Gray•Duffy has elected Michael S. Eisenbaum as the firm's managing partner, effective Jan. 1. Resident in the Encino office and successor of Gary S. Gray, who served as managing partner since founding the firm more than three decades ago, Eisenbaum will oversee the firm's two offices, including Redwood City. Eisenbaum has represented hundreds of individuals and businesses in the areas of premises liability, contract liability and enforcement, construction defect, product liability, professional liability, personal injury, and property damage litigation. 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced that Bryan Kelly has joined the firm as a partner in the tax department, based in the Los Angeles office. Kelly was previously a partner and office managing director at Withers in Los Angeles. Kelly's practice is focused on providing tax counsel to public and private companies and successful families with complex interests, including related tax considerations in cross-border matters. He works with companies ranging from start-ups to multinational and publicly held companies, helping his clients to identify opportunities and manage risk in relation to business expansions, dispositions and restructurings; development of intellectual property; and mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and financings, including pre- and post-acquisition restructurings.