Tyson & Mendes LLP announced today the launch of its first Chicago office and the hire of two attorneys to lead the new branch. Scott Ruksakiati will act as branch managing partner with Mark Shanberg as senior counsel. With more than 25 years’ experience defending clients in diverse and challenging litigation, Ruksakiati joins Tyson & Mendes after serving as co-founder of Masini, Vickers, Ruksakiati & Hadsell, P.C. Shanberg previously served as an attorney with Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP and brings more than 27 years of practical litigation experience to the Tyson & Mendes team. More >>
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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology, energy and life sciences law firm, announced today that leading Silicon Valley lawyer Christopher J. Palermo has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department in the Palo Alto office. Mr. Palermo joins from the IP boutique Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham L.L.P., where he was a founding and named partner.
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