litigator with a cutting-edge practice advising financial technology companies, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the San Francisco office. More >>

Dentons, the global law firm, today named Jeffrey L. Bleich, former US Ambassador to Australia and Special Counsel to President Obama, as a Partner in the Firm’s San Francisco office. Bleich, a former president of the California Bar Association, further strengthens Dentons’ capabilities throughout all six California locations, and will lead key Firm and client-focused initiatives. More >>

Evelyn Kim has joined Baker & McKenzie’s North American Banking, Finance and Major Project Practice as a partner, bringing more than a decade of experience advising investors, lenders and developers on project finance matters related to renewable energy facilities. More >>

Venable LLP announces the addition of leading intellectual property litigator Susan E. Hollander as partner. Ms. Hollander brings with her a team of seasoned IP professionals, including Jocelyn Belloni, counsel; and Sharoni Finkelstein, associate. Two paralegals will join later this week. Ms. Hollander and her team join Venable from K&L Gates. More >>

Thomas A. Zimmer has joined Vedder Price as a Shareholder on the Global Transportation Finance (GTF) team in the San Francisco office. More >>

Goodwin Procter, a leading Am Law 50 and Global 50 law firm, announced today that Koray Bulut has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Labor & Employment Group. Bulut, who will also spend significant time in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, will head up Goodwin’s California employment practice. More >>

Continuing the expansion of its San Francisco footprint and intellectual property capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that William B. Kezer, Ph.D., an experienced patent prosecutor formerly of Kilpatrick Townsend, has joined the firm as a Member in the San Francisco office. With a breadth of experience in life sciences and pharmaceuticals, he marks the latest significant addition to the firm’s nationally prominent IP practice, which last year attracted a group of 18 former Edwards Wildman attorneys. More >>