The placement of Jerold B. Neuman and Michael J. Kiely with Sheppard Mullin as partners in the firm’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group. Neuman and Kiely will be joined by a team of three associates: Alfred Fraijo, Jr., Claudia Gutiérrez and Phillip M. Tate. The group most recently practiced together with Allen Matkins in Los Angeles, where Neuman chaired the firm’s Land Use and Government Relations practice group.