Anthony Son has just joined Wiley Rein’s Washington office as a partner. Son left his position at Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz to join Wiley. Prior working at Connolly, he was a partner at Foley & Lardner. Son is the latest addition to Wiley Rein’s intellectual property group.

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Epstein Becker & Green has hired attorney Harry Silver as a partner in its Washington office. Silver, gained six years of experience in the health care field from Patton Boggs. He specializes in the defense of health care providers in cases of fraud and abuse. Silver foresees this legal area getting very busy due to the new health care bill.

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Quarles & Brady LLP has launched an office in Tampa, Florida. This new addition makes the firm’s second Florida office, the first being in Naples. Quarles has been recruiting lateral attorneys from neighboring firms in Tampa, including DLA Piper. The attorney’s names have yet to be disclosed.

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney saw a decrease in revenue in 2009 by 2.9 percent. It dropped from $272.8 million to $264.9 million. The firm saw both profits per equity partner (PPP) as well as Revenue per lawyer (RPL) increase in 2009. PPP shot up to $590,000, an increase of 4.8 percent. RPL jumped 5.3 percent, from $565,000 to $595,000.

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Littler Mendelson has hired Robert Conti for its office in Orange County. Previously, Conti was a partner at Goldman, Magdalin & Krikes. He specializes in industrial injuries which result in disability discrimination claims.

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Foley & Lardner was hit hard by the recession, it would appear. Its gross revenue decreased by 8.8 percent to $667 million. Profits per partner declined by 7.9 percent, to $586,000. The following practice groups suffered the most: IP/IP Litigaiton, securities and white-collar litigation.

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Ashurst has just made its first US lateral hire since it launched in the US last year. Attorney Margaret Sheehan joins the firm as a partner from Alston & Bird. Sheehan will practice in Ashurst’s financial services and products group. This is the first in what appears to be many desired lateral hires by Ashurst, who is currently focuses on expanding in Asia.

Source:  www.legalweek.com