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Trial lawyer Michael Lyons of Dallas-based Lyons & Simmons, LLP is one of just 52 plaintiffs’ attorneys honored by the National Law Journal as “agents of change” who are reshaping expectations on behalf of clients nationwide.

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sam Hong has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice as a partner in the Chicago office.

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Barnes & Thornburg has added experienced M&A, private equity, and securities attorney Tan Le to its Chicago office, where he is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department.

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Duane Morris attorney Maxine D. Bayley has been elected as chair of the 2020-2021 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Northern California Chapter board of directors.

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Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Brandi A. Taylor has joined as counsel in our San Diego office. As an experienced attorney in two growing areas of regulatory practice, Ms. Taylor’s addition to the firm expands both the data privacy and education service offerings of the Litigation Practice Group.

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Prominent Dallas trial lawyer and co-founder of the trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP Michael Lyons has once again been recognized among D Magazine’s peer-nominated listing of The Best Lawyers in Dallas.  

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BTI Consulting Group has named Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., among the top “midsize heavyweight” law firms that “bring the same level of confidence and reliability as the big firms.” The list was announced May 6, 2020.

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A woman who works at Dallas’ R+D Kitchen will be allowed to wear a face covering at work, following a ruling by a Dallas County district court.

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Dykema announced that Steven Mroczkowski was appointed to serve as Vice-Chair of the ISBA Construction Law Section Council and as a Member of the ISBA Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Law Section Council for 2020-21.

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Akerman LLP announced Alan Cohen, Chair of the Real Estate Finance Practice, and Matthew Steinberg, Deputy Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group, have been appointed co-managing partners of Akerman’s New York office.

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In an effort to provide substantive legal counsel to the New York businesses and organizations most directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, together with partner law firms and legal aid organizations, has launched the Small Business Legal Relief Alliance (SBLRA).

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Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that it has named Philadelphia-based Shareholder Jennifer Karpchuk as co-chair of the firm’s State and Local Tax Controversy and Planning practice.

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Brouse McDowell is pleased to welcome Julie Kaplan Zurn and Douglas G. Walters as new additions to our Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy, and Commercial Law Practice Group.

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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP congratulates its client, Northwest Fiber d/b/a Ziply Fiber, on its acquisition of operations and assets of Frontier Communications in the Pacific Northwest. DWT represented Ziply in securing all required state and local regulatory approvals required to consummate the transaction.

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DLA Piper announces promotion of Orestis Omran to the firm’s partnership in latest promotions round.

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Buchalter is pleased to announce that it has added four attorneys to its Seattle office – Harold (Hal) E. Snow, Jr., John B. Crosetto, Scott G. Warner, and Paul M. Barba have all joined from Foster Garvey PC.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a 2019 federal jury verdict of $26.4 million – the largest trucking verdict out of the state of Oregon – in full with no further ability to appeal after the defendant dismissed its appeal.