Strengthening its tax litigation capabilities in California and across the United States, Morgan Lewis has added prominent tax litigator Wendy Abkin to its team in San Francisco. Ms. Abkin, a former trial lawyer with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), joins Morgan Lewis from her own San Francisco tax firm. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced that Wayne Stacy and Sarah Guske will be joining the firm’s San Francisco office as Partners in the Intellectual Property practice group. They will join Stuart Plunkett and Jonathan Shapiro who joined the firm in May. More >>

Sedgwick LLP is pleased to announce that Kathryn Richter has joined the firm as a partner in its San Francisco office. Richter focuses her practice on leveraging her litigation and alternative dispute resolution experience to counsel clients on matters that cover every facet of real estate, engineering and construction litigation; environmental and energy engagements; and manufacturing and product liability matters domestic and international. She also is experienced in the representation of debtors, secured and unsecured creditors and Chapter 11 Trustees in complex bankruptcy cases involving these issues. More >>

Venable LLP announced today that Meredith R. Bushnell has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner in the Tax and Wealth Planning practice. Ms. Bushnell comes from Arnold & Porter, where she was counsel in the firm’s trust and estates practice. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that a team of three M&A/private equity partners and a senior M&A counsel have joined the firm. Mike Kennedy, Steve Camahort, and Dana Kromm have joined the firm as partners, and Jeffrey Wolf has joined the firm as senior counsel. These partners have an average of 25 years of experience working on high-profile M&A and private equity transactions. More >>

Shearman & Sterling has expanded its antitrust litigation capability with the addition of nationally-recognized practitioner John Cove, who joins the firm from Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP as a partner in the Bay Area. More >>

Hunton & Williams LLP continues the expansion of its renowned environmental practice with the arrival of Charles H. Knauss and Shannon S. Broome as partners in Washington and San Francisco, respectively. Broome, additionally, was appointed the new managing partner of the firm’s San Francisco office and will be joined there by Julie A. Cress as senior attorney. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to bolster its Tax Practice with the addition of William H. Gorrod as a shareholder in the San Francisco and New York offices. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Gorrod focused on state and local tax at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. More >>

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, today announced the admission of Stuart Plunkett and Jonathan Shapiro as partners in the firm’s recently opened San Francisco office. More >>