Prominent employment and labor attorneys Eric L. Barnum and James D. Levine have joined the Employment and Labor Group as partners, resident in the Atlanta office of BakerHostetler. Barnum and Levine join more than 50 attorneys in Atlanta who practice in the areas of healthcare, intellectual property, corporate, real estate, litigation and tax. Barnum joins from Schiff Hardin, where he served as the leader of that firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group. Levine, a Chambers-ranked immigration attorney, joins from Dentons. More >>

Dentons, the global law firm, today named Edward H. Lindsey, Jr. partner in the Firm’s Public Policy and Regulation practice, effective July 15, 2016. He will be resident in Dentons’ Atlanta office and expands the Firm’s State Government Affairs practice in Georgia. More >>

Polsinelli welcomes Mike Rodgers to its Atlanta office as a shareholder in its national Real Estate Practice. Rodgers’ practice focuses on counseling clients who develop, invest, lease, lend and use real estate assets in urban core, suburban and exurban locations. More >>

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 >>