Four attorneys joined Buchalter’s office in Los Angeles: shareholder Daniel Rygorsky, senior counsel M. Reed Mercado, special counsel Richard Steelman Jr. and attorney Roma Patel. Steelman and Rygorsky will be part of the litigation practice group, while Mercado and Patel will be part of the banking and finance and health care practice groups, respectively.
Sidley Austin brought on Tom Duley as a partner in the global life sciences practice. Duley has experience advising clients in the life sciences sector on strategic partnering and commercial transactions. Previously, he was senior in-house corporate counsel at PDL BioPharma. He will be based in the San Francisco office.
