Blank Rome Adds Prominent Insurance Recovery Team in Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome three new attorneys and a paralegal to the Firm’s Insurance Recovery group in the Washington, D.C., office: Partner Robert P. Jacobs, Of Counsel Linda A. Powell, Associate Allison Zamani (based in San Francisco), and Paralegal Lakisha Foster. The prominent team joins from Perkins Coie LLP where Rob served as firmwide chair of the Insurance Recovery practice. They add to Blank Rome’s leading national policyholder practice, which has more than doubled since Blank Rome welcomed more than 100 attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s New York and Washington, D.C., offices in 2016.

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King & Spalding Adds Four-Lawyer White Collar Crime Team in Paris

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

King & Spalding has recruited a Paris-based white-collar crime team, led by partner Jean Tamalet, to expand and strengthen its international Government Matters Practice Group. Tamalet is a French criminal lawyer who represents both corporations and their executives in a variety of matters, focusing primarily on alleged criminal financial fraud offences. He most recently worked at Bird & Bird, prior to which he had established his own white-collar crime boutique, Tamalet & Associés.

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Luther Strengthens Its Corporate Team in Munich

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft has gained Dr Stephan Rippert as a new Partner to further extend its Corporate/M&A practice area in Munich. Rippert, who has over 25 years’ experience as a lawyer, is moving from Reed Smith where he has been instrumental in setting up the Munich office since 2006.

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Robynn Ragland Joins Armstrong Teasdale’s Trusts and Estates Practice in St. Louis

Friday, August 28, 2020

Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Partner Robynn D. Ragland to the firm’s Corporate Services practice group. Ragland, who has more than two decades of experience focusing on estate planning and wealth management, is one of over 50 attorneys and staff who have joined the firm in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Ragland worked for Lowenhaupt & Chasnoff and focused on counseling her clients through wealth transfer, philanthropy and governance issues.

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Lewis Brisbois Strengthens Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Capabilities in Chicago with New Partner from Insurance Industry

Friday, August 28, 2020

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Blair Dawson to its Chicago, Illinois office as a partner in its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Ms. Dawson brings to Lewis Brisbois two decades of experience in international insurance law coverage and litigation, as well as claims management, particularly in the London market. She also has extensive in-house experience, which included responsibility for information security matters. Ms. Dawson joins Lewis Brisbois from Acrisure, LLC, one of the largest international insurance brokers in the world.

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Eversheds Sutherland Tax Practice Expands SALT Team with Two Partners

Friday, August 28, 2020

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the addition of Breen M. Schiller and Nikki E. Dobay to the firm’s Tax Practice Group as State and Local Tax (SALT) partners. Ms. Schiller will join the firm’s Chicago office and Ms. Dobay will join the firm’s Sacramento office in the next few weeks. Ms. Schiller is joining the firm from Horwood Marcus & Berk in Chicago, where she had been the Chair of the SALT practice group. Ms. Dobay is joining from the Council On State Taxation (COST), where she had been senior tax counsel.

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