Sheppard Mullin hires as partners from Hogan Lovells to Business Trial...

Sheppard Mullin hires as partners from Hogan Lovells to Business Trial practice group and Communications team: Gardner Gillespie, Dave Thomas and Paul Werner … Disney promotes Adam Bonnett to executive vice president-original programming, Disney Channels Worldwide, new position … MobiTV promotes Cedric Fernandes to chief technology officer … Alianza cloud-based voice service firm hires as vice presidents: Mark Gardner, ex-Mavenir Systems, for global sales; and Kevin Mitchell, ex-Acme Packet, marketing … Zonoff connected home company hires Dave DiOrio, ex-Quartics, as vice president-customer programs … Qualcomm elects Jonathan Rubinstein, formerly with Hewlett-Packard, to board.