Greenspoon Marder, which added a third California office in Los Angeles last April, has hired veteran litigator Germain Labat to expand the outpost.

Labat, former head of Vedder Price’s Los Angeles litigation group, has joined Greenspoon Marder’s Los Angeles office, which is set to move into a larger space this summer. Labat said he found Greenspoon Marder to be a “better fit” for his practice in Los Angeles.