Chew arrives at Sheppard Mullin at the same time as former Brown Rudnick associate Honieh Udenka, who joined the firm’s business trial practice in Orange County. She will focus on brand and reputation management for clients including global companies as well as bankruptcy/ restructuring, commercial and business litigation, and defamation.

The seven attorneys poached from Brown Rudnick from Sheppard Mullin included partners Andrew Crawford, Jessica Meyers, Samuel Moniz, Leo Presiado and Camille Vasquez, who joined last month. Vasquez was co-lead counsel on Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard alongside Chew.