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The Alameda County Bar Association announced its nominations for the 2020 board of directors, with Lauren Powe nominated for president, Vincent Tong nominated for president-elect, and Pamela Ross Jr. nominated for vice president. Yen Chau, H. Glenn Kim, Kristin Smith and Byron Toma were nominated to be directors. Additional nominations can be submitted before Oct. 2 to [email protected].

Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission senior official John W. Berry joined the securities and white-collar and investigations litigation groups at Munger, Tolles & Olson. He will serve as partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. While at the SEC, Berry oversaw all aspects of enforcement investigations and litigation within the commission's Los Angeles office.

New York-based Willkie Farr & Gallagher opened an office in San Francisco with two attorneys from Keker, Van Nest & Peters acting as managing partners at the new location. Simona Agnolucci and Benedict Hur are now both part of the firm's litigation department. Agnolucci litigates high-stakes commercial cases, and Hur litigates disputes for technology companies.

Two attorneys, Joe Tagliaferro III and Barry Brust, left CKR Law to open Sichenzia Ross Ference's new Los Angeles office. Both will be partners in the firm's corporate and securities practice, with Tagliaferro focusing on various domestic and cross-border matters and Brust focusing on an array of corporate transaction matters.

Jackson Lewis brought on Frank C. Olah as principal in its Los Angeles office. Olah represents employers in class actions and single-plaintiff discrimination and wage-and-hour cases. He also advises clients on day-to-day general employment matters.

Jane Rhodes Martin joined Miller Starr Regalia as a litigation associate in the firm's Walnut Creek headquarters. She made the move after serving as graduate law clerk at Alameda County Counsel. Martin focuses her practice on commercial and business litigation.

Tammy A. Brown left Foster Employment Law to chair Wendel Rosen's employment law group in Oakland. She joins the firm as partner and will advise employers on a range of matters and conduct employee training. She represents employers in cases related to harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage-and-hour claims and other employment-related issues.

The labor and employment practice of Reed Smith grew with the addition of partners Jennifer Terry and Mark Phillips to the firm's Los Angeles office. Both attorneys were partners at Arent Fox prior to the move. Terry represents clients across a range of industries in class actions and single-plaintiff litigation, and Phillips focuses his practice on the defense of employers in class action cases.

Entertainment counsel Glen G. Mastroberte joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in the firm's entertainment group. He focuses his practice on transactional entertainment, primarily handling industry mergers and acquisitions, complex financings and strategic joint venture arrangements. He is based out of Los Angeles and previously worked at Latham & Watkins.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr made several hires last week, with the firm announcing the addition of a three-lawyer group from Foley & Lardner on Sept. 12 and a former Durie Tangri attorney Sept. 10. All four join as partners in Palo Alto. Todd Rumberger Jr., John Rockwell and Fred Adam, from Foley & Lardner, are transactional attorneys. Sonal Mehta, from Durie Tangri, is an intellectual property litigator.