San Francisco law firm Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP has elevated two new partners, Michael K. Ng and Adrian J. Sawyer. Both Mr. Ng and Mr. Sawyer were formerly associates with the firm.

Michael K. Ng represents clients in trial and appellate litigation, whose practice focuses on employee and consumer rights class actions, but also includes civil rights, antitrust, environmental, corporate governance and securities matters. He received an A.B. magna cum laude in Government from Harvard College in 1995, and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2001. Last year, while on leave from the firm, he served as the National Volunteer Coordinator for the Obama campaign’s voter protection program.

Adrian J. Sawyer is a trial and appellate attorney with significant experience in shareholder disputes, unfair competition and business tort cases, First Amendment and defamation matters, and employment and wage-and-hour litigation. A native San Franciscan, Mr. Sawyer received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1996 and his J.D. magna cum laude from U.C. Hastings College of Law in 1999. He served as law clerk for the Hon. William H. Orrick Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.