Baker & McKenzie has announced that the firm has laid off 20 legal professionals, including associates and paralegals. Many practice areas were hit by the lay-offs, including corporate. The firm is just one of many to make cuts in London, as law firms,Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Dechert and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have already done so.
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Nixon Peabody has created an Israel business practice. The group will consist of a group of multidisciplinary lawyers, dedicated to aiding clients in any business done in Israel. Sam Feigin and Mark Kass will co-chair the new practice.
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Thompson Hine has added Richard A. De Palma to its New York office. He joins as partner and member of the Business Litigation and Construction practice group. Prior to this, Palma was with Baker & McKenzie.
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Jones Day has welcomed Karen Gren Johnson to its Dallas office as partner. Johnson, a litigation attorney, was previously a state district judge for eight years. She also has 18 years of experience in private practice in the field of civil litigation.
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John Briggs, now 65, joined Howrey in 1973. He has spent his entire career there, until now. Briggs has just taken on a position at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider as the firm’s new managing partner in Washington, D.C. This is not his first experience in management roles, as greater portion of his 35 years with Howrey in such roles.
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Cozen O’Connor has added M&A attorney, William Rosoff, to its New York ranks. Rosoff has had over 25 years of experience. He joins from O’Melveny & Myers.
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Polk & Wardwell has added Michael J Crames as Senior Restructuring Counsel. Crames is highly respected as a top bankruptcy lawyer. He joins the New York office.
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Seyfarth Shaw has added a patent litigation team, all former Thelen people. The team is led by partner Breton A. Bocchieri, who brings along attorneys Brien B. Kirk and Nguyen Huu Nguyen. All join the Los Angeles office.
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Tags: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP | Los AngelesMore than a dozen of Morgan & Finnegan’s 17 partners have been poached by rival Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. Former Morgan partners James Gould and John Sweeney are amongst those to join the firm. Gould will be the IP group’s Co-Head, and Sweeney joins as deputy managing partner in NY. This may be the end of Morgan & Finnegan.
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Paul Hasting has lost its immigration team to new venture BAL Global Corporate Immigration. Those leaving Paul Hastings include: Daryl R. Buffenstein, Deborah Marlowe, Bo Cooper and Kyle Sherman. BAL Global will open seven US offices (Atlanta, Dallas, ouston, New York, McLean, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.) and employ over 325 professionals.
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