Polsinelli Welcomes David Karp as Co-Head of Special Situations & Alternative Investment Practice, Bolstering Private Credit Capabilities

Friday, March 27, 2026

Polsinelli is pleased to announce that David J. Karp has joined the firm as a shareholder in New York and will serve as co-head of the firm’s Special Situations & Alternative Investment Practice, further advancing the firm’s strategic focus on private credit, distressed investing and complex restructuring matters. He will also lead the firm’s Distressed Debt & Claims Trading team, which provides advice in connection with U.S., European and emerging market debt, claims and complex secondary portfolio trading. Karp becomes the seventh shareholder to join Polsinelli’s New York office in the last 12 months, marking a significant period of strategic expansion for the office. Karp arrives from McDermott Will & Schulte.

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Morgan Lewis Expands Labor and Employment Team with Addition of Benjamin Davis in Miami

Friday, March 27, 2026

Morgan Lewis continues the strategic growth of its global labor and employment practice with the arrival of Benjamin Davis as a partner resident in the firm’s Miami office. Ben represents employers in high-stakes employment and commercial disputes in state and federal courts and before arbitral tribunals. Davis joins from Baker McKenzie.

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Alston & Bird Adds Former Senior FDA Official as Life Sciences Partner in Washington

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Alston & Bird has tapped former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy chief counsel Perham Gorji to join its FDA: Compliance & Enforcement Team and Drug & Device practice, as a partner in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm’s ability to handle enforcement matters, internal investigations, and regulatory disputes involving FDA-regulated medical products. Gorji arrives at the firm from DLA Piper.

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Morgan Lewis Adds Five-Lawyer International Trade and Investigations Team in Paris

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Morgan Lewis is pleased to announce the arrival of a five-lawyer team to the firm’s Paris office, adding depth to its international trade, economic sanctions and export control, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, ESG, and cross-border investigations capabilities. Partners Marie-Agnès Nicolas and Anne Gaustad-Hanken, of counsel Mathieu Rossignol, and associates Lorenza Nava and Timothé Radosavljevic join from Hughes Hubbard, where Marie-Agnès and Anne served as co-chairs of the global investigations, enforcement, and compliance practice in Europe.

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Paul Hastings Boosts Global Funds Platform With New York Partner From Band 1 Practice

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Continuing to strengthen its premier global funds platform and ability to advise the world’s leading asset managers on their most significant transactions, Paul Hastings LLP today announced that Rachel Shepardson has joined the firm as a partner in New York. Arriving from the Chambers Band 1-ranked practice at Paul, Weiss, Shepardson brings more than a decade of experience representing major fund sponsors across a variety of investment strategies, including private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure funds.

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Skadden Welcomes Partners Archis Parasharami, Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, Expanding Capabilities in Consumer Class Actions, Multidistrict Litigation and Mass Arbitration

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Skadden is pleased to welcome Archis Parasharami as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices. Mr. Parasharami joins Skadden from Mayer Brown LLP, where he served as co-head of its Washington, D.C. litigation and dispute resolution practice and co-leader of its class action practice. With two decades of experience managing complex litigation, he will play a pivotal role in expanding Skadden’s leading class action defense, multidistrict litigation and mass arbitration capabilities. He will be joined in Washington, D.C. by Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, who are also joining the firm as partners and previously worked with Mr. Parasharami at Mayer Brown LLP.

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Greenberg Traurig Continues Washington Growth; Expands State Attorneys General Practice with Former Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler as Co-Chair

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Douglas Gansler to its Washington, D.C., office as co-chair of the nationwide State Attorneys General Practice. He joins from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, where he led that firm’s State Attorneys General Practice. Gansler also has served as Maryland Attorney General, Special Deputy Attorney General for Pennsylvania, and President of the National Association of Attorneys General.

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Marcus Childress, Former Senior Advisor to U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Joins Akin as Co-Head of Congressional Investigations Practice

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Akin announced today that Marcus Childress—former senior advisor and special counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee—has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner and co-head of the congressional investigations practice. Abigail (Abby) Kohlman, a congressional investigations partner who previously served as chief of staff and special counsel to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legislative Affairs, has also been named a co-head of the group. Childress and Kohlman expand Akin’s premier platform for guiding clients through the escalating convergence of congressional inquiries, parallel DOJ investigations and high‑stakes civil litigation.

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