Katten announced that James A. Saling has joined the firm as a partner in the Health Care Transactions and Compliance practice in New York. Saling joins Katten from Troutman Pepper along with associate Erica Youngerman. Youngerman advises a wide array of health care entities on their most complex regulatory and transactional matters.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the arrival of intellectual property litigator Damon Lewis as a partner in the Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice group in Washington, D.C. Lewis brings a strong technical background and experience representing clients at the federal district court, International Trade Commission (ITC), and Federal Circuit levels. He also brings a background as a software engineer at Oracle Corporation and an engineering cryptanalyst with the National Security Agency, as well as experience as a judicial clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Lewis joins the firm from DLA Piper, where he represented clients in patent and copyright matters in the telecommunications, microprocessors, software, televisions, power tools, electronics, e-commerce, distributed computing, communications and transportation technologies sectors.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the lateral hire of Rashpal Soomal, as a partner in the firm’s real estate litigation team. Rashpal joins the firm today from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where her experience encompassed contentious property matters, development litigation and mitigation around development constraints. More >>
Tags: Eversheds Sutherland | LondonGlenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes LLP, the bankruptcy and trial law firm that launched in 2021, has taken a major step forward in its evolution with the addition of Kurt Mayr, most recently the head of the bankruptcy practice at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP. A nationally respected bankruptcy strategist whose inventive thinking has driven several pioneering restructurings, Mayr will both complement and enhance Glenn Agre’s existing strength in bankruptcy litigation. More >>
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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome employment attorney Timothy (Tim) Reed back to its San Francisco office as shareholder. Tim rejoins the firm from FordHarrison, where he was the office managing partner and co-founder of FordHarrison’s San Francisco Bay Area office.
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Caryn Borg-Breen—an accomplished patent litigator with more than 20 years of experience handling intellectual property matters—has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. She will be based in Chicago and will travel to other Ballard Spahr offices as the needs of her clients dictate. Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Dr. Borg-Breen was a founding partner of Green, Griffith, & Borg-Breen LLP, a boutique firm in Chicago.
Goodwin, the global law firm serving innovators and investors, today announced that Alexander Nicas joined the firm’s Financial Restructuring group as a partner, resident in the New York office. Nicas comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York.
DLA Piper continues to make substantial investments in its globally recognized Private Equity practice with the addition of lateral partners Harris Eisenberg, Alex Plakas, Nathan Wilda and Drew Rosenberry, along with several other partners and approximately 20 other lawyers in Chicago. The addition of this group will significantly enhance DLA Piper’s positioning in middle-market private equity.
Tags: DLA Piper | ChicagoAm Law 200 law firm Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s Entertainment & Sports practice group with the addition of partner Ahmand Johnson in Miami. Mr. Johnson assists entertainers, athletes, and companies of all sizes in a wide array of transactional matters. He also bring 15 years of litigation experience representing individuals and companies in high stakes commercial litigation. Johnson joins the firm after over ten years with Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance.
Tags: MiamiThe Amsterdam office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pursuing its strategic expansion with the arrival of Jack Schrijver as a Local Partner in the Finance & Restructuring Practice. Schrijver joins the firm from Dentons. The office also recently added shareholder Thijs Elseman to its Finance & Restructuring Practice.
