White & Case has announced the hiring of two private client attorneys. John M. Olivieri and Cecily P. Maquire will join the firm from Dewey Ballantine, the former as partner and the later as counsel. The pair is rumored to have left Dewey Ballantine due to its impending merger with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Greenberg Traurig Acquires Government Affairs Associate Director
Greenberg Traurig has announced that Anne P. Van Buren has joined its Albany office. Van Burn is a Governmental Affairs attorney and will be the Albany office’s Associate Director. She joins Greenberg Traurig from The Business Council of New York State, where she was the Director of Energy and Telecommunications.
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Pepper Hamilton Moves in Manhattan; Plans for Growth
Pepper Hamilton has moved its New York office into a larger space in order to make room for an expected 50 attorney increase over the next few years. The Philadelphia based firm has installed eight attorneys–six of them partners–in the 37th floor of The New York Times Building. The new office is triple the size of their old, Lexington Avenue location.
Source: nylawyer.com
Norwalk Joins Epstein Becker & Green
Leslie V. Norwalk, formerly the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been hired by Epstein Becker & Green’s Washington DC office. She returns to the firm in a new position as strategic adviser on payment, regulation and health policy issues.
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Thompson Hine Expands Tax Group
Thompson Hine LLP has announced that it has recruited associate LaVonda Napka. Napka, formerly of Grant Thornton LLP, will practice Tax law in the firm’s Cleveland office.
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Michigan Firm Opens Chicago Branch
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
