Judicate West announced that it has added Judge David De Alba, formerly of the Sacramento County Superior Court, to its roster of neutrals. Based in the Sacramento office, he is available as a mediator, arbitrator and private judge for matters statewide. De Alba served on the Sacramento County Superior Court bench for 21 years, presiding over personal injury and wrongful death, employment, professional negligence, products liability and civil rights matters. He has served assignments on the juvenile delinquency, probate, felony and civil courts and the complex and settlement conference departments.

Goldberg Segalla added Douglas B. Gale to the firm's workers' compensation group in Orange County. Gale was previously with Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies in San Diego County. Gale concentrates his practice on counseling insurers, self-insured employers, and third-party administrators in claims-handling strategy and the defense of workers' compensation claims. He draws on experience as in-house counsel for a leading U.S. insurance carrier, managing all facets of workers' compensation litigation including conducting depositions of applicants, primary treating physicians, and qualified medical examiners, as well as defending claims through trial.