Lewis Brisbois Enhances National Trial Capabilities with Experienced, Nationally Recognized New Partner in Minneapolis

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Minneapolis, Minn. (March 2, 2023) – Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Frank Taylor to its Minneapolis office as a partner in the firm’s National Trial, Complex Business & Commercial Litigation, and Crisis Management Practices, among others. Mr. Taylor has served as lead trial counsel in more than 135 class actions, tried more than 350 matters in all 50 states, and defended numerous enforcement actions. Moreover, Mr. Taylor has deep and broad experience in complex financial markets litigation, regulatory investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and unique financings. Mr. Taylor arrives at the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright.

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Paul Hastings Adds Premier Commercial and Securities Litigator Jennifer Conn

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Paul Hastings LLP announced today that leading commercial and securities litigator Jennifer Conn, who has represented some of the world’s largest businesses in bet-the-company litigation, has joined the firm as a partner. She will co-chair the firm’s securities litigation practice. Joining from Gibson Dunn, Conn is this year’s second lateral litigator in New York, following the addition of Joshua Berman from White & Case earlier this week.

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Melissa Messina Brings Investment Banking, Public Finance Skills to McGuireWoods

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

McGuireWoods is expanding its nationally ranked public finance practice with the arrival of Baltimore partner Melissa Messina, an attorney and former investment banker with deep experience advising and structuring financings for senior living communities and representing lenders and underwriters in complex finance transactions. Messina joins McGuireWoods from the financial services firm HJ Sims, where she was a senior investment banker before assuming the role of executive vice president and associate general counsel.

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Dinsmore Grows Again in Cleveland with Addition of Experienced Financial Services Litigator

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Just weeks after the arrival of five intellectual property attorneys, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is adding to its commercial finance and litigation teams with the recent addition of Ben Carnahan to the Firm’s Cleveland office. Ben builds long-lasting client relationships and has extensive experience in complex commercial and consumer loan transactions and litigation, with an emphasis on the defense of banks, consumer finance companies, mortgage lenders and loan servicers against federal and state consumer statutory claims. Carnahan joins Dinsmore from Walter & Haverfield LLP.

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