Goldberg Segalla added Matthew P. Hytrek to the firm's transportation group in Orange County. Hytrek counsels and defends clients in a variety of complex civil litigation matters with a focus on transportation and logistics. He handles all aspects of the litigation process from beginning to end, including mediations, depositions, appeals and trials. Hytrek draws on a background in estate planning and tax case law as well as civil litigation defense, including matters involving employment and labor; construction, property and premises liability; and insurance coverage.

Darren Teshima, an insurance litigator and strategic adviser on insurance coverage, has joined Covington & Burling's insurance practice as a partner, located in the firm's San Francisco office. Teshima has a range of experience, from providing counsel on complex insurance programs, to handling high stakes litigation. He represents policyholders only, and they seek his advice to improve their insurance and risk management programs and on contested claims, particularly involving cyber, directors and officers and errors and omissions coverage.