Former U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Los Angeles after 11 years on the bench.

He arrives amid a major litigation push at the firm; Wilson Sonsini has over 200 litigators and has added 11 litigation partners in California since March 2020, including a five-partner group from Munger, Tolles & Olson.