Baltimore’s Venable has brought on eight lawyers for its tax and estate planning practice in Los Angeles.
Brad Cohen, Michael Foster, Robin Gilden, and David Schwartz join as partners from Reish Luftman Reicher & Cohen. Name partner Michael Luftman will also soon join Venable. Charles Kolstad joins as of counsel, and Richard Luftman as an associate.
Kyle Neal joins Venable 
 as of counsel from Freeman, Freeman & Smiley.
In March, the firm laid off 64 people and deferred incoming associates.
Venable LLP is a law firm, formerly known as Venable, Baetjer & Howard LLP. It was founded in Baltimore in the post-Civil War period. Today the firm maintains six Northeastern US offices and specializes in patent litigation, labor and employment law and white collar investigations. Venable employs nearly 600 attorneys.
