Karol K. Denniston has joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a partner in the Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Group from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Los Angeles.

Global law firm Clyde & Co is delighted to announce the arrival of partners Kim West and Bill Lutz, senior counsel Alec Boyd, and associates Preeti Singh and Thomas Cheswick. The team joins Clyde & Co from Tucker Ellis & West LLP.

Kenneth R. Whiting has joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a Partner in the Real Estate Group from Bryan Cave in San Francisco.

Clyde & Co is delighted to announce the appointment of David Gabianelli as a partner in San Francisco.

SNR Denton announced today that Robert F. Kramer has joined the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property and Technology practice. Kramer is a former Howrey LLP patent litigation partner and will be resident in SNR Denton’s Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices.

Morgan Lewis today announced that Susan Resley—a  securities litigator with nearly 20 years of experience, including government service in the Pacific Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation practice, resident in San Francisco. Her arrival continues the firm’s recent growth in Northern California and builds on the West Coast capabilities Morgan Lewis strengthened last year with a team of lawyers in Southern California led by the former co-chair of the Securities Litigation, White Collar and Government Enforcement practice at another AmLaw 100 firm.

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two new partners in its San Francisco office: insolvency lawyer Bennett Young, previously of Dewey & LeBoeuf and environmental lawyer Jon Welner, formerly of Paul Hastings and Downey Brand.

The global law firm Jones Day announced today that John Tang has joined the firm as a partner in the San Francisco Office. Mr. Tang is now a member of Jones Day’s Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Kevin Poloncarz has joined the Environmental and Energy practice in San Francisco as partner. Mr. Poloncarz, an air quality and climate change expert, joins from Bingham McCutchen LLP, where he was co-chair of the Climate Change practice.

Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Cameron G. Stout has joined the firm’s West Coast Litigation Group as a partner. As a litigator and trial lawyer, he defends nationally known firms in securities arbitrations as well as in federal and state court actions, filed both by individuals and as class actions.