Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomed Rachel T. Velilla as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego offices. She joins the firm’s insurance, trucking and transportation, and commercial litigation practice groups. Velilla represents individuals, corporations, and self-insured entities in a range of general liability matters, including premises liability, vehicle accident liability, trucking and transportation liability, and common carrier liability. Her experience includes defending wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, and other complex injury matters. In addition, she handles matters for retail establishments, hospitality groups, trucking companies, insurance companies, and matters related to commercial and residential property.

Rimon announced the addition of M&A attorney Glenn Smith as a partner in Los Angeles. Smith advises issuers and bankers in capital market transactions, funds on investments, and portfolio matters, as well as public and private companies in capital raising and M&A. He also counsels’ clients on employment matters, board structure and composition, and new business initiatives. Smith comes from Hogan Lovells where he was counsel. Rimon also added Derek A. Ridgway as a partner in San Francisco/Silicon Valley. Ridgway is a commercial real estate and construction attorney with more than 25 years of experience. He advises in-house corporate counsel, corporate real estate executives and principals in domestic and international real estate transactions. Ridgway joins Rimon from Hanson Bridgett, where he was a partner.