Cheryl A. Geiser Joins Baker Donelson’s Labor & Employment Group in Atlanta

Thursday, August 6, 2026

National law firm Baker Donelson has added immigration attorney Cheryl A. Geiser as of counsel in its Atlanta office and a member of the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group. Ms. Geiser has nearly 25 years of experience counseling businesses on employment-based immigration, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, permanent labor certification, and adjustment of status. She also helps employers develop immigration strategies and compliance programs, including I-9 and Labor Condition Application (LCA)/Public Access File audits, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worksite inspection preparedness, and immigration considerations related to international personnel transfers.

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Brown Rudnick Welcomes 34-Lawyer Intellectual Property Litigation Team

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Brown Rudnick today announced its largest group hire in the firm’s history, bringing onboard a 34-Lawyer intellectual property litigation group to the firm and launching a Silicon Valley office. This addition is the largest group hire in Brown Rudnick’s history, and cements Brown Rudnick as a market leader in technology, life sciences, and global litigation. The team of highly accomplished IP trial litigators and patent prosecutors brings decades of experience. The team includes Silicon Valley partners Paul Andre, Lisa Kobialka, James Hannah, Kristopher Kastens, and Michael Lee, and New York partners Jonathan Caplan and Aaron Frankel. The team was previously with HSF Kramer.

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Jones Day Adds Leading Tax Controversy Lawyer Jennifer Breen in Washington

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Jennifer Breen has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Tax Practice. She is based in the Firm’s Washington Office. Ms. Breen represents domestic and multinational businesses, large partnerships, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices in tax controversy and IRS administrative matters. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Breen served as Partner in the DC office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

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Burr & Forman Expands Healthcare Practice with Addition of Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Beth Warren in South Carolina

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Burr & Forman is pleased to announce that Elizabeth (Beth) C. Warren has joined the firm’s Columbia, South Carolina, office as counsel in the Healthcare practice group. Beth joins the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, where she most recently served as Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Civil Division. Her work focused on False Claims Act enforcement and healthcare fraud and abuse issues.

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Fried Frank Expands Fund Finance Practice with Arrival of Partner Corinne Musa

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Fried Frank announced today that Corinne Musa has joined the firm as a fund finance partner in New York. Corinne brings significant experience advising sponsors and alternative lenders and capital sources on the most complex, bespoke fund financing transactions in the market. Musa arrives at the firm from Akin in New York.

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Sidley Continues Global Finance Growth With Partners Brian Foster and Patrick Calves in New York

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Sidley is pleased to announce that Brian Foster and Patrick Calves have joined Sidley’s office in New York as partners in the firm’s Global Finance practice. They join from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, where Mr. Foster previously served as the Co-Head of the Fund Finance practice. The team will include three counsel, Bryan Barreras, Brian Kurpis, and Susan Bumgardner, and they will be joined by six additional associates.

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