Law Briefs

• January 31, 2012

  • DLA Piper expands trusts, estates practice

  • USD appoints Ramsey director of international, comparative law programs

  • TJSL professor receives acclaim for book

  • Pettit Kohn adds Lu as associate

  • Cal Western student receives Native American law internship

  • Procopio extends management terms of Turner, Ramseyer

• January 24, 2012

  • Fish elevates Garner, Millikan, Conroy to principal

  • Procopio elects Cauthen to partnership, adds Lavender as associate

  • BB&K promotes Dorward to partner, Green to of counsel

  • Jones Day appoints Hewitt partner-in-charge of S.D. office

  • Luce Forward's Hancock defends nonprofit status of local animal shelter

  • Sullivan Hill's Hawkins named president of local Receivers Forum

  • Trigild's Gomez named to local California Receivers Forum board

  • Rains, O'Malley take new leadership positions at DLA Piper

  • Gordon & Rees' Cawdrey named president of law library board

• January 18, 2012

  • Klinedinst names Moreau co-COO, managing shareholder

• January 17, 2012

  • Federal Circuit's chief judge to play House of Blues Thursday

  • Judge Goldsmith named jurist of year by matrimonial attorneys

  • Tyson named attorney of year by S.D. Defense Lawyers

  • Superior Court expands imaging project to East County

  • Mintz Levin adds 3 attorneys

  • Procopio's Griswold visits White House with Ocean Discovery Institute

  • DLA Piper leads global M&A legal advisor league tables

• January 10, 2012

  • Sullivan Hill elects 4 shareholders, 1 of counsel

  • Seltzer Caplan adds pair of estate planning attorneys

  • Jardine named to partnership of Knobbe Martens

  • Coughlan, Fitch certified specialists in malpractice law

  • Norton named co-chair of Duane Morris' life sciences division

  • Ingrassia to speak at HR management conference

  • Gordon & Rees attorneys to serve on Pan Asian Lawyers board

  • Duane Morris' Crawford appointed to be U.S. magistrate judge

  • Procopio's Root named Lawyer of Year by "Best Lawyers"

• January 3, 2012

  • Crosby joins Klinedinst as shareholder

  • Kramer elected to Morrison & Foerster partnership

  • Barthel elected to Higgs Fletcher & Mack partnership

  • Kelly joins Littler Mendelson as special counsel

  • Judge Cowett appointed to state committee

  • Procopio practice areas ranked by Best Lawyers

• December 27, 2011

  • Law library announces January MCLE courses

  • Kilpatrick donates mural to Cancer Center at Scripps Green Hospital

  • SDVLP searching for LAF-Off contestants

  • Legal secretaries set monthly meeting for Jan. 23

• December 20, 2011

  • Hervey family pledges $250,000 matching grant for law library

  • Higgs' Hack elected president of Enright Inn

  • Millerick joins Sullivan Hill as associate

  • Kilpatrick Townsend's Jenkins appointed to Chinese IP council

  • Choi named to Jones Day partnership

  • Lake rejoins BB&K as of counsel

  • Trio of legal secretaries pass certifying exam

  • Duffy appointed to Attorney General's Advisory Committee