On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers
New hires from across the California legal market.
June 03, 2019 at 11:03 AM
2 minute read
Fisher & Phillips hired Hassan Aburish in the San Francisco office. Aburish's experience includes representing employers in class action, discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination matters. He previously was at Freeman, Mathis & Gary.
Morrison & Foerster promoted Zeeshan Ahmedani to a partner in the private funds group. His practice focuses on private investment funds. He is based in Los Angeles.
Baker & Hostetler brought on Michael Chamberlin as a partner in the labor and employment group. He represents employers in individual and class action litigation, and advises clients on employee and union relations matters. He is based in Los Angeles and previously was a partner at Winston & Strawn.
Littler Mendelson brought on Mark Romeo as a shareholder in Irvine, Liseanne Kelly as a shareholder in San Diego, and Melissa Peters as special counsel in Walnut Creek. Romeo counsels clients on workplace investigations, executive employment agreements and other labor issues. Previously, he was a partner at Crowell & Moring. Kelly returned to Littler after serving as director of employment law compliance for Alliance Data. Peters was previously staff counsel in the legal unit of the California Department of Industrial Relations' Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
Drinker Biddle & Reath brought on Diane Mason as a partner in the intellectual property group. She is based in San Francisco. Previously, she was a shareholder at LeClairRyan.
Newmeyer & Dillion appointed Paul Tetzloff as its new managing partner. Tetzloff is based in Newport Beach. He succeeds Jeff Dennis, who will focus on overseeing the firm's privacy and data security practice.
Reed Smith appointed Paul Pitts as the office managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office. Pitts is a partner in the life sciences health industry group, and succeeds David Thompson. Thompson will head to Texas to lead the firm's new Dallas office.
Blank Rome hired Justin Stein as an associate in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities group. Previously, he was at Michelman & Robinson. He is based in Los Angeles.
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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.
Who Got The Work
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.
Who Got The Work
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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