ADVERTISING
Irvine-based Maricich Advertising and Communications added Amy Paturel as
senior copywriter and member of the account services team. Paturel previously was media specialist at Evans, Hardy + Young Inc.
BANKING
Newport Beach-based Wells Fargo Investments LLC, part of Wells Fargo & Co., licensed the following people: Owen Egan, business banking specialist at the Harbor Boulevard office in Costa Mesa; James Kemp, personal banker at the Oceanview Plaza branch in San Clemente; Steve Kim, personal banker at the Northwood store in Irvine; and In Hee Lee, personal banker at the Von Karman office in Irvine. They now are licensed to offer mutual funds.
Rebecca Svensson was named vice president and premier banking manager at Irvine-based MetroPacific Bank.
LAW
Atlanta-based Fisher & Phillips LLP elected Sheldon J. Blumling partner at its Irvine office. Blumling’s practice is in employee benefits.
Matt Grimshaw, who practices in the trial section of Costa Mesa-based Rutan & Tucker LLP, was elected to the board of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum.
REAL ESTATE
Sue Nelson was appointed as closing manager at Sierra Capital Partners Inc. in Irvine, a mortgage lender for apartment and condominium owners. Nelson brings more than two decades of experience.
TECHNOLOGY
Michael Franzi was named vice president of sales and marketing, and worldwide licensing, at Santa Ana-based SRS Labs Inc., which licenses audio and voice technology that improves the sound of home sound systems, DVD players, car stereos, computers and other electronics gear. It also makes chips for audio products. Franzi formerly was chief marketing officer and general manager of professional services for THX Ltd., a former division of LucasFilms Ltd.
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