Goldberg Segalla grew its West Coast presence with the additions of partners Thomas P. Mastro in Los Angeles and Jim L. Zoellner in Orange County. Mastro joins from Shaw, Jacobsmeyer, Crain & Claffey, where he was partner. Zoellner was formerly managing partner at Floyd Skeren Manukian Langevin. Both attorneys focus their practices on workers' compensation.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart added five new attorneys across its California offices: associate Carmen Aguado, associate Melis Atalay, associate Chloe Chang, counsel Michael Eger and associate Heidi Kim. Aguado, Atalay and Chang will work out of the firm's Los Angeles office, Eger is based in Torrance, and Kim is based in San Francisco. All five handle employment law matters.

Public finance attorneys Stepan Haytayan and Mauricio Salazar joined Norton Rose Fulbright's Los Angeles office. Haytayan, formerly a supervising deputy attorney general with the California Office of the Attorney General, will serve as senior counsel representing public agency bond issuers, underwriters, private purchasers and credit enhancers. Salazar joins as an associate from Aleshire & Wynder and has experience with public and government finance transactions.

Former Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek shareholder Rebecca Van Loon is now a partner at Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith. She will work in the firm's trusts and estates planning practice, where she will handle estate planning matters such as wills, trusts, advance health care directives and financial powers of attorney. She is based in San Diego.

Paul Spaulding III and Kevin Leiske joined Shartsis Friese as partners in San Francisco. Spaulding joins from Farella Braun + Martel and focuses his practice on environmental litigation and counseling. Leiske focuses his practice on domestic and international federal income taxation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, and he was previously with Armbrust & Brown in Austin, Texas.

DLA Piper brought on Kristin Jacobson to its intellectual property and technology and telecom practices in Sacramento. Prior to joining the firm, Jacobson served as full-time outside counsel for Sprint Communications at her firm the Law Offices of Kristin L. Jacobson. At DLA Piper, she will handle technology, data and commercial matters.

The founder of Mandell Law Group, Doug Mandell, is now a partner in Withers' San Francisco office. Mandell will advise entrepreneurs, chief operating officers, venture capitalists and other C-suite executives as head of the firm's founder practice. He primarily focuses his practice on corporate, employment and executive compensation issues. His experience includes a stint as LinkedIn's general counsel.

The Los Angeles office of Squire Patton Boggs expanded with the additions of Carmen Cole and Dennis Huang. Cole will serve as partner in the firm's labor and employment practice, and Huang will serve as principal in the tax strategy and benefits practice. Cole moved to the firm from Polsinelli, where she was shareholder, and Huang joins from the Law Offices of Dennis Huang.