“A mayor’s son and lawyer who has been arrested five times for alcohol-related incidents has been suspended from the Indiana bar for at least one year,” reports the IL Staff in The Indiana Lawyer.

“The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission last year filed a formal complaint against Evan B. Broderick, son of Anderson Democratic Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr., who also is an attorney and former Madison County prosecutor.”

“Broderick in 2018 pleaded guilty to charges of Class A misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person and Class B misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a utility pole following an afternoon of drinking.”

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Phil Wells has joined Bradley’s Charlotte office as a senior attorney in the Real Estate Practice Group.

Wells has more than 15 years of experience serving clients in multiple industries. He brings analytical and problem-solving skills to complex commercial transactions, contracts, and compliance. His experience includes providing legal support to one of the nation’s largest financial institutions in all phases of retail and office lease preparation, from drafting letters of intent to final lease execution, as well as other commercial real estate matters.

Wells previously served as corporate counsel for The Mitchell Gold Co., where he provided legal counsel to ensure maximum protection of the company’s legal rights, mitigate legal risks, and maintain legal compliance for company operations. He spearheaded the negotiation, preparation, and drafting of all major tenant leases and ancillary documents, and successfully negotiated the purchase, sale, and management of company real estate.

Wells earned his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s nearly 550 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Richard Aftanas has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in New York and as a member of the Firm’s global Capital Markets leadership team with a focus on expanding the New York and US capital markets practice. Aftanas joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in the Capital Markets group for six years.

Aftanas has worked on numerous initial public offerings and other public and private equity securities offerings, as well as high-yield and investment-grade debt offerings for companies in a wide range of industries. He also advises U.S. and international clients with respect to corporate and securities law matters, as well as spin-offs, debt tender offers, exchange offers and other refinancing transactions. In addition, Aftanas regularly advises publicly-traded corporations and their executive officers and directors on corporate governance, SEC compliance and disclosure matters. Before joining Kirkland, Aftanas was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Over the past year, the firm has made several high-profile additions to the New York office, including former Bristol Myers Squibb vice president Jonathan Wasserman, Latin America finance partner Ben Garcia, leading sports transactions lawyer Michael Kuh, and Peter Marta, former global head of the legal cybersecurity team at JPMorgan Chase.

Aftanas earned his B.A. from the University of Manitoba and his LL.B. from McGill University Faculty of Law. He also is a member of McGill University Leaders’ Advisory Board and was the Secretary of the Securities Regulation Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 2003–2006.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., is pleased to announce that its Chicago Officers Kara Cenar, Beata Krakus, and Susan Meyer have been selected for the 2020 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business’ “Notable Women in Law.”

Published annually, the “Notable Women in Law” recognizes “women who have a track record of setting legal precedents, winning big cases for their clients and mentoring the next wave of women in law – all while finding ways to give back to their communities,” according to Crain’s. The honorees serve in senior-level roles at a law firm and have practiced for at least 10 years.

According to Crain’s, the “Notable Women in Law” also must have shown the ability to effect change in their roles or practice areas … “expanding the role of the women’s resource group to make sure that young associates get the skills and confidence they need to succeed. … They are pushing their firms to do more to promote racial justice and equality.”

A member of Greensfelder’s Intellectual Property practice group, Cenar leads the firm’s IP Litigation team, handling important and complex intellectual property (IP) matters for domestic and international companies of all sizes, as well as individuals. Her practice also involves the enforcement of IP rights and the defense of alleged violations of the IP rights of others.

Krakus is a member of the firm’s Franchising & Distribution and Business Services groups. She works with clients across the United States and around the globe preparing franchise programs for concepts including real estate brokerages, hotels, restaurants, and fitness and personal health systems, among others. Her practice also encompasses other distribution models, and she assists clients in managing their distribution networks.

Also a member of Greensfelder’s Franchising & Distribution and Intellectual Property groups, Meyer advises businesses in the areas of IP, franchising and distribution, and corporate law. She represents companies in the United States and internationally in every stage of development. She also serves as Norway’s Honorary Consul for Illinois.

The complete 2020 list of Crain’s “Notable Women in Law” honorees can be viewed at https://www.chicagobusiness.com/awards/crains-2020-notable-women-law.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., founded in 1895, is a full-service law firm with offices in St. Louis, Chicago and Southern Illinois. Greensfelder offers comprehensive legal solutions for clients locally, nationally and internationally. Areas of practice include business services; communications and media; construction; educational, religious and tax-exempt organizations; employee benefits; employment and labor; energy; franchising and distribution; health care; intellectual property; litigation; real estate; securities and financial services; and trusts and estates. Find out more at www.greensfelder.com.

“A 32-year-old woman suspected since July of running an unlawful law practice in Uptown Dallas has been arrested in Boston, and police are asking anyone who may have been victimized to speak up,” reports Marc Ramirez in The Dallas Morning News’ Crime.

“Massachusetts state police detained Camilia Shene Johnson at Logan International Airport on Sept. 5 as she tried to board a flight to Istanbul, Turkey. Johnson, a convicted felon, also goes by the name Camilia Johnson Ibrahim.”

“Authorities had been looking into Johnson’s conduct since mid-July, when a skeptical DeSoto resident alerted police to say that a number of legal actions being proposed to them by the suspect were in fact not the law.”

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“Hope Mehlman has started work as general counsel and corporate secretary at Bank of the West,” reports Ben Maiden in Corporate Secretary’s Appointments.

“San Francisco-based Bank of the West is a subsidiary of French bank BNP Paribas. Mehlman is now also corporate secretary at BNP Paribas USA.”

“Mehlman succeeds Vanessa Washington, who will retire from the bank at the end of the month after 14 years with the company.”

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“Wheeling Hospital, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States a total of $50,000,000 to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting claims to the Medicare program that resulted from violations of the Physician Self-Referral Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Justice Department announced Wednesday,” reports MetroNews Staff in MetroNews.

“According to the Justice Department, in this case, the United States alleged that from 2007 to 2020, under the direction and control of its prior management R&V Associates, Ltd. and Ronald Violi, Wheeling Hospital systematically violated the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute by knowingly and willfully paying improper compensation to referring physicians that was based on the volume or value of the physicians’ referrals or was above fair market value.”

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“An Illinois lawyer, who reportedly lied and said he had cancer—when he did not—and instead was looking for discovery deadline extensions, is facing potential suspension from the practice of law. He also allegedly lied about having cancer on his University of Chicago Law School application,” reports Stephanie Francis Ward in ABA Journal’s News.

“In 2015, Vincenzo Field reportedly asked an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois for additional discovery time because he would be out of the office for four months.”

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Alex R. Hernandez focuses on trials and appeals and has worked on constitutional challenges, environmental, energy, and securities cases. A University of Texas School of Law graduate and former Baker Botts associate, he clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Steve Jugle focuses on intellectual property litigation with experience in all stages of the litigation. A former Baker Botts associate, he has prosecuted patents involving wireless and telecommunications technologies, petrochemicals, and more.  A Harvard Law graduate, he has inter partes review experience.

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Omar Marawi is an electrical engineer and a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center. His focus is intellectual property and analyzing the merits of patent and design infringement suits, aiding in claim construction and patent prosecution. He is not yet licensed to practice law in Texas.

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Monica Moussighi focuses on intellectual property matters including patents, trademark, and copyright. An engineer, she received her law degree from University of Houston Law Center. On the Texas Rising Star list, she previously worked at several prestigious national law firms.

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Colin B. Phillips focuses on patent litigation, patent licensing and transactions, inter partes reviews, trademark matters, commercial litigation and financial restructuring.  He has a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and an aerospace engineering degree from Texas A&M University.

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Fears Nachawati attorneys Bryan Fears, Majed Nachawati, Jonathan Novak and Brice Burris have each been selected to the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Best Lawyers is the oldest and among the most respected peer reviewed attorney guides in the country. Selection is based on a peer-review survey that includes confidential evaluations by peer lawyers in the same and related specialties, followed by a rigorous vetting process by the Best Lawyers’ research staff. Honorees represent the top four percent of practicing attorneys in the United States.

Bryan and Majed previously earned Best Lawyers recognition for their litigation experience. Jonathan and Brice, each recognized for their work on behalf of personal injury victims, are listed among Best Lawyers’ inaugural “Ones to Watch” list recognizing attorneys early in their careers.

Fears Nachawati represents clients in a range of areas and has emerged as a leader in high stakes litigation across the country. The firm currently represents groups and individuals in matters related to the opioid crisis, environmental contamination, as well as dangerous and defective products.

Learn more about this honor.

“Kansas promoter Brett Mosiman was ready to chase former KAABOO owner Bryan Gordon to the end of the earth to collect a $7 million judgement delivered by a Kansas jury in February, but that will no longer be necessary after the men settled their claims last week over the canceled 2015 Thunder on the Mountain festival in Ozarks, Ark.,” reports Dave Brooks in Billboard’s Touring.

“Mosiman had filed a second lawsuit against Gordon in San Diego in December accusing the Madison Companies chairman of trying to hide his assets after selling KAABOO late last year. Mosiman was also working with his attorney to prepare their enforcement option for the Kansas judgment, but neither remedy will be needed after Mosiman filed a notice with the Kansas court Wednesday saying that Gordon and the companies he controls have satisfied the terms of the judgement ‘in an amount of which has been fully agreed to by the parties.'”

“Mosiman is the founder of the Wakarusa festival and had been hoping to revive the Thunder on the Mountain series when he was approached by Gordon and his business partners Seth Wolkov and Robert Walker from the Denver-based Madison Companies in 2014.”

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“In-house hiring at fintech companies is showing no sign of letting up, and Robinhood Markets Inc is doing more than its fair share to keep up the trend. The commission-free trading startup said in an Aug. 27 blog post that Norm Ashkenas is joining the company as chief compliance officer for Robinhood Financial,” reports Caroline Spiezio in Reuters’ Business News.

“General counsel appointments have slowed as summer creeps to an end, but at least three public companies – Zoom Video Communications Inc, Geico Corp and Kelly Services Inc – recently tapped top lawyers.”

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“A Myrtle Beach lawyer is no longer allowed to practice law after entering an Alford plea on charges of indecent exposure, and a history of pleas related to assault and voyeurism,” reports Kaitlyn Luna in WSPA’s News.

“Jacob Parrott was disbarred on Aug. 13 by the state Supreme Court, backdating to June 5, 2018, when he was arrested for indecent exposure after police said he was exposing himself and masturbating by a public pool, according to the court records.”

“After the arrest, Parrott entered an Alford plea. Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to gain a conviction.”

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“The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy liquidation of Richmond law firm LeClairRyan is starting to dig a little deeper,” reports Michael Schwartz in Richmond Bizsense.

“Lynn Tavenner, who has led the hunt for assets for creditors since the once mighty firm collapsed last year, will question and gather information from a lengthy list of LeClairRyan’s former attorneys, management and others it did business with over the years.”

“Tavenner sought and received court approval last month to begin the so-called 2004 examination process, which would give her the ability to push for the turning over of documents and conducting of depositions, including via subpoena if necessary.”

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Brent Weisenberg has joined Lowenstein Sandler as senior counsel in the firm’s Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors’ Rights Department.

Weisenberg’s practice focuses on advising businesses and their stakeholder constituencies during periods of financial challenge and special situations, including in the negotiation and implementation of complex commercial transactions, the acquisition and disposition of distressed assets, and the prosecution and defense of commercial litigation. He has extensive experience counseling official and unofficial committees across a wide array of industries, including retail, real estate, construction, hospitality, telecommunications, manufacturing, and technology.

Weisenberg also has particular experience in the wind-down of private equity and hedge fund vehicles. Prior to joining Lowenstein, he was selected by a court-appointed receiver to serve as General Counsel to the Platinum Partners family of hedge funds, where he worked extensively with the receiver’s outside counsel and financial advisors, as well as with Platinum’s portfolio managers, to unwind what was asserted to be a fund valued at more than $500 million.

Jeffrey Cohen, Vice Chair of the department, says, “It feels fantastic to be reuniting with Brent. Having previously been colleagues with him for more than a decade, I know the positive impact he will have on our practice. I look forward to integrating Brent into the Lowenstein platform and our white-hot debtor and committee practices.”

Kenneth A. Rosen, Chair of Lowenstein’s bankruptcy department, says, “Brent’s unique experience serving as general counsel to Platinum Partners and its receiver, the former chief judge of the Eastern District of New York’s bankruptcy court, not only helped him solidify his ability to solve the business and financial issues facing entities today but allowed him to gain an unmatched perspective on the wind-down of private equity and hedge fund vehicles, a sector where we are seeing increasing volatility.”

Lowenstein’s Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors’ Rights has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the country’s top 10 power players in large corporate bankruptcy matters, and it was ranked in the top five in Debtwire’s “1H19 Restructuring Advisory Mandates Report” in the category of Lead Counsel: UCC.

About Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Lowenstein Sandler is a national law firm with over 350 lawyers based in New York, Palo Alto, New Jersey, Utah, and Washington, D.C. The firm represents leaders in virtually every sector of the global economy, with particular emphasis on investment funds, life sciences, and technology. Recognized for its entrepreneurial spirit and high standard of client service, the firm is committed to the interests of its clients, colleagues, and communities.

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, is pleased to announce a three-lawyer team has joined the firm’s Franchise and Licensing Practice in Denver. Kevin Hein, Trish MacAskill, and Leilani Argersinger provide strategic guidance to franchisors, licensors, subfranchisors, and dealers regarding a range of legal and strategic business needs impacting their distribution models. The team’s experience extends to restaurant and retail development, franchise sales compliance, mergers and acquisitions, compliance with state and federal laws, corporate counseling, and dispute resolution. In his new role with Akerman, Hein will co-chair the firm’s Franchise and Licensing Practice.

Kevin Hein, Partner
For more than two decades, Hein has focused his practice on counseling companies that rely on franchising as part of their distribution models on a wide range of legal issues, including state and federal disclosure requirements, compliance with state relationship laws, franchise sales compliance, restaurant and retail development, franchising in the health and wellness industries, mergers and acquisitions, corporate counseling, bankruptcy and reorganization, and dispute resolution. Hein’s experience in the restaurant industry includes advising clients regarding corporate formation, real estate acquisition and development, leasing issues, corporate financing activities, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, general corporate matters, and franchise relationship issues. In addition, he regularly counsels established and emerging healthcare and wellness clients to ensure their franchise systems and licensing programs are structured to comply with federal and state laws regarding corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting, Stark and physician self-referral regulations, HIPAA compliance, and other healthcare related compliance issues.

Trish Barrett MacAskill, Special Counsel
MacAskill focuses her practice on franchise and business transactions. MacAskill applies her in-house experience when counseling clients on business, franchising, and licensing issues. She has experience counseling clients on franchise regulatory compliance and negotiating commercial leases and contracts in a broad range of industries, products, and services.

Leilani Argersinger, Associate
Argersinger focuses her practice on corporate transactional law, with an emphasis on U.S. and international franchising and distribution law. She represents emerging and established franchisors in corporate transactions, including M&A, corporate formation, lease negotiation, intellectual property, and capital raising. Argersinger regularly counsels clients on franchise and multi-unit development agreements, franchise registration and disclosure documents, corporate governance and formation documents, purchase, sale, and investment transactions, and franchise law and regulatory compliance matters.

About Akerman
Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized among the most forward thinking firms in the industry by Financial Times. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world’s most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth. Akerman is known for its results in middle market M&A and complex disputes, and for helping clients achieve their most important business objectives in the financial services, real estate and other dynamic sectors across the United States and Latin America.

The Akerman Corporate Practice Group advises public and private companies, including private equity funds, on M&A, capital markets transactions, financings, and other transactional matters, with a strong focus on the middle market. Akerman is top-ranked nationally for mergers, acquisitions and buyouts: middle market by The Legal 500, is recognized as a leading U.S. law firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers for corporate, M&A, private equity, securities/capital markets, securities regulation and banking and finance law, and is listed in PitchBook league tables as among the most active law firms in the United States for M&A deals.

Farrell Fritz is pleased to announce that John (Jack) Barnosky has joined the Maurer Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Barnosky, a partner in the firm’s Uniondale office, practices trust and estate law, concentrating on estate planning, probate and administration of estates and trusts, and taxation. He also represents clients in litigated trust and estate matters, including will contests, disputes over the validity of trusts, contested accounting proceedings, and tax disputes before the Surrogate’s Courts and other courts throughout New York. In addition to his work at Farrell Fritz, he is a frequent lecturer at New York State Bar Association seminars on trust and estate practice and has written articles published in the New York Law Journal, The Nassau Lawyer, and the Journal of the Suffolk Academy of Law. Barnosky is a past chair of the trust and estate committee of the Nassau County Bar Association as well as Chair of the Trust and Estate section of the New York State Bar association.

Barnosky, a Halesite resident, earned his LL.M. from New York University School of Law, his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and his A.B. from Assumption College.

The Maurer Foundation, established in 1995, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in Melville, NY. The Foundation’s mission is to save lives through breast health education that focuses on breast cancer prevention, early detection, risk reduction and healthy lifestyle choices.

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“Baker McKenzie is laying off 6% of its workforce in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Those laid off include lawyers, other timekeepers and business professionals,” reports Debra Cassens Weiss in ABA Journal’s News.

“Davis Wright is laying off 39 staff members who had been furloughed. The staff members were in office services, legal assistance and other administrative positions.”

“Venable is laying off some furloughed employees, as well as some other professional staff members. The firm did not disclose numbers.”

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“Fake websites for four large law firms created in 2008 might have been part of an attempt to get insider information on pending Wall Street deals, according to newly declassified FBI documents,” reports Debra Cassens Weiss in ABA Journal’s Cybersecurity News.

“The targeted law firms were Greenberg Traurig; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and Cravath, Swaine & Moore.”

“Sullivan & Cromwell told the FBI that it thought the scammer was trying to intercept email with information about mergers and acquisitions.”

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