Bickmore Adds Portello in Northern California

Bickmore has added William Portello to its Sacramento, Calif. office.

He will serve as the director of litigation management and will oversee the litigation management team and assist pool members throughout California with developing contract requirements and provide employment practices consulting.

Portello is a member of the bar in both California and Oregon and has more than 20 years of experience in civil litigation, insurance law, employment law and consumer law.

Portello recently worked as litigation managing attorney at Guichard, Teng & Portello, where he oversaw all aspects of civil litigation representing both private and public entity clients.

Bickmore is a division of York Pooling, a provider of public entity self-insurance pool management and administration.