Barnes & Thornburg Adds Patent Partner Kurt Rohde in Chicago

Barnes & Thornburg has added Kurt Rohde to the firm’s Intellectual Property Department as a partner in the Chicago office. Rohde is the fourth partner addition in Chicago this year and the third in the office’s Intellectual Property Department.  Rohde joins from McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, a boutique intellectual property firm, where he chaired the mechanical and materials practice group.

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Eversheds Sutherland Continues Growth in Chicago with Three Real Estate Laterals

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the further expansion of the firm’s Chicago office with the arrival of three attorneys in the Real Estate Practice Group. Ruth A. Schoenmeyer has joined the firm as partner, and Kathleen Dempsey Boyle and Stephanie J. Kim have joined the firm as counsel. Schoenmeyer and Kim come to the firm from White & Case, Boyle joins from Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Labor and Employment Partner in Chicago

Barnes & Thornburg has added labor and employment attorney Terese M. Connolly as partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department. Ms. Connolly, who joins in Chicago, advises multinational corporations on a full spectrum of employment-related issues that arise when managing a global workforce. Connolly comes to the firm from Culhane Meadows PLLC.

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Matthew R. Jones, Leading Executive Compensation Lawyer, Joins Ropes & Gray in Chicago

Matthew R. Jones, a leading executive compensation and employee benefits lawyer, has joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Matt is a skilled and sought-after advisor who focuses his practice on all executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions, as well as on ongoing compensation and benefits matters. Matt prides himself in taking a practical and efficient approach to helping clients solve complex problems. Jones previously practiced with K&L Gates in Chicago.

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Quarles & Brady Broadens Data Privacy & Security Practice with Three New Attorneys

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced the expansion of its Data Privacy & Security practice with the addition of three new attorneys. Hilary Lane (partner), previously the Chief Privacy Officer for NBCUniversal joins the firm’s Tampa office, and Greg Leighton (partner) and Bari Nathan (associate) join the Chicago office. Leighton and Nathan join from Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, respectively.

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