Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Blair Dawson to its Chicago, Illinois office as a partner in its Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Ms. Dawson brings to Lewis Brisbois two decades of experience in international insurance law coverage and litigation, as well as claims management, particularly in the London market. She also has extensive in-house experience, which included responsibility for information security matters. Ms. Dawson joins Lewis Brisbois from Acrisure, LLC, one of the largest international insurance brokers in the world.
Tags: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | ChicagoEversheds Sutherland Tax Practice Expands SALT Team with Two Partners
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the addition of Breen M. Schiller and Nikki E. Dobay to the firm’s Tax Practice Group as State and Local Tax (SALT) partners. Ms. Schiller will join the firm’s Chicago office and Ms. Dobay will join the firm’s Sacramento office in the next few weeks. Ms. Schiller is joining the firm from Horwood Marcus & Berk in Chicago, where she had been the Chair of the SALT practice group. Ms. Dobay is joining from the Council On State Taxation (COST), where she had been senior tax counsel. |
Womble Bond Dickinson Expands Capital Markets & Financial Services Sector Teams with Hires of Paul M. Fogleman & Vanessa Morris
Experienced financial services and capital markets attorneys Paul M. Fogleman and Vanessa Morris have joined Womble Bond Dickinson. Fogleman will practice in the firm’s Raleigh office, while Morris will practice in Atlanta. Fogleman joins Womble Bond Dickinson from Poyner Spruill’s Raleigh office. Morris comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Nelson Mullins in Atlanta.
Rimon Law welcomes Xiaowei Ye, former Managing Partner of Morgan Lewis’ Beijing office, as a Partner in DC and Shenzhen offices
Continuing to expand Rimon Law’s presence in China, Xiaowei Ye, former Managing Partner of Morgan Lewis & Brockius’ Beijing office, has joined the firm as a Partner in Rimon’s Shenzhen and Washington, DC offices.
Barnes & Thornburg Welcomes Jerry Harris as Intellectual Property Partner In Dallas
Barnes & Thornburg has added Jerry C. Harris, Jr. as partner in its Dallas office. Harris is the latest addition to the firm’s expanding Intellectual Property Department, following Kurt Rohde’s move to the Chicago office in early July. Harris joins the firm from Wick Phillips in Dallas.
Tags: Barnes & Thornburg LLP | DallasK&L Gates Continues Growth of Intellectual Property Practice with Addition of Chicago Team
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Patrick Richards as a partner and Clare Frederick and Trevor Martin as associates in its IP procurement and portfolio management practice. They will be based in the firm’s Chicago office, and join K&L Gates from Richards Patent Law P.C., an intellectual property firm Richards founded in 2009 after previously practicing at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
M&A and Capital Markets Partner Jonathan Newton Joins King & Spalding in Houston
King & Spalding has added Jonathan Newton, a corporate and securities partner, to its Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group in Houston. Newton joins from Baker McKenzie, where he served as the managing partner of its Houston office from 2014 and 2019.
Haynes and Boone Hires Joseph Matal, Former USPTO Director and Primary Drafter of the America Invents Act
Joseph Matal, the former Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and one of the principal drafters of the America Invents Act (AIA), has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Washington, D.C.-based partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice.
Tags: Haynes and Boone, LLP | WashingtonFox Rothschild Adds Group of Seven Labor and Employment Attorneys
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Nikki H. Howell, Steven W. Moore, Stacy D. Mueller and Heidi K. Wilbur as partners, Jill E. Moenius and Jessica D. Tsuda as counsel and Renee J. Sheyko as an associate in the Labor & Employment Department. The group were formerly with Constangy Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP and will be primarily assigned to Fox’s Denver office.
Paul Hastings Continues Top-Tier Talent Surge in London with Addition of Leading Energy and Infrastructure Finance Partner
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Derwin Jenkinson, a leading energy and infrastructure finance partner, has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Finance practice. Derwin joins from Ashurst where he was a partner for seven years. His arrival comes on the heels of the firm’s hiring of leading finance lawyers Peter Hayes and Mei Lian, who each joined Paul Hastings from Shearman and Sterling over the last three months.










