Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2019, five attorneys and additional professional staff from one of Los Angeles’ most prominent family law firms, Buter, Buzard, Fishbein & Royce LLP, joined the Firm in its Matrimonial and Family Law group, bringing its nationally recognized practice to nearly 35 attorneys and making it the largest family law practice among the Am Law 100. Joining the Firm are Kristina Royce, Partner; Ashley Silberfeld, Partner; Glenn Buzard, Of Counsel; Ali Fishbein, Associate; and Jacqueline Combs. More >>

Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s Litigation practice group with the addition of partner Jayesh Patel in Los Angeles. More >>

King & Spalding announced today that Amanda Hayes-Kibreab has joined the firm as a partner on the Healthcare team in the Los Angeles office. Hayes-Kibreab joins from the healthcare-focused firm of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman and is the third partner and eighth attorney to recently join King & Spalding’s Los Angeles office from there. More >>

Global law firm Reed Smith today announced the arrival of Julia Zhu-Morelli as a partner in the Global Corporate Group in Los Angeles. Previously a partner with Squire Patton Boggs, Zhu-Morelli brings extensive experience in transactional matters with Chinese and U.S. companies across a wide range of industries. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that David Markman has joined the firm’s Media, Sport and Entertainment sector and Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in Los Angeles, and will also serve as co-chair of the firm’s Entertainment Transactions practice. Markman joins from Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he previously served as a telecommunications policy specialist for the US Department of Commerce in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.  More >>

McDermott Will & Emery today announced the addition of William (“Bill”) Donovan, Jr. to the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. Bill represents clients across various industries in all stages of litigation, including trials, appeals and arbitration. As a first chair trial lawyer, he is known for handling high-profile civil matters and for defending accounting firms in the face of complicated litigation issues. More >>

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Ellyn S. Garofalo has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Ms. Garofalo has in-depth trial and litigation experience, defending and prosecuting complex civil matters involving healthcare, professional negligence, real estate, and shareholder and partnership disputes. More >>

King & Spalding announced today that Glenn Solomon and Daron Tooch have joined the firm as partners on the Healthcare team in the Los Angeles office. More >>