Photo: Shutterstock.comOn the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers
New hires and promotions from across the California legal market.
May 15, 2020 at 02:59 PM
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Former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith partner David M. Frishman joined Tyson & Mendes in Los Angeles. He will serve as partner and a leader of one of the firm's LA complex trial teams. He handles personal injury, including wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases and general liability and casualty issues.
Fox Rothschild announced the promotion of several attorneys to partnership within the firm, including Los Angeles lawyers Kimia Klein and Andrew W. Russell. Klein works in Fox Rothschild's family law practice group, where she represents high-net-worth clients in a range of family law matters. Russell handles employment law matters such as class and individual wage-and-hour issues, employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims.
Hunton Andrews Kurth brought on Scott P. DeVries as special counsel in the firm's insurance coverage practice. DeVries focuses his practice on high-value complex disputes for policyholders. Prior to the move, he served as chair of Winston & Strawn's insurance recovery practice. DeVries is based in San Francisco.
Kevin Bettsteller left Kirkland & Ellis for DLA Piper's finance practice, which he joins as partner. Bettseller represents financial services companies in matters related to investment management and securities law. He will work in the firm's Los Angeles office.
The Orange County office of K&L Gates grew with the addition of partner J. David Bournazian. Bournazian will work in the firm's complex commercial litigation and disputes practice, where he will handle litigation disputes and business transactions related to construction, real estate and employment issues. He joins K&L Gates from Kutak Rock.
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