The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Carl E. Volz and George C. Summerfield as partners in the firm’s securities and transactional litigation and intellectual property litigation practices, respectively. Volz joins K&L Gates from Dechert LLP, while Summerfield arrives from Stadheim & Grear, Ltd. More >>
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Global law firm Dentons has expanded its International Arbitration practice in Germany with the recruitment of US-qualified partner Amy C. Kläsener. She joined the Frankfurt office along with an Associate on February 1, 2017. In her new role, she will cooperate closely with Dentons’ highly rated International Arbitration team, led in Europe by Jean-Christophe Honlet and Barton Legum. More >>
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan A. Clark, Andrew J. Rudolph, and Michael A. Kadlec have joined the Firm as partners in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice, of which Mr. Clark has been named chair. The employee benefits team joins Blank Rome’s Philadelphia office from Pepper Hamilton LLP where Mr. Clark served as co-chair of the Employee Benefits practice group. More >>
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Steptoe & Johnson PLLC announced today the addition of three attorneys at its Southpointe office located in Canonsburg, Pa. Edward A. Miller, Melissa Devich Cochran, and Autumn L. Pividori will strengthen the firm’s western Pennsylvania litigation practice, particularly in the areas of products liability and toxic torts. More >>
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Nixon Peabody continues its West Coast expansion with the addition of health care litigation partners Andrew H. Selesnick and Damaris L. Medina. With clients ranging from physicians and physician groups to hospitals and urgent care centers, substance abuse treatment providers and ambulatory surgery centers, Andy and Damaris have successfully litigated a number of high-profile health care cases, many in the health care reimbursement arena. More >>
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The White Collar Defense & Special Investigations Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, known throughout the United States and abroad for its roster of more than 90 former state and federal prosecutors, has added two exciting names to its shareholder ranks. Daniel P. Filor, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, joined Greenberg Traurig’s New York City office. Nathan Muyskens, former Co-Chair of the White Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations Practice at Loeb & Loeb, joined the Washington, D.C. office. More >>
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FisherBroyles, LLP is pleased to announce that Brad Gandrup has joined the firm as a partner. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that renowned tax attorney Lawrence Hill has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Mr. Hill was previously a partner in the Tax Group of Shearman & Sterling where he served as Global Head of the Tax Controversy and Litigation Group, as well as Global Head of Financial Institutions. More >>
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