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Eckert Seamans Adds Two Members to Washington, D.C. Office

rebneely — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:38:47 +0000

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, announced in recent days that James C. Falvey and Allen Bachman have joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as Members.

Edward J. Longosz, II, Member-in-Charge of the firm’s Washington office was quoted as saying in a press release at the firm’s website: “The addition of Jim Falvey and Allen Bachman is another significant step forward for Eckert Seamans’ Washington office, our Firm and our clients. These attorneys bring the experience and relationships that complement and broaden our legal team as we deliver the highest quality legal counsel on the most complex and critical issues facing clients today.”

Jim Falvey concentrates his practice on telecommunications and other utility matters. Before joining the firm, he served as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Senior Counsel for Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. In this role, he managed regulatory and legislative matters and effectively addressed a broad range of regulatory challenges at the federal, state, and local level. During the past fifteen years, Falvey also served in various in-house regulatory counsel and senior leadership roles with CoreTel Communications, Time Warner Telecom, Xspedius Communications, and e.spire Communications. Before that, he also spent six years in private practice in Washington, D.C. and two years as a legislative assistant to Senator Harry Reid.

Allen Bachman advises clients on a wide range of antitrust, competition, and consumer protection issues on a regular basis. He also possesses significant experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings. He advises on all aspects of antitrust, competition and consumer protection law. He regularly represents clients in Hart-Scott-Rodino merger clearance matters before the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade commission. He also counsels on antitrust and consumer protection on a wide range of issues, including internal audits and price fixing inquiries and marketing and sales practices. He also represents clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings including antitrust, securities class actions, breach of contract and other general commercial litigation matters. Before practicing law, he served as an economic analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

Ed Longosz has an established practice on both a local and nationwide level, with a wide range of experience in complex civil litigation, in all aspects of commercial, business torts, the representation of airlines on passenger and cargo claims, commercial and regulatory matters, insurance coverage, contract disputes, agency disputes and bad faith cases, as well as defense of toxic torts, product liability, and D&O matters. He serves as the Commercial Litigation Practice Group Chair for Washington, DC and Richmond, VA.

Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, national law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC has over 325 attorneys located in offices throughout the eastern United States. The firm represents a wide range of clients, including multinational corporations, small businesses, nonprofit institutions, municipalities, government agencies and individuals.

Recently, the firm was recently named among the top-ranked women-friendly firms nationwide, as determined by Working Mother Magazine & Flex-Time Lawyers.

Eckert Seamans Expands in Richmond

joshua — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:26:59 +0000

Eckert Seamans added three partners and three lobbyists to its Richmond office this week. All six come from the firm of LeClairRyan. The office, which opened last Octoberwhen a group of former Troutman Sanders attorneys made the jump, had been staffed by a single lawyer up until now.

Partners David Clarke, Thomas Lisk and Richard Savage III will be part of the government affairs and regulatory practice group. All three have extensive experience with lobbying, regulatory and administrative law. In addition three non lawyer lobbyists, Mary Fox, Nicole Riley and Lisa Foster have joined, forming a government relations group headed by Fox.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC is a national full-service law firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with two offices located in the Pittsburgh area and nine other offices located throughout the eastern United States.

Wednesday Roundup

joshua — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:10:07 +0000

Good morning everyone! Getting the day started early this morning with today’s look back at yesterday’s news.

Eckert Seamans snags four lawyers from Troutman Sanders and opens an office in Virginia.

Scott Rothstein is back in Florida. We will continue to update this story as it develops…

Winston & Strawn defers the already deferred….

and law blog abovethelaw.com has been sued…

Eckert Seamans Opens Virgina Office and Picks up 4 from Troutman Sanders

joshua — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:59:52 +0000

Former Troutman Sanderspartner Matthew Kirsner has joined up with Eckert Seamansand will head up a new office for the firm in Richmond, Virginia. Three other Troutman Sanders attorneys have joined Eckert Seamans in the firm’s Washington DC office. All four attorneys have practices concentrated on electric utility, telecommunications and other regulated industry work.

In addition to Kirsner, the three attorneys joining the DC office as members are Charles Zdebski, Raymond Kowalski and Eric Schwalb. At Troutman Sanders, Zdebski was a partner, Kowalski was of counsel and Schwalb was a senior associate.

Seyfarth Shaw Partners Jump Ship to Eckert Seamans

Erik Even — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:37:53 +0000

Eckert Seamans has picked up two Seyfarth Shaw partners for its real estate practice.

Ralph Stone and Rachel Gould join Eckert Seamans in Boston.

Stone will handle commercial, industrial, and residential properties. He earned his JD from Harvard Law School.

Gould will represent parties in commercial real estate matters. She earned her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law.

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC is a national full-service law firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with two offices located in the Pittsburgh area and eight other offices located throughout the eastern United States.

The Week in Law Firm Layoffs

Erik Even — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:39:53 +0000

This week in law firm layoffs:

Eckert Seamans: 90 lawyers

Hogan & Hartson: 30 lawyers

Clifford Chance: 50 lawyers

DLA Piper: 21 lawyers, 100 staff

Keddies Lawyers: 40 undisclosed lawyers, staff

Cahill Gordon: undisclosed lawyers

Winstead: 20 undisclosed

Mishcon de Reya: 12 staff

Total: 191 lawyers, 112 staff, 60 undisclosed

Previously:

Week of June 28th: 49 lawyers, 11 staff, 175 undisclosed

Week of June 21st: 30 lawyers, 43 staff

Week of June 14th: 51 lawyers, 34 staff

Week of June 7th: 81 lawyers, 61 staff, 85 undisclosed

Week of May 31st: 101 lawyers, 142 staff, 49 undisclosed

Week of May 24th: 66 lawyers, 119 staff

Week of May 17th: 40 lawyers, 118 staff

Week of May 10th: 274 lawyers, 499 staff

Week of May 3rd: 274 lawyers, 160 staff

Week of April 26th: 352 lawyers, 220 staff, 70 undisclosed

Week of April 19th: 61 lawyers, 184 staff

Week of April 12th: 67 lawyers, 50 staff, 115 unidentified

Week of April 5th: 144 lawyers, 310 staff

Week of March 29th: 199 lawyers, 474 staff

Week of March 22nd: 455 lawyers, 219 staff

Week of March 15th: 91 lawyers, 177 staff

Week of March 8th: 574 lawyers, 812 staff

Eckert Seamans Picks Up a Dozen Wolf Block Lawyers

Erik Even — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:28:26 +0000

The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office of Pittsburgh’s Eckert Seamans has hired 12 lawyers from the defunct Wolf Block’s Harrisburg office.

The combined Harrisburg office will house 36 attorneys. Eckert and Wolf Block are located in the same building, and Eckert will take over the dissolving firm’s offices.

Eckert says it may pick up more Wolf Block refugees.

The firm employs crazy far-right ex-Senator nutjob Rick Santorum.