Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Joshua S. Levy will join the firm’s Class Actions Practice as a member in Washington, D.C. Levy is a skilled litigator with deep class actions experience. He represents businesses in a variety of industries in their most significant class actions and complex commercial disputes. Joining from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, he has over a decade of experience litigating high-profile class action lawsuits, including securities, consumer, employment, and ERISA cases. He is a trusted adviser to some of the world’s most prominent corporations and financial institutions.
Former FDA Chief Counsel Stacy Cline Amin Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Leading Life Sciences + Healthcare Practice in Washington, D.C.; Will Co-Lead FDA Regulatory and Compliance Practice
Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Stacy Cline Amin as a partner in its Life Sciences + Healthcare practice. Ms. Amin will be based in Washington, D.C. and will co-lead the FDA Regulatory and Compliance practice. She joins Morrison & Foerster after a decade serving at the highest levels of government, where she most recently served in a dual role as Chief Counsel of the Food and Drug Administration and Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Global Finance Partners Nicholas Schwartz and Kristen Smith Join Sidley
Blank Rome Welcomes Commercial Litigation Associate in Los Angeles
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Erica R. Graves has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation group as an associate in the Los Angeles office. Her addition further expands the firm’s West Coast presence, which has strategically grown this year with the recent additions of a prominent Privacy, Security & Data Protection team in Orange County as well as partners Arash Beral and Anthony R. Callobre and associates Katie Pandolfini, Allen Ho, and Saam Takaloo in Los Angeles. Erica joins Blank Rome from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | Los AngelesSquire Patton Boggs to Launch New Funds Practice in London
Squire Patton Boggs continues to expand its Financial Services Practice Group with the appointment of Steven Ward as partner in the firm’s London office. Mr. Ward, who joins from Paul Hastings, will spearhead the development of a new Funds Practice.
Energy and Commercial Litigator Laurie Edelstein Joins Jenner & Block In San Francisco
Experienced Commercial and Financial Litigator Brian D. Hail Joins Crowell & Moring
Crowell & Moring has expanded its Litigation Group in New York with the addition of partner Brian D. Hail, a seasoned commercial and financial services litigator with more than two decades of experience representing clients in complex disputes involving financial products, corporate transactions, and debt instruments.
Barnes & Thornburg Expands National Footprint, IP And Life Sciences Teams With New Boston Office
Barnes & Thornburg has announced the opening of a Boston office, its 20th in the U.S., with six partners. The new office is anchored by the addition of highly experienced intellectual property partners Ronald E. Cahill, Heather B. Repicky, Rory P. Pheiffer and Derek Roller who join current partners Robyn S. Maguire and Matthew Leno. Boston is a critical market for the life sciences sector; the Boston office will reflect the firm’s established and growing intellectual property and life sciences practice as well as its corporate M&A, investment fund formation, commercial litigation and white collar practice groups. Cahill, Repicky, Pheiffer and Roller, who join the firm’s Intellectual Property Department, previously practiced at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP.
Tags: Barnes & Thornburg LLP | BostonAccomplished Deal Lawyer Jeffrey Shah Joins McGuireWoods’ Global Private Equity Team in New York
McGuireWoods continues the strategic expansion of its highly ranked private equity industry team with the arrival of partner Jeffrey Shah, who brings more than a decade of experience in domestic and cross-border deals to the firm’s New York office. Shah most recently practiced with Vinson & Elkins LLP in New York prior to joining the firm.
Goodwin Adds Tax Partner Steven Clemens in New York
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Steven Clemens joined the firm’s Tax practice, resident in the New York office. Clemens joins the firm from Dechert LLP in New York.
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