Anastasia Kelly resigned from American International Group in December because of a government imposed a salary cap of $500,000 a year. Kelly has just taken a position with DLA Piper as counsel in the firm’s Washington office. Thomas Russo, formerly senior counsel at Patton Boggs, takes Kelly’s position at AIG.
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Steptoe & Johnson has just opened its first office in Asia. The first office resides in Beijing. Partner Eric Emerson has relocated from the firm’s Washington office to Beijing. Susan Munro, a lateral partner from O’Melveny & Myers, will also practice out of the new office.
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White & Case has lost its head of global information technology to Latham & Watkins. Steven Betensky has joined Latham in New York. This news comes shortly after Latham & Watkins took on 13 partners from White & Case earlier in the month.
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has added Jay Kelley to its Houston office. Kelley joins the energy & infrastructure project practice. He earned his JD from University of Houston Law Center and graduated summa cum laude.
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Arent Fox has added Andrew D. Kaizer to its New York office. Kaozer joins as a partner in the white-collar practice. He joins from Michelman & Robinson.
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McGuireWoods’ 2009 revenue increased by 6.73% from the previous year. It grew from $477 million in 2008 to $509 million. Profits per partner increased by 6.21%. Net profits decreased by 3.03%.
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Greenberg Traurig, LLP has hired a new Head of IP Litigation in Texas. Dwayne L. Mason has just joined the firm in Houston. Mason previously practiced at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.
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Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | HoustonLatham & Watkins has boosted its Hong Kong office with the hire of Raymond Kwok. Kwok joins as a partner in the real estate practice. Prior to joining Latham, he practiced in Blank Rome’s Hong Kong office.
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Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | Hong KongAnother partner has fled White & Case. Steve Betensky, the firm’s global IT practice chair. Betensky specializes in trademark and patent licensing agreements. Before moving to White & Case’s New York office, he worked in the Palo Alto and Prague offices.
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Despite the recession, Venable was able to basically maintain its financial numbers. Gross revenue and revenue per lawyer each increased by less than one percent. Profits per equity partner rose 2 percent. This may be to due to two acts: Venable laid off 16 lawyers and 48 staff in March last year, and the firm lowered salaries by 8 percent.
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