Alexander L. Reid Joins BakerHostetler’s Tax Practice Group in Washington, D.C.

BakerHostetler is pleased to announce that Alexander L. Reid has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office. Reid will be a member of the firm’s Tax Practice Group and serve as the national team leader for BakerHostetler’s Tax-Exempt Organizations and Charitable Giving team. Reid joins the firm from Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

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Orrick Expands Cyber & Privacy Team with a Health Tech Focus

Orrick announced today that Thora Johnson has joined our Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation practice as a partner in Washington, DC. Thora is an authority on health data-related privacy and cybersecurity and is the tenth partner to join the firm’s Life Sciences platform since 2019. Thora’s arrival follows the firm’s addition last week of corporate advisor Mike O’Donnell.

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William Levi, Former DOJ Chief of Staff, Rejoins Sidley’s Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C.

Sidley is pleased to announce that William Levi, who previously served in senior roles at the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate, has rejoined Sidley’s Litigation practice as a partner in Washington, D.C., where he will represent clients in a broad range of complex litigation, enforcement actions, regulatory disputes, and appellate matters.

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Squire Patton Boggs Continues Expansion of Commodities and Shipping Capabilities with International Trade Hire

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce the appointment of D. Michael Kaye as a partner into the firm’s International Trade Practice and Commodities and Shipping Industry Group. He joins from Baker McKenzie, where he spent two years as the Global Director of Business Management, and prior to that from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the world’s largest food processing and commodity trading corporations, where he was the Chief Counsel of ADM’s largest business unit.

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Litigator Joshua S. Levy Joins Cozen O’Connor’s Premier Class Actions Practice

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Joshua S. Levy will join the firm’s Class Actions Practice as a member in Washington, D.C. Levy is a skilled litigator with deep class actions experience. He represents businesses in a variety of industries in their most significant class actions and complex commercial disputes. Joining from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, he has over a decade of experience litigating high-profile class action lawsuits, including securities, consumer, employment, and ERISA cases. He is a trusted adviser to some of the world’s most prominent corporations and financial institutions.

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Former FDA Chief Counsel Stacy Cline Amin Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Leading Life Sciences + Healthcare Practice in Washington, D.C.; Will Co-Lead FDA Regulatory and Compliance Practice

Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Stacy Cline Amin as a partner in its Life Sciences + Healthcare practice. Ms. Amin will be based in Washington, D.C. and will co-lead the FDA Regulatory and Compliance practice. She joins Morrison & Foerster after a decade serving at the highest levels of government, where she most recently served in a dual role as Chief Counsel of the Food and Drug Administration and Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Former Federal Prosecutor Sean McDonnell joins Mayer Brown’s Expanding Litigation Practice

Mayer Brown has continued the expansion of its regulatory, investigations and enforcement capabilities with the arrival of federal prosecutor Sean McDonnell, who rejoins the firm as a partner in the global Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Washington DC. Previously, Mr. McDonnell was an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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Troutman Pepper Adds Former EPA Water Official Anna Wildeman to National Environmental and Natural Resources Practice

Anna Wildeman, a former high-ranking official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has joined Troutman Pepper in the firm’s nationally recognized Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Regarded as one of the nation’s leading authorities on the Clean Water Act, Wildeman most recently served as principal deputy and acting assistant administrator in the Office of Water at EPA. At Troutman Pepper, she rejoins forces with Dave Ross after working together to lead the Office of Water at EPA for nearly three years.

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