JENNER & BLOCK (Chicago): Linda Kornfeld joins the firm as partner and leader of the insurance litigation and counseling practice in the Los Angeles office. She will focus on representing clients in insurance matters. Previously, Kornfeld was managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Dickstein Shapiro.

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK (Denver): John West joins the firm as partner and chairman of the firm’s heath law practice group in the Phoenix office. He will focus on health care law, commercial litigation and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Previously, West was a partner at Jennings, Strouss & Salmon.