Announcements
Hogan Lovells Adds Real Estate Lawyer Lea Ann Fowler in Denver
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Hogan Lovells announces that Lea Ann Fowler will join the firm’s Real Estate practice as a partner in the Denver office.
Greensfelder Welcomes Three Attorneys to Chicago Office
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Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., announces the expansion of its Chicago office with the addition of three attorneys across the firm’s Securities & Financial Services, Litigation and Intellectual Property groups.
Thomas F. Bush Joins Freeborn as Partner
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Thomas F. Bush has joined the Freeborn & Peters LLP’s Chicago office as a partner and member of the Litigation Practice Group and Insurance/Reinsurance Industry Group.
Michael Best Adds Ex-DOJ Attorney to Environmental Resources Practice Group
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Michael Best announced that John Sheehan has joined its Environmental & Natural Resources Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.
Akerman’s Dale Noll Installed as President of National LGBT Bar Association
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Akerman LLP announced trusts and estates associate Dale Noll has been installed as president of the National LGBT Bar Association, the country’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied legal professionals
Former Archer Daniels Midland Lead Securities Counsel Joins Stinson Leonard Street
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Former ADM Lead Securities Counsel Stuart Funderburg Joins Stinson Leonard Street in Decatur, Ill. He works in securities law compliance, capital markets and corporate governance matters
Eric Christofferson Joins DLA Piper’s Litigation Practice in Boston
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Eric P. Christofferson, a former assistant US attorney, has joined DLA Piper’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Boston office.
Kenneth Crane and Rita Garry Join Freeborn Corporate Practice Group
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Kenneth M. Crane represents private equity, venture capital and family office clients, focusing on acquisitions and sale transactions. Rita W. Garry focuses her practice on serving as outside general counsel to small and middle-market companies.
Quarles & Brady Names Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group Leaders
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Edward A. Salanga has been named national chair of Quarles & Brady’s Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group, and partner Joshua D. Maggard will assume the newly established role of vice-chair of the Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group, effective immediately.
Akerman Expands Real Estate Group with Addition of Four Lawyers in Denver
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Akerman LLP announced the the addition of partners Allison Nelson and Lori Albert and associates William Garehime and Kelly Adams from Fennemore Craig to the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.
IP Veteran Van Lindberg Joins Dykema Cox Smith’s San Antonio Office
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Dykema Cox Smith announced the addition of IP lawyerVan Lindberg to its Intellectual Property group in the firm’s San Antonio office.
McKool Smith Welcomes Frank Vecella From Ericsson
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Frank Vecella, the former associate general counsel of litigation at Ericsson Inc., has joined McKool Smith as a principal in the firm’s Dallas office.
Former Rick Perry Adviser Joins Barnes & Thornburg as Government Services Partner
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Bill Jones, former general counsel to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, to its Dallas and Washington, D.C., offices as a partner in the Government Services and Finance Department.
Litigator Mary Dollarhide Joins DLA Piper in San Diego
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DLA Piper announced that Mary Dollarhide has joined the firm’s employment practice as a partner in the San Diego office.
Lowenstein Sandler Adds Investment Management Partner Benjamin Kozinn
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Benjamin Kozinn has joined Lowenstein Sandler LLP as a partner in the Investment Management Group in New York.
Four Gardere Attorneys Named Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation
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Two Gardere labor and employment lawyers and two litigation attorneys have been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation.
BigLaw Counsel Dies in Fall From Manhattan High-Rise Apartment
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Kenneth Freeling, of counsel at Covington & Burling and former Dewey & LeBoeuf litigation partner, died in a fall from his ninth-floor New York apartment Thursday, according to reports.
Jennifer Sucher Joins Quarles & Brady’s Chicago Office
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Jennifer Sucher has joined Quarles & Brady’s Chicago office as a partner in its Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditor’s Rights Practice Group.
Arent Fox Welcomes Commercial Litigator John Purcell
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Purcell joins the firm’s Complex Litigation practice and focuses on class actions, intellectual property, media, and commercial litigation.
Freeborn & Peters and Hargraves, McConnell Announce Combination
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The combination of Chicago-based Freeborn & Peters LLP and the New York City firm of Hargraves, McConnell & Costigan P.C. is driven by client needs and success of the firm’s growing insurance practice, the combined firm said.
