Leech Tishman Opens New Office in Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC (Leech Tishman) is pleased to announce that it has opened a new office in Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota Area) Florida. The new office will be managed by one of Leech Tishman’s founding partners, Ted Tishman, and is located at the Gibraltar Building on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

Ted Tishman is joined in the new office by Lakewood Ranch attorney Wanda Pistella, a partner in Leech Tishman’s Real Estate Practice Group. Also joining the firm is Paula Egan Chapman, a Real Estate Closing Specialist. More >>

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Paul Hastings Accelerates Cross-Border Transactional Growth with Addition of M&A Team in New York

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the corporate group of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP will join the firm in New York. The team includes partners Robert Leung, Mike Huang, Stefan dePozsgay, Jason Hill, and Russell Franklin, and their associates.

“The addition of this exceptional team reflects increasing client demand for help with large and complex cross-border transactions and capital flows,” said Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “This is among the growing strategic investments we make across the firm, including advancements in our M&A, Private Equity, and Latin America practices, and in growth areas such as Technology, Media, Entertainment, and Telecoms (TMET), Life Sciences, and Energy,” he added. More >>

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Polsinelli Adds Prominent Wealth Planning Attorney in Kansas City

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Polsinelli welcomes Stephen J. Bahr as a Wealth Planning/Administration shareholder in its Kansas City headquarters office. Bahr brings more than 20 years of experience to the firm’s Business Department, with an extensive background in estate planning and business succession planning.

Bahr’s practice focuses on a variety of estate planning and business planning matters, including health care documents, powers of attorney, wills and trusts, business succession and estate and gift tax return preparation. He routinely provides counsel to high net worth individuals and families related to sensitive and complex estate and business planning issues. More >>

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BakerHostetler Adds One of the Nation’s Leading Advertising and Marketing Law Teams in New York

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

BakerHostetler today announced that it has added a prominent advertising, marketing and digital media team, which includes Partners Linda Goldstein and Holly Melton, along with three additional attorneys. The team is joining the firm from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, where Goldstein served as the chair of its Advertising, Marketing and Media practice. She will be tasked with spearheading BakerHostetler’s work in the advertising, marketing and digital media space. More >>

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Former Republican Congressman Thomas Reynolds and His Chief of Staff, Sally Vastola, Move to Holland & Knight

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Thomas M. Reynolds, who served 10 years in Congress, and Sally Vastola, his chief of staff for all five terms, have joined Holland & Knight as senior policy advisors in its Public Policy & Regulation Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Joining the firm with them are Douglas Dziak and Jodi Richardson as senior counsel and public affairs advisor respectively. All were previously with Nixon Peabody. More >>

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McAfee & Taft Expands Environmental Practice with Addition of Derek Hardberger and Garry Keele, II

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma’s largest law firm, has announced the expansion of its Environmental Law practice with the addition of J. Derek Hardberger and Garry L. Keele, II. Together, they bring nearly 50 years of experience in environmental permitting, regulatory compliance and enforcement, environmental due diligence associated with transactional matters, and litigation. More >>

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