Dameon Rivers, a top attorney in the housing finance space, has joined Troutman Pepper’s industry-leading Multifamily Housing Finance Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Rivers, who has noted expertise in affordable and seniors housing, joins the firm from Ballard Spahr where he co-led the firm’s Housing Finance Group.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that trial and appellate attorney Donald Burke has joined the Firm’s Washington office where he is a partner in the Litigation Department. Donald was previously a partner at Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner. He also previously served as a law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and to Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Skadden is pleased to announce that Anita B. Bandy is joining the firm’s Washington, D.C. office on April 4 as a partner in its Securities Enforcement Group. Ms. Bandy will focus on advising corporations, financial services companies, boards and their committees, as well as directors, officers and other executives, on matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other U.S. and international law enforcement agencies, and on counseling clients on a wide range of compliance, regulatory and due diligence matters.
Tax attorney Jeffrey Korenblatt has joined Holland & Knight as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has a broad-based tax practice focused on domestic and international business transactions. He previously was a partner at Reed Smith.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Jeffery M. Chiow as a shareholder in its Government Contracts & Projects Practice. Chiow joins from Rogers, Joseph, O’Donnell, PC where he was co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice.
Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP today announced the growth of its national Healthcare Practice Group with partner Noam Fischman in Washington, D.C. He joins from Polsinelli where he served as chair of its Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation Working Group, a taskforce dedicated to deal-related litigation.
Ethan Glass has joined Cooley’s Washington, DC, office as a partner in the firm’s global litigation department. Arriving from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he served as chair of its antitrust investigations and government enforcement practice, Glass has extensive experience as a first-chair trial lawyer, a lead government investigator and a manager of government investigations. He bridges both litigation and agency work, and represents clients in all types of competition matters – from mergers to criminal and civil conduct – before the courts and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), US Department of Justice (DOJ) and state attorneys general.
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James Noe has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its Public Policy & Regulation Group. Mr. Noe, who will work in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Houston offices, provides legislative and regulatory advocacy to energy, oil and gas, construction and other industry clients, which he also represents in a broad range of transactions and disputes. He was previously a partner at Jones Walker.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sophia Vandergrift has joined the firm as a partner. Vandergrift, formerly with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, will continue her antitrust practice at Gibson Dunn.
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