Littler Adds Prominent Labor Lawyer Karl Fritton

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Karl A. Fritton as a shareholder in its Philadelphia office. Fritton was previously a partner at Reed Smith LLP and a former leader of the firm’s labor and employment practice group. Fritton’s arrival, along with the addition of a team of labor lawyers in Chicago earlier this year, further expands the firm’s deep bench of attorneys representing management in labor matters. Since the beginning of this year, Littler has added 13 lateral shareholders to the firm. More >>

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Polsinelli Expands California Corporate Practice with Addition of New Shareholder Joshua Reynolds

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli announced today that Joshua Reynolds has joined the firm’s Corporate and Transactional Group in the San Francisco office as a principal. Reynolds counsels private equity sponsors, strategic purchasers and sellers who buy and sell middle market companies that extend across a diverse number of industries with a primary focus on healthcare provider services and technology transactions. Reynolds joins the firm from the San Francisco office of McGuireWoods, LLP. More >>

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Sheppard Mullin Strengthens Seoul Office With Leading Corporate Partner Paul Kim

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that partner Paul J. Kim has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group in Seoul, South Korea. He was most recently a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in its Seoul and New York offices, where he led that firm’s Seoul office until its closure earlier this month. With Kim’s addition, Sheppard Mullin will have seven lawyers in Seoul, including four partners. Kim’s joining follows that of Albert Joon-Ho Tae who recently joined the firm’s Seoul office from Skadden Arps as a Special Counsel in the Litigation Group. More >>

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Private Equity Lawyer Danielle Asaad Joins Squire Patton Boggs

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Danielle Asaad has joined the firm as partner in the Global Corporate Practice, based in the Cleveland and New York offices. Ms. Asaad’s practice focuses on advising private equity firms and corporate clients with M&A transactions and corporate matters. Ms. Asaad joins Squire Patton Boggs from Jones Day in Cleveland. More >>

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Blank Rome Welcomes Experienced Government Contracts Partner in Washington, D.C.

Monday, July 22, 2019

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Dominique L. Casimir has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Government Contracts group in the Washington, D.C., office. Dominique’s practice focuses on government contracts law with an emphasis on litigation, regulatory counseling, and responding to government enforcement actions. Dominique joins Blank Rome from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP where she was a partner in the firm’s government contracts 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.

Monday, July 22, 2019

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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