Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott has hired nine attorneys from bankruptcy boutique Adelman Lavine Gold Schildhorn & Kleban, effectively closing the nearly 60-year-old boutique. The group will start at Eckert’s Philadelphia office on April 2. Lewis H. Gold, Gary M. Schildhorn, Barry D. Kleban, Gary D. Bressler, Alan I. Moldoff and Kathleen E. Torbit will join Eckert Seamans as partners, and Mark Pfeiffer, Alexander Moretsky and Marie C. Dooley will join as associates. Gold reported that the deal was largely due to his firm’s desire to provide the services and have access to the resources of a larger, full-service law firm. Eckert now has about 18 lawyers in its bankruptcy practice. Four attorneys chose not to move to Eckert and instead are joining other firms.
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