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AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESS RELEASES EVENTS PROMOTIONS ACTIVITIES HONORS RECOGNITIONS
JR Lanis
Vivian Grigorians has joined Polsinelli’s national real estate - nance and real estate team of over 140 at- torneys as a share- holder. Grigorians has
West Coast corporate and securities prac- tice. Lanis serves as outside counsel to nu- merous public and private companies and has extensive experi-
the rm in e orts to strengthen its global insurance capabilities and add depth to the rm’s growing corpo- rate and securities practice in Cali- fornia and New York. Duchene fo- cuses her practice on representing insurance companies, producers and other insurance licensees and insur- ance-related service providers in complex and sensitive regulatory matters.
ment, and litigation team.
ence in public company listing and reporting for OTC, Nasdaq and NYSE-listed entities.
e Criminal Courts Bar Associa- tion at its 66th Annual Awards Din- ner recognized the following legal professionals under several catego- ries: Deputy APD Philip Peng and Hon. Craig Mitchell, the Morton Herbert Award for Outstanding Community Service; Hon. James Bi- anco, the Robert Takasugi Judicial Excellence Award; Louis Sepe, the Jerry Giesler Award for Trial Attor- ney of the Year; Bradley Brunon, the Joseph Rosen Lifetime Achievement Award; and Robert M. Sanger, the President’s Award for Exceptional Contributions to the Criminal Jus- tice System.
Vivian Grigorians
West Coast Employ- ment Lawyers an- nounced that Ron Zambrano has joined the rm to chair its litigation practice in the representation of aggrieved employees with regards to un- equal pay, workplace discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, whistle- blower protection, wage and hour viola- tions and other em- ployment-related claims.
BakerHostetler an- nounced that Robert A. Julian, Cecila A. Du- mas and Kimberly Morris have joined the rm as partners. Ju- lian is a complex com- mercial litigator han- dling domestic and
extensive experience counseling in- stitutional lenders, real estate funds, opportunity funds, and other real estate investors in a broad range of transactions.
Ron Zambrano
Robert A. Julian
Cecila A. Dumas
Kimberly Morris
Davis Wright Tremaine
e media, enter- tainment, and intellec- tual property practice group at Davis Wright Tremaine has expand- ed with the addition of M. Darren Traub, a liti-
Tamara L. Osborne has joined Ballard Spahr. Osborne, of counsel in the rm’s real estate practice, represents syndica- tors, investors and de-
gator and transactional attorney, who will serve clients from the rm’s of- ces in New York and Los Angeles.
Alston & Bird continues to grow its California practice with the addition of Yuri Mikulka as part- ner in the rm’s intel- lectual property prac- tice in its Los Angeles o ce. Arriving from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Mi- kulka brings more than 20 years of experience representing clients rang- ing from startups to Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. and multina- tional companies based in Asia and
Europe.
Winston & Strawn LLP announces
that Edward “Ed” Prokop has joined the rm’s real estate practice as a part- ner in the Los Angeles o ce. Prokop joins Winston from Sidley Austin LLP.
Tamara L. Osborne
velopers in a ordable multifamily property acquisition, ownership and nancing, with emphasis on tax
Yuri Mikulka
Stephanie Duchene
credit-driven transac- tions.
Mayer Brown an- nounced that a team including Los Angeles attorney Stephanie Duchene has joined
international disputes. Dumas prac- tices in the area of business restruc- turing and insolvency, focusing on creditors’ rights. Morris joins as a partner in the rm’s white collar, in- vestigations and securities enforce-
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