On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers
New hires and promotions from across the California legal market.
October 04, 2019 at 03:55 PM
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Former assistant U.S. attorney Robyn K. Bacon is rejoining Munger, Tolles & Olson after her eight-year stint in the U.S. Attorney's Office. Bacon focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, trials and investigations and will serve as partner in the firm's white-collar and investigations group. She is based in the firm's Los Angeles office.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel announced the election of several of its attorneys to partner, including patent litigator Hannah Lee in the firm's Silicon Valley office. Lee represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes patent litigation disputes in the technology and life sciences industries.
Eight attorneys from Clyde & Co. are leading the newly launched Atheria Law, which is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles and Atlanta. The firm currently has 35 lawyers with backgrounds in insurance and reinsurance law, including in matters related to professional liability and technology, privacy and cyber.
Two San Francisco-based attorneys were among a group of nine environmental, health and safety crisis response lawyers to join Baker Botts as partner. Matthew R. Baker and Lily N. Chinn join from Katten Muchin Rosenman. Baker focuses his practice on civil and white-collar defense, and Chinn focuses her practice on civil and criminal environmental litigation.
Wendel Rosen brought on Patrick Tuck as an associate in its land use and litigation practice. Tuck joins the firm's Oakland office from Bertrand, Fox, Elliot, Osman & Wenzel. He handles matters related to California Environmental Quality Act compliance and litigation, water rights disputes, property acquisition and development, and property entitlement procedures.
A group of three Davis Wright Tremaine attorneys joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, with partner Jeffrey B. Coopersmith and associate Amanda McDowell joining the firm's Seattle office and of counsel Steve Cazares joining the firm's Los Angeles office. All three attorneys practice white-collar law.
Former Sidley Austin associate Eric Schmitt will lead the Chicago-based boutique The Quinlan Law Firm's new office in Menlo Park. The 10-lawyer firm also has an office in Phoenix. Shmitt focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters related to antitrust, breach of contract, business torts and bid protests as well as intellectual property disputes and other administrative law cases.
Los Angeles attorney Charles Weir left his role of head of McDermott Will & Emery's litigation group to take on a partner role at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. At Manatt Phelps, he will handle health care litigation matters, specifically class actions, shareholder derivative suits, qui tam litigation and commercial disputes.
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