Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Paul D. Tripodi II has joined the firm as a partner in its intellectual property practice. Mr. Tripodi will continue to maintain strong ties to his existing practice in Los Angeles, while practicing primarily in Orange County and the firm’s Irvine office. Mr. Tripodi comes to Akin Gump from Wilson Sonsini, where he was a partner.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Orange County
David M. Hryck, Christopher W. Healy and C. Neil Gray have joined Duane Morris LLP’s New York office as partners in the firm’s Corporate and Trial practice groups. Economist Theodor van Stephoudt will join Duane Morris as well. The attorneys and van Stephoudt join the firm from Reed Smith LLP.
Tags: Duane Morris LLP | New York
King & Spalding has recruited international arbitration lawyer Kenneth D. Beale as a partner in the firm’s Trial & Global Disputes Practice in London. He will relocate to Washington, D.C., in the fall. Beale joins from Boies Schiller Flexner, where he was the Administrative Partner for the London office.
Michael Vernick, a leading government contracts lawyer, has joined Akin Gump as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Vernick will lead Akin Gump’s government contracts practice. He comes to Akin Gump from Hogan Lovells, where he led their government contracts practice and education industry sector team.
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Washington
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Anthony B. (“Tony”) Corleto as a partner in the firm’s Westchester office. Corleto joins the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Product & General Liability practice groups from Wilson Elser.
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Adam Wolek to the Chicago office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department. Prior to joining Fox, he was a partner at Taft Law.
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Angela Russo as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of the firm’s Tax Practice. Russo comes to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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International law firm Bird & Bird bolsters its Dispute Resolution practice in Madrid with the hire of insurance partners Luis Alfonso Fernández Manzano and Virginia Martínez Fernández as well as two associates from Hogan Lovells. The team will join the firm in the Spring. The group arrives from Hogan Lovells in Madrid.
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Orrick announced today that Gargi Talukder, a recognized leader in protecting the innovations of life sciences companies, has joined the firm as a partner in San Francisco. Gargi, who will head our life sciences patent strategy and prosecution practice, is the 8th partner addition to Orrick’s life sciences platform since 2019. She joins us from Morgan Lewis, where she led the firm’s San Francisco IP practice.
