Erin Simmons, who handles complex lending transactions for financial clients, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Denver-based partner in the firm’s Finance Practice. Erin joins Haynes Boone from Davis Graham & Stubbs, where she was a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance Practice.
Faegre Drinker announced today that Dee Anne Sjögren and Mark Weakley and have joined the firm as partners and Jeremy Kollitz, CFA, as an associate in the investment management practice. They come to the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
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Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm has further bolstered its Health Care and Life Sciences Sector and Antitrust Practice Group with the addition of Partner Diane Hazel in Denver. Hazel joins Foley from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, where she served as the First Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Unit.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, a national law firm, is pleased to announce that Margaret Olek Esler has joined the firm as a partner in Denver. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Esler was a Real Estate shareholder for Polsinelli in Denver.
Fennemore continues its strategic Western expansion announcing today that it is combining with Wendel Rosen LLP, one of the oldest and largest full-service business law firms in the East Bay. The combined firm will be called Fennemore Wendel in Northern California, Fennemore Dowling Aaron in the Central Valley and Fennemore across the rest of its footprint in Southern California, Arizona, Colorado and Nevada.
Tags: Fennemore Craig, P.C. | Bakersfield | Denver | Fresno | Las Vegas | Modesto | Nogales | Phoenix | Reno | Sacramento | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | Tucson | Walnut CreekAm Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes real estate attorney Hillary E. Ellis to its nationally renowned Real Estate Practice, continuing Polsinelli’s recent efforts to advance women leaders in the Real Estate and Financial Services Department. Ellis joins the firm as a new Shareholder in the Denver office, where she’ll work with Michael R. Strand and Real Estate Practice Chair Amy Kiefer Hansen. Prior to joining Polsinelli, Ellis was a Partner at Kutak Rock LLP.
Tags: DenverFoley & Lardner LLP announced today that Tamera “Tammy” Westerberg has joined the firm’s Litigation Department and Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group as a partner in the Denver office. Westerberg comes to Foley from Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell in Denver.
Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP today announced the expansion of its Tax Practice Group with partner Erika Labelle in Denver. She joins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner where she served as the co-leader of its U.S. Tax Group. Labelle is the sixth partner to join Akerman’s national tax team in six months.
Clark Hill announced that Ed Hopkins has joined the firm as a Member of the Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy practice in the firm’s Denver office. Hopkins’ practice is focused on cyber risk mitigation and data protection, incident preparedness and response, and ensuring compliance with changing regulatory requirements. Hopkins comes to the firm from Fisher & Phillips LLP.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes real estate attorney Lauren E. Hirt as a new shareholder in the firm’s Denver office. Hirt’s addition to the firm adds to the momentum of Polsinelli’s Real Estate Practice, which has added 52 new attorneys to Construction, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Finance Practices over the past 10 months; nine of whom were hired in the Denver office. Hirt comes to Polsinelli from Kutak Rock LLP.
