Greenberg Traurig Germany Grows by Adding Employment Team

Greenberg Traurig wins the renowned employment partner Kara Preedy who will join on 16 May 2019 from Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law. She will change together with Konradin Pleul and Holger Faust, who are both counsel. The team starts jointly with Dorothee von Einem, senior associate at Greenberg Traurig, and plans to further grow at associate level. More >>

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Lewis Brisbois Expands Washington, D.C. Office, Boosts Environmental & Administrative Law Practice

Lewis Brisbois is excited to announce the addition of four attorneys to the firm’s Environmental & Administrative Law Practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Jane C. Luxton and Karen C. Bennett join as partners and co-chairs of the newly expanded practice. The group also includes William J. Walsh, who joins as a partner, and Amanda L. Tharpe, who joins as an associate. More >>

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Insurance and Commercial Litigator Rory Eric Jurman Joins Hinshaw’s Fort Lauderdale Office

The U.S law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rory Eric Jurman as a partner in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, FL office. Jurman—a highly experienced insurance and commercial litigator—will focus his practice on bad faith litigation and counseling, insurance coverage, professional liability and high exposure/complex litigation. More >>

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Akerman Expands Labor and Employment Footprint with Four Partners in Three Offices

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Brian Nugent, Amy Moor Gaylord, Michael Gallion, and David Van Pelt have joined the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice Group as partners, further expanding the geographic footprint of the group in Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles. More >>

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Baker Donelson Has Added Shareholders Jennifer L. Anderson and Christine M. White to the Firm’s Labor and Employment Group

Ms. Anderson joins the Firm as a shareholder and represents employers and management exclusively, focusing her practice on wage and hour compliance, arbitration and litigation. Licensed in Texas as well as Louisiana, she has represented employers in more than 200 Fair Labor Standards Act cases, including more than 50 class and/or collective actions. Ms. Anderson represents publicly traded and private companies across a variety of industries, with particular experience advising energy clients, including oil and gas drilling and production-related service companies. She also advises and defends employers in discrimination, harassment and other employment related claims. Ms. Anderson has been recognized in Chambers USA in the area of Labor & Employment since 2007, in Louisiana Super Lawyers since 2009, and she was recently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®. More >>

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Jonathan Rogers Joins White & Case as a Partner in London

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Banking Practice with the addition of Jonathan Rogers as a new partner in London. With nearly 20 years of experience, Rogers joins White & Case from Taylor Wessing, where he was a partner from 2008 and head of the Financial Services Regulatory group in London. More >>

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Private Client Services Partner Sharon Soloff Joins FisherBroyles in New York

FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the addition of Sharon B. Soloff as a partner in the firm’s New York City office and Private Client Services, Trusts & Estates and Tax practice groups. Prior to joining FisherBroyles, Ms. Soloff served as special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. She also previously practiced at Withers Bergman LLP and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. More >>

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Expands Real Estate Finance Practice in New York and Miami

The global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) today announced that William Campbell, Eugene Balshem and Justin Steinmark have joined the firm as partners in the Real Estate Department. Campbell will reside in the firm’s New York office, and Balshem and Steinmark will reside in the firm’s Miami office. More >>

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Reed Smith Adds Leading Insurance Recovery Partners R. Hugh Lumpkin & Matthew B. Weaver in Florida

Reed Smith today announced that a four-person team has joined its Insurance Recovery Practice in Miami, led by partners R. Hugh Lumpkin and Matthew B. Weaver. Before joining Reed Smith, Lumpkin and Weaver were shareholders and Camilla J. Cohen and Christopher T. Kuleba were associates in the Miami firm of Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, which Lumpkin joined in 1999. More >>

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