Jackson Lewis added four new California partners, with Katessa M. Charles and John E. Exner IV in Los Angeles, Stacey M. Cooper in San Diego, and Patrick C. Stokes in Silicon Valley. Charles handles employment litigation and counseling. Cooper primarily focuses her employment law practice on wage-and-hour cases. Exner counsels clients on employment and labor law. Stokes represents businesses in employment-related immigration matters.

Jerome I. Braun, a founding partner of San Francisco-based Farella Braun + Martel, was awarded the second Bill Edlund Award for Professionalism in the Law. The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society and the Northern District Historical Society are set to present Braun with the award at the Bill Edlund Award Celebration on Feb. 6 at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Braun’s legal experience includes commercial litigation, securities regulation, antitrust and legal malpractice.