Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani continues its strong 2026 hiring momentum with the addition of six lateral partners, Lauren Bruce, Camille Dizon, Michael Gruman, Wells Littlefield, Brian Schneider, and Kindu Walker, in its Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia offices. Their extensive experience and diverse practice areas strengthen the firm’s capabilities in the Southeast and nationwide.
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King & Spalding announced today that Joel Goldberg has joined the firm as a partner in its Energy industry team and Corporate practice group. He is based in the Houston office. Goldberg arrives at the firm from Porter Hedges LLP.
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Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (“SGR”) is pleased to announce the arrival of Partner Simone M. Riley to the firm’s New York office. Riley arrives at the firm from Vedder Price.
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National law firm Baker Donelson has added immigration attorney Cheryl A. Geiser as of counsel in its Atlanta office and a member of the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group. Ms. Geiser has nearly 25 years of experience counseling businesses on employment-based immigration, including nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, permanent labor certification, and adjustment of status. She also helps employers develop immigration strategies and compliance programs, including I-9 and Labor Condition Application (LCA)/Public Access File audits, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worksite inspection preparedness, and immigration considerations related to international personnel transfers.
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Brown Rudnick today announced its largest group hire in the firm’s history, bringing onboard a 34-Lawyer intellectual property litigation group to the firm and launching a Silicon Valley office. This addition is the largest group hire in Brown Rudnick’s history, and cements Brown Rudnick as a market leader in technology, life sciences, and global litigation. The team of highly accomplished IP trial litigators and patent prosecutors brings decades of experience. The team includes Silicon Valley partners Paul Andre, Lisa Kobialka, James Hannah, Kristopher Kastens, and Michael Lee, and New York partners Jonathan Caplan and Aaron Frankel. The team was previously with HSF Kramer.
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Jennifer Breen has joined Jones Day as a partner in its Tax Practice. She is based in the Firm’s Washington Office. Ms. Breen represents domestic and multinational businesses, large partnerships, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices in tax controversy and IRS administrative matters. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Breen served as Partner in the DC office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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Spencer Fane LLP is pleased to welcome Sheryl K. Bridges to the firm’s Denver office as of counsel in the Health Care Practice Group.
Tags: Spencer Fane LLP | DenverKing & Spalding announced today that Adam Petravicius has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. He is based in the Chicago office. Petravicius joins King & Spalding from Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner.
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added Meshach Rhoades as a partner in its Litigation practice in Denver, strengthening the firm’s presence in Colorado and adding to its thriving national litigation platform.
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Burr & Forman is pleased to announce that Elizabeth (Beth) C. Warren has joined the firm’s Columbia, South Carolina, office as counsel in the Healthcare practice group. Beth joins the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, where she most recently served as Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Civil Division. Her work focused on False Claims Act enforcement and healthcare fraud and abuse issues.
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