Jack I. Siegal Joins Gordon & Rees as Partner in the Boston Office

Jack I. Siegal has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. Siegal is member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditor’s Rights, Employment, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Appellate and Intellectual Property practice groups. Siegal was previously with Devine Millimet’s Boston office. More >>

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Blank Rome Welcomes Consumer Finance Litigation Partner in New York

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Scott E. Wortman has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Consumer Finance Litigation group in the New York office. At Blank Rome, Mr. Wortman will serve as a litigator and counselor to clients facing scrutiny under consumer financial protection statutes and regulations at both the federal and state level, including individual and class action defense, regulatory proceedings, and administrative investigations. He joins Blank Rome from Warshaw Burstein LLP. More >>

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McDermott Strengthens Securities Defense Practice with Experienced SEC Enforcement Lawyer

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Paul Helms, former senior counsel at the SEC Enforcement Division, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Helms will represent corporations, financial institutions, investment firms, directors, officers and other individuals in internal investigations, enforcement proceedings, and securities litigation, strengthening McDermott’s litigation team in areas involving increasingly significant and complex challenges for clients. More >>

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Goldberg Segalla Significantly Expands Toxic Tort and Product Liability Practice With Addition of Two Partners in Philadelphia

Goldberg Segalla welcomed partners Robert J. Hafner and Elizabeth A. Weill to the firm’s Product Liability and Toxic Tort Practice Groups in Philadelphia. With a collective six decades of experience handling complex and high-value torts for a variety of leading manufacturers and other companies, these partners are the firm’s second major hire in Philadelphia this year following the addition in late August of seven attorneys focusing on toxic torts and environmental law. More >>

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