Pryor Cashman is pleased to announce that entertainment industry veteran Ralph De Palma III has returned to the firm as Counsel in the Media & Entertainment Group. Based in New York, De Palma joins Pryor Cashman from Rayner Rowe LLP. Before entering private practice, he began his legal career in the Business Affairs Department of Sony Music, eventually becoming director of the group. More >>

Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Bill Gausewitz as a shareholder to its Government Law & Policy and Insurance Regulatory & Transactions practices in the firm’s Sacramento office. He focuses his practice on administrative law, insurance regulation, title insurance, and appellate law. Gausewitz joined the firm in November from Michelman and Robinson. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Partners Ryan Frazier, Angela Trueblood, and Associate Chie Walker to its Workers’ Compensation Practice. More >>

Fisher & Phillips LLP, a labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the opening of a new office in Sacramento, helmed by Alden Parker, who joins as the regional managing partner. He is joined by Katherine Sandberg, an associate. Both attorneys were with the firm Weintraub Tobin. More >>

Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce that former California State Assemblymember Roger Dickinson has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Government Law & Policy Practice. Dickinson will be located in the Sacramento office, where he served as a member of the state Legislature and Sacramento County Board of Supervisors for more than 20 years combined. More >>

To further support its client-driven business strategy, the law firm of LeClairRyan has announced its expansion into Sacramento on January 1, 2015, under the leadership of former Nossaman partners Robert S. McWhorter and Kevin T. Collins. McWhorter will oversee the ongoing operations of the firm’s Sacramento office. More >>