Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is expanding its East Coast presence with the opening of an office at 101 Arch St. in the city’s Financial District. Leading the practice are three partners who have deep roots in the community and have represented clients in real estate development and litigation throughout New England. Javier Flores and Eric Skelly join Dinsmore from Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP. Brian Blaesser joins the firm from Robinson & Cole LLP, where he formerly headed the real estate development practice in the firm’s Boston office.

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Hogan Lovells LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Underwood and Kristin Connarn will join the firm’s Boston office as partners in its Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice. They are joining from McDermott Will & Emery. More >>

Brian Devine has joined Locke Lord’s Boston office as a Partner in the Firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigations Practice Group. With deep experience spanning a broad range of industries, he will further strengthen Locke Lord’s litigation practice in the Northeast and across the Firm. Devine joins Locke Lord from Goodwin Procter LLP, where he was a Partner focusing on securities litigation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement and white collar criminal defense. More >>

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Christopher M. Pardo and Anna L. Rothschild to its national labor and employment practice. Both are based in the firm’s Boston office. More >>

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in Boston to further extend its market-leading technology and life sciences capabilities. The move also expands the firm’s premier Finance and Emerging Companies and Venture Capital (ECVC) practices. Additionally, the new office will strengthen existing transactional, private equity, real estate, and intellectual property (IP) practices. More >>

McCarter & English has attracted two intellectual property partners – patent litigator John Gutkoski, who tries cases in the life sciences and high tech sectors, and Jonathan Lovely who represents large medical device companies and emerging growth companies in patent prosecution and related strategies – to its Boston office. More >>

Morgan Lewis today welcomes corporate partner Amy Maloney, who represents a wide variety of participants in project finance and infrastructure transactions. She arrives from Latham & Watkins and will be resident in Boston. More >>

Kenneth Juster is joining Cooley’s Boston office as a partner in the financial services regulatory practice. He was formerly a partner at White & Case. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Mark Hichar to its Boston office as a Shareholder in the firm’s nationally recognized Gaming Practice. His addition expands Greenberg Traurig’s top-ranked Gaming Practice into Boston. More >>

Real estate finance lawyers Sean O’Brien and Allison Driscoll have joined Holland & Knight as partners in the firm’s Boston office. They previously practiced at Seyfarth Shaw, where Mr. O’Brien was co-chair of the Boston Real Estate Practice Group. More >>