San Diego boutique DuFord Law appointed Kendra Wilbur as chief operating officer. In her new role, Wilbur will oversee the firm's business operations and establish company processes and policies. Wilbur held various leadership roles at Target before beginning her work with DuFord earlier in the year, initially as a consultant.

Fisher & Phillips brought on associate Selwyn Chu, who focuses his practice on employment law matters such as workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation; wage-and-hour compliance; trade secrets; unfair competition; and accommodation and leave. Before joining Fisher Phillips' Irvine office, Chu was with Klatte, Budensiek & Young-Agriesti.

Bambo Obaro, an attorney in Weil, Gotshal & Manges' Silicon Valley office, was one of a group of 16 new partner elections with the firm. He and the other newly elected partners will assume their new roles Jan. 1. Obaro works in Weil's complex commercial litigation practice, concentrating on consumer class actions, alleged violations of state deceptive trade practice acts, products liability, breach of contract, employment disputes, trade secret misappropriation and securities fraud.

Four Shartsis Friese lawyers have been appointed to partnership, effective Jan. 1. Brad Curtis and Scott Schneider work in the firm's real estate group, Roey Rahmil works in the litigation department, and Dashiell C. Shapiro works in the taxation department. Shartsis Friese is headquartered in San Francisco.

The Los Angeles office of Blank Rome grew with the addition of associate Christine M. Otero. Otero joins Blank Rome's matrimonial and family law group from Mansouri Law Offices. She handles matters such as dissolution, custody and child support, and domestic violence.

Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson added Bryan Brown to its land use and environmental law practice group as senior counsel. Brown focuses his practice on transactional, regulatory, administrative and litigation matters related to land use and environmental law. He is based in Los Angeles.

Two California attorneys were among King & Spalding's annual partner promotions. Logan MacCuish in Los Angeles and Megan Nishikawa in San Francisco both practice environmental litigation. MacCuish handles cases involving oil spills, fuel regulations, vehicle and engine certification, aftermarket parts and other state and federal environmental regulations. Nishikawa handles matters related to mass and toxic torts and products liability in addition to her environmental law practice.