On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers
New hires in the California legal market.
March 30, 2018 at 03:23 PM
2 minute read
Robins Kaplan hired Michael Delaney as an associate in the firm's national restructuring practice. Delaney, who will be based in the Los Angeles office, is a corporate bankruptcy lawyer who focuses his practice on intellectual property rights disputes.
Demler, Armstrong & Rowland opened an office in Sacramento, with partner Steven Block at the lead. The firm also brought on Jennifer Rasmussen as a partner in the San Francisco office. Previously, Block was a civil prosecutor at the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse of the California Department of Justice. Rasmussen recently served as managing partner of Pond North in San Francisco.
Eileen Hennessey joined LexInsight as head of customer success. Her role focuses on the company's client and contractor engagement strategy to ensure clients are satisfied with the hired contractors from their service. She will be based in San Jose.
Holland & Knight expanded its real estate practice on the West Coast with the addition of partner Loren Higgins. Based in the San Francisco office, Higgins focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance, agricultural lending, and health care finance. She was previously a partner at Winston & Strawn.
JAMS brought on Lexi Myer as a mediator, arbitrator and special master to its panel. Her experience focuses on complex, multidistrict products liability matters, class actions, and ADR. Myers will be based in the Los Angeles resolution center.
Dominique Shelton joined the privacy and data security practice at Perkins Coie as a partner. Shelton will be based in the Los Angeles office, and will co-chair a new group that focuses on ad tech and privacy. Previously, Shelton was a partner at Alston & Bird.
Greenberg Traurig brought on former director and chief counsel of the CAL/EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control Tim Swickard as a shareholder in its Sacramento office. Swickard joined the firm's environmental and toxic tort litigation practice. Most recently, he held the position of vice chair at Lewis Brisbois' environmental and toxic tort practice group.
Neal Wolf joined Hanson Bridgett as a partner in the San Francisco office. Wolf focuses his practice on business litigation, commercial transactions, corporate finance, real estate, debt restructuring, and bankruptcy. Previously, Wolf was a partner at Freeborn & Peters.
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