Perkins Coie Adds Veteran Energy Partner Jane Rueger in Washington, D.C.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Jane Rueger has joined the firm’s Environment, Energy & Resources practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Jane has deep experience in federal energy regulation and markets as well as renewable transactions. She is also the president of the Energy Bar Association. She joins Perkins Coie from White & Case LLP.

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Lewis Brisbois Opens Office in Wilmington, Del., With Commercial Litigation Team

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the opening of its latest office in Wilmington, Delaware, with a team of two corporate and commercial litigators. Francis G.X. Pileggi will lead the new office as managing partner, with Associate Chauna A. Abner rounding out the team. They both join from Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.
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Davis Wright Tremaine Continues Its Industry-Focused Growth With Addition of Antitrust Litigator Chris Renner

As Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) helps clients and colleagues respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19, the firm continues to execute on its strategic plan and build for the future. The firm announced today that prominent antitrust litigator, Chris Renner, will join its Washington, D.C. office as partner on April 6, 2020. Renner was previously a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and held senior management positions at the FTC.

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Patrick W. Pearsall joins Allen & Overy as partner in the International Arbitration and Public International Law practice

Allen & Overy today announced Patrick W. Pearsall has joined the firm as partner in the international arbitration and public international law practice, based in Washington, D.C., from Jenner & Block LLP where he served as Co-Chair of the International Arbitration practice and Chair of the Public International Law Practice.

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Weil Adds Assistant Director of FTC Bureau of Competition Michael Moiseyev as Partner in Washington, D.C.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Michael Moiseyev has joined the Firm as a partner. Mr. Moiseyev joins Weil after 30 years at the Federal Trade Commission, including 16 years as Assistant Director leading the Mergers I Division in the Bureau of Competition. He is part of the Firm’s global Antitrust/Competition practice and is based in Washington, D.C.

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Davis Wright Tremaine Continues Strategic Recruiting With Mortgage and Home Lending Partner in Washington, D.C.

As a rising young financial services lawyer, Chava Brandriss has a clear vision for building her practice, and she has found a home for it at Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT).

Brandriss, who joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, represents banks, mortgage lenders and servicers in class actions, mass claims, appeals and large portfolios of individual lawsuits.

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Former Senior DOJ Official Edward C. O’Callaghan Joins WilmerHale

WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Edward C. O’Callaghan, whose distinguished legal career includes several senior roles in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a successful career in private practice, has joined the firm. He will be a partner in the Washington DC office, as a senior member of both the Investigations and Criminal Litigation Practice and its Strategic and Crisis Response Group.

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