The Los Angeles County Bar Blog

William W. Vaughn

According to the Palisadian-Post:

William W. Vaughn, a highly respected and honored attorney who practiced more than 40 years with the Los Angeles law firm O'Melveny and Myers, died on Saturday, January 3. He was 78....A former chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Committee on Professionalism and Court Improvements, Bill also served on LACBA's board of trustees, the board of directors of LACBA's Foundation and the board of governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.

Kagan for SG

—Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard Law School, has been chosen for the post of solicitor general. Lawyers USA. The post is currently held by Gregory G. Garre. And the president-elect has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta. CNN.
--Locally, Sarah Benator, formerly an associate at Arent Fox, has been promoted to partner, and Fox Rothschild LLP has announced that Staci Jennifer Riordan has joined the firm as a senior associate and chair of the newly formed Fashion Law Practice.