Announcements

AnnouncementsContract Logix secures the top spot in the Summer 2021 G2 Results Index for Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM).

AnnouncementsBarnes & Thornburg has added Raanon Gal as partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department in Atlanta. Gal’s move follows on the heels of the Austin Bersinger addition to the Atlanta office in April.

AnnouncementsArent Fox is pleased to announce the expansion of its Corporate & Securities practice with the addition of corporate Partner Scott Adamson in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Scott represents public and private strategic and financial buyers and sellers, emerging businesses, family offices, and business owners in transactions spanning leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, 363 asset sales, and going-private deals.

AnnouncementsChamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Stephanie Friese Aron and Scott Augustine have been named co-managing shareholders of the firm’s Atlanta office.

AnnouncementsBuchalter secured a favorable settlement of more than $22.6 million from Chicago Title on behalf of approximately 80 victims of a fraudulent liquor license investment scheme.

AnnouncementsStroock Continues Lateral Expansion, Adds Trio of White Collar/Securities Litigation Partners

AnnouncementsBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorney Saira S. Siddiqui has been named to the board for the South Asian Bar Association of Houston as the Vice President of Community Outreach…

AnnouncementsAkerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, is pleased to announce that Akerman Partner Rubén Castillo, former Chief Judge of the Northern District of Illinois, has been selected as the winner of the Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards: North America 2021 in the “Outstanding Contribution” award category. This award category recognizes a partner that has shown an outstanding commitment across multiple aspects of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

AnnouncementsFormer US Senator Cory Gardner has joined Michael Best Strategies as a member of its Board of Advisors. Among Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Board of Advisors and former White House Chief of Staff, and Steve Israel, Board Member and Former US Representative, Gardner will collaborate with the firm on business development and public policy, while providing strategic advice and counsel to clients.

AnnouncementsFarrell Fritz is pleased to welcome Neil V. Carbone as a partner in the trusts & estates and estate litigation departments.
“Adding a partner of Neil’s caliber to our trust & estates and estate litigation departments is indicative of our dedication to growth and client service,” said Robert Creighton, Managing Partner at Farrell Fritz.

AnnouncementsSchneider Electric, a leader in sustainable business and recent winner of the Corporate Knights most sustainable business award, announced the appointment of three female executives to its North America leadership team, one being Virginia “Ginny” Johnson, General Counsel.

AnnouncementsSchneider Electric, a leader in sustainable business and recent winner of the Corporate Knights most sustainable business award, today announced the appointment of three female executives to its North America leadership team: Abha Dogra, SVP Digital Technology and Chief Information Officer, Abby Gabriel, Chief Marketing Officer, and Virginia “Ginny” Johnson, General Counsel.

AnnouncementsVenable LLP is pleased to announce that Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam has joined the firm as a partner in the eCommerce, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Practice in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Nigam has nearly 25 years of experience in solving online security, privacy, and safety challenges facing corporations, start-ups, celebrities, and pro athletes, as well as government and law enforcement.

AnnouncementsSix Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorneys in the firm’s Tampa, Florida, office have been selected to the 2021 edition of Florida Super Lawyers as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars.

AnnouncementsDallas corporate litigator Jason Marlin has joined the trial firm of Bailey Brauer PLLC as a partner.

AnnouncementsThe national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that attorney Kevin Halloran has joined the firm’s Indianapolis office as partner in the firm’s Business Law Practice Group. He was previously at a national business law firm.

AnnouncementsBarnes & Thornburg has announced the opening of a Boston office, its 20th in the U.S., with six partners. The new office is anchored by the addition of highly experienced intellectual property partners Ronald E. Cahill, Heather B. Repicky, Rory P. Pheiffer and Derek Roller who join current partners Robyn S. Maguire and Matthew Leno. Boston is a critical market for the life sciences sector; the Boston office will reflect the firm’s established and growing intellectual property and life sciences practice as well as its corporate M&A, investment fund formation, commercial litigation and white collar practice groups.

AnnouncementsTurner Padget is pleased to announce that Shareholder Reginald “Reggie” Belcher has been named a 2021 Leadership in Law honoree by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

AnnouncementsLittler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added William S. Robbins, Jr. as a shareholder in its Kansas City office. Robbins was previously a shareholder at Polsinelli PC. His arrival follows a series of strategic additions to the firm in recent months, including shareholders Gerardo Hernandez (Fresno), Jorge Sales Boyoli (Mexico City), Lori Brown (Miami), Jessica Travers (Orlando) and Lisa Kathumbi (Columbus).

AnnouncementsNicholas Schwartz and Kristen Smith hired to Sidley Austin LLP as Global Finance Partners