Polsinelli Continues Intellectual Property Expansion Adding Biotech, Life Sciences Attorney David Clough in Chicago

Polsinelli announced today distinguished intellectual property attorney Dr. David W. Clough joined as shareholder in its Chicago office, along with a team that includes another shareholder and an associate. Clough brings more than 25 years of experience to the firm’s growing Intellectual Property Department, which is comprised of more than 120 attorneys, patent agents and scientists coast to coast, and strengthens the firm’s position as a market-leader in providing legal services to the biotech and life sciences communities. More >>

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Sheppard Mullin Chicago Continues Expansion With Energy Partner Amit Kalra

Amit Kalra has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance team and the Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice group, based in the firm’s Chicago office. Kalra joins from Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago where he was chair of the firm’s Tax department. More >>

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Daniel R. Flynn Joins Dinsmore’s Chicago Office

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP welcomes Daniel R. Flynn to the firm’s Chicago office. Flynn, a litigator focusing on environmental issues, brings decades of experience and enhances the services offered in Chicago. Prior to joining Dinsmore, Flynn practiced at Leech Tishman as well as Seyfarth Shaw. More >>

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Benesch Continues to Grow Litigation Practice in Chicago and Cleveland

Benesch continues to bolster its complex business litigation practice, including the defense of class actions, energy related litigation, and litigating intellectual property disputes, with the additions of David Almeida, Manish Mehta, Mark Eisen, Nick Larry and Mark Norris. The addition of these five attorneys is another step in the firm’s strategy to focus its litigation practice on sophisticated matters for large institutional clients, and brings Benesch’s total number of new litigators to 38 in the past two years, which nearly doubles the size of its Litigation Practice Group to 81 attorneys. More >>

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Matt Stevens Joins Winston & Strawn in Chicago

Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce Matt Stevens has joined the firm as partner in the Corporate Department. Mr. Stevens, who will be based in the firm’s Chicago office, brings experience advising clients with respect to a wide variety of corporate transactions, particularly focusing on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, and has significant cross-border experience throughout the world. He also regularly advises publicly and privately held companies with respect to general corporate matters and complex commercial engagements. More >>

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