The global law firm Jones Day announced that Ginger R. Burton has joined the Firm’s Atlanta Office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice. Ms. Burton was a partner in Alston & Bird, LLP’s Atlanta office. More >>

King & Spalding announced today that Phillip H. Street, who has more than 25 years’ experience in the healthcare and life sciences field, has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as partner. Street was previously chair of the Atlanta healthcare practice at Paul Hastings. More >>

Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Stephen Opler has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as partner. Opler, who was most recently a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department. More >>

Jones Walker LLP announced today the expansion of its national construction practice with the addition of six new attorneys. Partners Joseph P. Henner, Neal J. Sweeney, and Chad V. Theriot together with Special Counsel attorneys Karen E. Bain, Jennifer S. Lowndes, and Tyler P. Scarbrough join the firm’s Atlanta office as members of the Construction Practice Team. More >>

Dentons, the global law firm, today added Jennifer R. Williams as a partner in the firm’s Corporate group. Williams joins as one of the leaders of a new program focused on providing a comprehensive package of legal services to private equity portfolio companies and similar companies. This new and unique service is designed to provide cost savings as well as risk management tools for clients at both the portfolio company and private equity firm levels. Although the service is primarily focused on private equity clients, it has applications in other businesses. More >>

Steve B. Park, an attorney who represents clients in a wide range of corporate securities and financing matters, has joined Ballard Spahr as partner in the Atlanta office, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. More >>

Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that litigation attorney Ethan Cohen has joined the firm’s Atlanta office as a partner. More >>

King & Spalding announced today that corporate and securities attorney Alana Griffin will join the firm’s corporate practice group as a partner in its Atlanta office. Griffin, who has 25 years of experience in the full range of public company corporate matters, joins the firm from Synovus Financial Corp., where she served as deputy general counsel and director of regulatory relations. More >>

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, continues the expansion of its Atlanta office with the arrival of Leslie A. Dent, who was chair of Paul Hastings’ Atlanta employment law practice for the past decade. She joins as a shareholder and is the latest addition to the office since a team of four lateral attorneys joined in January. With Dent’s arrival, the Atlanta office now boasts a total of 40 attorneys. More >>