Hunton & Williams Expanding

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Hunton & Williams has been busy. The firm won over 8 employment lawyers from Akin Gump and is launching an office in San Francisco. Of the 8, four are partners, and four are associates. Laura Franze, joining co-chair of the employment group, will work out of Los Angeles and Dallas. Roland Juarez will also join the Los Angeles office. The San Francisco office will be led by poached partner, Fraser McAlpine, who will also be based out of Houston. Also in San Franisco, Brett Burns joins as partner, and Anna Suh as associate. Justin Smith, Richard Cortez and Jennifer Reith, all associates, will join the Dallas office.

Source: www.thelawyer.com

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Hogan & Hartson Opens Office in Middle East

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The Washington DC-based law firm of Hogan & Hartson has announced it will open an office in Abu Dhabi, which will be its first office in the Middle East. Heading up the new office will be Ray Batla from Hogan’s London office. The move to Abu Dhabi will allow the firm to work more closely will its current Middle Eastern clients and will also open opportunities for growth in the area.

Source: www.thelawyer.com

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O’Connor & Hannan Merges with Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The Washinton D.C. lobbying boutique O’Connor & Hannan will merge with the California based law firm Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliot this week. Together the firms will have over 150 lawyers and lobbyist in eight different locations. The combined firm will be called Nossaman/O’Connor & Hannan in D.C., however in the remaining seven offices will all be referred to as Nossaman.

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Chicago Based Litigation Boutique Sets Up Shop in Houston

Monday, June 30, 2008

The small litigation law firm of Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg teams up with Houston firm of DeGuerin & Dickson to tackle white-collar criminal cases together with talks of merging in the future. Eimer Stahl’s new Houston office help strengthen the firm’s refining and petrochemical litigation business and will also help to establish their own white-collar criminal practice in Houston. With new back-up, DeGuerin & Dickson will also benefit from the collaboration and likely take on larger white-collar criminal cases.

Source: www.law.com

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Jackson Lewis Opens Two More Offices This Year

Friday, June 27, 2008

The law firm Jackson Lewis added an office in Memphis and an office in Albuquerque. This will be the firm’s 5th and 6th new offices for just this year. The Memphis office is headed up by James Mulroy II, while the Albuquerque office is lead by Danny Jarrett. These new additions give the firm a total of 38 offices with more than 500 attorneys to boast.

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Husch Blackwell Is Ready To Merge Again

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Husch Blackwell is merging with Welsh & Katz, an intellectual property firm in Chicago. With the addition of the Welsh team, Husch’s Chicago IP group will nearly double. Husch Blackwell was already the combination of two firms: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin and St. Louis-based Husch & Eppenberger. They completed the merger in March of this year. Husch Blackwell will move to Welsh & Katz’s downtown Chicago office. javascript:submitbutton(‘save’); Save Save

Source: www.kansascity.com

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