Wake Up Call: Harris Taps LA Lawyer as Senior Campaign Advisor

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• Brian Nelson, a former Sidley Austin associate and current under secretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, was tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign as a senior advisor. Nelson previously served under Harris as general counsel of the California Department of Justice during the VP’s term as the state’s attorney general. (Jewish Insider)
• Hydee Feldstein Soto, an attorney for the city of Los Angeles, has been accused of reading her employees’ emails without their knowledge and ordering other supervisors to do the same. Since January, four employees have alleged in separate claims that they faced retaliation—either from their managers or Feldstein Soto herself—after they highlighted problems within the office. (Los Angeles Times)
• A sexual-abuse lawsuit against a Palm Beach, Florida, developer was tossed out days before it was scheduled to go to trial as the judge ruled that the plaintiff’s lawyer, Rod Coleman of Boca Raton, repeatedly lied to cover up his own misconduct. (Palm Beach Post)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Liz Ryan joined Gibson Dunn as a partner in the litigation and trials practice groups in Dallas.
• John Lukanski joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the securities litigation practice in New Jersey. He joins from Reed Smith.
• Joseph Halloum joined King & Spalding as a partner in the corporate practice group and technology industry team. He joins from Freshfields.
• David Pritchett joined Paul Weiss as a partner in the investment funds group in London.
• Victoria Newbold joined Orrick as a partner in the antitrust and competition practice in London. She joins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
• Matthew Cudrin joined Arnold & Porter’s real estate practice as a partner, resident in New York.
• Gosia Kosturek joined Duane Morris as a partner in the real estate practice group in Pittsburgh. She joins from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.
• Jason Plowman joined Ogletree Deakins as a shareholder in the Salt Lake City office. He joins from Polsinelli.
• Victor Vital rejoined Haynes Boone as the global chair of the trials practice group. He joins from Barnes & Thornburg.
• Kimberly Bousquet rejoined Thompson Coburn as a partner in the business litigation practice group in St. Louis. She rejoins from Davis Wright Tremaine.
• Celia Moutes-Lee and Kayla Berlin joined Hinshaw & Culbertson in the insurance industry group as partners in the Los Angeles office. Both partners join from Lewis Brisbois.