Powerhouse International Trade Team Joins McDermott in Washington

Friday, July 31, 2020

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery builds on its Washington-based international trade footprint with the addition of partners Joanne Osendarp and Eric Parnes. Together with their team, Joanne and Eric bring high-profile international trade, litigation and regulatory experience and resources, expanding McDermott’s already strong practice with substantial trade remedy experience. Dean Pinkert, former commissioner of the US International Trade Commission, joins the Firm as senior counsel. Tim Hruby, Lynn Kamarck and Alan Kashdan each join as counsel along with associate Conor Gilligan. Joanne will serve as co-head of the International Trade Group together with Carolyn Gleason. The group joins McDermott from Hughes Hubbard Reed.

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Freshfields Adds top DOJ Antitrust Trial Lead Julie Elmer in Washington, DC

Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (“Freshfields”) announced today that Julie Elmer, one of the US Department of Justice’s leading antitrust trial lawyers, has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, DC. Ms. Elmer joins Freshfields from the DOJ Antitrust Division’s Technology and Financial Services section, where she led two of the DOJ’s last three merger trials, including its last trial victory in US v. Energy Solutions, Inc., et al.

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Steptoe Continues Expansion of Premier Energy Group with William Keyser

Monday, July 20, 2020

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce the further expansion of its premier Energy Group with the arrival of William Keyser as a partner in the firm’s Washington office. Keyser focuses his practice on federal electric regulation and litigation and transactions involving the nation’s electricity and capacity markets. His arrival follows that of Donna Byrne and John Perkins, who joined Steptoe’s Energy Group in February. Keyser joins from the Washington office of K&L Gates.

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Prominent Native American Law Team Joins Jenner & Block and Adds Government Relations Practice

Friday, July 17, 2020

Jenner & Block is pleased to announce that a team of six leading lawyers in Native American law and two government relations specialists have joined the firm, significantly expanding the Native American Law Practice’s offerings to clients, including adding government relations capabilities. The eight-person team is based in Washington, DC and includes a former US Ambassador, a White House tribal liaison for President Barack Obama, and a former Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs for the Department of the Interior. The group joins from the Washington office of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.

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Prominent Insurance/Reinsurance Group Joins Mintz

Friday, July 17, 2020

Mintz is pleased to announce that the firm has added a group of five leading practitioners to its nationally renowned Insurance and Reinsurance Practice. Specifically, Deirdre G. Johnson, Paul W. Kalish, Suman Chakraborty, and Ellen MacDonald Farrell join as Members, and Elaine Panagakos joins as Special Counsel. All five attorneys previously practiced at Squire Patton Boggs, and will practice out of the firm’s Washington D.C. office, with the exception of Mr. Chakraborty, who is based in New York. Ms. Johnson, Mr. Kalish and Mr. Chakraborty are all Chambers ranked practitioners.

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McCarter Broadens Its Energy Capabilities with Addition of Randy Elliott

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

McCarter & English is pleased to have Randy Elliott rejoin the firm as a partner in the Washington, DC, office in the Environment & Energy Practice Group. Randy was most recently senior director, regulatory counsel for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and prior to that regulatory counsel for the American Public Power Association (APPA). He represented the associations in matters concerning such issues as capacity markets, electric storage, distributed energy resources, and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act.

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