Kurt Nondorf has recently joined the Houston office of Jackson Walker LLP as managing partner. His position entails the overseeing of the firm in its Houston location. Nondorf was previously head of transactions section in the firm’s Dallas branch, where he practiced commercial real estate.
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James E. Baiers was a member of Clark Hill from 1979 through 1996. He then went into the private sector and became the Chief Legal Officer for one of the countries largest publicly traded professional employer organizations with over 30,000 employees under contract. In that position he was responsible for all of the company’s legal matters including SEC filings, government compliance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and litigation.
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Tímea Bana has joined Siegler Law Office/Weil, Gotshal & Manges as an associate. Bana joins from Hungarian Television Zrt, in which she headed contractual matters. Bana’s specialization is in media and intellectual property law.
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Chadbourne & Parke is expanding its London offices, adding more than 1,000 square meters to its Regis House location on King William Street. The expansion will support the branch’s growth, allowing for more attorney’s and more room. The construction should be completed in May.
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Brette Simon joins Jones Day in the Los Angeles Office as a partner in the Private Equity Practice. Ms. Simon, a renowned transactional attorney, comes from the Los Angeles office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. Ms. Simon is the 4th transactional attorney to join as partner in the West Coast offices of Jones Day in the past three months.
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Hong Kong: LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Renowned Hong Kong litigator Brian Gilchrist is to join leading law firm Clifford Chance from 1 May 2008.
Brian joins the strongest litigation team in Asia, with four partners based in Hong Kong, including leading practitioner Martin Rogers, and 40 litigation lawyers working across Asia.
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Hogan & Hartson LLP has implemented a pilot program in its Colorado offices aimed to do two things: establish “green” business practices and improve the health of its employees. The program focuses on reducing energy use and waste. The program also strives to better inform its employees by offering information, services, and incentives for participation.
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James Wesley Kinnear has joined Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro as a partner in their San Francisco office. Kinnear will continue to center his work on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. His main focus is media and IP litigation.
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Robert M. Andersen, who comes from New York’s Dewey & LeBoeuf, has joined the team of Akerman Senterfitt, specifically their Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group. Prior to Dewey, Anderson was former chief counsel of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where he supervised 400 attorneys. As of now, Anderson has joined one of Florida’s largest law firms.
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Charles Pak, former co-chairman of the private equity group at Seyfarth Shaw, joins Reed Smith’s Los Angeles office as a partner in its corporate and securities group. Pak is experienced in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and corporate finance. In addition to Charles Pak, Reed Smith has hired four new partners to the Los Angeles office this month.
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