On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers
New hires, leadership changes, and bar association news from around the state.
September 21, 2018 at 04:38 PM
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Ryan Barncastle joined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in the corporate department. His clients include businesses, real estate companies, family offices, entrepreneurs and investors. Previously, Barncastle was a partner at Raines Feldman. He will be based in the Los Angeles office.
DLA Piper named Stacy Paz and Louis Lehot co-managing partners in the Silicon Valley office. The duo will succeed Rich Scudellari, who served as managing partner and co-managing partner for six years. The firm also brought on Holly Lake as partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Lake joined the employment practice, and represents employers in employment law litigation. She previously was a partner at Miller Law Group.
Kieran Kieckhefer joined Shearman & Sterling as a partner in the intellectual property practice group. Kieckhefer has experience handling complex patent, trade secret, copyright and breach of contract disputes. She will split her time between the San Francisco and Menlo Park offices. Previously, she was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery.
Drew Koning and Blake Zollar founded litigation boutique Koning Zollar in Encinitas. The new firm focuses on complex commercial, employment and intellectual property disputes. Previously, the founders were litigators at Cooley.
The Bar Association of San Francisco named Ryan Lowther the chair of the new cannabis law committee. The committee was formed to provide resources to members on advising clients regarding laws on cannabis. Lowther is a partner at Farella Braun + Martel.
Jeremy Mittman joined Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp as partner in the labor and employment group. Mittman represents employers at the trial and appellate court levels. Previously, he was a partner at Proskauer Rose.
Devin Rauchwerger joined Fisher Phillips as an associate in its Los Angeles office. He advises clients on aspects of employment law and counsels employers on prevention and compliance measures. Previously, he worked at Jackson Lewis and clerked for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
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Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
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Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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