Senior FCC and CFPB Counsel David Gossett Joins Davis Wright Tremaine in New Products Counseling Team

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 23, 2020 – Over his career working at the highest levels of government and private practice, most recently as deputy general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, David Gossett has accumulated vast experience managing litigation and regulatory matters affecting the technology industry. Now, he will put that experience to work at law firm Davis Wright Tremaine where, as part of a newly launched Products Counseling team, he will provide holistic counsel to tech companies launching new products as well as help those companies address—or challenge—changing federal and state regulatory schemes. Gossett joins the firm as partner in its Washington, D.C. office.

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Blank Rome Continues Growth with Addition of Veteran White Collar Litigator in Washington, D.C

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that William “Bill” E. Lawler has joined the Firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a Partner in the White Collar Defense & Investigations group. Bill joins from Vinson & Elkins LLP where he was co-head of the firm’s government investigations and white collar practice group. Prior to his tenure at Vinson & Elkins, Bill served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia (1989-1996).

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Latham Adds Prominent Life Sciences Patent Litigator

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Adam Perlman has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department and Intellectual Property Litigation Practice. Perlman is a first-chair patent trial lawyer who focuses on Hatch-Waxman trials and Federal Circuit appeals for brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers. Perlman joins Latham from Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C.

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Clifford Chance Adds Partner Michael Bonsignore to its Americas Corporate Group

Clifford Chance adds partner Michael Bonsignore to its Americas Corporate Group Clifford Chance today announced that Michael L. Bonsignore has joined the Firm’s Americas Corporate Group as a partner in Washington, DC.

Bonsignore advises public and private companies and financial sponsors on transactional matters that include mergers and acquisitions, buyouts and dispositions, special situations, distressed M&A, restructurings and private equity investments, with significant experience in renewable and conventional energy transactions. He joins Clifford Chance from Akin Gump.

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Former DOJ Prosecutor Kyle R. Freeny Joins Greenberg Traurig

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is the next stop in the distinguished career of Kyle R. Freeny, former federal prosecutor for the Special Counsel’s Office and former member of the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section. Also joining in Washington, D.C. as a shareholder is Daniel Pulecio-Boek from Quinn Emanuel’s Washington, D.C. office.

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Cooley Expands Global Product Safety Capabilities in North America With Key US Hire

 Cooley is expanding its global product safety, compliance and liability team with the addition of Matt Howsare, who joins as special counsel based in Washington, DC, where he will lead Cooley’s North American product safety practice. Howsare arrives from Mintz, where he was chair of the firm’s consumer product safety practice. He previously served as chief of staff at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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