On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers
Awards, promotions, and new hires in the California legal market.
March 16, 2018 at 12:56 PM
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Patterson + Sheridan promoted associate Ankur Garg to partner. Garg joined the firm in 2016 and previously worked at Qualcomm as in-house counsel. His practice focuses on intellectual property matters, patent applications, infringement and validity opinions. Garg is based in the San Diego office
Legal Momentum will present Natasha Innocenti with the 2018 Women of Achievement Award in San Francisco in later this month. The award honors women who achieve distinction in business, public service and law. Innocenti is a partner at Mlegal Group and co-founded the West chapter of Women in Law Empowerment Forum.
McGlinchey Stafford hired two new attorneys in its Irvine office: Of counsel David Malmon joins the transactions and corporate law practice and associate Tanya McCullah joins the commercial litigation practice.
O'Melveny & Myers will be honored by the LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles with its first 2018 Corporate/Government Partner of the Year Award. The association will present the award at its annual gala in April. The award recognizes a partner in the community that advances and supports the goals of the LGBT Bar Association, such as equal rights for LGBT lawyers and advancing LGBT lawyers' careers.
Vivian Wong joined the financial industry group at Reed Smith. Wong's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, credit and capital markets transactions. Wong will join the firm as counsel and is based in the San Francisco office.
Barnes & Thornburg opened a San Diego office in March. Troy Zander, a financing attorney, will lead the office as partner-in-charge. This is the firm's second office in California and its 14th office worldwide.
Polsinelli brought on Nathaniel Weiner as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. Weiner's practice specializes on mergers and acquisitions, focusing on the behavioral health field. Previously, Weiner was at Shartsis Friese and had also served as vice president and deputy general counsel of Acadia Healthcare Co. and CRC Health Group, and chief legal counsel at Aspen Education Group.
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