Akerman Senterfitt has launched a new office in Las Vegas despite a decrease in revenue. Partner Ariel Stern, who joined the firm Ballard Sparr Andrews & Ingersoll, will be the first to practice out of the new office. The plan is to grow the Las Vegas office to about a dozen attorneys.

Source:  www.law.com

King & Spalding has hired its fifth professional liability and securities litigation partner from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe since February. Kenneth Turbull joins the other four in Washington. He spent the last eight years with Orrick.

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Troutman Sanders has lost its managing partner, John Varholy. Reed Smith hired Varholy in the firm’s London office. He joins the energy, trade & commodities group. Varholy joins today, March 8^th, as a partner.

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Linklaters is launching a structured finance practice in Amsterdam. The firm just hired Kees Westermann, a partner from Clifford Chance. Westermann joins the firm on April 1st.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Anastasia Kelly resigned from American International Group in December because of a government imposed a salary cap of $500,000 a year. Kelly has just taken a position with DLA Piper as counsel in the firm’s Washington office. Thomas Russo, formerly senior counsel at Patton Boggs, takes Kelly’s position at AIG.

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