Tag: Lawyers
Barnes & Thornburg Adds Transactional Partner Salvador LaViña in Los Angeles
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Salvador LaViña as a partner in the Real Estate Department in Los Angeles. LaViña joins from Enenstein Ribakoff LaViña & Pham APC.
Christopher M. Carlisle Joins Dykema’s Growing Dallas Office
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Dykema announced the addition of Christopher M. Carlisle to its Corporate Finance practice group as a senior counsel in the firm’s growing Dallas office, which has now added four attorneys in the past two months.
Dallas Trial Lawyer David Elrod Joins Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton
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David Elrod has joined the business and entertainment law firm Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP, as a partner in the Dallas office, marking an expansion of the firm’s existing litigation practice.
Ex-FCPA Prosecutor Returns to Foley’s Litigation Department in D.C.
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Foley & Lardner LLP announced that former federal prosecutor Rohan Virginkar is returning to the firm as a partner in its Government Enforcement, Compliance & White Collar Defense Practice.
Michael Fisco joins DLA Piper’s Finance Practice in Minneapolis
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DLA Piper announced that Michael Fisco has joined the firm’s finance practice as partner in the Minneapolis office.
Mueller, Several Team Members Gave Up Million-Dollar Jobs to Work on Special Counsel Investigation
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Robert S. Mueller and other former WilmerHale lawyers who left the firm to work on the Russia investigation left behind incomes ranging as high as $5.8 million, according to The Washington Post.
Firm Wants Former Employee’s Millions From Recent Settlement; ‘Absurd,’ He Replies
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Forbes tells the story of a plaintiffs lawyer whose former firm wants nearly all of his $2.45 million in fees from a settlement he worked on for 13 years, even though he resigned from the firm in 2004.
Making the Most of Top Lawyer Lists
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The glut of top lawyer lists and top law firm rankings makes it difficult to determine which of them mean anything at all, writes Bruce Vincent of Muse Communications.
Littler Adds Renowned Global Employment Lawyer
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Employment and labor law firm Littler has added Donald C. Dowling Jr. as a shareholder in the New York office.
DLA Piper Adds Gislar Donnenberg to Corporate Practice in Houston
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Donnenberg focuses his practice largely on capital markets matters in the energy sector, where he has more than 20 years of experience.
Greensfelder Expands IP Practice, Adds Four Attorneys in St. Louis, Chicago Offices
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Mark E. Stallion, Susan Meyer, Richard C. Himelhoch and Joseph A. Fuchs join Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., as members of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, expanding the teams in the firm’s Chicago and St. Louis offices.
Kristal C. Thomson Named to Texas Board of Legal Specialization Governing Board
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Kristal C. Thomson, a shareholder in Langley & Banack Inc., has been appointed to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization Governing Board by the President of the State Bar of Texas, G. Thomas Vick Jr.
He Forged Signatures of Judges Over 100 Times. Now This Lawyer Is Going to Jail
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Disgraced South Florida lawyer Jose Camacho — suspected of forging more than 100 judicial signatures on financial settlement cases — was sentenced Thursday to 364 days in jail, plus 10 years of probation, reports the Miami Herald.
Andrew Kopon, Jr. Becomes President of IADC
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Andrew Kopon, Jr., a founding member of Kopon Airdo, LLC in Chicago, is the new president of the IADC, an invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.
Buchalter Adds Three New Health Care Litigators in Los Angeles
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Buchalter announces that Andrew “Andy” Selesnick, Damaris L. Medina, and Suzanne Cate Jones have joined as shareholders in the Health Care Practice Group in Los Angeles.
Freeborn Adds Matthew J. O’Hara as Litigation Partner
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Matthew J. O’Hara has joined Freeborn & Peters LLP as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group.
Michael Best Adds Litigation Senior Counsel
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Michael Best announces that Steven J. Joffee has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as senior counsel in the Salt Lake City – Midvale office.
Labor & Employment PAGA Attorney Joins Blank Rome in Los Angeles
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Blank Rome LLP announces that Laura Reathaford has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment group in the Los Angeles office.
Former Health and Human Services Deputy GC Joins Hogan Lovells
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Hogan Lovells announced that David Horowitz, the former Deputy General Counsel of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, has joined the firm as a partner.
Abbie Shindler Joins Buchalter in Scottsdale Office
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Buchalter announced that Abbie Shindler has become a member of the firm’s Corporate and Tax & Estate Planning Practices in Arizona.
