Katten announced today that Christopher Cole has joined the Washington, DC office as a partner in the Intellectual Property (IP) department where he will chair the Advertising, Marketing and Promotions practice group, bolstering the firm’s profile in advertising law. Cole comes to Katten from the Washington office of Crowell & Moring LLP.
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Michael Huston is joining the firm in Washington, D.C., as a partner and co-chair of the Appeals, Issues & Strategy Practice. Michael previously served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he represented the federal government before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Tags: Perkins Coie LLP | Washington
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Michael Evans, former chief majority counsel and deputy staff director for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. He rejoins the firm’s public policy and law practice.
Vinson & Elkins announced today that Stephen Medlock has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, D.C., bolstering an Antitrust Litigation practice that handles many of the nation’s most high profile cases. He joins Vinson & Elkins from Mayer Brown.
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Michael (Mike) Rubin today joins the firm’s Raleigh office as shareholder. Rubin joins Ogletree Deakins from Goldberg Segalla, where he was a partner, chair of the firm’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Worksite Safety Practice Group, and co-leader of the firm’s Construction Practice Group. Rubin is the seventh shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins nationwide since September.
Tags: Ogletree Deakins | Columbia | New York
Skadden is pleased to announce that Robert Chaplin has joined the firm’s Financial Institutions Group as a partner in our London office. His practice focuses on M&A, private equity, asset management and regulatory matters in the insurance sector. Chaplin joins from Slaughter and May in London.
Holland & Knight has strengthened its leading energy and private equity practices with the addition of Nancy Bostic as a partner in its Houston office. Previously, Ms. Bostic was a partner at Gray Reed, where she served as the firm’s practice group leader for M&A and Private Equity.
Cooley has expanded its market-leading intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of Christa Anderson as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. Anderson joins the firm’s global litigation team from Keker, Van Nest & Peters, bringing extensive trial experience representing companies in intellectual property disputes across a wide range of industries and technologies.
Tags: Cooley LLP | San Francisco
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labour law practice representing management, has opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland. The office will be led by Dr. Ueli Sommer, who joined the firm as a partner, and will operate under the name Littler | LEL Lawyers.
