Former Compliance Officer and Federal Prosecutor Michael Ward Joins V&E as Partner

Monday, April 13, 2020

Vinson & Elkins has bolstered its white collar and government investigations practice with the addition of experienced in-house counsel, chief compliance officer and former federal prosecutor Michael Ward as partner in its San Francisco office.

Before joining V&E, Ward had a distinguished career building enterprise-wide compliance programs at top companies including Target, Adobe, Cisco, McKesson and most recently Juniper Networks, where he served as Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel.

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Akerman Expands Winston-Salem Office with Three Tax, Litigation Lawyers

Monday, April 13, 2020

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the expansion of its office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with the addition of tax lawyer Robert Wall and litigators Bryan Scott and Steven Hemric. Wall’s broad experience in strategic tax planning complements the office’s strengths in corporate and investment management transactions. Scott and Hemric deepen Akerman’s national litigation bench with experience resolving complex commercial and construction matters.

The three join Akerman from the Winston-Salem Office of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC.

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Tracy Shapiro Rejoins Wilson Sonsini’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice

Monday, April 13, 2020

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Tracy Shapiro has rejoined the firm’s privacy and cybersecurity practice as a partner in the San Francisco office. She was previously an attorney in the firm’s privacy practice for six years.

Most recently, Shapiro was a partner in the data protection, privacy, and security group at DLA Piper in San Francisco. Previously, was a member of Wilson Sonsini’s privacy practice for six years, first as associate and then as Of Counsel.

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