“A lawsuit has dragged the discreet negotiations of the top-tier art market into the public spotlight. According to the suit, Michael Xufu Huang, a prominent Chinese art collector and socialite, had a financial agreement with Monaco-based Argentinian collector Federico Castro Debernardi. The deal,” reports James Tarmy in The Seattle Times.

“Debernardi would use Huang to buy difficult-to-secure artworks. Huang would purchase the pieces in his own name, then quietly resell them to Debernardi for a 10% commission. The two collectors settled on the arrangement, documents submitted as evidence in Miami-Dade County circuit court show, because Huang had access to choice,”

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“The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed 12 players to Reserve/Futures contracts, holding them on the roster heading into the 2022 season. Defensive end Daniel Archibong, wide receiver Rico Bussey, defensive tackle Khalil Davis, guard Nathan Gilliam, guard Malcolm Pridgeon, linebacker Delontae Scott,” reports Noah Strackbein in Fan Nation.

“Kicker Sam Sloman, defensive back Linden Stephens, tight end Jace Sternberger, safety Donovan Stiner, long snapper Rex Sunahara and wide receiver Tyler Vaughns were all signed by the Steelers. All 12 players spent time on the Steelers practice squad throughout the 2021 season. Archibong, Scott and Pridgeon were all active for games,”

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“Jason Boehmig spent two years as a lawyer in Silicon Valley, putting together documents for startups, before he had enough of the clunkiness of the job. Now, for the fifth time, he’s signed his name on a financing document for his own startup, Ironclad, which makes software to more efficiently manage contracts,” reports Kenrick Kai in Forbes.

“Ironclad announced Tuesday that it had raised $150 million at a $3.2 billion valuation in a Series E round funded entirely by existing investors. Franklin Templeton, which first took a small stake in the startup’s previous round, led the investment, with participation from firms including Accel, Sequoia, Emergence Capital and Mary Meeker,”

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“What’s a fun way to ensure your associates will not only have a fabulous Friday but a wonderful weekend as well? How about an early morning memo about their shiny new salaries? That’s exactly what the latest firm to match Milbank’s new salary scale did just a few short hours ago. Thanks to,” reports Staci Zaretsky in Above The Law.

“There’s yet again a new prevailing salary scale, and Biglaw firms are racing to increase their own salaries in response to the move. Which firm is the latest to adopt $215,000 as its new starting salary? That would be Fried Frank, a firm that’s currently ranked at No. 60 on the Am Law 100. The firm took about a week to match the,”

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“Fanatics announced the appointment of its first General Counsel to oversee its legal affairs worldwide, including commerce, collectibles, betting and gaming, and NFT’s. We are thrilled to welcome Ben-Yishai as our new general counsel and member of our growing executive leadership team for the global,” reports SGB Media in their blog.

“Fanatics CFO. Yishai is an extremely well-respected legal executive who brings more than two decades of experience negotiating and executing strategic M&A deals, deep public company experience, knowledge of the global legal landscape and high ethical standards to Fanatics as we continue to expand the business to support sports fans,”

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“The cost of settling workplace class-action lawsuits reached a record high in 2021, defying expectations that the COVID-19 pandemic would decrease the size and reduce the number of payouts, according to a new report by the Seyfarth Shaw law firm in Chicago. The plaintiffs’ bar capitalized on,” reports Jim Sams in Insurance Journal.

“A recovering economy and aligned priorities with the new Biden Administration to secure a record financial haul in 2021, stated the author, Seyfarth partner Gerald L. Maatman Jr. As the defense based on arbitration agreements with class action waivers faces increased attacks across the country, employers can look at this past year,”

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“The Environmental Protection Agency and other federal entities, as well as Sunnyside Gold Corp and its parent company Kinross Gold Corp have agreed to drop claims against each other over the responsibility of paying for the cleanup of abandoned mines in southwestern Colorado whose Superfund list,” reports Sebastien Malo in Reuters.

“Under a proposed settlement deal filed in Albuquerque federal court that the Department of Justice announced on Friday, the companies will together pay $40.9 million to the United States and $4 million to Colorado to clean up the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site. The EPA, the departments of the Interior and Agriculture will,”

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The law firm of Norris McLaughlin, P.A., is pleased to welcome Michael Townsend as an Associate. He joins the firm’s Litigation Practice Group in New Jersey.

“We are pleased to have Michael join our team and are confident that his experience will serve as an asset to our team and to our clients,” said Margaret Raymond-Flood, Co-Chair of the Litigation Practice Group.

“I’m happy to be a part of the exceptional team of litigators at Norris McLaughlin, and I look forward to being a part of a law firm that emphasizes the importance of client service and collaboration,” Townsend said.

About Michael Townsend
Townsend concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, providing strategic advice to individuals and companies in commercial and civil disputes. He has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in shareholder lawsuits, including corporate governance disputes, breach of fiduciary duty actions, fraud, and disputes arising from the management of alternative entities such as partnerships and LLCs. He also has experience handling white-collar criminal matters, including representing companies facing government investigations into alleged securities fraud.

Prior to joining Norris McLaughlin, Townsend was an associate at a litigation boutique, where he worked on complex commercial cases from inception to trial. Prior to that, he was a litigation associate at a large New Jersey-based law firm.

Townsend received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. While attending law school, he served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Lois H. Goodman in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He also worked as a legal intern at a Washington, D.C. think tank, where he focused his research on issues of criminal justice reform.

Pierre R. Yanney is joining the New York office of Wiggin and Dana as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and as Chair of the Patent Prosecution Group.

“Pierre’s work as a patent lawyer is well known to us,” said Gregory Rosenblatt, head of the Patent Prosecution team. “His background and skills mix elegantly with our practice and lend further support to the competitive patent assessments that are critical to protecting our clients’ rights and businesses.”

Wiggin’s IP group handles domestic and global patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and proprietary technology protection matters. The team is comprised of more than 20 transactional, litigation, patent and trademark attorneys, many with hard science credentials, with extensive IP know-how, business experience and in-depth technical knowledge in key industries.

Yanney joins Wiggin with more than 25 years of experience as a patent attorney as well as training and high-level technical experience as an engineer. He has appeared before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, scoring wins for clients ranging from a disposable email address service to one of the largest elevator companies in the world. Yanney has worked with an array of technologies including RFID systems, medical electronics and devices, electronic control systems, and semiconductor devices.

Yanney was previously a partner at Bressler Amery & Ross, and started his legal career at the Intellectual Property boutique, Darby & Darby. Prior to beginning his legal career, he worked as a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Yanney received a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law (with honors; Order of the Coif) and a S.M. and S.B. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

DALLAS – Androvett Legal Media & Marketing is proud to announce the additions of Kaylee Brock as Digital Project Manager and Nichole Brandt as Marketing Manager to the Dallas office.

Ms. Brock works collaboratively to plan, oversee and execute various digital projects, establish and maintain ongoing reporting of metrics for all digital marketing activities and develop designs that advance clients’ business and marketing objectives.

“Kaylee brings an extensive digital skillset to our team,” said Bria Burk, Director of Digital Marketing. “With her expertise in lead generation campaigns and website development projects for clients, she is able to translate a client’s objective into a customized digital strategy with the right combination of organic and paid platforms.”

Ms. Brandt has more than 10 years of marketing experience that includes executing strategic marketing plans as well as directing the creative process. In this role, Ms. Brandt will work collaboratively as a member of the marketing team to plan, oversee and execute marketing projects and services for clients, including responsibilities in digital marketing and multimedia.

“We are very excited to have someone of Nichole’s caliber join our team,” said Zack McKamie, Vice President of Marketing. “Nichole brings a sense of command and confidence to the team. We will be looking to her to own and manage projects from the word go. All projects require a driver and some passengers. She will be a driver for us.”

The additional staff is part of a broader growth strategy at Androvett, in part embodied in the company’s expansion into Austin, Texas, last year and the opening of an office there.

It is also part of a company plan to be responsive to the ongoing and accelerating digital transformation. In a 2020 Twilio survey, 97 percent of enterprise decision-makers said the pandemic sped up their digital transformation and 79 percent had increased budgets to do so.

Androvett is an award-winning, full-service marketing and public relations agency with unparalleled experience serving the communications needs of businesses and organizations across the U.S. Now in its 26th year, Androvett has offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin.

For a complete listing of agency services, visit www.androvett.com.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Peter A. Ivanick has joined the Insurance Practice Group as a partner in the New York office, further strengthening the firm’s restructuring, bankruptcy and insurance insolvency capabilities. Additionally, Lynn W. Holbert has joined Eversheds Sutherland in the New York office as counsel. Both are coming from Hogan Lovells, where they had been partner and counsel respectively since 2012, and their arrival comes on the heels of the addition of bankruptcy and distressed debt Partner Patrick Trostle this past November.
“We are thrilled to welcome Peter and Lynn to the firm,” said Mark D. Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “Their experience and industry knowledge will further the growth of our restructuring practice and will significantly benefit our clients in the US and around the world.”
“Peter is nationally and internationally recognized in bankruptcy, restructurings and state insolvency proceedings in the insurance industry,” said Partner John S. Pruitt, Practice Group Leader Insurance. “They are both skilled practitioners with decades of experience in insurance, which will fit perfectly into our strong regulatory and transactional insurance practice. Additionally, their experience with English law schemes and international insolvencies and restructurings will allow us to further grow our cross-border work for the industry.”
Mr. Ivanick is a renowned bankruptcy, restructuring, and insurance insolvency attorney who has worked on some of the most complex and consequential matters the insurance industry has faced over the past three decades. He is one of the most experienced attorneys in his field and has been a leader in legal innovation in the industry for many years. Clients engage him because his advice is informed by a unique 360-degree view few of his colleagues are able to match. He has represented every type of participant in Chapter 11 proceedings, including debtors, committees, lenders, indenture trustees, trustees and examiners. He also has decades of experience advising debtors, acquirers, reinsurers and reinsureds in state court insurance rehabilitation and liquidation proceedings. While known for his detailed knowledge of bankruptcy litigation, Mr. Ivanick’s forte is resolving large, complex matters through negotiation and mediation.
Ms. Holbert is an experienced insolvency lawyer with a focus on insurance company rehabilitation, supervision and liquidation, federal bankruptcy cases, and out-of-court financial restructurings as well as advice related to mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and commercial disputes. She connects the transactional aspects of business with solutions to the insolvency issues to best serve her clients. She has represented major insurers through times of growth and rehabilitation. She has also advised reinsurers and cedents regarding the exercise of contractual rights in insolvency situations and advised financial guaranty associations in resolving guarantees of sub-prime debt. Her experience also includes advising companies on the insolvency concerns that arise in the sale of insurance and reinsurance companies as well as blocks of insurance and reinsurance business and assertion of claims in insurance rehabilitation and liquidation cases. She has also represented both creditors and debtors in major Chapter 11 cases and related litigation, as well as foreign receivers in ancillary cases and in litigation in the United States under both old Section 304 and new Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
About Eversheds Sutherland
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 70 of the Fortune 100, 61 of the FTSE 100 and 128 of the Fortune 200.
With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 74 offices in 35 jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.
Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax.
Eversheds Sutherland is a global legal practice and comprises two separate legal entities: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (headquartered in the UK) and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (headquartered in the US), and their respective controlled, managed, affiliated and member firms. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland is for description purposes only and does not imply that the member firms or their controlled, managed or affiliated entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that 26 attorneys have joined the firm’s offices in Birmingham, Ala.; Charlotte, N.C.; Dallas, Tex.; Houston, Tex.; Huntsville, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Tampa, Fla.

“We are pleased to welcome this group of professionals to Bradley and know that their experience across a variety of practice and industry areas will contribute to our continued client success and growth as a firm,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters.

The firm’s new attorneys in each Bradley office by location are as follows:

Birmingham

Beryl Newchurch Billings is an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. She received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law and served as a judicial intern for the Hon. R. David Proctor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Ms. Billings earned her B.S. in Political Science from Spring Hill College.

Nicholas Fordice is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He earned his J.D. (magna cum laude) from Georgetown University Law Center. While attending law school, he served as an executive editor for the American Criminal Law Review’s Annual Survey of White Collar Crime and as a student attorney for Georgetown’s Housing Advocacy and Litigation Clinic. Mr. Fordice also worked for an appellate section of the Department of Justice and the Inspector General’s Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He received his B.S. in Business Administration (summa cum laude) from Auburn University.

Anne Miles Golson is an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group and previously served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Andrew L. Brasher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She received her J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Alabama School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Golson was an editor of the Alabama Law Review and received the Dean M. Leigh Harrison and Hugo L. Black Scholar Awards. She earned a B.A. in English from the University of Alabama.

Elizabeth R. Hobbs is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and earned her J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law. During law school, she was an articles and notes editor for the North Carolina Banking Law Institute Journal. Ms. Hobbs received her B.A. in English (magna cum laude) from the University of Alabama.

Morgan C. Kain is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. She has a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she received the Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Concentration Certificate. Ms. Kain also was a publications editor of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration and her B.A. in English (both magna cum laude) from Auburn University.

Virginia C. Wright is an associate in the Government Enforcement and Investigations Practice Group. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was an article editor and executive technical editor for the Journal of Law and Gender and professional chair for HLS Lambda. Ms. Wright has her B.A. (summa cum laude) in Classical Studies from the University of Alabama, where she was a member of the 7th Cohort of the University Fellows Experience.

Charlotte

Maria Carisetti is an associate in the Construction Practice Group. She received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she served on the Pro Bono Executive Board and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Executive Board. Ms. Carisetti earned her M.A. and B.A. in Political Science from Virginia Tech with concentrations in Legal Studies and Environmental Politics and Policy.

Dallas

Boyce Holleman is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He has a J.D. (magna cum laude) from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where he served as editor of the SMU Law Review Association Corporate Counsel Symposium and president of the SMU Dedman Sports & Entertainment Law Association. Mr. Holleman earned a B.B.A. (cum laude) from the University of Mississippi, focusing his studies on Managerial Finance and Banking.

Houston

Brittany K. King is an associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group, where she handles wage issues under the FLSA and discrimination under Title VII and provides advice and counsel on the benefits of employee-type and independent contractor-type relationships. She received her J.D. from the Vanderbilt University Law School and earned her B.A. (magna cum laude) in Political Science from Auburn University.

Jacob Malatek is an associate in the Construction Practice Group. He received his J.D. (summa cum laude) from South Texas College of Law, where he was the recipient of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Scholarship and the Hyman L. Slohm Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Malatek also participated in the advocacy program and was a Langdell Scholar. He received a B.A. (summa cum laude) in Political Science from Texas A&M University.

Jessie Manzewitsch is an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group and served as a clerk for the Hon. David Hittner of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She received a J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Houston Law Center, where she was involved with the Houston Journal of International Law and Labor & Employment Law Society. Ms. Manzewitsch earned her B.L. from the Universidad Católica de Argentina. While in Argentina, she clerked for the Nicholson & Cano law firm in the tax law department.

Huntsville

Ginny Light is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. She received her J.D. with honors from Emory University School of Law, where she was a member of the Emory Moot Court Society and competed on the Constitutional Law Team. Ms. Light has a B.A. (summa cum laude) in Political Science from the University of Alabama.

Gabrielle A. Sprio is an associate in Bradley’s Construction Practice Group with a primary focus on government contracts law. Ms. Sprio earned her J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Alabama School of Law, where she served as acquisitions editor of the Alabama Law Review. Prior to law school, she worked for a leading global aerospace and defense company. Ms. Sprio holds a B.S. (magna cum laude) in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama.

Montgomery

Lillie A. Hobson is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. She received her J.D. (summa cum laude) from Mississippi College School of Law, where she served as the technical articles editor of the Mississippi College Law Review. Throughout law school, Ms. Hobson worked for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and externed for Judge Chris McCool with the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. She earned her B.A. (summa cum laude) in History and Criminal Justice from Judson College.

Nashville

Jenna Adamson is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and previously served as a law clerk to the Hon. S. Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to the Hon. Thomas A. Varlan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Ms. Adamson received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served on the editorial board for the Virginia Law & Business Review. She earned a B.A. (summa cum laude) in English and French from Hillsdale College.

Myles W. Chaney is an associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. He received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenburg College of Law, where he served on the Moot Court Board and the Trial Advocacy Board. Mr. Chaney earned his B.A. in English Literature from California State University Long Beach.

Matthew C. Copeland is an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group. He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was editor of the Journal of Law & Innovation and a Penn Law Morris Fellow. He has a B.S. (summa cum laude) in Economics and Health Services Administration from Auburn University.

Aaron M. Johnson is an associate in the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group, representing clients in bankruptcy matters and assisting in acquisitions and dispositions of distressed assets and distressed asset investing in a variety of industries. He has a J.D. from the University of Kentucky School of Law, where he was an articles editor for the Kentucky Law Journal. Mr. Johnson is a Certified Public Accountant and earned his B.A. (summa cum laude) in Accounting and Business Administration from Transylvania University.

Benjamin A. Johnson is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and previously served as a law clerk and attorney-advisor to Chief Judge Scott W. Stucky of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. He received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an executive editor for the Tennessee Law Review. He earned a B.A. in Communications from Bryan College.

Josh Kleppin is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He graduated first in his class and received his J.D. (summa cum laude) from Belmont University College of Law, where he was executive development and technology editor of the Belmont Law Review. While in law school, Mr. Kleppin interned as a clerk for the Hon. Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins on the Tennessee Supreme Court and Judge Kelvin D. Jones in the State of Tennessee’s 20th Judicial District. He received his B.M. in Commercial Percussion from Belmont University.

Sophie Lange is an associate in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. She has a J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she was senior acquisitions editor of Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law and competed in the Bryant National Health Law Transactional Competition. Ms. Lange earned her B.S. (summa cum laude) in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business.

Mary-Kathryn (“MK”) McKinney is an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group. She assists clients in the healthcare industry with transactional, operational and regulatory matters, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Ms. McKinney received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law, where she graduated with high honors and was a member of the North Carolina Law Review. She has an M.A. in Psychology from New York University and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Caroline C. Waters is an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. She earned her J.D. (summa cum laude) from the University of Tennessee College of Law and was named to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she was the acquisitions editor for the Tennessee Law Review and served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Thomas A. Varlan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. She earned her B.S.B.A. (summa cum laude) in Finance from Auburn University.

Luke R. Yordy is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group, where he focuses on the prosecution and enforcement of patent laws and trademarks. He is a registered patent agent and has worked on patent applications across a variety of industries. Mr. Yordy received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he was managing editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review and a John W. Wade Scholar. He has his M.B.A. and B.S. in Chemical Engineering (magna cum laude) from the University of Alabama.

Tampa

W. Blair Castle is an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. He received his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he served as forum editor for the Florida Law Review. He has an M.M. in Trombone Performance from the University of Texas and a B.M. in Trombone Performance from the University of Florida. While in law school, Mr. Castle completed an externship with U.S. Magistrate Judge Lurana S. Snow of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ben Glicklich is an associate in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he received a Law and Business Certificate, graduated Order of the Coif, and served as executive authorities editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Mr. Glicklich earned a B.B.A. (cum laude) in Finance from the University of Miami.

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 almost 600 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.

Turner Padget is pleased to announce the addition of John Kelchner, of counsel, to the Litigation practice group in Columbia. Kelchner will support the Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy team when clients are faced with bankruptcy by working to create innovative yet practical solutions in complex debt and lending relationships, with a detail-oriented and results-focused process of securing timely resolutions.

Kelchner has experience in handling complex creditors’ rights and real estate finance matters by defending the rights of mortgage companies, banks and other financial institutions in state and federal court. His background is rooted primarily in bankruptcy court, where he advocates for large mortgage servicers, as well as smaller lenders, in consumer and business cases. In his bankruptcy practice, he assists his clients in asserting their claims and defending their interests in adversary proceedings.

Prior to joining Turner Padget, Kelchner served as an associate at Hutchens Law Firm, where he represented mortgage creditors in default servicing while also concentrating in the areas of bankruptcy, litigation, mortgage foreclosure, title curative matters and real estate. Having practiced for 20 years and earned the respect of his peers in the profession, Martindale-Hubbell has awarded him its AV Preeminent rating for the highest level of professional excellence. Kelchner has served as a panelist in various seminars, including those conducted by the South Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyers Association, regarding trends in bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure and creditors’ rights. He is committed to his community and serves as a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, Richland County Bar Association and the South Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyers Association.

Kelchner earned his undergraduate degree from Washington and Lee University and his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Turner Padget exceeds expectations by taking your interests, your business and our relationships personally. Our depth of knowledge, technical strength and diverse experience makes us sharp, talented business thinkers able to see our clients’ needs holistically and get to the core of the problem quickly. As one of South Carolina’s largest law firms, Turner Padget has expanded into neighboring states with offices located in Augusta, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville and Myrtle Beach, along with strategic alliances in Florida and North Carolina. http://www.turnerpadget.com/

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Ball Janik LLP is pleased to announce that Heather Oden, the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed to the Multiple Sclerosis Society Board of Directors, Oregon and SW Washington Chapter. Oden is an integral member of Ball Janik’s leadership team; she oversees operations for three offices in the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast United States. Her leadership is widely regarded internally and externally among fellow C-suite executives throughout the legal industry.
“I am honored to be part of this exceptional organization. As someone with multiple sclerosis, I understand firsthand the challenges that families face,” said Oden. “I’m glad to be able to contribute my experience and perspective in the continuation of building multiple sclerosis awareness, advancing research, and advocating positive change for families affected by the disease.”
The Multiple Sclerosis Society was founded in 1946 by Sylvia Lawry to cure multiple sclerosis and assist those afflicted with the disease. Over the accompanying 76-years, the society has spearheaded cutting-edge medical research and advancement, community outreach programs, political advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing programs and services that empower people, and their families, with multiple sclerosis. The Oregon SW Washington Chapter serves more than 8,000 individuals with multiple sclerosis and their families in the area. For more information visit www.nationalmssociety.org.
As the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, Oden oversees the full gamut of the firm’s business operations — Finance and Accounting, Marketing, Facilities, IT, and HR. She sits on the firm’s Management Committee and Compensation Committee, and her overarching goal is to maximize the value and profitability of the firm. Oden is also a member of the Association of Legal Administrators, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. Oden has a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Commonwealth University.
About Ball Janik LLP
Ball Janik LLP is a bi-coastal comprehensive services law firm focused on real estate, land use, construction, and business litigation. As a bi-coastal law firm with offices in Florida and Oregon, we service clients in the areas of affordable housing, bankruptcy, and creditor rights, community associations, construction and design, construction defect disputes, corporate, financial services, hospitality, insurance recovery, investigations and white-collar crime, public agencies and schools, and renewable energy.
Since our firm’s inception, we have expanded our capabilities, professionals, and geographic footprint. In doing so, we have earned a national reputation for upholding the rights of our clients.
Ball Janik LLP has been recognized by Chambers USA, US News & World Report and Best Lawyers®, The Best Lawyers in America©, and Corporate International. Ball Janik LLP’s success and integrity have repeatedly made it one of “Oregon’s Most Admired Professional Firms,” according to the Portland Business Journal’s survey results of CEOs throughout the region.

NEW YORK, NY. – January 19, 2022 – Pierre R. Yanney is joining the New York office of Wiggin and Dana as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and as Chair of the Patent Prosecution Group.

“Pierre’s work as a patent lawyer is well known to us,” said Gregory Rosenblatt, head of the Patent Prosecution team. “His background and skills mix elegantly with our practice and lend further support to the competitive patent assessments that are critical to protecting our clients’ rights and businesses.”

Wiggin’s IP group handles domestic and global patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and proprietary technology protection matters. The team is comprised of more than 20 transactional, litigation, patent and trademark attorneys, many with hard science credentials, with extensive IP know-how, business experience and in-depth technical knowledge in key industries.

Yanney joins Wiggin with more than 25 years of experience as a patent attorney as well as training and high-level technical experience as an engineer. He has appeared before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, scoring wins for clients ranging from a disposable email address service to one of the largest elevator companies in the world. Yanney has worked with an array of technologies including RFID systems, medical electronics and devices, electronic control systems, and semiconductor devices.

Yanney was previously a partner at Bressler Amery & Ross, and started his legal career at the IP boutique, Darby & Darby. Prior to beginning his legal career, he worked as a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Yanney received a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law (with honors; Order of the Coif) and a S.M and S.B. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

About Wiggin
Wiggin and Dana is a national law firm with more than 150 attorneys. We are a true partnership of highly talented, creative and experienced lawyers dedicated to exceeding our clients’ expectations every day. With offices in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Connecticut and Palm Beach, we represent clients throughout the United States and globally on a wide range of sophisticated and complex matters. From defending the Fortune 500 in “bet-the-company” litigation to helping the next generation of inventors bring a new technology to market, to preserving the wealth that family businesses worked so hard to create, we pride ourselves in offering value-driven solutions and results.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that the firm’s Government Contracts Practice Group was named among Law360’s 2021 Practice Groups of the Year. Bradley is one of only six firms in the nation to receive this honor.

Law360’s annual Practice Groups of the Year awards honor law firm practice groups that have accomplished the most significant litigation wins or deals over the past year. The 2021 honorees were selected from nearly 900 submissions.

“We are thrilled that our Government Contracts Practice Group is one of Law360’s Practice Groups of the Year for 2021,” said Bradley partner and Government Contracts Practice Group co-leader Aron Beezley. “This recognition is a direct result of our team’s hard work, commitment and dedication to advising, managing and securing high-level and significant victories for our clients. We are proud to be honored by Law360.”

Bradley’s Government Contracts Practice Group is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading government contracts practices. The team represents contractors, both large and small, in all aspects of federal, state, and local contracting. The team’s legal work also extends to a wide variety of industries, including defense, aerospace, construction, engineering, information technology, consulting, energy, manufacturing, electronics, professional services, communications, and healthcare.

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 almost 600 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.

Harold E. “Ed” Patricoff Jr. and Jake Baccari have joined Duane Morris LLP as partners in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its Miami office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Patricoff and Baccari were partners at Shutts & Bowen LLP.

“This impressive team of attorneys bolster our international capabilities and add significantly to our growing South Florida offices,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor. “In particular, their collective experience in South America, Asia and Europe complements and enhances our existing work.”

“Ed and Jake, with their broad client base of individuals and businesses and deep experience in international matters, are a very exciting addition to Duane Morris and our Trial Practice Group,” said Sharon L. Caffrey, co-chair of the firm’s Trial Practice Group. “Their collective experience will enhance our Trial Group and add a new depth to several of our divisions,” added Wayne A. Mack, co-chair of the firm’s Trial Practice Group.

“We are seeing strong momentum in South Florida as businesses expand in the region and turn to Duane Morris with their complex legal matters,” said Harvey W. Gurland Jr., managing partner of the Duane Morris Miami office. “We are especially pleased to be able to offer our clients the unique international experience that Ed and Jake will provide.”

“Duane Morris offers us a very attractive platform and essential internal resources to expand our practice,” said Patricoff. “We are very excited to be part of a dynamic and growing global law firm.”

Harold E. Patricoff Jr. represents clients in disputes across multinational borders. In his more than 35 years of experience, he has successfully resolved more than 100 high-stakes legal disputes in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia for multinational corporations and financial institutions. Patricoff is widely known for his experience in domestic and international fuel sales, supply and distribution, and the power generation industry. He serves as outside counsel for an international power generation supplier and a global distributor of aviation, marine and diesel fuel. Patricoff also has extensive experience in general commercial litigation. In addition to the power, fuel and aviation industries, he has handled cases in banking, cases involving the blocking or unblocking of assets in the United States and abroad, insurance, manufacturing, construction, banking and real estate. Specific matters include product liability claims, corporate shareholder disputes, developer-contractor disputes, disability claims, commercial foreclosures and lender liability claims, among others. Patricoff was named one of South Florida’s “Most Effective Lawyers” by the Daily Business Review in the Business/Complex Litigation category and is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated veteran litigator. He has been one of South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Lawyers for 15 straight years.

Patricoff is a graduate of Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1985) and Stetson University (B.S., cum laude, 1982). He is a member of the board of directors of the Miami Technology Council, the YMCA of South Florida, the Miami Symphony Orchestra, the Jay Malina Trade Consortium, the American Nicaraguan Foundation and the Ted Smallwood Store. Patricoff is also past chairman of the Metro Miami Board for the American Heart Association.

Jake Baccari is a Florida Bar board-certified specialist in international law. He focuses his practice on litigation, regulatory matters and multijurisdictional dispute resolution, with a particular focus on Asia. Baccari has represented clients in a diverse range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, banking and finance, energy, hospitality, private equity and private wealth. He has experience representing clients in multijurisdictional and domestic litigation and arbitration as well as in federal and state court proceedings throughout the United States. Baccari has represented clients in contentious and regulatory matters across the United States and in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He also has experience conducting investigations and advising clients on corporate affairs and crisis situations. In previous roles, Baccari acted as global coordinating disputes counsel for Japanese clients in the Tokyo office of an international law firm, where he was registered as a foreign attorney with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. He later served as senior group counsel for a multinational financial institution based in Singapore. The Florida Bar recently appointed Baccari to serve on the International Law Certification Committee for a three-year term beginning on July 1, 2021.

Baccari is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004), where he was articles and comments editor of the Inter-American Law Review and elected to the Order of the Coif, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.A., 1998).

About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP provides innovative solutions to today’s multifaceted legal and business challenges through the collegial and collaborative culture of its more than 800 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally. The firm represents a broad array of clients, spanning all major practices and industries. Duane Morris has been recognized by BTI Consulting as both a client service leader and a most recommended law firm.

Venable LLP is pleased to announce the addition of seven senior healthcare policy advisors to the Legislative and Government Affairs Group in its Washington, DC, office: Jodie A. Curtis, Debbie B. Forrest, Laura A. Hanen, Julie S. Hyams, Jennifer Taylor McBride, Ilisa Halpern Paul, and Jim Twaddell.

Joshua H. Raymond, a co-chair of the firm’s Legislative and Government Affairs Group, said, “Federal healthcare policy touches every company and client we work with, not just those in the healthcare industry. We are excited to bring our clients in all industries additional perspectives and insights as we help them work through the most complicated policy issues at the federal and state levels. This group appreciates the issues affecting large employers, nonprofits, hospitals, individual providers, and medical device companies.”

“This team knows the ins and outs of the complex healthcare policy space and the policymakers on Capitol Hill and in the agencies that occupy it. Given the massive footprint healthcare has in the federal policy space, this is a terrific combination with our bipartisan team,” said William R. Nordwind, a co-chair of the firm’s Legislative and Government Affairs Group.

Ms. Paul said, “We are thrilled to be joining the Venable Legislative and Government Affairs Group. The team has a stellar reputation as being well-connected, strategic policy advisors who work across the aisle to get great results for clients. We are excited to have our clients benefit from our new colleagues’ policymaking prowess and deep relationships on the Hill and with the Administration.”

Ilisa Halpern Paul has deep experience with and command of a wide range of domestic health, education, and workforce issues. She has particularly extensive knowledge of healthcare financing and delivery system reform, Medicare and Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, digital health and telemedicine, home health, and public health. Ms. Paul is a master of both the federal legislative and regulatory policymaking processes, helping clients to successfully secure policy changes. She has been recognized by The Hill as a top lobbyist for seven years.

Jodie Curtis is a former senior staffer on Capitol Hill, a former manager of a national association’s federal government relations program, and a former co-lead of a national lobbying practice. She is highly skilled in strategic planning and crafting smart tactics that help clients meet their public policy goals while forming relationships with members of Congress and their staffs. Ms. Curtis has been recognized by The Hill as a top lobbyist for four years. Besides healthcare, she practices in agriculture, trade, and manufacturing areas.

Debbie Forrest is a public policy advocate who draws on her more than 30 years of experience on and off Capitol Hill to support clients in their legislative agendas. With her healthcare advocacy background, she helps clients navigate the complexities of pursuing their legislative and regulatory goals. Ms. Forrest specializes in biomedical research advocacy, HHS appropriations, coalition work, and stakeholder outreach.

Laura Hanen worked for a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and has more than 25 years of experience crafting and implementing government relations strategy. Ms. Hanen has led government and public affairs for a number of prominent national organizations tackling complex public health challenges. She also specializes in building and directing coalitions of diverse stakeholders to achieve public policy success.

Julie Hyams, a Capitol Hill veteran, builds support for healthcare initiatives among members of Congress, state legislators, and their colleagues and staff. She is involved in the annual appropriations advocacy and has experience working with start-ups and coalitions. Ms. Hyams tailors outreach initiatives to client priorities and culture, and garners support from key individuals within government. Her previous experience includes work for an Appropriations Member as well as stints with healthcare non-profits and trade associations.

Jennifer Taylor McBride, with more than 20 years of experience in federal government relations and public policy, brings her creative energies to developing and deploying strategies to help clients win congressional and stakeholder support for their objectives. Her sharp skills in grassroots organizing and planning Capitol Hill fly-ins for patient advocacy groups, education advocates, and healthcare companies and organizations benefit from her strong, personal rapport with advocates.

Jim Twaddell is an experienced lobbyist with extensive experience with federal public policymaking, legislative and regulatory processes, strategic planning initiatives, and policy and political advocacy campaigns. A former senior staffer in the U.S. Senate, he is a skilled navigator of legislative issues related to healthcare policy, including advancing authorizing legislation and securing federal appropriations funding.

Venable LLP is an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm headquartered in Washington, DC that serves as primary counsel to a worldwide clientele of large and mid-sized organizations, nonprofits, high-net-worth entrepreneurs, and other individuals. With more than 850 professionals located across the country, including in California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Virginia, and Washington, DC, the firm strategically advances its clients’ objectives in the United States and around the globe. Venable advises clients on a broad range of business and regulatory law, legislative affairs, complex litigation, and the full range of intellectual property disciplines. For more information, please visit Venable.com.

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Peter A. Ivanick has joined the Insurance Practice Group as a partner in the New York office, further strengthening the firm’s restructuring, bankruptcy and insurance insolvency capabilities. Additionally, Lynn W. Holbert has joined Eversheds Sutherland in the New York office as counsel. Both are coming from Hogan Lovells, where they had been partner and counsel respectively since 2012, and their arrival comes on the heels of the addition of bankruptcy and distressed debt Partner Patrick Trostle this past November.
“We are thrilled to welcome Peter and Lynn to the firm,” said Mark D. Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “Their experience and industry knowledge will further the growth of our restructuring practice and will significantly benefit our clients in the US and around the world.”
“Peter is nationally and internationally recognized in bankruptcy, restructurings and state insolvency proceedings in the insurance industry,” said Partner John S. Pruitt, Practice Group Leader Insurance. “They are both skilled practitioners with decades of experience in insurance, which will fit perfectly into our strong regulatory and transactional insurance practice. Additionally, their experience with English law schemes and international insolvencies and restructurings will allow us to further grow our cross-border work for the industry.”
Mr. Ivanick is a renowned bankruptcy, restructuring, and insurance insolvency attorney who has worked on some of the most complex and consequential matters the insurance industry has faced over the past three decades. He is one of the most experienced attorneys in his field and has been a leader in legal innovation in the industry for many years. Clients engage him because his advice is informed by a unique 360-degree view few of his colleagues are able to match. He has represented every type of participant in Chapter 11 proceedings, including debtors, committees, lenders, indenture trustees, trustees and examiners. He also has decades of experience advising debtors, acquirers, reinsurers and reinsureds in state court insurance rehabilitation and liquidation proceedings. While known for his detailed knowledge of bankruptcy litigation, Mr. Ivanick’s forte is resolving large, complex matters through negotiation and mediation.
Ms. Holbert is an experienced insolvency lawyer with a focus on insurance company rehabilitation, supervision and liquidation, federal bankruptcy cases, and out-of-court financial restructurings as well as advice related to mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and commercial disputes. She connects the transactional aspects of business with solutions to the insolvency issues to best serve her clients. She has represented major insurers through times of growth and rehabilitation. She has also advised reinsurers and cedents regarding the exercise of contractual rights in insolvency situations and advised financial guaranty associations in resolving guarantees of sub-prime debt. Her experience also includes advising companies on the insolvency concerns that arise in the sale of insurance and reinsurance companies as well as blocks of insurance and reinsurance business and assertion of claims in insurance rehabilitation and liquidation cases. She has also represented both creditors and debtors in major Chapter 11 cases and related litigation, as well as foreign receivers in ancillary cases and in litigation in the United States under both old Section 304 and new Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
About Eversheds Sutherland
As a global top 10 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal services to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals, acting for 70 of the Fortune 100, 61 of the FTSE 100 and 128 of the Fortune 200.
With more than 3,000 lawyers, Eversheds Sutherland operates in 74 offices in 35 jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. In addition, a network of more than 200 related law firms, including formalized alliances in Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa, provide support around the globe.
Eversheds Sutherland provides the full range of legal services, including corporate and M&A; dispute resolution and litigation; energy and infrastructure; finance; human capital and labor law; intellectual property; real estate and construction; and tax.
Eversheds Sutherland is a global legal practice and comprises two separate legal entities: Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (headquartered in the UK) and Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (headquartered in the US), and their respective controlled, managed, affiliated and member firms. The use of the name Eversheds Sutherland is for description purposes only and does not imply that the member firms or their controlled, managed or affiliated entities are in a partnership or are part of a global LLP. For more information, visit eversheds-sutherland.com.

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Real Estate attorney Janet Lindeman has joined the firm’s Chicago office. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Lindeman led all real estate legal aspects as an assistant general counsel for a national retail corporation.

Lindeman advises clients on complex commercial real estate matters throughout the United States, including acquisition, disposition, leasing, development, financing and mergers. She executes multimillion-dollar commercial real estate transactions for a variety of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, national commercial real estate developers, institutional real estate property owners and developers, and real estate investment trusts (REITs.)

“Our Real Estate team is delighted to have Janet join the firm. Her experience includes decades of real estate law in both law firm and corporate settings,” said Mary Ann Murray, Real Estate national practice group chair. “Her prior role as in-house counsel provides her with a client-focused perspective that will benefit the clients she serves.”

Lindeman holds a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College.

“Quarles & Brady has a great reputation in the real estate market and I am honored to join the firm,” said Lindeman. “The firm’s commitment to delivering excellent client service is impressive and I look forward to joining a top-notch team of talented real estate attorneys.”