Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired a partner from Akin Gump for its executive compensation and employee benefits group. Tristan Brown joins as Partner in Simpon Thacher’s Palo Alto office. The firm welcomes him with open arms.
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Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPIt is rare for partners at top New York law firms be the subject of lateral moves, but one attorney Witold Balaban is today. Balaban has been with Davis Polk since he graduated from New York University School of Law in 1993. He became partner in 2001. He now has a second law firm to add to his resume, that of Latham & Watkins. He will be joining the corporate practice.
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Hoping to increase their intellectual property practice, Baker Botts has launched an office in Palo Alto. The office is to focus on the IP field, but when expanding, it will take on more attorneys and more areas of law. Mark Spolyar, previous private IP firm owner. and Baker Botts’ Christopher Kennerly, a patent litigator, are to run the show.
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Haynes and Boone has been honored for its pro bono work and has received the W. Frank Newton Award. The firm worked for 7 years to free Alberto Sifuentes and Jesus Ramirez, two wrongly accused Mexican nationals. The two were convicted of a 1996 murder of a convenience clerk in Texas, despite there being much evidence supporting their innocence. The Mexican Capital Legal Assistance Project, funded by the Government of Mexico, asked Haynes and Boone for their help. They agreed and in 2002, partners Sarah Teachout, Ron Breaux, and Berry McNeil got to work. These attorneys, plus others, would end up putting in 7,493 hours, which in firm terms, is equivalent to about $2.35 million. With the firm’s hard work, these innocent two men were freed after serving 12 years in prison.
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