21 Attorney Toxic Tort Group to Polsinelli from McKenna Long
The placement of a 21 attorney group including nine partners with Polsinelli from McKenna Long in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Partners Farah Nicol, Stephen Nichols, Barbara Safechuck, Matt Ashby, Susie Gilefsky, David Schultz, Ryan Landis, David Arthur and Anne Barnett all made the move. Nicol was the Team Leader of McKenna’s toxic tort practice in Los Angeles where she supervised more than 25 lawyers and 10 paralegals in the group. Counsel attorneys joining Polsinelli include Ellen Hurley, Alan J. Warfield, Margaret Johnson, Joe Greenslade, John Shimada, Deanna Mayer-Voziyan, Mary McKelvey and Melissa Berberoglu. Associates joining include Stephanie Bowlby, Lesa Meyers, Mark Hilliard and Angela Fones.
Healthcare Litigation Partner Zuzana Ikels to Polsinelli from Coblentz Patch
Zuzana Ikells litigation practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, with emphasis in the healthcare, health tech and technology and telecommunications industries. She has successfully defended her clients against dozens of consumer class actions involving federal and state consumer-protection statutes and privacy laws, the False Claims Act, and other complex business disputes.
Intellectual Property Partner Scott Smith to Dorsey & Whitney from Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Scott Smith, MD, practices IP counseling, patent portfolio analysis and management services to medical device companies and patent procurement, portfolio management, due diligence preparation, licensing negotiations, reexaminations, and freedom-to-operate opinions. He moved from Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear where he was the managing partner of the Silicon Valley Office.
Intellectual Property Partner Zhaoyang “Paul” Li to DLA from Squire Sanders
Zhaoyang Li focuses his practice in U.S. IP and international IP matters. He represents large U.S. companies, research universities, as well as start-up companies in the U.S. and China. Zhaoyang Li is a Concurrent Professor of Nanjing University School of Law and serves as a special counsel for Nanjing University Technology Commercialization Research Center.
Litigation Chair Jonathan Shapiro to Mintz Levin from WilmerHale
Litigation partner Jonathan Shapiro, the Head of West Coast Litigation for Mintz Levin, focuses on he defense of business and securities litigation and government enforcement actions. He has litigated class actions, challenges to corporate transactions and governance, and other matters regarding allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, including jury and bench trials.
Labor and Employment Partner Jon Daryanani to Perkins Coie from Loeb & Loeb
Jon Daryanani focuses on all aspects of employment and labor litigation and client counseling, including trade secrets and employee mobility litigation. He represents clients in class actions and administrative proceedings involving wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and misappropriation of trade secrets claims. He also provides counsel and strategic planning.
Intellectual Property Partner Cliff Liu to Foley & Lardner from Cooley
Cliff Liu, PhD, handles patent matters spanning a wide array of technologies, including analytical instruments, bioinformatics, clean technologies, enterprise and web services software, graphics hardware and software, materials science, medical devices, MEMS, nanotechnology, polymers and semiconductor device fabrication and packaging.
Litigation Partner John Tang to Jones Day from Latham & Watkins
John Tang represents companies and their directors and executive officers in a variety of matters, including securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, M&A litigation, SEC investigations, whistleblower actions, FINRA inquiries, listing proceedings, insider trading investigations, LLC disputes and Section 16(b) litigation. Tang’s matters have involve life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, semiconductors, clean energy, the Internet, digital media and the automotive industry, among other fields.
Corporate Restructuring & Litigation Partner Todd Padnos to Sheppard Mullin from Dewey & LeBoeuf
Todd L. Padnos practices in the areas of insurance, bankruptcy, business reorganizations, workouts and commercial litigation. Jon Daryanani focuses on all aspects of employment and labor litigation and client counseling, including trade secrets and employee mobility litigation. He represents clients in class actions and administrative proceedings involving wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and misappropriation of trade secrets claims. He also provides counsel and strategic planning.
Insurance Partner Ronie Schmelz to Edwards Wildman from Sidley Austin
Ronie Schmelz practices insurance and reinsurance law. She represents clients in all aspects of insurance and reinsurance, including reinsurance disputes and coverage and bad-faith actions.
