Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Announces New Leadership

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP is pleased to announce its new leadership, effective January 1, 2024. The partnership has elected Greg Hessinger as Chair and Yakub Hazzard as Vice-Chair. Hessinger previously served as co-chair of the firm along with Lucia Coyoca and David Steinberg for the past two and a half years.

“Serving on the Executive Committee with Lucia and David has been a privilege and seeing their passion, commitment, and loyalty to the firm has been inspirational,” said Hessinger. “I look forward to continuing to help guide the firm’s strategic direction in this new role.”

Steinberg will continue serving on the Governing Board this next term and Coyoca is returning to her practice.

The full 2024-2025 Governing Board is:

• Greg Hessinger (Chair); Labor & Employment, New York
• Yakub Hazzard (Vice-Chair); Litigation, Los Angeles
• Christine Lepera; Litigation, New York
• James Guerra; Entertainment Transactions, Washington, D.C.
• Blake Baron; Corporate & Business Transactions, New York
• Jeffrey Eisen; Tax, Trusts & Estates, Los Angeles
• Emma Luevano; Labor & Employment, Los Angeles
• Bradley Mullins; Litigation, Los Angeles
• Greg Olaniran; Litigation, Washington, D.C.
• Seth Pierce; Litigation, Los Angeles
• David Steinberg; Litigation, Los Angeles

About Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Since 1908, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (MSK) has proven its ability to understand the complex, demystify the mysterious, and define the unknown. With more than 130 lawyers and offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C., MSK is often distinguished as a “go-to” firm by industry and legal insiders, and has extensive experience in a variety of practice areas, including Venture Capital, Private Equity, M&A, Corporate Securities, Entertainment & IP Litigation, Labor & Employment, Motion Picture, Television & Music Transactions, Immigration, Regulatory, Tax, Trusts & Estates, Real Estate and International Trade. Relentlessly innovative, our lawyers have developed groundbreaking legislation, established influential precedents and shaped the legal landscape. For more information, visit www.msk.com.