Greenberg Traurig, LLP further expands its national Appeals & Legal Issues Practice with the addition of Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea as a shareholder in the global law firm’s Minneapolis office. Justice Gildea joins Greenberg Traurig after having served as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court for 13 years. She is the second woman to hold the position and the third longest-serving chief justice in Minnesota history.
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National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that partner Sara Bergan has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office. Bergan joins the firm from Stoel Rives LLP.
Chad Shear, Betsy Flanagan and Geoff Biegler have joined as partners in Cooley’s market-leading intellectual property litigation practice within the firm’s global litigation department. Arriving from Fish & Richardson, the group brings extensive trial experience, having successfully represented early- to late-stage life sciences companies in complex patent disputes across district and appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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The global law firm Jones Day announced today that Peter Schwingler has joined as a partner in its Antitrust & Competition Law Practice. Mr. Schwingler will be based in the Firm’s Minneapolis Office and arrives from Stinson LLP.
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Minneapolis, Minn. (March 2, 2023) – Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Frank Taylor to its Minneapolis office as a partner in the firm’s National Trial, Complex Business & Commercial Litigation, and Crisis Management Practices, among others. Mr. Taylor has served as lead trial counsel in more than 135 class actions, tried more than 350 matters in all 50 states, and defended numerous enforcement actions. Moreover, Mr. Taylor has deep and broad experience in complex financial markets litigation, regulatory investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and unique financings. Mr. Taylor arrives at the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Barnes & Thornburg has added Chris Hoff as a partner to the growing Intellectual Property Department of the firm’s Minneapolis office. He joins the firm from global patent, IP litigation and commercial litigation law firm Fish & Richardson, where he was a principal.
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National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP is pleased to welcome a 44-member team, including 32 experienced attorneys, in a significant expansion of the firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice. The attorneys who will be joining the Constangy Cyber Team are located across 17 cities in 12 states, and are driving the opening of new offices for Constangy in Baltimore, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. All are coming to Constangy from Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith.
The global law firm Jones Day announced today that W. Anders Folk and Kristin Berger Parker have joined the Firm as partners in the Minneapolis Office. Mr. Folk joins Jones Day’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice, and Ms. Parker joins the Firm’s Labor & Employment Practice. Mr. Folk spent the last four years at the Department of Justice, initially serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota and later as the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota. Parker joins Jones Day from Stinson Leonard Street LLP.
National law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Minneapolis office with the arrival of partner David Carrier. He joins from large law firm Lewis Brisbois. The firm opened its office in Minneapolis in February with a large team of product liability litigators and recently expanded its offerings with two intellectual property partners.
Angela Christy—a real estate attorney with more than 30 years of experience handling affordable housing and community development matters for non-profit and for-profit developers, investors, and government entities—has joined Ballard Spahr’s Real Estate Department and Affordable Housing and Community Development Group as a Partner, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. Ms. Christy is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office. Christy joins from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
