Faegre Drinker announced today that antitrust attorney Alicia Batts has joined the firm’s litigation practice as a partner in Washington, D.C. Batts was previously a partner with Squire Patton Boggs.
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Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Mark Mansour to its Regulated Industries Department, Food & Beverage Industry Group, and Health Care Practice Group as a Member in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Mansour, who joins Dykema after practicing at Locke Lord LLP’s Washington, D.C., office, previously served as in-house counsel for two major multinational food companies.
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Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Brian K. Kidd has joined the firm as a partner in its Investigations + White Collar Defense Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Kidd joins Morrison & Foerster from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he most recently served as Chief of the Market Integrity and Major Frauds (MIMF) Unit in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, having joined the DOJ in 2009. In this senior role, Mr. Kidd supervised a team of roughly 40 federal prosecutors investigating and prosecuting complex securities, commodities, and other major corporate fraud cases. Mr. Kidd oversaw cross-border and corporate prosecutions involving market manipulation, spoofing, insider trading, money laundering, bribery, cryptocurrency, accounting, and procurement fraud.
Dechert LLP announced today that Howard Levine and Jennifer Swan have joined the firm in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley, respectively, as partners in the Intellectual Property group, further expanding Dechert’s global life sciences capabilities. They both come to the firm from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
King & Spalding today announced that Marisa Maleck rejoins the firm as a partner in the FDA and Life Sciences team, which is part of the Government Matters practice. Maleck, who most recently served as a senior counsel at Juul Labs and as a partner in King & Spalding’s Litigation & Global Disputes practice, will be based in the Washington, D.C., office.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Brandon Bortner, a respected securities and capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner, based in Washington, D.C. He joins from Latham. Mr. Bortner’s arrival adds further momentum to the outstanding performance and growth of the firm’s global Securities and Capital Markets practice.
Faegre Drinker announced today that Christopher J. Burrell has rejoined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property practice in Washington, D.C. Burrell returns to the firm after spending nearly seven years with Samsung Electronics America in the company’s Washington, D.C. IP Center office, where he most recently served as senior director & senior counsel, head of appeals. He is the 24th partner or counsel addition to Faegre Drinker in 2020.
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Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce leading commercial and international dispute litigator Kurt Lindquist will be joining as a shareholder in the rapidly expanding Commercial Litigation practice based in Washington, D.C. A highly respected and venerated trial lawyer, he brings a depth of experience resolving commercial matters on a global basis. His hire reflects the continued growth of Cozen O’Connor’s nationally recognized Commercial Litigation practice and the strategic expansion of the Washington, D.C. office. Lindquist joins the firm from the International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation group of Womble Bond Dickinson.
Koorosh Talieh (KT), a nationally recognized trial lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex commercial insurance disputes, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in Washington, D.C. KT joins the firm’s insurance coverage practice from Perkins Coie LLP, where he was a partner.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas Kim has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Kim, formerly with Sidley Austin, will continue to practice in the areas of securities disclosure and regulation and corporate governance.
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