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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Arent Fox LLP and Schiff Hardin LLP completed their merger, effective March 1, 2022. The new firm operates under the name ArentFox Schiff and is led by Chair Anthony V. Lupo and Firmwide Co-Managing Partners Cristina A. Carvalho and Joseph J. Krasovec III. The newly combined firm is home to more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and serves as a destination for an international client base of corporations, governments, private individuals, and trade associations.
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Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Cormac T. Connor has joined the firm’s White Collar, Internal Investigations & Compliance practice group as a partner in its Washington, DC office. Connor comes to the firm from Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC in DC.
A&O today announced that George “Chip” Cannon, Jr. has joined the firm as partner in A&O’s Project, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (PENRI) practice, based in Washington, D.C. Chip joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a partner and head of the Energy Regulation, Markets and Enforcement practice. Since 2006, Chip has been recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers USA for Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation).
