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Heidy Vaquerano
Wolf, Ri in, Shap- iro, Schulman & Rab- kin LLP has welcomed entertainment and in- tellectual property at- torney Heidy Vaquera-
that it has added four attorneys to its Los Angeles o ce – litigation share- holder Daniel M. Rygorsky, bank and nance senior counsel M. Reed Mer- cado, litigation special counsel Rich- ard P. Steelman Jr., and health care attorney Roma B. Patel.
Amy Wells
award-winning full- service law rm fo- cused on real estate in the United States, an- nounces that partner Amy Wells was induct-
no to its Los Angeles team. Vaquera- no has more than 16 years of experi- ence in both entertainment and intel- lectual property matters. She pro- vides clients strategic advice to help protect and monetize their intellec- tual property, bridging the gap be- tween the entertainment and tech industries to represent cutting-edge start-ups that use branded content at the core of their product.
Ellen Robbins
Akerman LLP has ex- panded its litigation practice group in Los Angeles with partner Ellen Robbins. Robbins is a trial lawyer who has litigated in both
ed into Real Estate Forum’s Women of In uence Hall of Fame. Launched in 2013, the Hall of Fame recognizes women who have risen to the upper echelon of commercial real estate ex- ecutives, serving as both a success story and a role model for others in the industry.
e Santa Monica Bar Association
elected the coming year’s o cers and board of trustees at its Annual Sum- mer Party and Election. O cers for the 2018 – 2019 term are Jennifer Mil- lier, president; Tony Brown, presi- dent-elect; Megan Waugh, secretary; and Curtis Roberts, treasurer. Past president is Alejandro Herrera. Trust- ees for the 2018 – 2020 term are James Ahn, Joe Anderson, Matt Baker, Nata- lie Bausch, Timur Berberoglu, Derek Devermont, Stacie Feldman Hausner, Mario Meza, Mukunda Raghavan, Morvareed Salehpour, Stephanie Ta and Ti ny Walls-Fox.
Lathrop Gage LLP has welcomed Andrew Choung to its Los An- geles o ce as partner in the rm’s intellectu- al property litigation
state and federal court on behalf of public and private companies all over the world. She focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes and patent litigation. Her work includes commercial matters such as breach of contract, fraud, product liability, class actions and misappropriation.
Andrew Choung
Erica Van Loon has joined the Los Angeles o ce of Lathrop Gage LLP as a partner in the rm’s intellectual prop- erty litigation practice.
practice. Choung’s primary focus is on high-tech, complex patent litiga- tion and strategic counseling, includ- ing the development of licensing and monetization programs. He also han- dles Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, such as Inter Partes Re- views. Choung represents a wide range of clients, with a particular fo- cus on Korean universities, research institutes and companies. His clien- tele cover various high-tech elds in- cluding telecommunications tech- nologies, display and display materi- als technologies, semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, automotive and aeronau- tical technologies, so ware, internet technologies, business and nancial methods, PC games, and virtual worlds and assets.
Buchalter is pleased to announce
Erica Van Loon
Van Loon focuses her practice on copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent litigation.
Alvarez & Marsal has added man- aging director Deepak Jain to its Los Angeles o ce, in the rm’s disputes and investigations capabilities on the West Coast. Jain has more than 20 years of consulting and expert testi- mony experience.
e o ce of Councilmember Mike Bonin, of the 11th District, presented a Certi cate of Recognition dated September 10, 2018, to the Law O c- es of Arash Hashemi for the rm’s 15 years of community service.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP an
Polsinelli
Carmen Cole, a prin- cipal of Am Law 100 rm Polsinelli, has been invited to be a founding member of the Pepperdine Law School board of advi-
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sors. Prior to becoming a labor and employment attorney, Cole served as the Title IX and EEO o cer at Pep- perdine. In her legal practice, Cole has successfully defended employers in litigation under state and federal anti-harassment and anti-discrimi- nation statutes.