WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Sarah Hogan, an accomplished corporate attorney with a focus in life sciences and digital health licensing and collaboration transactions, has joined the firm as partner in our Boston office. Hogan comes to the firm from McDermott, Will & Emery.
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Global law firm Goodwin announced today that partner Brian Bewley and associate Kaitlyn Dunn joined the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practices, resident in the Washington, DC, and Boston offices, respectively. Having worked for the Office of Inspector General, Bewley and Dunn bring significant regulatory and government experience to Goodwin. They join from a regional law firm, where they teamed up in private practice after the OIG. Immediately prior to joining the firm, the pair practiced with Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Michael Siekman and Jenny Chen have joined the Intellectual Property (IP) practice as partners based in the Boston office. The duo builds upon Boston’s active and diverse IP practice and will complement the Firm’s robust legal service offering to the life sciences and health industries. The pair join from Polsinelli in Boston.
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Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Stephen Meli has joined the firm’s Boston office as a partner in its Business Law Department and Fund Formation & Investment Management Practice Group. Meli comes to Foley from Proskauer Rose LLP, where he was a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group. His arrival follows directly on the heels of partner Katharine Beattie, who joined Foley’s Boston office last month.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Kasey L. Lekander as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice. She joins the firm from Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP.
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Katharine Beattie, an experienced labor and employment litigator and counselor, has joined the firm’s Boston office as a partner in its Labor & Employment Practice Group. Beattie comes to Foley from Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., where she was a member of the Employment, Labor & Benefits Practice Group.
Nutter announced today the arrival of Mark S. Leonardo, who joins the firm as a partner in its Intellectual Property Department. Drawing on his deep experience in engineering, computer science, and technology, Leonardo advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property strategy, including commercial exploitation and management of patent and trademark portfolios, patent and trademark procurement, patent and trademark litigation, and opinion counseling on complex legal and technical issues. Prior to joining Nutter, Leonardo was a partner in the Boston office of an international law firm. Before that, he served as a patent examiner in the biomedical and medical device arts at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Womble Bond Dickinson once again has bolstered its growing Boston office with the addition of veteran trademark attorney Timothy Hiebert, Ph.D. He joins Womble Bond Dickinson as a Senior Partner. He comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Samuels & Hiebert, LLC in Boston, a firm he helped found with long-time colleague Stephen Samuels.
Securities litigators Roger Lane and Courtney Worcester have joined Holland & Knight as partners in the firm’s Boston office. They specialize in representing venture capital firms and their portfolio companies, often in the technology industry. They previously were partners at Foley & Lardner.
Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Partners John Sten and Jason Moreau, located in Boston, further bolstering the firm’s position on the East Coast. The firm has plans for further growth in the market and intends to expand to a full-service office. Boston is the fourth new market for the firm in 18 months, and rounds out the firm’s rapidly growing practice in the East, with attorneys already practicing in New York City, Philadelphia and Princeton. The duo join from the Boston office of Pierce Atwood.
