DeWitt LLP announced today attorney Jeffrey J. Liotta joined the firm as a partner in its litigation, business and real estate practice groups. Liotta will practice from the firm’s Brookfield office.
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O’Melveny Welcomes Leading Entertainment Finance Partners to New York Corporate Practice
O’Melveny announced today that leading entertainment finance lawyers Terrence L. Dugan and Christopher A. Owens have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate Finance practice, based in New York. The pair come to the firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius in New York.
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Polsinelli Adds M&A Lawyer Daniel Valsamopoulos to the Firm’s Corporate and Transactional Practice
Polsinelli, an Am Law 100 firm, announced today that Daniel F. Valsamopoulos has joined the firm in New York as a Shareholder in Polsinelli’s Corporate and Transactional practice. Valsamopoulos was previously a partner at Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker and Sharfstein, LLP, a boutique law firm on Long Island. Valsamopoulos earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. He began his career at Bracewell LLP.
Akin Gump Grows Dallas Corporate Team with Addition of Transactional-Focused Partner Duo
Akin Gump today announced the expansion of its corporate team in Dallas with the addition of partners Ryan Cox and Eric Williams. Both Mr. Cox and Mr. Williams join Akin Gump from Haynes and Boone, where Mr. Cox previously served as co-head of the firm’s capital markets and securities practice, and Mr. Williams was head of its M&A practice.
McDermott Adds Litigation Group in New York
Global law firm McDermott Will & Emery continues to expand its New York litigation footprint with the additions of commercial litigation partners Josh Simon, Warren Haskel and Dmitriy Tishyevich. This group enhances McDermott’s market-leading healthcare litigation practice and adds depth to its growing New York practice, which currently includes more than 40 commercial litigators.
Josh, Warren and Dmitriy join from Kirkland & Ellis, where they worked together in the Litigation Group.
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King & Spalding Adds Transactional Partner Craig Garvey in Chicago
King & Spalding has recruited securities and corporate partner, Craig Garvey, to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in Chicago.
Garvey was most recently a Senior Director at Walgreens Boots Alliance, where he led securities and corporate governance at the company. Prior to that, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
Ian Jack Joins Greenberg Traurig in London
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomes another timely strategic hire to its London office with the addition of Ian Jack, former Co-Head of Global Restructuring & Insolvency at Baker & McKenzie and leader of its London practice. Jack joins as a Shareholder in the firm’s Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy and Banking and Finance Practices, and had been with his prior firm for more than two decades. He advises clients on a broad range of restructurings as well as banking and finance transactions.
Roetzel & Andress Adds Shareholder Barry Freeman in Cleveland
With over 25 years as a labor and employment attorney and trial lawyer, Barry Y. Freeman has joined Roetzel’s Employment Services Group as a Shareholder in the firm’s Cleveland office. Freeman joins the firm from Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC.
Hall Booth Smith Adds Burt and Munoz as Partners, and Heffling as Of Counsel in Growing N. Palm Beach Office
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. is delighted to announce that it has hired Michael D. Burt and Lisa M. Munoz as Partners, and John D. Heffling as Of Counsel in its North Palm Beach, Florida office.
All three attorneys come to HBS from the former Sonneborn Rutter Cooney Viergever Burt & Lury, PA, and bring decades of experience to the firm as it expands its medical malpractice expertise to serve clients across the State of Florida and beyond.
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Smith, Gambrell & Russell Welcomes Partner Tori Silas to Atlanta Corporate and Cybersecurity Practices
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR) is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Tori M. Silas to the firm’s Atlanta office. Ms. Silas joins SGR after a brief stint with Nelson Mullins and prior to that from an Atlanta-based, privately-held media company where she served as senior counsel. As a member of SGR’s Corporate and Cybersecurity practices, she concentrates in the areas of technology transactions, cybersecurity and data privacy.
