Rebecca Cohen

May 31, 2017 | The Recorder

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, which acquired a Southern California-based IP boutique last year, has recruited IP litigation partners Terry Ahearn and Stuart Bartow from McDermott Will & Emery and Paul Hastings, respectively, to serve as co-managing partners of its office in Menlo Park, California.

By Rebecca Cohen

3 minute read

May 25, 2017 |

While six large law firms based in the Bay Area landed on The American Lawyer's annual Am Law 100 list last month, another 10 firms with California roots—eight of them predominantly based in Southern California—have secured spots on the Second Hundred rankings released this week.

By Rebecca Cohen

22 minute read

May 25, 2017 | The Recorder

While six large law firms based in the Bay Area landed on The American Lawyer's annual Am Law 100 list last month, another 10 firms with California roots—eight of them predominantly based in Southern California—have secured spots on the Second Hundred rankings released this week.

By Rebecca Cohen

4 minute read

May 23, 2017 |

Morrison & Foerster has hired a six-lawyer IP litigation team in Silicon Valley from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati led by partners Stefani Schanberg and Jennifer Schmidt, of counsel Robin Brewer and three associates.

By Rebecca Cohen

36 minute read

May 23, 2017 | The Recorder

Morrison & Foerster has hired a six-lawyer IP litigation team in Silicon Valley from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati led by partners Stefani Schanberg and Jennifer Schmidt, of counsel Robin Brewer and three associates.

By Rebecca Cohen

4 minute read

May 23, 2017 |

Mlegal Consulting Inc., a legal search firm founded in San Francisco, has bolted on Innocenti Partners LLC, a solo shop created last year by former Major, Lindsey & Africa practice leader Natasha Innocenti, and picked up three more employees in the Bay Area.

By Rebecca Cohen

18 minute read

May 23, 2017 | The Recorder

Mlegal Consulting Inc., a legal search firm founded in San Francisco, has bolted on Innocenti Partners LLC, a solo shop created last year by former Major, Lindsey & Africa practice leader Natasha Innocenti, and picked up three more employees in the Bay Area.

By Rebecca Cohen

4 minute read

May 22, 2017 |

Melinda LeDuc Barker, a former managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's office in Palo Alto, California, has left the firm to bring her estate planning expertise to old-line Silicon Valley shop Thoits Law. Pillsbury, however, did add two partners for its San Diego office.

By Rebecca Cohen

30 minute read

May 22, 2017 | The Recorder

Melinda LeDuc Barker, a former managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's office in Palo Alto, California, has left the firm to bring her estate planning expertise to old-line Silicon Valley shop Thoits Law. Pillsbury, however, did add two partners for its San Diego office.

By Rebecca Cohen

30 minute read

May 19, 2017 |

Meredith Jones-McKeown, co-managing partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's San Francisco office and co-chair of the firm's construction practice, has joined Perkins Coie's commercial litigation and construction practices as a partner. Both firms have been active in the lateral market so far this year.

By Rebecca Cohen

66 minute read