Taft is pleased to announce that Daniel Solomon has joined the firm’s Compliance, Investigations, and White Collar Defense practice as partner in the Detroit and Washington, DC offices. Prior to joining Taft, Dan was a partner and Asia-Pacific practice lead at Miller & Chevalier Chartered in Washington, D.C.
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WilmerHale is pleased to announce that George O’Brien, a nationally recognized Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and life sciences regulatory lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in its Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. He will be based in the firm’s Washington DC office and also work alongside the firm’s Corporate Group. Before WilmerHale, O’Brien spent nearly two decades in private practice at two international law firms. Immediately prior to joining the firm, O’Brien served as Partner at Mayer Brown.
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Morgan Lewis continues to strengthen its global litigation and labor and employment capabilities with the arrival of Shawn Regan, Torsten Kracht, and Christopher Pardo as partners in the firm’s New York, Washington, DC, and Boston offices, respectively. The trio joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and brings a collaborative, trial-ready team with extensive experience representing businesses in complex commercial, employment, and regulatory matters across key industries.
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Alexander Ott has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department and the International Trade Commission (ITC) Practice in Washington, D.C.
Corporate transactions attorney Michelle Rae Heisner has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office, strengthening the national law firm’s complex mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions, and board-level advisory capabilities. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Heisner practiced at Baker McKenzie and Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, Washington, D.C., and Australia.
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Dechert announced today the addition of Shannon Reaves as a partner and co-chair of its national security practice group. Mr. Reaves brings almost two decades of experience in cross-border transaction reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) mitigation with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). He joins Hrishikesh Hari as co-chair and will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Reaves arrives at the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.
Alston & Bird has tapped former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy chief counsel Perham Gorji to join its FDA: Compliance & Enforcement Team and Drug & Device practice, as a partner in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm’s ability to handle enforcement matters, internal investigations, and regulatory disputes involving FDA-regulated medical products. Gorji arrives at the firm from DLA Piper.
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Skadden is pleased to welcome Archis Parasharami as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices. Mr. Parasharami joins Skadden from Mayer Brown LLP, where he served as co-head of its Washington, D.C. litigation and dispute resolution practice and co-leader of its class action practice. With two decades of experience managing complex litigation, he will play a pivotal role in expanding Skadden’s leading class action defense, multidistrict litigation and mass arbitration capabilities. He will be joined in Washington, D.C. by Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, who are also joining the firm as partners and previously worked with Mr. Parasharami at Mayer Brown LLP.
Akin announced today that Marcus Childress—former senior advisor and special counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee—has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner and co-head of the congressional investigations practice. Abigail (Abby) Kohlman, a congressional investigations partner who previously served as chief of staff and special counsel to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legislative Affairs, has also been named a co-head of the group. Childress and Kohlman expand Akin’s premier platform for guiding clients through the escalating convergence of congressional inquiries, parallel DOJ investigations and high‑stakes civil litigation.
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Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) announced today that prominent antitrust attorney David Pearl has joined the firm’s Washington, DC office as a partner. David joins the firm from Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, where he was a partner.
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