Chadbourne & Parke has added John M. Hintz to its Intellectual Property practice group in New York.  Hintz was formally with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He has much experience in multi-defendant patent litigation.

Source:  www.nylj.com

Greenberg Traurig has scooped up a M&A partner from Latham & Watkins. David Schwartzbaum will join the New York office. Greenberg has explicity stated that the firm is interested in growing its corporate practice.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Simeon Spencer has joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP in New York. Spencer specializes in international labor and employment law. Associate Anna Margolis accompanies him. Most recently, both were with Morgan, Lewis & Brockius LLP in London.

Source:  www.benzinga.com

Cheri Hoff joins Bracewell Giuliani LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Hoff will be a member of the corporate and securities group. She focuses her practice on private investment funds. Hoff was previously with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Source:  www.earthtimes.org

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP has hired Mark Young for its New York office. Young previously worked for Foley Hoag LLP as chief marketing officer. He joins Sonnenschein as CMO.

Source:   www.boston.bizjournals.com

The Manhattan prosecutor who won the case against Bernard Madoff with the maximum punishment of 150 years is joining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.  Lev Dassin will be based in the firm’s New York office.   He will focus his practice on white-collar crime and enforcement cases, as well as commercial civil litigation.

Source:  www.nytimes.com

Former White & Case partner, Marc Ackerman, has joined O’Melveny & Myers in New York. The firm is in the midst of boosting its intellectual property practice, especially in New York and in Washington. This strategy has been made difficult by the defection of three IP partners who left for Kirkland & Ellis earlier this year.

Source:  www.nylj.com

McDermott, Will & Emery has boosted its New York office with the hire of two IP attorneys from Daryby & Darby. Joseph Robinson and Robert Shaffer join as partners. Robinson’s departure may do some significant damage to Darby & Darby due to the substantial revenue he produced. The firm apparently new of their departures ahead of time and are planning to hire more partners to make up for the revenue lost.

Source:  www.law.com

Baker & Hostetler has boosted its New York presence with the lateral hire of three attorneys. Mark Kornfeld joins from Hogan & Hartson. Deborah Renner, once a partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, and Gonzalo Zeballos, a former assistant general counsel for American International Group Inc. also join the firm. Baker Hostetler’s New York managing partner, George Stamboulidis, explains that the firm rented another floor for the sheer purpose of hiring more attorneys. The New York office now has more than 90 attorneys.

Source:  www.nylj.com

Partner Edward Cerasia II has landed at Seyfarth Shaw after departing from Morgan, Lewis & Brockius. Cerasia will be stationed at the firm’s New York office. He joins the Labor & Employment Group.

Source:  www.businesswire.com