Announcements

AnnouncementsSean Scuderi was elevated to Partner in the Construction Practice at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin in New York City.

AnnouncementsAn Akerman litigation team prevailed October 6 in a multimillion dollar international litigation spanning Spain, Latin America, and the United States. A Florida appellate court sided with Akerman client Cell Consumer Electronics Logistics, SA, which had won a summary judgment in a Spanish court over a former joint venture partner in the mobile phone industry. Cell Consumer and its partners had provided cell phone distribution services to Telefonica Internacional, S.A., a telecom company based in Spain. Telefonica had agreed to raise €70 million (about $81 million) for a joint venture, but failed to do so, and then sued Cell Consumer for $35 million in damages. Cell Consumer won on summary judgement in Spain, Court of First Instance in Alcobendas, Kingdom of Spain, but sued again in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in South Florida, where the court enforced Spain’s foreign judgment and barred any new claims under Florida law.

AnnouncementsFormer U.S. Bankruptcy Court clerk has more than 20 years’ experience in business reorganization, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation.

AnnouncementsProminent white collar and investigations attorney Joe D. Whitley has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in the Business Litigation practice group.

AnnouncementsTune in to learn how legal and IT can use Slack’s new legal hold within the Discovery API to govern Slack data, and meet preservation obligations.

AnnouncementsStinson LLP proudly announces its certification under the Mansfield 4.0 Rule, the fourth round of certification under the Mansfield Rule, which focuses on diversity in leadership and helps create systemic change to foster long-term inclusion and equity in our workplaces. The certification recognizes firms that not only consider candidate pools made up of at least 30% women, lawyers of color, LGBTQ+ lawyers, and lawyers with disabilities but have also achieved at least 30% representation in a substantial number of their leadership roles and committees.

AnnouncementsGlobal law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the hire of financial regulatory lawyer Eoin O’Connor as a partner to its Global Regulatory practice and as Dublin Office Managing Partner.

AnnouncementsTexas trial and appellate lawyer Clayton Bailey, co-founder of Bailey Brauer PLLC, is recognized as a Litigation Star in the 2022 edition of Benchmark Litigation.

AnnouncementsTurner Padget is pleased to announce that Shareholder William “Ed” Lawson has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America.

AnnouncementsSteptoe adds new four-lawyer team to Brussels office in move to expand International Trade and Regulatory Compliance practice group.

AnnouncementsLee Marshall, a partner and Global Department Leader – Litigation & Investigations at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in San Francisco, California, has accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC).

AnnouncementsQuarles & Brady LLP, a national multidisciplinary law firm, today announced 11 attorneys have been elected partners, effective October 1.

AnnouncementsSteptoe hires new partner to UK and EU offices: Simon Tilling. Tilling joins the firm’s Chemicals and Life Sciences group.

AnnouncementsQuarles & Brady LLP, a national multidisciplinary law firm, today announced 11 attorneys have been elected partners, effective October 1.

AnnouncementsQuarles & Brady LLP, a national multidisciplinary law firm, today announced 11 attorneys have been elected partners, effective October 1.

AnnouncementsResearch Report Evaluates 17 Legal Technology Solution Providers and Makes Recommendations for In-House Legal Departments to Understand the Dynamics of the Market and Inform their Technology Choices

AnnouncementsRecently, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) has reappointed David Calvillo, shareholder in the Houston and San Antonio offices of Chamberlain Hrdlicka, for another three-year term on its Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.

AnnouncementsPerkins Coie is pleased to announce that Chicago-based Partner Caryn Trombino has been appointed to serve as the chair of the firm’s national White Collar & Investigations practice.

AnnouncementsWard, Smith & Hill founder Johnny Ward has earned a spot among the Top 100 attorneys in Dallas-Fort Worth in the Texas Super lawyers 2021 guide, an honor he has received since 2003.

AnnouncementsAnthony Grossi has joined the firm’s Global Restructuring group in the Washington D.C. office. Grossi, who was previously a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has experience including representing debtors and significant creditor groups in Chapter 11 cases as well as serving as the bankruptcy counsel for the U.S. House of Representative Committee on the Judiciary.