Tina Sessions Joins Antitrust Practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Friday, November 6, 2020

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Justina “Tina” Sessions has joined the firm as a partner in the San Francisco office. She will be a member of the antitrust practice. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Sessions was a partner at trial litigation boutique Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco, which she first joined as an associate in 2011, before being promoted to partner in 2018.


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Frost Brown Todd Houston Office Adds Member Richard A. Stewart

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) newest office in Houston added new Member Richard A. Stewart. He is the tenth attorney to join the office that opened in summer 2020. Stewart is a litigator and trial lawyer representing domestic and international clients in complex commercial litigation in Texas. He has tried, briefed, and argued different cases and appeals on both the state and federal levels. He represents domestic and international clients in the oil and gas industry, including both onshore and offshore operators, drilling contractors and service companies. Stewart joins the firm from Adams and Reese in Houston.

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Squire Patton Boggs Boosts Islamic Finance, Banking and Financial Regulatory Expertise in Middle East

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed banking, Islamic finance and financial services regulatory expert Ahmed Butt as a partner in its Financial Services Practice based in its Riyadh office. Ahmed joins from Simmons & Simmons, where he established that firm’s Riyadh presence, headed its Middle East banking practice and led its Saudi Arabia practice.

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Former DOJ Healthcare And White Collar Fraud Prosecutor Rejoins Barnes & Thornburg In Chicago

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Anthony “Tony” Burba has rejoined Barnes & Thornburg’s Litigation Department as a partner in its Chicago office to focus on white collar and government investigations. He joins from the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he served as a trial attorney on the corporate and Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid strike forces in Nashville.

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Cozen O’Connor Makes Strategic Move Adding John D. Shire to Washington, D.C. Health Care Practice

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Cozen O’Connor today added John D. Shire in a strategic move bolstering the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Health Law Practice and Health Care & Life Sciences Industry Group. Shire, who brings a deep understanding of federal and state health care regulations and has been instrumental in several of the most well-known transactions in the health care space, will co-chair the practice alongside R. Christopher Raphaely. Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, Shire served as a partner at Seyfarth representing public and private companies in buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial contracts, private capital transactions, and impact investments. 

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Former Democratic Senator and State Attorney General Mark L. Pryor Joins Brownstein

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that Mark L. Pryor, a former two-term U.S. senator and Arkansas attorney general, joined the firm today as a shareholder in the Government Relations Department in its Washington, D.C., office. Pryor will play a leading role in furthering the firm’s State Attorneys General and Congressional Investigations groups as well as the federal government relations practice. Most recently he served as a partner with Venable Law Firm in Washington, D.C., and was a co-chair of its Attorneys General Group and Congressional Investigations practice.

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