Lowenstein Sandler is pleased to announce that Mark E. Schamel has joined the firm as partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense group. He will be based in the firm’s rapidly growing Washington, D.C., office. Schamel joins the firm from the Washington office of Womble Bond Dickinson.
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George Borovas, a leading international nuclear power projects attorney who advises governments, sponsors and lenders on the development of civilian nuclear power programs and the financing and construction of nuclear power plants, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner. Borovas joins the firm from Shearman & Sterling LLP.
Cozen O’Connor today added John D. Shire in a strategic move bolstering the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, Health Law Practice and Health Care & Life Sciences Industry Group. Shire, who brings a deep understanding of federal and state health care regulations and has been instrumental in several of the most well-known transactions in the health care space, will co-chair the practice alongside R. Christopher Raphaely. Prior to joining Cozen O’Connor, Shire served as a partner at Seyfarth representing public and private companies in buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial contracts, private capital transactions, and impact investments.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that Mark L. Pryor, a former two-term U.S. senator and Arkansas attorney general, joined the firm today as a shareholder in the Government Relations Department in its Washington, D.C., office. Pryor will play a leading role in furthering the firm’s State Attorneys General and Congressional Investigations groups as well as the federal government relations practice. Most recently he served as a partner with Venable Law Firm in Washington, D.C., and was a co-chair of its Attorneys General Group and Congressional Investigations practice.
Cozen O’Connor today announced Jeffrey T. Gendzwill and Keith D. Fredlake will be joining the firm’s Washington, D.C., Intellectual Property practice. Both Gendzwill and Fredlake join from Kilpatrick Townsend and will become members of the firm’s growing Intellectual Property practice that comprises nearly 50 attorneys representing national and international corporate clients from startups to multinational companies.
Rimon is proud to welcome Jason Klein as a Cannabis Law Partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Klein is the 28th Partner to join Rimon this year. He joins from Offit Kurman, where he was Principal and Chair of the firm’s cannabis law group.
McGuireWoods is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Hogan, former senior vice president of market regulation enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has joined the firm’s nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department in Washington, D.C.
Dechert LLP announced today the lateral acquisition of an elite privacy & cybersecurity team, consisting of partners Brenda Sharton and Karen Neuman. Ms. Sharton will serve as co-chair of Dechert’s global Privacy & Cybersecurity practice and Ms. Neuman will serve as global head of Privacy Counseling. The pair join Dechert from Goodwin Procter LLP.
