Sidley Expands Regulatory and Enforcement and OSHA Capabilities With Partners Jason Mills and Alana Genderson

Sidley is pleased to announce that Jason Mills and Alana Genderson have joined the firm’s Regulatory and Enforcement group as partners in the Environmental practice in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., respectively. Mr. Mills and Ms. Genderson join from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, where they were co-leaders of the firm’s workplace health and safety practice.

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Consumer Product Safety Partner Judith Shophet Sidkoff Joins Sidley’s Century City Office

Sidley is pleased to announce that Judith Shophet Sidkoff has joined as a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice in Century City as a member of its Product Liability and Mass Torts practice. Ms. Sidkoff joins Sidley from Dentons, where she was a partner in both the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Consumer Products Representation and Services practice groups. She joins her colleague Sarah Carlson, who recently joined Sidley’s Litigation practice.

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McDermott Continues IP Growth With West Coast Patent Litigator

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Dr. Timothy (Tim) Best as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group in Los Angeles. Tim is a trial lawyer whose patent litigation work focuses on biotechnology and life sciences and spans various technological fields, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, image processing, semiconductor manufacturing, and business methods. Best joins the firm from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he was Partner.

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Morgan Lewis Boosts West Coast IP Team With Trial and PTAB Litigator Sarah Guske

Morgan Lewis is pleased to welcome Sarah Guske as a partner resident in San Francisco, adding to the firm’s bench of intellectual property (IP) litigators with deep technical knowledge. Sarah arrives from Baker Botts, where she most recently chaired the California IP department and previously served as co-chair of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials Group.

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Private Equity M&A Partner Joins Paul, Weiss in Los Angeles

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Bianca Levin-Soler has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity groups. Levin-Soler’s practice focuses on representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions. Levin-Soler arrives at the firm from Ropes & Gray LLP.

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Cooley Grows Securities Litigation and Fintech Capabilities in California

William K. Pao joins Cooley’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s securities litigation + enforcement group and global litigation department. He arrives from O’Melveny & Myers where he served as chair of the fintech group and co-chair of the artificial intelligence (AI) group. At Cooley, Pao will advise a broad range of clients – including cryptocurrency and block chain pioneers – on securities, regulatory and litigation issues.

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