It’s official: Justice Moreno will join Irell

Irell & Manella’s website announced today that Justice Carlos Moreno has joined the firm. The website quotes Moreno as saying: “‘It is an honor for me to join Irell & Manella, a firm whose attorneys exemplify excellence in the legal profession. . . . I look forward to my return to the private sector and working with the diverse group of exceptional lawyers at Irell.’” Irell’s managing partner, Elliott Brown, is quoted as saying that the firm is “thrilled” by their association with Justice Moreno, and that he “will be an important addition to [Irell’s] litigation, appellate, ADR, class action defense, and internal investigations practice groups.”