Alston & Bird has expanded its federal and international tax capabilities with the addition of Shawna Tunnell as tax partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Tunnell joins from Hogan Lovells, where she was a partner and practiced for more than 20 years.
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.
Tags: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | Boston | Washington
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Lawrence D. Levien in its Washington, D.C., office. Levien joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he was a partner in the labor and employment practice.
Cooley has expanded its litigation department with the addition of experienced trial and appellate lawyer Kathleen Hartnett, who joins as a partner in San Francisco. Hartnett arrives from Boies Schiller Flexner, where she was co-administrative partner of the firm’s San Francisco office. Previously, she served as deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s Civil Division, overseeing the Federal Programs Branch, which represents the federal government in high-profile civil litigation.
Tags: Cooley LLP | San Francisco | Washington
Stephanie Webster, one of the top health care lawyers and appellate litigators in the country, has joined global law firm Ropes & Gray in Washington, D.C. as a partner. Ms. Webster’s experience combines private practice with government service. Prior to her practice at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Ms. Webster served as an attorney for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Division of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Tags: Ropes & Gray LLP | Washington
Barnes & Thornburg has added Michelle N. Bradford as partner in the Litigation Department in Washington, D.C. As an experienced litigator and former federal prosecutor, Bradford handles issues in connection with white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Bradford was a shareholder at Murphy & McGonigle PC, where she represented clients, individuals and companies, in government investigations and proceedings involving securities fraud; healthcare fraud, complex financial fraud; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; the False Claims Act; and the Anti-Kickback Statute, among others.
The second notable litigation partner to join Davis Wright Tremaine this month, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Diggs joins the firm’s White Collar, Investigations & Government Controversies practice. Diggs, who will be a partner in Seattle, has more than a dozen years of federal criminal and civil regulatory experience, with a particular focus on healthcare, in addition to having previously worked in private practice.
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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Stanley A. Freeman has joined the firm in Washington DC as partner. With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Freeman’s arrival expands the firm’s education service offering with a practice focused on the representation of postsecondary institutions and adjacent clients in higher education. Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Freeman was a partner at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville. |
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is pleased to announce that antitrust attorney Allen Grunes will return to the firm as a shareholder in its Corporate & Business Department. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
