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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Littler Expands San Diego Office with Addition of Two Skilled Employment Attorneys

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Merrili Escue as a shareholder and Nancy Kawano as senior counsel in its San Diego office. Escue, who was an attorney with Littler early in her career from 1996 to 2001, brings more than 20 years of experience in employment law, while Kawano has had a 30-year career as a transactional employment lawyer. They join Littler from Ricketts Case LLP.

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Constangy Opens San Diego Office Adds New Attorney in New York and Northern New Jersey Offices

Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, LLP is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in San Diego, furthering its California presence and extending the national labor and employment law firm’s network to 29 offices across 17 states. The first partner to join the San Diego office is Cory King, who comes to Constangy after practicing at FordHarrison and Fine, Boggs & Perkins. Constangy also welcomes a new senior associate in the New York and Northern New Jersey offices. Timothy Barbetta has joined the firm, bringing five years of experience to the team. Barbetta joins from FordHarrison.

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Dinsmore Expands IP Practice in San Diego

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes leading patent attorneys Nick Transier and Ankur Garg as technology focused intellectual property partners in the San Diego office.  Their presence on the west coast demonstrates Dinsmore’s commitment to expanding resources within one of the nation’s fastest growing IP and technology practices. The pair arrive to the firm from Patterson & Sheridan LLP.

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Fennemore Joins Forces With Bay Area Wendel Rosen

Fennemore continues its strategic Western expansion announcing today that it is combining with Wendel Rosen LLP, one of the oldest and largest full-service business law firms in the East Bay. The combined firm will be called Fennemore Wendel in Northern California, Fennemore Dowling Aaron in the Central Valley and Fennemore across the rest of its footprint in Southern California, Arizona, Colorado and Nevada.

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Morrison Foerster Adds Experienced Technology Transactions and Life Sciences Attorney Matthew Ferry as Partner in San Diego

Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Matthew Ferry as a partner in the firm’s Life Sciences Transactions + Licensing and Technology Transactions Groups, based in San Diego. Ferry brings more than a decade of combined technology transactions, life sciences transactions, and licensing experience to Morrison Foerster. Ferry joins the firm from Perkins Coie LLP.

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Latham & Watkins Adds Prominent Capital Markets Partner in San Diego

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Teri O’Brien has joined the firm’s San Diego office as a partner in the Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices within the Corporate Department. O’Brien focuses her practice in all areas of corporate and securities law with a primary focus on capital markets transactions and public company representation. O’Brien joins Latham from Paul Hastings LLP. 

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