Frost Brown Todd Pittsburgh Office Continues Growth with Addition of Partner Janet McQuaid

Environmental attorney Janet McQuaid is Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) newest Partner. She will sit in the firm’s Pittsburgh office and joins Partner Sunny Yang and Counsel Tara Rice who also recently came to the firm. Yang’s practice focuses on international business matters and trade, and Rice assists with energy businesses with various real estate needs and frequently litigates throughout Pennsylvania. McQuaid arrives from Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.

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K&L Gates Enhances Energy Practice with Boston Partner Addition

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Theodore Paradise to its Energy, Infrastructure, and Resources practice area. Based in the firm’s Boston office and also working out of the New York and Washington, D.C., offices, Paradise brings an extensive background in energy law and regulation, project development, transmission system planning and operational issues, and consensus building, as well as federal and state policy. Paradise joins K&L Gates from Hexicon USA, LLC.

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Lewis Brisbois Expands Litigation and Trial Capabilities in Nashville With New Partner Hire

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Brian F. Walthart to its Nashville office as a partner in the firm’s General Liability Practice. With more than 15 years of litigation experience, Mr. Walthart has successfully tried a wide range of cases to verdict, including matters involving alleged insurance bad faith, products liability, construction defect, personal injury, sexual harassment, professional negligence, and civil rights. In addition to his trial work, Mr. Walthart regularly defends cases on behalf of firm clients, resolving them early and efficiently through the use of pretrial motions and appeals where necessary. Walthart arrives from McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Corporate Partner Joseph Morrison Jr. in Southeast Michigan

Barnes & Thornburg announced today that Joseph R. Morrison Jr. has joined the firm’s Southeast Michigan office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Joe is the latest addition to Barnes & Thornburg’s Corporate Department this year, following Laurian Cristea in New York and Raleigh, M. Shams Billah in New York, Jay Knight and Taylor Wirth in Nashville, and Kevin DiDio, also in Southeast Michigan. Joe joins Barnes & Thornburg from Bodman PLC.

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King & Spalding Adds Partner Mitch Tiras to Corporate Practice in Houston

King & Spalding announced today that Mitch Tiras has joined the firm’s Corporate, Finance, and Investments (CFI) practice group as a partner. He is based in the firm’s Houston office. He joins the firm from Locke Lord, where he was a partner and served on the executive committee and as former chair of the tax department.

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Eversheds Sutherland Expands West Coast Tax Presence with Partner Michael Lebovitz

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Michael Lebovitz has joined the firm’s Tax Practice Group as a partner in its San Francisco office. With a focus on International Tax, Mr. Lebovitz deepens the firm’s international tax offerings and support for global clients across industries and jurisdictions. He is the latest attorney to join the firm’s new and growing San Francisco office, which opened its doors earlier this year. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Lebovitz was a partner at Mayer Brown, where he was co-leader of the International Tax and Transfer Pricing team.

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