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Morrison & Foerster added Bonnie Lau to its global antitrust law practice and investigations and white-collar defense group as partner. Lau, a civil and criminal antitrust litigator, is based in San Francisco. Prior to the move, she was a partner at Dentons.

Milbank expanded its litigation and arbitration group with the addition of four partners from Irell & Manella. The attorneys, David Gindler, Gary Frischling, Lauren Drake and John Lu, work in the firm's Los Angeles office. All four focus their practice on intellectual property. Gindler, the former managing partner of Irell, will also serve as head of the Milbank's intellectual property litigation and licensing group.

Stephanie S. Downer, an attorney focusing on estate planning, wealth transfer planning, trust administration and probate law, joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in San Diego. She joins the firm as of counsel after serving as partner at Paeske Law.

After over 20 years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Jonathan Ko is now a partner in Paul Hastings' Los Angeles office. Ko handles capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters and counsels clients on corporate and securities matters such as SEC reporting and compliance obligations.

Also leaving Skadden, Leif King joined Baker McKenzie in Palo Alto. At Skadden, King headed the firm's corporate M&A practice. He will lead Baker McKenzie's California corporate and M&A practice as well.

A team of seven attorneys from Leopold, Petrich & Smith joined Ballard Spahr's media and entertainment law practice when the two firms merged. Louis P. Petrich, Donald R. Gordon, Vincent Cox, Robert S. Gutierrez, Daniel M. Mayeda, Elizabeth L. Schilken and Loralee Sundra will be based in Ballard Spahr's Los Angeles office, where they will handle matters related to litigation, script-vetting and rights clearance. Gutierrez will act as of counsel, and Petrich, Gordon and Cox will act as senior counsel.

Former Morrison & Foerster partner Nicole Smith joined Jones Day's Los Angeles office as partner. She joins the firm's intellectual property practice, where she will focus primarily on patent litigation as well as litigating trademark, copyright, trade secret and related IP matters.

Tax attorney Eileen Marshall has joined Cooley as partner. She will split her time between the firm's Washington, D.C., office and its Palo Alto office. Marshall handles capital markets and M&A matters and joins from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Real estate and business firm Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis brought on Ryan W. Smith as a litigation partner in its Orange County office. Smith focuses his practice on partnership and membership disputes, breach of contracts, business torts, securities litigation and government and regulatory investigations.

Retired Judge Scott Gordon of the Los Angeles Superior Court and former Munger, Tolles & Olson partner Alan Friedman joined Signature Resolution's panel of neutrals. Gordon served on the Los Angeles Superior Court for 17 years, and Friedman served at the U.S. Department of Labor.

Three Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton attorneys in Los Angeles moved to Blank Rome's insurance recovery practice. Mary Craig Calkins joins as partner, Daniel Rylaarsdam joins as of counsel, and Sarah Edri joins as an associate.