Regina Gilmour and Curtis Underwood Join Mika Meyers

Two associates have joined the firm. Regina M. Gilmour will focus her practice on civil litigation, labor and employment, and municipal law.  Regina attended the University of Notre Dame and earned a bachelor of arts, double major, English and history, magna cum laude.  She also earned a Master of Science in Management from the University of Notre Dame.  Regina graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, and was honored for best appellate argument, legal practice. More >>

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Attorney Thomas Forshee Joins Dickinson Wright’s Grand Rapids Office

Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Attorney Thomas H. Forshee has joined the firm’s Grand Rapids office as Of Counsel.

Mr. Forshee focuses his practice on municipal law. His experience includes drafting all types of contracts, leases, bylaws, resolutions, policies, and municipal ordinances. He has a special focus on contracts, zoning/land use, historic preservation, and telecommunications. He also has extensive experience counseling municipal clients on FOIA issues, Open Meeting Act issues and parliamentary procedure.
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Real Estate Sector Team Continues to Grow in London: Partha Pal and Carol Hopper Join Greenberg Traurig

The Real Estate Sector team in the London office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has once again grown. Partha Pal and Carol Hopper are joining the team as shareholders. Earlier this year Trevor Cosgrove joined, adding to the firm’s construction capability and, more recently, Ben Eaton was added to enhance the firm’s European tax offering. Both Pal and Hopper are joining from Ropes & Gray. More >>

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Pillsbury Adds Five Practitioners to New China-Focused Litigation Group in New York

Continuing the build-out of its global dispute capabilities, Pillsbury has recruited five additional lawyers and law clerks to support recently arrived Litigation partner Geoffrey Sant. Joining Geoffrey Sant from Dorsey & Whitney are associates Carol Lee and Michelle Ng and law clerk Fangwei Wang, as well as former Dorsey & Whitney partner Eric Epstein. The team had worked together for more than five years at Dorsey & Whitney prior to coming to Pillsbury. Rounding out the team is Yang Wang, who joins Pillsbury from China Life, where he had been Head of Litigation at the Fortune 100 company. More >>

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