Michael N. Herring, who earned widespread acclaim and public support for his leadership as Richmond’s top prosecutor for the past 13 years, has joined McGuireWoods’ litigation practice as a partner. He will represent clients in government investigations, white-collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling continues to grow its Litigation practice with the arrival of Adam Schwartz, who joins the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Adam practiced in the Litigation department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Vivek Chavan has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in Northern California, based out of the San Francisco office. Chavan joins from Greenberg Traurig LLP. More >>
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells announced today that Krista Schwartz and Patrick Michael have joined the San Francisco office as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology (IPMT) practice. They both joined the firm from Jones Day. More >>
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Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that James Collis is joining the firm as a partner in its Financial Services Practice in the London office. Mr. Collis was formerly Managing Partner of Ashurst, and most recently a partner in its Banking Practice, focusing on acquisition finance and general banking law. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Kevin Kolton has joined the firm’s Construction and Real Estate Litigation practices as a Partner in the Chicago office. Kevin joins the firm from Schiff Hardin where he was a partner and formerly the deputy practice leader of Schiff’s construction practice. More >>
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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that prominent ERISA litigator Jenny Wang will join the firm’s Orange County office as a shareholder. Wang will practice in the firm’s ERISA Litigation Practice Group, which has steadily expanded over the past decade and now includes more than 20 attorneys in multiple offices throughout the country. According to data published by Lex Machina in May 2019, Ogletree Deakins’ ERISA litigation team handled more ERISA litigation matters than any other law firm in the U.S. from 2016-2018. Wang joins Ogletree Deakins from Hinshaw & Culbertson and has more than 20 years of experience defending employers and insurers in ERISA-governed benefits litigation. More >>
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Nicole L. Fenton has joined the New York office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice group. Ms. Fenton is the fourth high-profile addition to the group in recent weeks. Ms. Fenton, previously a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, brings 25 years of experience to Eversheds Sutherland with a successful transactional real estate practice focused on counseling US and non-US investors on investments across the country. More >>
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Leading trademark lawyer Jeffrey Greene has joined Cooley in New York as a partner in the litigation department. He arrives from Fenwick & West. More >>
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