Nationally Recognized FDA Life Sciences Lawyer To Join Skadden DC

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

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

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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Nigel L. Wilkinson Joins Jackson Lewis in Washington, D.C. Region Office

Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Nigel L. Wilkinson has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. Region office as a Principal. Mr. Wilkinson focuses his practice on employment litigation and counseling, particularly in the areas of trade secret and wrongful competition litigation. Mr. Wilkinson previously practiced in the D.C. office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

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Dean Nordlinger Joins Blank Rome as Corporate Partner in D.C.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Dean S. Nordlinger has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a Partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, which welcomed Partner Stacy H. Louizos earlier this week in the New York office. Dean brings more than 20 years of experience representing privately held and closely held companies of all sizes, private equity firms, and entrepreneurs from a broad range of industries. Dean joins from Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., where he served as principal.

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Troutman Sanders Continues Strategic Growth in Charlotte with Addition of Three Leading Commercial Litigation and Regulatory Partners

A dynamic team of litigators and regulatory enforcement attorneys, consisting of partners William Mayberry, Jason Evans and Joshua Davey, has joined Troutman Sanders’ Business Litigation practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. The partners advise clients in high stakes commercial litigation, bank regulatory and government enforcement matters across the country. They previously practiced at McGuireWoods.

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Leading Antitrust Attorney Joseph Miller Joins Mintz

Mintz is pleased to announce that Joseph Miller has joined the firm as Co-chair of the Antitrust Practice and a Member in the firm’s Health Law Practice. Mr. Miller is a seasoned antitrust attorney with almost 30 years’ experience that spans roles in private practice, as a general counsel, and with federal antitrust enforcement agencies, providing strategic transactional advice and representing clients in government investigations and merger reviews. Prior to joining Mintz, Mr. Miller was a partner at a Washington, DC-based international law firm, where he was on the steering committee of the firm’s Antitrust Group as well as a member of the firm’s Health Care Group.

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Investment-Management Industry Leader Phillip S. Gillespie Joins WilmerHale

WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Phillip S. Gillespie has joined the firm. He will be a senior counsel in the Boston office and a member of the firm’s market-leading Securities Department and Investment Management Practice. Most recently, Mr. Gillespie was executive vice president and general counsel for State Street Global Advisors, the asset management division of State Street Corporation.

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