Birmingham, Alabama-based Maynard Cooper & Gale, which has been busy growing in Northern California in recent years, has absorbed a Los Angeles-based litigation boutique to expand its operations in the Golden State.

Judy Lam and Duane Kumagai, formerly partners at the Kumagai Law Group, will co-lead the new Maynard Cooper Los Angeles office, which is in Century City at 1901 Avenue of the Stars.