South San Francisco's Rigel Pharmaceuticals announces changes

Dolly Vance assumes the title general counsel and executive vice president of Corporate Affairs. For the full line-up:  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rigel-pharmaceuticals-names-raul-rodriguez-president-95303394.html

LECG announces new leaders in consolidation

Yuri Rozenfeld appointed new General Counsel of LECG

SuccessFactors welcomes new General Counsel

Hillary B. Smith from Yahoo! - Right Media

Adam Sand joines ZL Technologies

Adam Sand Joins ZL Technologies as General Counsel.

Quantcast Appoints Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel

Julio Pekarovic, formerly of Google, and Michael Blum of Fenwick & West join Quantcast as CFO & General Counsel

Christopher M. Patti joins University of California

Mr. Christopher M. Patti joins University of California as Chief Campus Counsel for the UC Berkeley campus

New General Counsel at Ameron and Women's Council of Realtors

Ameron Appoints Leonard J. McGill as Senior Vice President-Secretary and General Counsel


Mary Beth Martin named general counsel for Women’s Council of Realtors

Jacqueline Le named General Counsel of Stonnington Group

Stonnington Group, a premier financial services firm based in Los Angeles, recently named Jacqueline Le as general counsel.

Earl Lariscy joins DoubleLine Capital

Earl Lariscy joins DoubleLine Capital as Legal Counsel, headquartered in Los Angeles

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals announces leadership promotions

Matthew Onaitis was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel

California's full of women (lawyers), whiskey and gold..

Of the five Women to be honored by the American Bar Association with the 2010 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, 3 are from California.

California Counsel In the News

Thomas Sabatino Jr. named General Counsel for United Airlines, after a career in pharmaceutical industries

Safeway's Valerie Lewis, Senior Corporate Counsel, named one of the Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America by Savoy Magazine

Cheree McAlpine, General Counsel for Wyse Technology discussed latest legal forecasting on Cloud Computing yesterday

Questions about body painting? Ask Michael Alonso, General Counsel for MontBleu

Profile of Yahoo Inc. Exectutive VP and General Counsel Michael Callahan in today's Recorder (sub req)

Colin Sturt named GC and Corporate Secretary of Micrel

Based in San Jose, Micrel is an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions. View the Press Release here.

Christopher E. Kevane Promoted to Sr. VP & GC for Rural/Metro Corporation

Rural/Metro Services the following California communities: Del Mar, Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, San Diego County, Solana Beach

Retail General Counsel Unite!

The First of its kind Retail Litigation Center will be guided by its own Board of Directors, chaired by Janet Dhillon, executive vice president, general counsel & secretary for J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Also serving on the RLC Board of Directors are:

•Timothy Baer, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Target Corporation
•David Goldston, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
•Susan Lanigan, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Dollar General Corporation
•Samuel Reeves, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Walmart US, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
•Michael Veitenheimer, Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel, Michaels Stores, Inc.

David Harshman promoted at Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.

From The Recorder

R. Hewitt Pate succeeds Charles James as Chevron Legal Executive

From the New York Times.

Solyndra Inc.

John Gaffney joins the Fremont, CA based designer and manufacturer of photovoltaic commercial rooftop systems as Sr. VP & General Counsel

ADVENTRX Pharma, Google

ADVENTRX Pharma- based in San Diego, Brian Culleu promoted to CEO, Patrick Keran promoted to President and COO

Google's Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Nicole Wong, to testify on Cybersecurity

Foster City biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. has promoted Brett Pletcher to Vice President and General Counsel.

Foster City biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. has promoted Brett Pletcher to vice president and general counsel. Pletcher, who joined Gilead in 2005, most recently served as vice president, corporate legal affairs. He graduated from UC-Berkeley School of Law in 1996.