DOJ Antitrust Chief Peter Mucchetti joins Clifford Chance

Monday, March 2, 2020

DOJ Antitrust Chief Peter Mucchetti joins Clifford Chance Washington, DC: Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that Peter J. Mucchetti has joined as a partner in its Americas Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He joins from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, where he served as the Chief of its Healthcare and Consumer Products Section.

Mucchetti served in the Antitrust Division for 19 years, starting at the DOJ as a trial attorney. He became Assistant Chief of the Division’s Healthcare and Consumer Products Section in 2011, ascending to Section Chief in 2012. In those roles, he supervised some of the most complex cases in the Division’s history.

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Clark Hill Washington, DC Office Adds Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Member Joseph Donovan

Friday, February 28, 2020

Clark Hill today announced that Joseph Donovan has joined the firm as a Member in the Environment, Energy & Natural Resources practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Donovan is a leading energy lawyer with over 20 years of experience across all energy platforms on an international scale. Prior to joining Clark Hill Donovan was a partner in Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group in the Washington, DC office. 

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McDermott Enhances Intellectual Property Practice with New Partner in Washington, DC

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce April E. Weisbruch has joined the Firm as an Intellectual Property partner. April joins an active team in Washington, DC, where her IP litigation experience will benefit the Firm’s global client base. Prior to joining McDermott, April worked in Sheppard Mullin’s and Goodwin Proctor’s intellectual property practice.

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Venable Adds Leading Real Estate Partners Michael Pickett and Thomas Klanderman to its DC and Tysons Offices

Friday, February 21, 2020

Venable LLP is pleased to announce the addition of two high-profile real estate partners to its growing national Real Estate Practice – J. Michael Pickett and Thomas C. Klanderman. Mr. Pickett, formerly a partner in the real estate practice at Morgan Lewis, will split his time between the firm’s Washington, DC and Tysons offices. Mr. Klanderman, also previously a partner at Morgan Lewis, will be based in the firm’s DC office. In addition, Bryan J. Hoynak is joining as counsel and Noah M. Tischler is joining as an associate in the DC office.

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Venable’s San Francisco Office Continues to Boost Its Commercial Litigation Capabilities with the Addition of Jill Battilega Rowe

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Venable LLP is pleased to announce that Jill Battilega Rowe has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation Practice in the San Francisco office. Ms. Rowe is an experienced business trial lawyer who focuses on commercial real estate and contract and fraud disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rowe practiced in the San Francisco Office of Cooper, White & Cooper LLP.

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Nationally Recognized FDA Life Sciences Lawyer To Join Skadden DC

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Skadden is pleased to announce that William (Bill) McConagha has joined the firm’s Health Care Litigation and Enforcement practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. A 17-year veteran of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, most recently, a partner in the food and drug practice at another major global law firm, Mr. McConagha advises pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech, food and tobacco companies on government and internal investigations, FDA regulatory requirements, litigation, FDA enforcement issues and corporate transactions. His practice focuses on a broad range of FDA requirements as well as pharmaceutical and device quality issues, with a particular emphasis on current good manufacturing practice-related compliance matters. Mr. McConagha’s addition comes on the heels of another former FDA lawyer and regulator, Karen Corallo, joining the practice in March 2019. McConagha joins from the D.C. branch of Sidley Austin LLP.

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High-Ranking, Career DOJ Antitrust Division Official Joins BakerHostetler

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

BakerHostetler announced today that Ann O’Brien, most recently assistant chief of the Competition Policy & Advocacy Section and special counsel for Criminal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia offices. O’Brien is the third recent notable addition to BakerHostetler’s Antitrust and Competition team, following Jeffrey Martino, former chief of the DOJ Antitrust Division’s New York office, and Marc Schildkraut, former assistant director with the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition in Washington, D.C. O’Brien will also serve as part of the firm’s White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team.

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King & Spalding Adds Two Government Contracts Partners to its Special Matters and Government Investigations Team

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

King & Spalding today announced that Rick Vacura and Steve Cave have joined the firm as partners in its Special Matters and Government Investigations team.

Vacura and Cave are government contracts lawyers representing clients selling products and services to federal, state and local government customers. Their focus includes conducting internal investigations, mergers and acquisitions, procurement and IP counseling, and litigation. They are joining from Morrison & Foerster, and McKinsey & Company, respectively. Vacura and Cave will be resident in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, joining Lawrence Yanowitch, Thomas Knox, Charles Katz, and Jeremy Schropp, corporate partners who also joined the firm from Morrison & Foerster in October of last year. Vacura will head the firm’s Government Contracts practice area.

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