Ashley Breakfield was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Breakfield, a real estate transactional lawyer and former environmental litigator, represents large-scale urban developers, real estate investors, renewable energy companies, and private property owners in sophisticated land use and real estate matters.

Sushila Chanana was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Chanana, a high-stakes technology litigator, co-leads Farella's Platforms Initiative and Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice. She represents companies in general business litigation and IP matters, including trademark, copyright, trade secrets, patent, and privacy disputes.

Rebecca Stephens was promoted to partner of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in San Francisco.

Stephens, an employment advisor and litigator, co-leads Farella's Consumer Products Initiative. Rebecca counsels employers ranging from small businesses to global corporations on developing and implementing sound workplace policies, conducting investigations, managing accommodations and leaves of absence, and administering separations from employment.

R. Brent Wisner was promoted to managing partner of Wisner Baum LLP formerly Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, PC, in Los Angeles.

Wisner oversees all mass tort litigation, focusing on pharmaceutical product liability, toxic torts, and consumer fraud class actions.

David Levine joined Harvest LLP as partner in Los Angeles.

Levine is a veteran attorney with decades of industry experience and a particular expertise in the acquisition, management, financing and leasing of hotels and other hospitality products. He also has significant experience with all asset classes, including multifamily, single-family rental, hotel, industrial and office, and advises clients in a variety of matters involving real estate development, acquisition, construction, financing, land banking and joint venture transactions. Levine's clients include national and regional developers, REITs, institutional investors, public and private companies, and high-net-worth individuals.

Julie Scher joined Harvest LLP as associate in San Diego.

Concentrating on complex commercial litigation matters and internal investigations, Scher has represented a variety of clients across a wide array of businesses, including the commercial real estate, life sciences and healthcare industries. At Harvest, she focuses her practice on representing commercial real estate landlords in a wide variety of real estate-related disputes, and representing real estate owners, lenders and court-appointed receivers in workouts, bankruptcies and other high-stakes disputes.

Ben Davis was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in Los Angeles.

Davis focuses his practice on achieving a resolution-oriented approach while representing large businesses in commercial transportation, complex tort and premises liability cases.

Shannon L. Santos was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in Los Angeles.

Santos handles a diverse range of matters on behalf of insurers, including coverage and extra-contractual litigation, coverage advice and defense of insurers.

Lisa S. Passalacqua was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in San Francisco.

Passalacqua maintains a civil litigation practice, with trial work defending product manufacturers, trucking and premises liability cases.

Juliana Salfiti was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in San Francisco.

Salfiti is an accomplished trial attorney with vast experience in complex and commercial litigation, insurance defense, transportation, toxic tort, premises liability, general business advice and counseling companies on risk management.

Marty B. Ready was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in San Diego.

Ready is an experienced litigation and trial attorney primarily focused on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation, including trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, breach of fiduciary duty and business torts. In addition, as a registered patent attorney, he provides counsel to corporations to help reduce the risks of litigation and defend their intellectual property assets.

Justina L. Tate was promoted to partner of Wilson Elser in San Diego.

Tate is licensed in California and Oregon, defends business entities and individuals against a range of complex personal injury and commercial tort matters involving technology, transportation, and products.

Agatha H. Liu joined Duane Morris LLP as partner in Silicon Valley.

Dr. Liu concentrates her practice on IP analysis, portfolio management and strategic counseling. She routinely advises investors, business owners and inventors on all areas of IP related to computer technology. Liu also speaks and writes extensively on different IP topics, such as eligibility for IP protection, IP protection for emerging technology and global IP protection. Prior to entering the legal profession, Liu held positions in technology and management consulting. She has a significant research background in artificial intelligence as applied to internet communications, database system management, computational biology and speech recognition.

Trevor R. Witt was promoted to partner of Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani in Woodland Hills.

Witt focuses his practice on representing employers before federal and state courts in both complex class actions and individual claims asserted by employees. He regularly advises and counsels clients about workplace issues, policies, and practices, providing out-of-the-box strategies for dealing with complex issues.

Vincent Gannuscio was promoted to partner of Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani in Woodland Hills.

Gannuscio represents insureds in coverage and bad faith matters against insurers, worker’s compensation claims disputes, and has a wide-ranging business/commercial litigation practice. He has been part of some of RPNA’s most high-profile cases over his tenure.

Jonah M. Mekebri joined Duckor Metzger & Wynne, A Professional Law Corporation as associate in San Diego.

Mekebri served as a legal intern for the Placer County District Attorney's Office and held other positions with political offices and campaigns.

Nathaniel R. Smith joined Duckor Metzger & Wynne, A Professional Law Corporation as senior counsel in San Diego.

Smith focuses on finding the best outcomes for clients at the earliest litigation stage. Clients rely on him to help them navigate complex and difficult challenges. Utilizing his years of experience, including as a litigator at one of the nation’s largest law firms and as an in-house attorney, Smith works strategically to help individuals and businesses resolve disputes efficiently and with optimal outcomes.

James H. Sipple joined Duckor Metzger & Wynne, A Professional Law Corporation as shareholder in San Diego.

Sipple has more than 20 years of experience practicing business law and managing all aspects of trust and estates for clients. He advises clients in developing and implementing comprehensive estate plans and provides guidance on more advanced tax planning strategies for larger, tax-sensitive estates.

Tracy O. Zinsou was promoted to partner of BraunHagey & Borden LLP in San Francisco.

Zinsou has extensive experience litigating high-stakes cases in state and federal courts across the country. She has successfully defended cases and prosecuted claims for clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, in a diverse range of complex commercial litigation cases, including intellectual property, false advertising, antitrust, insurance coverage, and other contract disputes. She has also defended businesses and individuals facing white-collar investigations and enforcement actions by various regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, and Federal Trade Commission, and advised clients on anti-corruption compliance issues. She maintains an active pro bono practice involving immigration, criminal, and First Amendment matters.

Craig W. Olshan was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in Silicon Valley (Redwood City).

Olshan advises clients on executive compensation and employee benefits issues in connection with complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, sales, spin-offs, public offerings, and other private and public business combinations.

Stephanie P. Lane was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Francisco.

Lane's practice focuses on representing emerging growth companies throughout their lifecycles and venture capital firms in their investment activities. She advises entrepreneurs on formation and corporate structuring matters and has significant experience advising technology companies on a wide range of corporate transactions, including venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions.

Ryan M. Enchelmayer was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Diego.

Enchelmayer works with innovative life sciences and other technology-driven companies to research and develop, protect, manufacture, license and deploy their ideas, programs, products and services. His practice focuses primarily on advising, structuring and negotiating technology, life sciences and commercial transactions.

Jesse D. Birbach was promoted to partner of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP in San Francisco.

Birbach provides pragmatic, business-driven legal advice to early-stage technology companies that are often disadvantaged by unequal bargaining power. He specializes in product counselling, strategic alliances, data privacy, licensing and commercialization of intellectual property and technology assets.

Cheryl L Kozdrey was promoted to partner of Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. in Temecula.

Kozdrey represents national and local healthcare organizations through complex D&O coverage litigation, as well as commercial property and business interruption claims. In addition, she advises risk managers, in-house counsel, insurance brokers, and other industry professionals on optimal risk transfer strategies and insurance solutions, including key considerations for Commercial General Liability, Professional Liability, and Builders Risk policies.

Judge Stephen M. Moloney joined Judicate West as neutral in Los Angeles.

Moloney, based in Los Angeles, is available as a mediator, arbitrator and private judge for matters statewide. With a legal career spanning 47 years, Moloney was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009. During his judicial tenure, he served assignments in the criminal, family law and civil trial departments, where he conducted a multitude of settlements conferences in personal injury, medical negligence, insurance, and employment cases.

Stephanie Roque-Hurtado joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as associate in San Francisco.

Roque-Hurtado counsels clients in a wide variety of matters relating to professional liability and civil litigation. While attending law school, she interned for the U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the ACLU of Northern California. As a student, she was an editor on the University of San Francisco Law Review and a member of Moot Court.

Deborah Yates was promoted to partner of Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP in San Diego, California.

Yates focuses her practice on family law matters and business disputes. She represents a wide range of clients in both state and federal courts, including businesses large and small and individuals in family law cases. Yates joined Solomon Ward in 2017 after several years practicing at a large law firm in Washington, D.C. She leverages her extensive business experience, including an MBA from the Wharton School, to serve clients. Yates is a member of the San Diego Family Law Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of San Diego and the Enright Inn of Court. Yates previously served on the executive committee of the San Diego County Bar Association's Civil Litigation Section. She received her law degree from the George Mason University School of Law, graduating first in class, and her Master of Business Administration degree, with the highest distinction and Palmer Scholar designation, from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Yates also received her bachelor's degree in management science and economics from the University of Maryland where she graduated as valedictorian.

Patrick Klingborg was promoted to partner of Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP in San Diego.

Klingborg's practice focuses on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, equity financings, commercial transactions, and business formation. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including technology, hotels & hospitality, healthcare and others. Active in the community, Klingborg recently created a scholarship with his wife, Amy, to assist local high school students in need. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and his bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego.

Christopher T. Angelich joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as associate in San Diego, California.

Angelich joined SCMV's Business Department as a law clerk in 2021. He represents clients primarily in the areas of real property and business transactions. Prior to joining SCMV, Angelich was a corporate counsel extern at Nortek Security and Control (now Nice North America). He also served as a tax appeals assistance program representative for the University of San Diego State Sales and Use Tax Clinic, where he represented low-income clients in matters before the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he received the Dean's Honor Scholarship and served as senior editor of the San Diego International Law Journal. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration - finance and real estate, cum laude, from the Ohio State University.

Ben D'Alton joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek as associate in San Diego, California.

D'Alton joined SCMV's Business Department as a law clerk in 2022. Also a member of the firm's Tax Department, his practice focuses on tax law, tax exempt organizations, business law and employee benefits. Prior to joining SCMV, D'Alton was a law clerk at Potente and a summer intern at Deloitte Tax LLP. He also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Larry A. Burns of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law and his bachelor's degree in business finance, cum laude, along with a certificate of entertainment management from the University of Montana.

Kelly Hagemann was promoted to partner of Michelman & Robinson, LLP in Orange County.

Hagemann has gained extensive experience navigating clients through network agreement breaches, improperly denied claims, Special Investigations Unit actions, illegal and unauthorized recoupments, and various pre-payment reviews and payor delay tactics. She has also tried and resolved numerous administrative actions brought by the California Department of Health Care Services and the California Department of Insurance.

Kevin Kim was promoted to partner of Michelman & Robinson, LLP in Orange County.

Kim primarily focuses his practice representing individual and institutional clients in a wide array of general and complex business disputes, including matters involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition

Tony S Mekari joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney P.C. as associate in San Francisco.

Mekari counsels individuals and businesses in all aspects of general civil litigation, business disputes and white collar criminal defense. He advises clients involved in civil, criminal and administrative investigations by California and Federal agencies. In law school, he was inducted into the Order of Barristers: a selective honor society that recognizes those who demonstrate exceptional skill in trial advocacy. In addition, he externed for two federal judges in California: Judge John A. Mendez and Judge Troy L. Nunley.

Whitney Erin Street was promoted to partner of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP in Berkeley.

Street has served in leadership positions for various multi-district litigation cases. She joined the firm in November 2021 and has been heavily involved in the firm's antitrust matters affecting the price of chicken and pork. She served as a member of the litigation team representing direct purchasers in In re: Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig. and In re: Pork Antitrust Litig. To date, approximately $200 million has been obtained on behalf of direct purchasers in the Broilers matter, and $107.5 million has been obtained on behalf of direct purchasers in the Pork matter. Both cases are ongoing against remaining defendants.

Amanda R. Wolin was promoted to partner of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles.

Wolin specializes in representing different types of lenders, including national and regional banks, insurance companies and private lenders, in connection with real estate financing transactions. She has experience with a wide variety of real estate finance transactions, including acquisition and development loans, bridge loans, construction loans and mezzanine loans, and a broad range of product types, including commercial, multifamily, hotel, and retail projects. She also has experience with secondary market transactions, such as "loan-on-loan" deals, and asset management work, including loan assumptions and loan modifications. Throughout the course of a transaction, Wolin is an expert at structuring transactions, drafting and negotiating loan documents, analyzing diligence materials, and coordinating transaction logistics and closings.

Vick K. Mansourian was promoted to partner of Foley Mansfield in Los Angeles.

Mansourian concentrates his practice on products liability, toxic tort, and complex asbestos litigation. For over 20 years, he has defended companies in a wide range of industries, including manufacturers/suppliers of joint compounds, stucco, flooring, brakes, brake grinders, gaskets, wiring, pumps, valves, and roofing products.

Rex Heinke was promoted to partner of Complex Appellate Litigation Group in Los Angeles.

Heinke is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished and experienced appellate practitioners in California, and among the best in the nation. He has argued more than 150 appeals in federal and state courts across the country. He is regularly called on to defend major corporations and high-profile individuals in some of their most hotly contested appellate matters.

Jeffrey J. Gillard was promoted to partner of Everett Dorey LLP in Irvine, CA.

Gillard has extensive civil litigation experience defending private and public entities in the areas of product liability, premises liability, commercial litigation, catastrophic injury, toxic torts, and general liability matters in state and federal courts. His clients have included corporations, public agencies, school districts, cities as well as property owners, property managers, and manufacturers, suppliers and retailers of various products including sporting goods, construction equipment, bicycles, automobiles, tires, medical devices, industrial machinery, recreational vehicles, firearms, fitness facilities and fitness equipment.

Silvia C. Schaffer was promoted to partner of Everett Dorey LLP in Irvine, CA.

Schaffer's practice primarily focuses on complex catastrophic injury, product liability, transportation, medical malpractice cases, habitability/mold, and labor and employment, as well as providing employers consultation on best business and employer practices for risk mitigation.

Laura C. Williams was promoted to partner of Everett Dorey LLP in Irvine.

Williams focuses her practice in a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, including general liability, toxic torts, asbestos, mold, product liability, personal injury, habitability, and catastrophic injury.

Eli S. Diller was promoted to partner of Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP in Los Angeles.

Diller represents clients in a variety of commercial real estate matters throughout the United States. His work includes office, retail, and industrial leasing, representing both landlords and tenants of all sizes and sophistication levels. Eli has experience across asset classes, including industrial, office, retail, multifamily and hospitality properties.

Lauren Frank was promoted to counsel of Buckley LLP in Los Angeles.

Frank advises clients on matters relating to licensing, disclosures, and compliance with state and federal financial laws involving consumer and commercial finance products. She received her J.D. from the University of Southern California, and her B.A. from George Mason University.

Mitchell Grod was promoted to senior counsel of Buckley LLP in Los Angeles.

Grod represents depository institutions, mortgage lenders and brokers, automobile lenders and finance companies, and debt collectors in a range of state and federal regulatory matters. He received his J.D. from Boston University, and his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Robert Roth was promoted to partner of Complex Appellate Litigation Group in San Francisco.

Roth is widely regarded as one of the leading family law appellate specialists in California. He has over 30 years' experience as an appellate practitioner and more than 25 published (and scores of unpublished) appellate opinions to his name.

Angela Yu was promoted to shareholder of Miller Starr Regalia in Walnut Creek.

Yu focuses her practice on complex business litigation in both federal and state courts. From 2014 through 2019, she was recognized as a "Northern California Super Lawyer - Rising Star" in business litigation.

John Scheerer was promoted to partner of Sacks Glazier Franklin & Lodise LLP in Los Angeles.

Scheerer practices exclusively in trusts, estates and conservatorship litigation. He has successfully handled a variety of matters before the Probate Department of the Superior Court as well as appeals in the California Court of Appeal, resulting in multiple successful appellate decisions