Jeff Schenk, former Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office San Jose Branch, joins Jones Day’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice

Jeff Schenk, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the San Jose Branch of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, will join the Firm as a partner in the Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Schenk will be based in the Silicon Valley Office.

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Pillsbury Adds to Bay Area Litigation Team with Addition of Patrick Hammon in Silicon Valley

Patrick Hammon, who has successfully litigated high-profile intellectual property, white collar defense, antitrust and other complex commercial disputes, has joined Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley office as partner. Hammon spent a dozen years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and the last few years at McManis Faulkner before coming to Pillsbury.

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White & Case Continues Growth in Silicon Valley with the Addition of David Okano and Bruce Yen as Partners

Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Silicon Valley office with the addition of intellectual property litigators David Okano and Bruce Yen as partners. Okano and Yen will work alongside Yar Chaikovsky and Philip Ou, the Firm’s most recent additions to the Intellectual Property practice. Both new partners join the firm from Paul Hastings LLP.

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White & Case Adds Prominent IP Litigator Yar Chaikovsky as its Head of Technology IP Litigation Group and Leading IP Litigator Phil Ou as Partners in Silicon Valley

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Silicon Valley office with the addition of prominent intellectual property litigators Yar Chaikovsky and Phil Ou as partners. Chaikovsky and Ou both join White & Case’s market-leading intellectual property practice, where Chaikovsky will serve as Head of the Firm’s Technology Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Their addition will enhance the Firm’s technology expertise in Northern California. They both arrive from Paul Hastings LLP.

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Employment Litigator Melinda Riechert Joins Orrick

Melinda Riechert, one of the nation’s elite labor and employment defense lawyers, joins Orrick’s employment practice as a partner in our Silicon Valley office. Melinda has a distinguished record of jury and bench trial wins, as well as dispositive summary judgment motions and successful arbitration awards. She acts for many Orrick clients, including Pinterest, Juniper Networks, Hitachi and Maxar, among others. Melinda unites at Orrick with her daughters, Julia Riechert, a partner in our employment practice, and Talent Counsel Allison Riechert Giese. She joins from Morgan Lewis.

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Duane Morris Welcomes Trial Partner Bruce B. Kelson and Intellectual Property Partner Agatha H. Liu in Silicon Valley

Bruce B. Kelson and Agatha H. Liu, Ph.D., have joined Duane Morris LLP as partners in the firm’s Trial and Intellectual Property practice groups, respectively, in its Silicon Valley office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Kelson was partner at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, where he served as chair of that firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group. Liu was a partner at Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma LLP.

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Pillsbury Bolsters Leading Transactional, Tech Practices with Addition of Highly Regarded Executive Compensation & Benefits Partner Laura McDaniels

Laura McDaniels, an accomplished Executive Compensation & Benefits practitioner with an established reputation in Silicon Valley, has joined Pillsbury as partner. She comes to the firm from White & Case and will play a crucial role in supporting public and private client transactions, particularly in the technology industry.

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