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.
Joseph Matal, the former Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and one of the principal drafters of the America Invents Act (AIA), has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a Washington, D.C.-based partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice.
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Global law firm Goodwin announced today that partner Brian Bewley and associate Kaitlyn Dunn joined the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practices, resident in the Washington, DC, and Boston offices, respectively. Having worked for the Office of Inspector General, Bewley and Dunn bring significant regulatory and government experience to Goodwin. They join from a regional law firm, where they teamed up in private practice after the OIG. Immediately prior to joining the firm, the pair practiced with Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC.
Michael Francisco, an accomplished litigator and recent law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, has joined McGuireWoods’ Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department as a partner in Washington, D.C. He is one of eight former Supreme Court clerks in the firm’s litigation practices.
Clark Hill PLC has announced the addition of Steven Shparber as a Member in the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources practice group in the Washington, DC office. Shparber has an extensive background as a private sector, corporate and government lawyer in advising on energy regulatory issues, independent power production and renewable energy, and distributed energy resources. Shparber is the second energy lawyer to join Clark Hill’s Washington, DC office in the last six months. Immediately prior to joining Clark Hill, Shparber was an energy lawyer for three years at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, where he had been named partner in January 2020.
Venable LLP is pleased to announce that D. Reed Freeman Jr. has joined the firm as a partner in the eCommerce, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Practice in the Washington, DC office. Mr. Freeman’s practice is focused on privacy, cybersecurity, and the privacy aspects of advertising online, on mobile devices, in social media, and on connected devices. Prior to joining Venable, Freeman served as partner and co-chair of the cybersecurity, privacy, and communications practice group at WilmerHale.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today the launch of the firm’s FDA Regulatory practice, with the addition of highly regarded Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement and investigations lawyers Nathan Sheers and Peter Lindsay. Sheers and Lindsay have joined the firm as partners in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice, based in the Washington, D.C. office. The regulatory duo come to the firm from the Washington office of Sidley Austin LLP.
Davis Polk today announced that D. Jarrett Arp, one of the nation’s leading cartel defense practitioners, has joined the firm as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Group in Washington DC. Mr. Arp joins Davis Polk from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he was a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Group since 2002.
