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Rebecca Cohen

Rebecca Cohen

May 03, 2017 | The Recorder

In Rare Departure, Farella Braun Partner Joins Baker Botts

Baker Botts, an Am Law 100 firm that has been busy expanding in the Bay Area in recent months, has hired Farella Braun + Martel business transactions chair Samuel Dibble as a partner in San Francisco.

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

April 28, 2017 |

Ex-Mayor Leaves Manatt For New Home at Hanson Bridgett

Hanson Bridgett has hired Manatt, Phelps & Phillips environmental and natural resources partner Kristina Lawson, a former mayor of Walnut Creek, California, as a partner for its land use practice in the San Francisco suburb.

By Rebecca Cohen

20 minute read

April 28, 2017 | The Recorder

Ex-Mayor Leaves Manatt For New Home at Hanson Bridgett

Hanson Bridgett has hired Manatt, Phelps & Phillips environmental and natural resources partner Kristina Lawson, a former mayor of Walnut Creek, California, as a partner for its land use practice in the San Francisco suburb.

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

April 28, 2017 |

Mayer Brown Brings on Sidley LA Real Estate Duo

Sidley Austin real estate partner M. Scott Cooper and counsel Daniel Liffmann in Los Angeles became the latest lawyers to leave the firm this year in Los Angeles—Sidley has two offices in the city—as they both joined Mayer Brown as partners.

By Rebecca Cohen

38 minute read

April 28, 2017 | The Recorder

Mayer Brown Brings on Sidley LA Real Estate Duo

Sidley Austin real estate partner M. Scott Cooper and counsel Daniel Liffmann in Los Angeles became the latest lawyers to leave the firm this year in Los Angeles—Sidley has two offices in the city—as they both joined Mayer Brown as partners.

By Rebecca Cohen

38 minute read

April 26, 2017 |

Pepper Hamilton Defections Mount as Akin Gump Adds Partner

Terrence Allen, who joined Pepper Hamilton's Los Angeles office a year ago, is on the move again to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in nearby Orange County. Allen is the latest Pepper Hamilton partner to leave the firm so far this year.

By Rebecca Cohen

62 minute read

April 26, 2017 | The Recorder

Pepper Hamilton Defections Mount as Akin Gump Adds Partner

Terrence Allen, who joined Pepper Hamilton's Los Angeles office a year ago, is on the move again to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in nearby Orange County. Allen is the latest Pepper Hamilton partner to leave the firm so far this year.

By Rebecca Cohen

62 minute read

April 25, 2017 |

Jenner & Block Bags DLA Piper's Cross-Border Litigation Chair

Todd Toral, chair of cross-border litigation for the Americas at DLA Piper, is joining Jenner & Block as a complex commercial litigation partner in Los Angeles.

By Rebecca Cohen

36 minute read

April 25, 2017 | The Recorder

Jenner & Block Bags DLA Piper's Cross-Border Litigation Chair

Todd Toral, chair of cross-border litigation for the Americas at DLA Piper, is joining Jenner & Block as a complex commercial litigation partner in Los Angeles.

By Rebecca Cohen

36 minute read

April 21, 2017 |

Legal Weed Company Gets Some More Lawyer-Shareholders

The marijuana vending machine startup Medbox Inc. got smoked last month by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the cannabis company of filing sham earnings reports. It was the latest in a series of setbacks for Medbox, now called Notis Global Inc., and its growing ranks of lawyer-owners.

By Rebecca Cohen

19 minute read