Melinda LeDuc Barker, a former managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s office in Palo Alto, California, has left the firm to bring her estate planning expertise to Thoits Law.

The old-line Silicon Valley shop, formerly known as Thoits, Love, Hershberger & McLean, recently added Barker to its main office in Los Altos, California. Thoits has another office in nearby Santa Cruz.