Snell & Wilmer Welcomes Partner Christopher Tinen to the San Diego Office

Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Tinen has joined the San Diego office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice group. With a wealth of experience and a focus in corporate and securities law, Tinen offers his guidance to a diverse range of clients navigating complex legal matters. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Tinen was a partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves, & Savitch LLP in San Diego.

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Cooley Expands Compensation and Benefits Practice With Key Additions in DC and San Diego

Cooley has expanded its compensation and benefits practice with the addition of partners Michael Bergmann in Washington, DC, and Scott McCall in San Diego. Together, they bring more than five decades of experience advising public and private company clients on their complex compensation and benefits needs. Bergmann joins Cooley from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and McCall joins from Wilson Sonsini.

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Cooley Continues to Expand Regulatory Capabilities With Key Digital Health Hire

Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker has joined Cooley’s San Diego office as a partner in the firm’s global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice group. Bortniker arrives from Foley & Lardner, where she co-chaired its healthcare transaction group and its healthcare and life sciences sector’s payer/provider convergence area of focus. Her practice focuses on health regulatory counseling and transactional matters advising technology-based innovators and disruptors shaping the new healthcare landscape.

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Wilson Sonsini Adds Karen Deschaine as a Partner in San Diego as the Firm Continues to Grow Its Corporate Life Sciences Practice

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Karen Deschaine has joined the firm’s corporate department as a partner in the San Diego office. Deschaine has an established corporate practice focused on representing life sciences clients, particularly biotechnology and therapeutics companies. Her addition reflects Wilson Sonsini’s successful and ongoing efforts to expand its corporate life sciences practice. Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Deschaine was a partner at Cooley LLP.

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Cooley Boosts Patent Litigation Capabilities With Life Sciences Trio

Chad Shear, Betsy Flanagan and Geoff Biegler have joined as partners in Cooley’s market-leading intellectual property litigation practice within the firm’s global litigation department. Arriving from Fish & Richardson, the group brings extensive trial experience, having successfully represented early- to late-stage life sciences companies in complex patent disputes across district and appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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Constangy Expands Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice With 44-Member Team, Opens Six New Offices

National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is pleased to welcome a 44-member team, including 32 experienced attorneys, in a significant expansion of the firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice. The attorneys who will be joining the Constangy Cyber Team are located across 17 cities in 12 states, and are driving the opening of new offices for Constangy in Baltimore, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. All are coming to Constangy from Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith. 

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