Davis Wright Tremaine Continues Strategic Recruiting With Mortgage and Home Lending Partner in Washington, D.C.

As a rising young financial services lawyer, Chava Brandriss has a clear vision for building her practice, and she has found a home for it at Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT).

Brandriss, who joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, represents banks, mortgage lenders and servicers in class actions, mass claims, appeals and large portfolios of individual lawsuits.

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Major Partner and Litigation Head Hire Boosts Kennedys’ Peru Office

We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza as a partner and Kodiak Semsch as a senior associate to our office in Lima as we continue to build a heavyweight practice in Peru. 

Fernando moves from Rodrigo Elias y Medrano, the largest law firm in the country, and is immediately joined by associate Alejandra Vicuna. Kodiak was formerly a litigation partner at Osterling Abogados.

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Former Senior DOJ Official Edward C. O’Callaghan Joins WilmerHale

WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Edward C. O’Callaghan, whose distinguished legal career includes several senior roles in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a successful career in private practice, has joined the firm. He will be a partner in the Washington DC office, as a senior member of both the Investigations and Criminal Litigation Practice and its Strategic and Crisis Response Group.

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Perkins Coie Expands Portland Office With Oregon Governor’s General Counsel Misha Isaak

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Misha Isaak has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner in the Portland office. A prior associate of the firm, Misha rejoins Perkins Coie from the Office of Oregon Governor Kate Brown, where he served as general counsel. Misha’s addition to the Portland office comes after commercial litigator Renée Rothauge joined the office last month.

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