Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has boosted its New York office with the hire of James G. McCarney. McCarney joins as a partner in the Business Trail practice group. He leaves Howrey in New York for this new opportunity.

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Cravath Swaine & Moore has lost partner Ronald Cami to private equity firm TPG Capital. Cami joins as general counsel. Cami spent about 18 years at Cravath, joining the firm immediately after finishing law school in 1992.

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Dickstein Shapiro has snagged two trademark partners for its New York office. Clark Lackert and Keith Sharkin have joined the firm from King & Spalding. Growing its IP practice has been one of Dickstein’s goals and it would appear as if it is succeeding.

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Jule Rousseau and Elliott Kroll are leaving their firm, Herrick, Feinstein in New York, to join another New York firm, Arent Fox. Rousseau and Kroll start June 1^st. Both partners practice insurance law.

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Haynes and Boone has boosted its New York office with the hire of Louis M. Solomon. Solomon comes from Dechert LLP. He joins as a partner.

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Kenneth A. Raskin has joined King & Spalding as a partner and chair of the firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice. He will be stationed at the New York office branch. Raskin joins from White & Case.

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WilmerHale has taken on a new partner in New York. Andrew E. Nagel joined the firm and will practice in the Corporate and Transactional Department. Nagel joins from Kirkland & Ellis.

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Ken Ziman almost made the switch from Simpson Thacher to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom without anyone noticing. Neither firm released a press release discussing the move. Ziman joined Skadden last week as a restructuring partner.

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP has hired Lori Hoberman as the leader of its newest practice group: Emerging Company/Venture Capital (EC/VC). Hoberman joins the New York office from Fish & Richardson P.C. She received her J.D. from New York University in 1989.

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DLA Piper has added a ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ from Nixon Peabody. Peter White was given said honor for his successful aiding in the financing of two new Major League ballparks in 2007. White joins DLA’s sports and entertainment group.

Source: www.jdjournal.com