King & Spalding has hired banking and finance lawyer Anne Vrignaud as a partner in the Corporate, Finance & Investments (CFI) Practice Group in Paris. Vrignaud was previously a partner at Baker McKenzie. More >>
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Morgan Lewis Adds Two White Collar Litigators with Focus on False Claims Act Matters
Morgan Lewis today welcomes white collar and False Claims Act litigators Douglas Baruch and Jennifer Wollenberg as partners resident in Washington, DC. Doug and Jenny arrive from Fried Frank, where Doug led the FCA and FIRREA practice. More >>
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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Rizwan Qureshi Returns to Reed Smith as Partner in Global Regulatory Enforcement Group in Washington, D.C.
Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that Rizwan Qureshi has returned as a partner in the Global Regulatory Enforcement Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Qureshi re-joins the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, where he served as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA). Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he was an associate in the Commercial Litigation Group in Reed Smith’s New York and Washington, D.C., offices for five years. More >>
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Baker McKenzie Boosts Los Angeles Offering with Leading Securities Litigation and Enforcement Duo
Perrie Weiner and Edward Totino join the Firm’s growing Los Angeles office, where Perrie will serve as Partner in Charge and Chair of the North America Securities Litigation Group. Both partners were formerly with DLA Piper, where Perrie previously was co-chair of the securities litigation practice, which has seen significant growth, co-managing partner of the LA offices, which also have grown substantially; and had served on the Executive and Policy Committees. More >>
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Polsinelli Adds Veteran Health Care Litigator in Nashville
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes David A. King to its Health Care Litigation and Disputes Practice in Nashville. King joins Polsinelli from the Nashville office of Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC. More >>
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Lewis Brisbois Boosts Transportation Practice, Welcomes New Partner to Denver Office
Lewis Brisbois has brought on experienced transportation law attorney Katherine L. Vaughn as a partner in its Denver office. Ms. Vaughn is an experienced litigation attorney who regularly represents clients in transportation, general liability, and insurance related disputes. Vaughn joins the firm from Hall & Evans, LLC in Denver.
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David A. Bartz Joins Butler Snow’s Nashville Office
David A. Bartz has joined Butler Snow’s Nashville office from Bracewell LLP. Bartz will practice with the firm’s business services group. More >>
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Linklaters Boosts FinTech Practice With Hire of New U.S. Head of FinTech
Linklaters is pleased to announce that Joshua Ashley Klayman has joined the firm as U.S. Head of FinTech and Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets. Josh will be based in the firm’s New York office. Prior to joining Linklaters, Josh was Founder and CEO of Klayman LLC, a boutique blockchain-focused law firm, and Inflection Point Blockchain Advisors, LLC, a blockchain strategy consulting and advisory firm. More >>
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K&L Gates Deepens Real Estate Practice with Addition of London Partner Pair
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Tim Webb and Emma Maher as real estate partners in its London office. They join K&L Gates from Greenberg Traurig, LLP. More >>
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Lance E. Shurtleff Joins Gordon & Rees as Partner in the Denver Office
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Lance E. Shurtleff as a partner in the Denver office. Shurtleff joins the firm in the Construction, Environmental/Toxic Tort, Professional Liability Defense and Trucking & Transportation practice groups. Shurtleff was previously with a Hall & Evans, LLC. More >>
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