Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC has announced that it will open a Chicago office this fall. The Michigan-based firm is in the process of leasing office space at 225 W. Washington St., and will staff it with attorneys recruited from McGuireWoods’ Chicago office.
Source: www.chicagobusiness.com
Fisher & Phillips Add Five Attorneys in Atlanta
Fisher & Phillips LLP has announced that one new global immigration associate and four new labor and employment associates will join their Atlanta office. The attorneys are Jet Stigter, Marisa Ugalde Sugarman, Mark Y. Thacker, Matt Simpson and Josh F. Norris. Fisher & Phillips is currently looking to strengthen its employment practice in Atlanta in order to offer more services to its growing Georgian clientèle.
Source: www.dbusinessnews.com
Top Litigation Attorney Joins Sutherland
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has announced that it has hired Rachel Giesber Clingman as Co-Partner-In-Charge of their Houston office as well as leading their nationwide business litigation practice. Clingman, formerly of Fulbright & Jaworski, has been recofnized by EnergyLaw260 as one of the top five female attorneys working in energy and won BTI’s 2007 Client Service Award.
Source: houston.dbusinessnews.com
Haynes & Boone Acquires Top Immigration Associate
Haynes and Boone LLP has announced that Leigh Ganchan will soon head the firm’s Houston immgration practice. Ganchan is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as an Immigration and Nationality expert and has worked at the US Immigration and Naturalization Service. Additionally, she is currently the chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Liaison Committee.
Source: lawfuel.com From 1996 to 1999, Ganchan gained insight into the enforcement side of immigration law during her tenure as an Assistant District Counsel for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. She currently serves as chair for American Immigration Lawyers Association Liaison Committee to the Texas Service Center and sits on the AILA National Liaison Committee to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services headquarters. She’s also editor-in-chief for the 2006 edition of “Handbook on Immigration for Entertainers, Artists, Athletes” and was selected for the International Who’s Who in Immigration Law for 2007. Ganchan, a 1991 graduate of the University of Alabama, earned her law degree at American University’s Washington College of Law and holds a diploma from the Universite Paris X in European and International Legal Studies. She also earned a post-graduate degree from the University of Vienna. Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Moscow, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With more than 450 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal. The firm has been recognized by Vault.com as one of the “20 Best Law Firms to Work For,” by Corporate Board Member Magazine as one of the “Best Corporate Law Firms in America,” and has received the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Thomas L. Sager Award for its commitment to diversity. –30–
Damianova Switches Between Rival Firms
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has announced that structured finance attorney Assia Damianova will join their London office. Damianova, formerly of Cadwalader’s rival firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, will join the London capital markets team as a special counsel focusing on structured transactions. Representatives from Cadwalader said that the addition of Damianova is part of a London-wide trend to bulk up capital markets team, and yet there is a shortage of available, qualified attorneys.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
McDermott Opens IP Practice in Rome
McDermott Will & Emery has announced that it will launch an intellectual property practice in its Italian office in Rome. Heading the firm will be Francesco Mattina, who most recently worked at Roman boutique Gemma Mannino Mattina. Barely two years old, McDermott’s Roman office has grown to house 25 attorneys, including nine partners, and handles Italian corporate, tax and antitrust work.
Source: legalweek.com
Shappard Mullin Bulks Up on Employment Attorneys
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton have hired Johnathan G. Rose and Sheldon M. Kline as partners for their Labor and Employment group in Washington DC. Rose, who most recently worked for Katten Muchin Rosenman, specializes in representing plan sponsors and fiduciaries involved in ERISA litigation. Kline, who most recently worked for Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner, specializes in n labor negotiations, in bankruptcy, federal and state court litigation. These hires are part of an East Cost Labor and Employment growth plan by Sheppard Mullin.
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Akin Gump Raids DLA Piper in Beijing
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced that a group from DLA Piper will join its Beijing office. The group is led by corporate partner Janet Jie Tang and she is joined by three transactions associates, Lu Ning, Wang Yuanming, and Zeng Linyan. Akin Gump hopes that these additions will broaden the range of services available to their Chinese clients.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Sutherland Adds Houston Litigation Partner
Sutherland Asbill & Brennen LLP has announced that they will add a former Fulbright & Jaworski Litigation partner to their Houston office. Steven L. Roberts, who brings almost three decades of courtroom experience to the position, specializes in energy, admiralty and professional services litigation.
Source: houston.dbusinessnews.com
Locke Liddell and Lord Bissell to Merge
Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP have announced that two firms will merge in early October. The new firm, which will be called Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, will house over 700 attorneys and will have around $400 million is gross revenue. Current Dallas managing partner Jerry Clements of Liddell & Sapp will head the new firm.
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