Jonathan Y. Ellis, a former Assistant to the Solicitor General, has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., and co-leader of the firm’s appeals and issues team.
King & Spalding Bolsters Global Professional Liability & Accountant Defense Practice in D.C. and New York
King & Spalding today announced that Raphael Larson and Gary Adamson have joined the firm as partners on the Special Matters and Government Investigations team. As leading practitioners representing accounting and consulting firms and their professionals in high-stakes regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, the pair adds strength to the firm’s world-class Professional Liability practice. Larson will be based in the Washington, D.C., office and Adamson in the New York office. Larson and Adamson both join King & Spalding from McDermott Will & Emery.
K&L Gates Adds Antitrust, Employee Benefits Partners to Washington, D.C., Office
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Victor Chang as a partner in the benefits, ESOPs, and executive compensation practice area, and Yi Ying as a partner in the antitrust, competition, and trade regulation practice area. Both join K&L Gates’ Washington, D.C., office, with Chang arriving from Jones Day and Ying from White & Case LLP.
Latham Adds Leading Authority on Broker-Dealer Regulation to Capital Markets Practice and Financial Institutions Industry Group
Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Marlon Paz, trusted advisor to leading financial institutions and an authority on broker-dealer regulation, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices as a partner in the Capital Markets Practice and the Financial Institutions Industry Group, and as a member of the Corporate Department. He joins Latham from Mayer Brown in Washington, D.C. and New York.
Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Partner Meredith O’Leary Joins King & Spalding in Washington, D.C.
King & Spalding today announced that executive compensation and employee benefits attorney Meredith O’Leary has joined as a partner in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in its Washington, D.C., office. O’Leary joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland
Perkins Coie Adds Partner Alec Farr to Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C.
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Womble Bond Dickinson Expands White Collar Team with Partner in DC
Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Britt Whitesell Biles has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Business Litigation Group and a member of the White Collar and Investigations Team. Biles, a former partner at a global law firm, has more recently served in several high-ranking federal executive branch positions, including General Counsel of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House Counsel, and Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Patent Trial Lawyer Nina Tallon Joins Washington, D.C. Office
Nina Tallon has joined the Washington, D.C. office as a partner. She has represented clients in jury and bench trials in state and federal courts throughout the U.S. and is undefeated in cases before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
Blank Rome Welcomes Experienced Government Contracts Partner in Washington, D.C.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth N. Jochum has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Government Contracts practice group. A skilled litigator and counselor with a significant background in white collar defense and investigations matters, Elizabeth joins Blank Rome from Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC where she was a partner.
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Gibson Dunn Adds Tax Controversy Group, Led by Sanford Stark, in Washington, D.C.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Sanford Stark, Saul Mezei, and C. Terrell Ussing have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, D.C. office. Formerly with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, they will continue their preeminent tax controversy and litigation practices.
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