Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Brian E. Spang as a partner in the labor, employment, and workplace safety practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Chicago office from Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Michelle Rogers, Katherine Katz and Joshua Kotin have joined Cooley as partners in the firm’s elite financial services practice, where they will focus on defending clients in government enforcement actions and litigation. Katherine Halliday is also joining the team as a special counsel. Arriving from Buckley, the group brings extensive experience defending clients in high-stakes government investigations and litigation matters and advising on matters of regulatory compliance. Rogers, Katz and Halliday will be based in Washington, DC, while Kotin joins Cooley’s rapidly growing Chicago office.
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Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Chicago office with Paul Musser who joins as a partner in the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group. Musser focuses his practice on helping lenders to maximize their recovery through out-of-court workouts and in-court proceedings. Prior to joining Akerman, Musser spent over the last nine years at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Chicago is one of Akerman’s largest markets.
H. Holden Brooks, an accomplished litigator and strategic adviser who represents corporate clients across industries, has joined McGuireWoods’ Antitrust, Trade & Commercial Litigation Department as a partner in Chicago* and Washington, D.C. Brooks comes to the firm from Foley & Lardner LLP.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Timothy Storino has joined the Firm’s Litigation practice as partner. Storino brings more than 15 years of litigation experience that includes, white-collar defense and investigations, complex civil litigation matters and commercial litigation. Storino served in the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois for approximately nine years.
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Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Michael L. Morkin has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice in the Chicago office. Mr. Morkin is a recognized practitioner in international arbitration and litigation. Morkin joins Venable after over 30 years with Baker & McKenzie LLP in Chicago.
The global law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the addition of Christopher M. Murphy and Terrence Dee as partners in the Chicago office and members of the Litigation Practice, focusing on class actions, antitrust, and other complex litigation. The pair join from McDermott, Will & Emery.
Cooley’s litigation department added to its recent haul of elite, next generation partners with the arrival of Lindsay Jenkins, most recently the chief of the criminal division of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Jenkins will join the firm’s recently launched Chicago office as a partner focused on white collar defense, investigations and trial practice. She brings significant expertise and first-chair trial experience that will be immediately compelling to the firm’s best-in-class roster of technology and disruptive clients as they navigate a constantly evolving law enforcement and regulatory landscape. In joining Cooley, Jenkins reunites with former US Attorney’s Office colleague and now Cooley partner, Matthew Kutcher.
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