Weil Adds Complex Commercial Litigation Co-Head Drew Tulumello in Washington, D.C.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Andrew (“Drew”) Tulumello has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office as Co-Head of Weil’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice. Drew will be a senior partner and leader in the Litigation Department and will lead Weil’s strategic initiative to build and deepen Weil’s litigation and enforcement capabilities in Washington, D.C. – one of the Firm’s most significant geographic markets. Consistently recognized as a supremely talented, team-oriented and successful trial and appellate lawyer by Chambers & Partners, Benchmark Litigation, The American Lawyer and The National Law Journal, Drew will bring decades of experience handling high-stakes litigation across a range of industries to Weil. Drew joins Weil from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. 

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Latham Grows Insurance Litigation Team in Los Angeles

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Kirsten Jackson has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and as a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Jackson brings significant experience litigating a variety of business and contractual disputes, with a focus on insurance matters. Jackson joins Latham from Kasowitz Benson Torres in Los Angeles. 

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Cooley Continues to Strengthen Securities Litigation Bench With Los Angeles Partner

Michael Tu has joined Cooley as a partner in its securities litigation practice in Los Angeles. Arriving from Orrick, where he headed the firm’s Southern California securities practice, Tu brings more than two decades of litigation experience, including shareholder litigation, regulatory investigations and proceedings, and mergers acquisitions disputes under federal and state securities laws.

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Dentons adds Melissa Nelson to Hotels and Leisure practice in Washington, DC

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Melissa Nelson has joined the Firm’s top-ranked Hotels and Leisure practice as partner, resident in the Washington, DC, office. Nelson has most recently focused on advising clients on all stages and facets of commercial real estate. Nelson, who joins from Seyfarth Shaw LLP, currently focuses on real estate, serving as a first-chair lawyer on her clients’ matters. 

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Distinguished Patent Litigator Ben Hsing Joins Venable’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in New York

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin C. Hsing has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation – Life Sciences Group in the New York office. Mr. Hsing is an accomplished trial lawyer with significant experience litigating patents across a broad range of technologies, including pharmaceutical compounds and formulations, telecommunication cables, treatment methods, genetically engineered seeds, medical devices, memory chips, light switches, imaging devices, and pet products. Hsing joins from McGuireWoods LLP.

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