O’Melveny Expands Dallas White Collar Team by Welcoming Former Federal Prosecutor Sid Mody

O’Melveny announced today that former federal prosecutor Sid Mody has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in its White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations Practice Group, as well as the firm’s Fintech, National Security, and Data Security & Privacy Groups. Mody comes to O’Melveny from the National Security, Cybercrime, and Money-Laundering Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, where he prosecuted cryptocurrency, cyberfraud, ransomware, and hacking cases, and was the office’s Digital Currency Crimes Coordinator and the National Security Cyber Specialist.

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Polsinelli Continues Recent Growth of Tax Credit Practice, Welcoming Nicholas L. Burkhart

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes tax credit finance attorney Nicholas L. Burkhart as a new Shareholder in the firm’s St. Louis office, the latest outstanding authority to join the firm’s Tax Credit Practice, Real Estate Practice and Real Estate Finance Practice. Burkhart joins the national Real Estate Practice during a year of growth across the nation and specifically in Polsinelli’s St. Louis office, which has recently added seven more attorneys locally, including new Shareholder Scott L. Smithson, Jr., who joined in May. Polsinelli’s Real Estate and Financial Services Department now has more than 25 attorneys in St. Louis. Before joining Polsinelli, Burkhart was a Shareholder at Sandberg Phoenix, where he was the Co-Chair of the firm’s Cannabis industry team.

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Amy Hoang Joins Seyfarth with New Government Contracts Team in Washington, DC

Seyfarth announced today the arrivals of partner Amy C. Hoang, counsel Erica L. Bakies, and associate Sarah F. Burgart to the firm’s Litigation department and Government Contracts practice group in Washington, DC. Hoang joins Seyfarth as co-chair of its national Government Contracts practice group. All three attorneys join from the Washington, DC office of K&L Gates, where Hoang served as practice group coordinator of its Government Contracts and Procurement Policy group.

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Prominent Energy Partner Joins Womble Bond Dickinson in Houston

Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Francisco Balduzzi has joined the firm’s Corporate and Securities group as a partner in the Houston office. He has more than 25 years of international experience as a senior legal executive and in private practice, particularly in Latin America. He has a strong cross-border M&A, transactional, and dispute practice within the energy and natural resources (ENR) and mining sectors. Most recently, he was Head of Legal LATAM and Asia Pacific for Barrick Gold Corporation, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies.

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