Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer LLP, announces a new associate, Lauren Raskin, to its business department. Raskin received her J.D. from Loyola Law School in 1998 and her B.A in French from California State University, Sacramento in 1990. Prior to joining Downey Brand, Raskin was an associate with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in San Francisco.

Jeffery D. Harris has been named a partner of the firm now known as Ellison, Schneider & Harris LLP. Harris joined the firm's energy and water practice in 1998. He specializes is assisting clients who have filed applications with the California Energy Commission to build environmentally responsible natural gas-fueled power plants. Harris previously served as legislative counsel and general counsel to Congressman Vic Fazio, advising him on energy, water, natural resources, and environmental legislation and policy. He served concurrently as associate staff to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

Michelle L. Schreiber has joined McDonough, Holland & Allen as an associate in the litigation section. She has experience in several areas of civil litigation, including commercial litigation, personal injury and employment law as well as alternative dispute resolution. Schreiber was the research assistant for MH&A attorney Ann Taylor Schwing, co-author of Second Edition, The Regulation of Money Managers: Mutual Funds Advisers, written by Tamar Frankel. She received her J.D. in 2000 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and holds a B.A. in Business Administration, Option in Legal Environment, from California State University, Fresno.

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Aubrey Hubbert, Jr. will continue to practice labor and employment law on behalf of employers at Rediger, McHugh & Hubbert, LLP. He will continue to represent the Sacramento business community in collective bargaining negotiations before the National Labor Relations Board at arbitration hearings and in federal and state courts.

Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Sproul announces that Donna N. Shioya and Cary J. Brunners have joined the firm as associate attorneys.

Donna N. Shioya recently joined the labor and employment and dispute, trials and appeals practice groups. Shioya's practice focuses on labor and employment, providing advice and counseling to employers, as well as representing employers in litigation and administrative hearings at both the state and federal levels. She received her J.D. from the University of California Davis, School of Law in 1998 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of California San Diego in 1993. She attended the International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, 1991-1992. Shioya is secretary of the Asian/Pacific American Bar Association of Sacramento.

Cary J. Brunner joins the corporate, securities and financial institutions practice group. Brunner's practice focuses on private and public companies' business planning scenarios including corporate and other business entity formations, protection of intellectual property, corporate financing, employee equity incentive plans and mergers and acquisitions. Brunner received her J.D., cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2000 and her B.A., with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. She attended the Thames Valley University, Ealing, London, United Kingdom, 1995-1996.