Announcements

AnnouncementsDykema today announced the addition of Paulina Garga-Chmiel to its Financial Services Litigation Practice Group and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Special Servicer Group as senior counsel in the firm’s Chicago office.

AnnouncementsIronclad has announced a partnership with Google Cloud to bring cutting-edge AI to digital contracting. As a result of the partnership, Ironclad has launched a new feature, Smart Import, to help customers unlock data within their existing contracts.

AnnouncementsSteptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce a promotions class consisting of 16 lawyers effective 1 January 2022. Elected to the firm’s partnership are Lauren Azebu, John Byron, Henry Cao, Kate Cappaert, Katie Dubyak, and Thomas Innes. Promoted to of counsel are John Cobb, Johanna Dennehy, Mark Murphy, Hui Shen, Mike Stoll and Stephanie Wang. In addition, the firm has elevated four partners from non-equity to equity status.

AnnouncementsTimothy R. Shannon and Seth S. Coburn have joined Duane Morris LLP as partners in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group in its Boston office.

AnnouncementsBarnes & Thornburg has added Megan New as a partner in its Chicago office. New joins the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and focuses on complex litigation related to trademark and patent infringement, false advertising and trade secret misappropriation.

AnnouncementsBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP partner Bruce Ely has received the Franklin C. Latcham Award for Distinguished Service to the State and Local Tax Profession from Bloomberg Tax and Bloomberg’s State Tax Advisory Board.

AnnouncementsSBSB Law Opens New Law Office in Corpus Christi. New addition will allow the firm to build upon its Admiralty and Maritime practice in the busy Port of Corpus Christi. The new office will be led by new SBSB Partner Carra Miller.

AnnouncementsBall Janik LLP is excited to welcome Chris S. Tribbey to its Orlando office as a new associate. Tribbey brings extensive experience in construction sector litigation and dispute resolution.

AnnouncementsBuchalter is pleased to announce the opening of its new Salt Lake City office with the addition of seven lawyers and four professional staff including paralegals and two law clerks.

AnnouncementsBaker Donelson has added Robert Wells, an attorney with more than 20 years of experience in health care regulatory and corporate matters, as a shareholder in the Baker Ober Health Law Group.

AnnouncementsBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP partner David W. Owen has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL).

AnnouncementsWiggin and Dana Welcomes Environmental Attorney David Speranzini

AnnouncementsIndividual voters joined with civil rights and faith groups today to file a pair of lawsuits in federal court challenging Alabama’s newly drawn political maps for state legislative and congressional districts.

AnnouncementsFoley & Lardner announced the addition of Roland Potts to the firm’s Litigation Department as of counsel in its Miami office and a member of the firm’s Business Ligation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Potts previously was an International Litigation and Arbitration partner at Diaz Rues

AnnouncementsFoley & Lardner announced the addition of Roland Potts to the firm’s Litigation Department as of counsel in its Miami office and a member of the firm’s Business Ligation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Potts previously was an International Litigation and Arbitration partner at Diaz Rues

AnnouncementsTYLER, Texas – Tyler’s Martin Walker law firm has donated $5,000 to the United Way of Smith County as part of that organization’s community pillar fundraising effort.

AnnouncementsParker Poe is pleased to announce the firm is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Columbia. In November 1996, Parker Poe opened its Columbia office with two attorneys and one legal professional.

AnnouncementsChamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Stephanie Friese is the new national chair of its Real Estate Practice.

AnnouncementsPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that its Chicago office will relocate on November 15, 2021, to a new state-of-the-art office space at 110 North Wacker Drive. The firm’s more than 250 Chicago-based attorneys and professional staff will occupy three full floors of the landmark skyscraper.

AnnouncementsAndrew (Drew) Cassidy, managing partner at Cassidy & Mueller, P.C. in Peoria, Illinois, has accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.