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Current U.S. Attorney in California Brian Stretch Will Join Sidley in San Francisco
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Stretch will focus his practice on the full range of federal enforcement and internal investigation matters, with a particular emphasis on corporate investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and criminal defense matters.
Hogan Lovells Promotes 31 to Partner and 38 to Counsel
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Each of Hogan Lovells’ five practice groups is represented in the 2018 partner promotions, the firm announced. Also, 38 lawyers have been promoted to counsel.
Williams & Connolly Elects Five Attorneys to Partnership
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Williams & Connolly announces that, effective Jan. 1, 2018, Steven Cady, Colette Connor, Christopher Mandernach, Liam Montgomery, and Katherine Trefz became partners of the firm.
Farrell Fritz Promotes Matthew D. Donovan and Frank T. Santoro to Partner
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Farrell Fritz announces the promotions of Matthew D. Donovan and Frank T. Santoro to partner effective Jan. 1, 2018.
Former Biglaw Lawyer, Son of Washington Post Publisher, Dies in Apparent Suicide
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William W. Graham, a former Williams & Connolly lawyer who was a member of the family that owned and published The Washington Post for many years, died in an apparent suicide, according to the Post.
Lawyer Recounts His DWI Arrest, and Offers Some Advice
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In a post on Above the Law, former lawyer Brian Cuban describes the humiliation he felt when he was hauled to a Dallas jail and the slide into addiction that changed his life and cost him his career.
Dallas Bankruptcy Attorney Michelle Larson Joins Carrington Coleman
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Bankruptcy attorney Michelle Vonsenden Larson has joined the Dallas office of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, as an insolvency and reorganization practice partner.
Two New Partners Join Freeborn in Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice
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Freeborn & Peters LLP announced that attorneys James “Jim” F. Hendricks Jr. and Michael P. MacHarg have joined the firm as partners in its Litigation Practice Group.
Linda Emery Joins Quarles & Brady’s Intellectual Property Practice
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Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Linda Emery has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s Milwaukee office.
Former CFPB Deputy Assistant Director Joins Akerman
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Kathleen “Kitty” Ryan has joined Akerman LLP as a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group in the Los Angeles office.
UNT Dallas College of Law Graduate Joins Dallas’ Hamilton Wingo Law Firm
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Trial law firm Hamilton Wingo has added attorney Fabiola Segovia, a member of the inaugural graduating class of UNT Dallas College of Law, to the Dallas firm.
American Heart Association to Honor Farrell Fritz Partner Charlotte Biblow
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Charlotte A. Biblow will be honored by the American Heart Association at their 2018 Long Island Go Red for Women luncheon in February at Crest Hollow in Woodbury, NY.
Adam Ghander joins DLA Piper’s Corporate practice in Boston
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DLA Piper announced that Adam Ghander has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Boston.
Michael Schmidtberger Elected Chair of Sidley’s Executive Committee
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Michael J. Schmidtberger has been elected chair of Sidley Austin LLP’s’s Executive Committee, the governing body responsible for exercising general authority over the firm’s policies and affairs.
Dykema’s Chicago Office Adds Tax Attorney Richard L. Lieberman
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Lieberman joins Dykema after spending more than eight years as a partner with Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., where he served as Chair of the firm’s Tax and Employee Benefits practice.
Minorities are Still Scarce Among Law Firm Partners and General Counsel
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A study by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association shows that only 11 percent of general counsel at Fortune 500 companies are black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American even though minorities make up a third of the legal profession as a whole.
Littler Adds Two Shareholders to Atlanta Office
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Littler has added Russell A. Jones and Kathryn S. McConnell as shareholders in the Atlanta office. The employment litigation and counseling practitioners join Littler from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.
Former NSC Adviser Christopher Fonzone Joins Sidley in DC
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Sidley Austin LLP has added Christopher Fonzone to the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. He joins Sidley from his former role as National Security Council (NSC) legal adviser and deputy assistant and counsel to the President.
Bankruptcy Partner Gary Caris Joins Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Gary Caris to its Los Angeles office as a partner in the Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department.
Estes Thorne & Carr Partners Recognized With 2018 Honors
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Five partners in Estes Thorne & Carr, as well as the firm itself, have received recognition from lawyer rating publications, including The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
