Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Tara K. Gorman has joined the firm’s Real Estate & Property Development practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Tara, who focuses on hotel development and acquisitions, was previously a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced continuing growth in the New York market with the addition of labor and employment partners Bran Noonan, Sarir Silver and associate Vincent Avery. They build upon Akerman’s strengths in complex litigation and class/collective action defense on behalf of employers, and enhance the firm’s experience in wage and hour and professional liability issues. More >>
Tags: Akerman LLP | New YorkAkerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, has further expanded its Dallas office with securities and commercial litigation partner Bryce Benson in the Litigation Practice Group. He joins Akerman’s national bench of trial lawyers and enhances the firm’s core strengths in the financial services sector. More >>
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International law firm Proskauer today announced the arrival of two nationally acclaimed litigators, Bart Williams and Manuel Cachán, as partners in its Los Angeles office. They will become members of Proskauer’s Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense & Investigations and Sports Law Practice Groups. Mr. Williams will become the co-chair of Proskauer’s Los Angeles Litigation practice. More >>
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Further strengthening its transactional and tax capabilities, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has added prominent corporate attorney Edouard C. LeFevre and tax veterans Scott J. Pinarchick and Abraham (Avi) Reshtick to the firm’s Corporate & Securities and Tax practices, respectively. Messrs LeFevre and Pinarchick were most recently partners at Foley & Lardner LLP. They join as Members in the firm’s Boston office. Mr. Reshtick was most recently a partner at Bracewell, LLP and previously practiced at Ropes & Gray LLP. He joins Mintz Levin’s New York office as a Member. More >>
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Mayer Brown announced today that Douglas Donahue has joined the firm’s global Banking & Finance practice and Derivatives & Structured Products group as a partner in New York. Previously, he was a lawyer with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York. More >>
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Karl G. Dial and Casey L. Moore have joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s 600-member Litigation Practice as shareholders in the Dallas office. Dial, who is also a CPA, focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, while Moore has extensive experience in commercial and financial services litigation matters. Samuel G. Davison will join the group as an associate. The trio joins from DLA Piper where Dial previously served as the Dallas office Managing Partner. The addition of Dial and Moore completes a transition of five attorneys from DLA Piper and includes Manuel Rajunov and Dania Duncan, who joined Greenberg Traurig in early March. More >>
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Fisher & Phillips LLP, a labor and employment law firm representing employers, announces the opening of a new office in Sacramento, helmed by Alden Parker, who joins as the regional managing partner. He is joined by Katherine Sandberg, an associate. Both attorneys were with the firm Weintraub Tobin. More >>
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Sarah (Xiaohua) Zhao has joined Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice where she helps clients solve the challenges associated with international commercial transactions. More >>
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Michael A. Battle has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Litigation Department. More >>
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