With state and federal regulators continuing to scrutinize financial institutions’ consumer-facing operations, Davis Wright Tremaine has added two new partners in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office who bring significant experience with investigations and supervisory, enforcement, and litigation matters, particularly those involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). More >>
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Saul Ewing LLP, a full-service law firm with more than 260 lawyers in 11 East Coast offices, today announced that Judith B. Kassel has joined the firm as a partner in the Business and Finance and Government Contracts Practices, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. More >>
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Citing the firm’s excellent trial reputation, well-known D.C. trial attorney Buffy J. Mims joins Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Mims is highly experienced in the courtroom and will serve clients in cutting-edge technologies including healthcare, life sciences and others. Founded more than a century ago, Shook fields the most sophisticated and forward-thinking trial attorneys who represent the world’s leading companies in and out of the courtroom, protecting their business investments and maximizing opportunities for growth. More >>
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that commercial litigator and trial attorney Matthew Papez has joined the Firm’s Business & Tort Litigation Practice as a partner in its Washington Office. More >>
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Pillsbury today announced the addition of distinguished labor and employment lawyer Jean Kuei as a partner in the firm’s Litigation section. Kuei represents national employers in various types of labor and employment matters and comes to Pillsbury from Reed Smith. Reflective of her bi-coastal practice, she will be based in Washington, DC while also regularly working out of the firm’s San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. More >>
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Global law firm Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Colette D. Honorable, former commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Regina Y. Speed-Bost, chair of Schiff Hardin’s Energy Group, to its market-leading international Energy & Natural Resources (ENR) practice. More >>
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of ten partners to the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (EBEC) Practice. Seven of the partners will be based in Winston’s Chicago office and three will be based in Winston’s Washington, D.C. office. The group joins from McDermott Will & Emery and brings significant capabilities in the areas of qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare benefit plans, executive compensation, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), and international benefits to Winston’s EBEC Practice. More >>
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BakerHostetler is pleased to announce that Partner Laura Jehl has joined the firm, resident in the Washington, D.C., office, as a member of the Chambers-ranked privacy and data protection team. Jehl’s standing as one of the first attorneys to develop privacy policies and litigate internet law makes her a dynamic addition to the firm’s highly respected cybersecurity practice. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, has expanded its Labor & Employment Practice Group with Partners Angela Hart-Edwards in Washington, D.C., Colin Barnacle in Denver, Denise Gavica Perez in Miami and Rory McEvoy in New York. Their collective experience bolsters Akerman’s national capabilities for employers in the healthcare, hospitality and restaurant sectors, among others, adding new depth in management-side litigation, regulatory compliance, as well as corporate and investment-based immigration.
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Akin Gump today announced that Howard R. Sklamberg, former Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has joined the firm as a partner in its health care and life sciences regulatory practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sklamberg comes to Akin Gump after a distinguished tenure at the FDA, where he held a series of influential positions.
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