* Howard D. Fabrick was named partner-in-charge...

* Howard D. Fabrick was named partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office for Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn.

A former labor relations vice president of Columbia Pictures, he joined the 360-member international law firm in 1981.

Fabrick replaces Bernard Gold, who has served as the founding partner-in-charge of the 117-year-old firm’s Los Angeles office since 1979. Gold will continue his active practice.