Mayer Brown announced today that Sam Patranella joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate & Securities practice, where he will focus on energy and private equity transactions. Previously, Mr. Patranella was vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Luxe Energy LLC and Luxe Minerals LLC, where he was also an initial member.
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Katten announced today that Eli Burriss has joined the Dallas office as a partner in the Commercial Litigation practice, deepening the bench of attorneys with a particular focus on health care-related litigation. Burriss joins the firm from Holland & Knight.
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes real estate attorney Lauren E. Hirt as a new shareholder in the firm’s Denver office. Hirt’s addition to the firm adds to the momentum of Polsinelli’s Real Estate Practice, which has added 52 new attorneys to Construction, Real Estate Services and Real Estate Finance Practices over the past 10 months; nine of whom were hired in the Denver office. Hirt comes to Polsinelli from Kutak Rock LLP.
O’Melveny today announced that David V. Harbach, II, a former senior prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and in the Southern District of New York, will join the firm on November 1 as a partner in the White Collar Defense & Corporate Investigations practice, based in Washington, DC.
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Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Adrianne Marshack joined the firm’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice as partner, resident in the Santa Monica office. Marshack comes to the firm from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
Holland & Knight announced today that Gabriel Benincasa has joined the firm from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he served as the agency’s inaugural Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Benincasa will be a partner in the firm’s Northeast Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group, residing in the New York and Washington, D.C., offices.
Jordi de Llano, an experienced federal prosecutor, has joined Troutman Pepper’s national White Collar and Government Investigations Practice Group. De Llano most recently was the Deputy Chief of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the state’s top federal law enforcement agency.
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the addition of Denmon Sigler as a Houston-based partner in its Transactions Practice Group. Denmon is a recognized leader in the conventional energy space and draws on more than two decades of highly skilled transactional work and leadership to support McDermott as a first-choice energy practice in Texas. Denmon joins from Baker McKenzie, where she held several leadership positions.
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Elizabeth “Beth” C. Garvey, one of the most experienced attorneys in New York State government, has joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its Albany office as a member of its Government Law & Policy Practice. Garvey will serve clients across the nation while working closely with legal teams in Greenberg Traurig’s Albany, New York and Washington, D.C. offices. Garvey previously served in a range of high-level governmental positions, most recently as acting counsel to the New York State Governor, senior vice chancellor for Legal Affairs and general counsel at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Albany, and counsel to the State Senate majority.
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Bridget K. O’Connor has joined the Firm as a partner in its Business & Tort Litigation Practice. She will be based in the Washington Office. O’Connor comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
