John Hoover has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s structured finance practice, focusing on commercial aircraft transactions. Mr. Hoover will reside in the Washington, D.C., office. Most recently, he was a special counsel at Cooley LLP. More >>
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Continuing the steady and strategic expansion of its litigation team, Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Brian Rubenstein as a shareholder in its Philadelphia office. Rubenstein comes to the firm with a wealth of experience, joining from Teva Pharmaceuticals, where he was an associate general counsel. More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Eric Hagen has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice as a partner in Los Angeles. Hagen joins DLA Piper from McDermott Will & Emery LLP, where he was head of the Trade Secrets practice. More >>
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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Attorney Rock Wood has joined the firm’s Grand Rapids office as Of Counsel.
Mr. Wood has over 30 years of litigation experience as lead counsel in a wide range of business related trials, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, construction and real estate. He has also successfully handled numerous disputes under non-competition agreements employment issues, insurance and UCC utilized in a wide variety of industries and employment positions.
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Corporate attorney Scott Ellis has joined the Dallas office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder. Greenberg Traurig has more than 125 attorneys in Texas and is tactically expanding their presence in the state; serving clients from offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston. Previously, Ellis was with Winstead as a shareholder. More >>
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n what is a significant move for the firm’s global finance practice, Pillsbury has recruited respected leveraged finance lawyers Michael E. Michetti and Joel M. Simon as partners in New York. The pair is joining from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where they were active members of the leveraged finance practice. More >>
Tags: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | New YorkEnvironmental, health and safety (EHS) attorney Beth Rothenberg has joined Holland & Knight’s Jacksonville office as a partner. She was formerly a partner with McGuire Woods. More >>
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BakerHostetler announced today that Howard E. Cotton and Michael S. Gordon, both seasoned trial attorneys with decades of success in high-stakes commercial litigation, have joined the firm as partners based in New York. Cotton and Gordon come to BakerHostetler to continue their more than 20 years of working together as a successful litigation team. They arrive from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where Cotton previously held many leadership positions, including serving as a national co-chair of commercial litigation and on the national executive committee, compensation committee and board of directors. More >>
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Morgan Lewis today announced that it will soon welcome Kenneth Polite, a distinguished litigator and former US Attorney whose career has focused on government investigations and compliance, to its global disputes and investigations team. Mr. Polite will join Morgan Lewis on August 20 as a partner residing in the firm’s Philadelphia and New York offices. More >>
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced the arrival of all-star intellectual property lawyer Christina Martini as partner in the Chicago office. Martini joins from DLA Piper, where she practiced for nearly 25 years. She was recently named by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s Most Influential Minority Lawyers. More >>
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