Jackson Lewis, a labor and employment firm, has opened an office in Philadelphia. The new branch will be staff with attorneys from Saul Ewing and White & Williams. Rick Grimaldi of White & Williams will helm the new office, and although he wasn’t looking to leave White & Williams, the promise of managing an office of his own proved too tempting. Grimaldi plans to grow the new office as quickly as possible, citing a “huge need” for labor and employment attorneys in the area.
Source: law.com
Houston- and Dallas-based firm Locke Liddell & Sapp has announced that all levels of attorneys will see a pay increase beinning retroactively on August 1st. Associates will start out at $160,000 and move to $170,000 their second year. Thirds years will earn $172, 500; fourth-years $175,000; fifth years $180,000; sixth years $185,000; seventh-years $190,000; and eighth-years $195,000.
Source: texaslawyer.com
Fort Worth firm Kelly Hart & Hallman opened a Houston office this week. Partnering the new office ar James Derrick, David Hedges, Max Hendrick and J. Clark Martin, all of Vinson & Elkins. The office will hopefully grow to 21 attorneys, and the firm has an additional office in Austin. Kelly Hart & Hallman opened the Houston branch in order to optimize contact with large energy companies.
Source: www.star-telegram.com
Dykema Gosset P.L.L.C., a law firm based out of Detroit, announced this Wednesday that it will be opening a Dallas office. The new branch will be composed of commercial litigators, although Dykema hopes to expand to corporate, real estate and financial practices over the next few years. Darrell Jordan, the attorney who ran for mayor of Dallas last year, will head the new office.
Source: crainsdetroit.com
Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced that tax partner Edouard S. Markson will join their New York office. Markson was most recently employed with Credit Suisse as the director of their Tax Advisory Group. He specializes in investment banking, alternative investments and global structuring.
Source: www.metrocorpcounsel.com
Hunton & Williams LLP has announced the the Chief Counsel of the United States Food & Drug Administration Sheldon Bradshaw will join its firm’s Food and Drug Practice in Washington. Bradshaw, who has also worked at the Department of Justice, was Chief Counsel of the FDA since 2005. Hunton & Williams practice is strong in the biologics and pharmaceuticals worlds, and Bradshaw was quoted as saying that he saw the specialized fit as an excellent opportunity for career growth.
Source: home.businesswire.com
Heller Ehrman LLP has announced that Suzanne Hawkins, previously of Huron Consulting Group, Inc., will join the firm’s New York office as the firmwide Chief of Practice Excellence. This is a new position designed to facilitate the development of firmwide training systems which are intended to improve service to clients. Hawkins, who has 25 years of legal experience, is expected to flourish in the new in-house position.
Source: lawfuel.com
Nixon Peabody LLP has announced that it has hired Peter Swartz and Matthew Moses as partners for its energy practice in Rochester, New York. Both attorneys come from transactional backgrounds and join the firm as part of Nixon Peabody’s ongoing energy and environmental practice expansion
Source: www.metrocorpcounsel.com
Alicia J. Batts, an antitrust attorney, has joined Proskauer Rose’s Washington DC office as a partner. Batts brings several years of experience as an antitrust advisor at the Federal Trade Commission to her new position, as well as experience with a broad range of clients, from automotive to pharmaceutical. Batts previously worked at Dickstein Shapiro, also as partner. Proskauer Rose is in the midst of beefing up its Washington practice, including new additions to its corporate and transactional practices.
Source: home.businesswire.com
Five attorneys have moved from Akerman Senterfitt in Orlando to Fisher & Phillips. Included in this group are Daivd Kornreich, Jeffrey Mandel, who will head the Fisher & Phillips Orlando office, Benton Wood, David Young, and Bill Katsafanas. Theresa Gallion, the sole partner at Fisher & Phillips before the raid, will continue to split her time between the Orlando and Tampa offices.
Source: www.orlandosentinal.com
