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 >>
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Environmental, 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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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that it is expanding with the opening of an office in Dallas — the Firm’s ninth in the United States, second in Texas and 14th worldwide. Kirkland’s Dallas office will be located in Bank of America Plaza, 901 Main Street. More >>
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The Newark office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a team of lawyers to its resort, hospitality and leisure and restructuring and insolvency practices. Partner Scott G. McLester joins K&L Gates from Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and general counsel, while partner Daniel M. Eliades and of counsels David S. Catuogno and William L. Waldman — each with nearly three decades of experience — arrive from LeClairRyan. More >>
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | NewarkHolland & Knight announced today that it has opened its 25th U.S. office in Philadelphia, and its 28th overall. The office will initially include 11 partners and one of counsel who practice in the areas of executive compensation and employee benefits, banking and financial services, environmental law, employee stock ownership plans, intellectual property, and commercial litigation. More >>
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FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the additions of Wayne Alder and Alfred J. Monte, Jr. as partners and litigators in the firm’s Naples, Fla., and Philadelphia offices, respectively. More >>
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