Womble Bond Dickinson Expands White Collar Team with Partner in DC

Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Britt Whitesell Biles has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Business Litigation Group and a member of the White Collar and Investigations Team. Biles, a former partner at a global law firm, has more recently served in several high-ranking federal executive branch positions, including General Counsel of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House Counsel, and Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Partner Will Thompson Joins Dallas Office

Will Thompson has joined the firm’s Dallas office as partner. Will has represented plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts in trademark and trade secret cases, class-action lawsuits, antitrust litigation, sports litigation, and investigations. He has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, including in cases involving oil-field operations, fraud and kickbacks.

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Higher Education Leader Sarah Wake Joins McGuireWoods as Chicago Employment Partner

Sarah K. Wake has returned to McGuireWoods’ Labor & Employment Department as a partner in Chicago, bringing more than eight years of experience as an administrative leader and legal adviser at prestigious higher education institutions. Wake rejoins the firm from Northwestern University, where she served as associate general counsel and interim associate vice president for equity. 

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Blank Rome Welcomes Experienced Government Contracts Partner in Washington, D.C.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth N. Jochum has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Government Contracts practice group. A skilled litigator and counselor with a significant background in white collar defense and investigations matters, Elizabeth joins Blank Rome from Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC where she was a partner.

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Akerman Continues Rapid Expansion of Tax Practice Group with Partner Philip Weingold in New York

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has continued its rapid expansion of its Tax Practice Group with partner Philip Weingold in New York. Weingold focuses his practice on federal, state, local, and international tax and corporate matters. His arrival shortly follows the addition of Tax partners Lorie Fale in Miami and the addition of John Buckun in Chicago. Weingold joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig in New York.

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