DLA Piper announced today that J. Robert “Robby” Robertson has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Chicago. Robertson, who joins DLA Piper from Hogan Lovells, earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from the Virginia Military Institute. More >>

Shareholder Aaron O’Donnell, Associate Lauren Ortega Focus on Transaction Work. Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, welcomes two new attorneys to the firm’s Real Estate practice group in Chicago. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Robert Unikel, a patent and trade secrets litigation lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice, based in Chicago. He joins from Arnold & Porter, where he was a partner. More >>

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP has added 4,000 square feet of space to its Chicago office to accommodate an attorney roster that has grown 44 percent in the last year. The additional space coincides with the arrival of four new attorneys including real estate partner Lenny Asaro, formerly a managing member at one of the oldest minority owned and operated law firms in the United States. More >>

McGuireWoods’ strategic expansion of its highly ranked private equity industry team continued with Greg Hawver bringing his deep experience in domestic and cross-border M&A deals to the firm’s Chicago office. More >>

The global law firm Jones Day announces that Dean Bachus has joined the Firm’s Chicago Office as a partner in its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continued growth of the Chicago office with intellectual property litigators Timothy Sendek, former leader of the IP Litigation Team at a regional law firm, and Darrick Hooker. They each join Akerman as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and bolster its capabilities in Chicago. The office has become a key center for global IP matters, with strengths in patent and trade secret litigation, patent prosecution and counseling in the United States, Asia and Europe. More >>