Richard Gallagher, a commercial and securities litigator, has joined Ropes & Gray‘s litigation practice group as a partner in its San Francisco office. He joins from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Gallagher graduated from UC-Davis School of Law in 2000. See story online.

Barnes & Thornburg has added corporate attorney Lee Kolodny as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Formerly with Akin Gump, Kolodny focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities and cross-border transactions. He received his law degree from the University of Southern California Law School.