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Covington & Burling Brings on Lawyers [Correction]

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Covington & Burling Brings on Lawyers [Correction]

Covington & Burling has brought on Demetrios Kouzoukas and David Kornblau. Kouzoukas was principal associate deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. He is joining Covington’s health care and food & drug practice groups in Washington DC. Kornblau was SEC chief litigation counsel. He joins Covington as a partner in the white collar & [...]

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Covington & Burling Hires More Bush Lawyers

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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Covington & Burling Hires More Bush Lawyers

Covington & Burling, which likes to hire former Republican bigwigs, is bringing on two more Bush administration veterans. The firm is bringing on George Frampton, former chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, as senior counsel in New York; and Gerald Masoudi, former chief counsel of the Food & Drug Administration, as a partner [...]

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Kirkland & Ellis Hires Top Bush Lawyers

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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Kirkland & Ellis Hires Top Bush Lawyers

Kirkland & Ellis has hired two top former Bush administration lawyers for its litigation practice group. Both are returning to Kirkland. Former Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip was a first-year associate at Kirkland in the early 1990s. He was acting attorney general before Eric Holder took the post. Former White House Office of Management & Budget general [...]

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Weil Gotshal Hires Former Bush Counsel

Monday, February 23, 2009

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Weil Gotshal Hires Former Bush Counsel

Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired former White House deputy counsel William Burck as a partner in its investigations & criminal defense practice at the firm’s 81-lawyer Washington, DC office. Before serving as deputy counsel to President George W. Bush, Burck, 37, also served as a legal adviser to Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher in the [...]

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Former Bush Solicitor General Returns to King & Spalding

Thursday, December 11, 2008

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Former Bush Solicitor General Returns to King & Spalding

Former Bush Administration Solicitor General Paul Clement is returning to the Washington, DC office of Atlanta’s King & Spalding. “We are very pleased to welcome our former colleague and friend Paul Clement back to King & Spalding,” said managing partner J. Sedwick Sollers. “Our clients and growing appellate practice will benefit greatly from Paul’s vast knowledge [...]

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