Troutman Sanders Expands Finance and Restructuring Practice with Addition of Prominent Partner Gary Marsh in Atlanta

Gary Marsh, a restructuring attorney with notable industry recognition and substantial experience, has joined Troutman Sanders LLP as a partner in the national law firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice in Atlanta. He joins from Dentons where he previously co-chaired the firm’s U.S. Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice.

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Venable’s San Francisco Office Continues to Boost Its Commercial Litigation Capabilities with the Addition of Jill Battilega Rowe

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Jill Battilega Rowe has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice in the San Francisco office. Ms. Rowe is an experienced business trial lawyer who focuses on commercial real estate and contract and fraud disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rowe practiced in the San Francisco Office of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP.

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William Liss Joins Nelson Mullins in Boca Raton

 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced today that corporate and real estate attorney William J. Liss has joined the firm as a partner in its Boca Raton office. He joins from Santen & Hughes in Cincinnati, where he was a managing partner.

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McDermott Will & Emery Strengthens its Paris Corporate Team with the Arrival of David Revcolevschi as Partner

McDermott Will & Emery, a leading global law firm today announced that David Revcolevschi has joined the Firm’s Paris office as a partner. David’s arrival strengthens an already robust corporate team in France, with a focus on capital markets and securities law. Prior to joining McDermott, David practiced at Paul Hastings, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps.

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Nationally Recognized FDA Life Sciences Lawyer To Join Skadden DC

Skadden is pleased to announce that William (Bill) McConagha has joined the firm’s Health Care Litigation and Enforcement practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. A 17-year veteran of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, most recently, a partner in the food and drug practice at another major global law firm, Mr. McConagha advises pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, food and tobacco companies on government and internal investigations, FDA regulatory requirements, litigation, FDA enforcement issues and corporate transactions. His practice focuses on a broad range of FDA requirements as well as pharmaceutical and device quality issues, with a particular emphasis on current good manufacturing practice-related compliance matters. Mr. McConagha’s addition comes on the heels of another former FDA lawyer and regulator, Karen Corallo, joining the practice in March 2019. McConagha joins from the D.C. branch of Sidley Austin LLP.

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Husch Blackwell Opens in Salt Lake City, Welcomes New M&A Partner

Veteran deal lawyer David R. Rudd has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner in the firm’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry group. His practice is focused on complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and related financings for public and private companies and private investment funds. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rudd acted as the founder of Larada Sciences, Inc.

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Akerman’s Litigation Bench Expands in West Palm Beach with Grasford Smith

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Grasford Smith has joined the firm’s national Litigation Practice Group in West Palm Beach. He joins from Jones Foster P.A., bringing a wide array of experience in complex commercial litigation. Smith has particular expertise resolving matters in the financial services, real estate, hospitality, retail, and maritime industries.

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High-Ranking, Career DOJ Antitrust Division Official Joins BakerHostetler

BakerHostetler announced today that Ann O’Brien, most recently assistant chief of the Competition Policy & Advocacy Section and special counsel for Criminal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia offices. O’Brien is the third recent notable addition to BakerHostetler’s Antitrust and Competition team, following Jeffrey Martino, former chief of the DOJ Antitrust Division’s New York office, and Marc Schildkraut, former assistant director with the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition in Washington, D.C. O’Brien will also serve as part of the firm’s White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team.

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Former SEC Official and Prominent Securities Enforcement Attorney Joins Foley in Denver

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Thomas Krysa has joined the firm’s Denver office as a partner in its Litigation Department and Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice Group. Before entering private practice in 2016, Krysa served in government roles for nearly two decades – most recently as associate regional director for enforcement in the Denver regional office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he oversaw the SEC’s enforcement program in seven western states and before that, as head of the trial unit in the Denver regional office. Earlier in his career, Krysa served as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tax Division in Washington, D.C. Krysa comes to Foley from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, where he was a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice.

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