Epstein Becker Green (“EBG”) is pleased to announce that it has added a group of former Ropes & Gray—and, most recently, Verrill Dana—attorneys with noteworthy life sciences, biotechnology, health care, and academic and clinical research experience to strengthen EBG’s nationwide health care and life sciences capabilities. To date, the team includes partners Kate Gallin Heffernan, Andrew P. Rusczek, Sarah V. Ferranti, Emily Chi Fogler, and Sarah L. Trautz, as well as associates Marylana Saadeh Helou and Drew S. Douglas-Steele.
Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the growth of its Commercial Litigation practice with the addition of Mark Califano as partner. Califano focuses on litigation, regulatory law, compliance, privacy and information security, and is resident in the Washington, DC, office. Previously, Califano served for seven years as head of litigation at American Express, where he oversaw the defense of a range of consumer, class action and commercial claims, performed complex investigations around the globe and defended the company’s business model, including playing a central role in card fee antitrust litigation and internal investigations.
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O’Melveny announced today that leading Washington, DC litigator Jeffrey Gordon has joined the firm as a partner in the General Litigation Practice. Gordon was previously a senior attorney in the litigation practice of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
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Holland & Knight announced today that Nasim Fussell has joined the firm as a partner in its International Trade Group, residing in the Washington, D.C., office. Most recently, Ms. Fussell was chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, advising Chairman Chuck Grassley, committee members and staff on international trade and customs matters.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome three new attorneys and a paralegal to the Firm’s Insurance Recovery group in the Washington, D.C., office: Partner Robert P. Jacobs, Of Counsel Linda A. Powell, Associate Allison Zamani (based in San Francisco), and Paralegal Lakisha Foster. The prominent team joins from Perkins Coie LLP where Rob served as firmwide chair of the Insurance Recovery practice. They add to Blank Rome’s leading national policyholder practice, which has more than doubled since Blank Rome welcomed more than 100 attorneys from Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s New York and Washington, D.C., offices in 2016.
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Continuing to expand Rimon Law’s presence in China, Xiaowei Ye, former Managing Partner of Morgan Lewis & Brockius’ Beijing office, has joined the firm as a Partner in Rimon’s Shenzhen and Washington, DC offices.
