Ronald J. Tenpas, former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner. Tenpas comes to V&E from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which he joined in 2009 following a 12-year career with the Justice Department, culminating in his 2007 nomination as AAG by President George W. Bush. More >>
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Pepper Hamilton announced today that John P. Isacson has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. More >>
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BakerHostetler is further strengthening its privacy and data protection team with the arrival of Sarah (Xiaohua) Zhao as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. The team has added nearly 20 lawyers in the past year to meet evolving client demands. Zhao’s practice focuses on cross-border data transfer issues, privacy and cybersecurity. She joins BakerHostetler from Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. More >>
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to strategically expand its Corporate and Investment Funds practices with the addition of Petros (Peter) L. Tsirigotis as shareholder in its Washington, D.C. and New York City offices. Tsirigotis joins from Stradley Ronon, where he was co-chair of the firm’s Private Investment Funds Practice; before that, he served as senior vice president at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, where he led the investment management funds risks, operations, and governance group. More >>
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Dechert LLP strengthened its leading corporate and permanent capital practices with the hire of Harry Pangas as partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. More >>
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With a continuing emphasis on its expanding national Labor & Employment practice, Polsinelli announced today that Connie Bertram joined the firm as a Shareholder in the DC office. Ms. Bertram is a highly regarded and experienced employment lawyer, who represents companies in complex internal investigations, False Claims Act, Sarbanes-Oxley and other whistleblower claims and government contracting/affirmative action and compliance and enforcement matters. Her addition to the Polsinelli DC office fits well with other recent additions to the DC office and provides clients with complex compliance and government contracts legal services for which the firm is becoming nationally known. More >>
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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Stephanie Roy has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Stephanie also joins the firm’s Communications industry group. More >>
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that tax controversy lawyer Robert J. Kovacev has joined as a partner in its Washington, DC and San Francisco offices. He comes to Norton Rose Fulbright from Steptoe & Johnson. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continued expansion of the Consumer Financial Services Practice Group with partners Eric Goldberg and Erica Goldman. Goldberg joins the firm from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he served as Managing Counsel for Regulations, and Goldman joins from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., where she was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. More >>
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FisherBroyles, LLP, the first and world’s largest distributed law firm partnership, is pleased to announce the additions of Greg Fettig, Kevin Jablonski and Michael W. Russell as partners and registered patent attorneys in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group. The attorneys are based in the Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C., offices, respectively. More >>
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