Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld announced that Lance Jasper has joined the firm as a white collar defense and government investigations partner, resident in Akin's Los Angeles office. As senior counsel in the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for more than a decade, Jasper conducted high-profile investigations and litigation involving public companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers and securities professionals. Jasper also advised senior SEC officials on complex securities matters, including violations and remedies in the asset management space. Prior to serving in the SEC, Jasper practiced in the litigation department at Munger Tolles & Olson. Prior to that, he had federal clerkships in the Southern District of New York and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

San Diego attorney Tereza L. Callender has joined the Law Office of James Crosby as an associate, effective Jan. 1. Callender has served as a law clerk for Crosby since 2022 and she graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in May of 2023. After earning her B.A. from San Francisco State University, Callender spent four years working as a paralegal, supporting attorneys in corporate immigration and insurance defense litigation prior to beginning law school.