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Morning Roundup

joshua — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:36:51 +0000

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday, November 12th. Here’s a quick recap of yesterday’s stories.

Energy law firm Burleson Cooke added three attorneys to its growing Pittsburgh office…

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP partner Joseph K. Brenner was named chief counsel of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Howrey laid off 32 staffers across its 10 offices…

Energy Law Firm Burleson Cooke Adds Three Attorneys to Growing Pittsburgh Office

joshua — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:59:30 +0000

Today, Burleson Cooke announced the addition of three new attorneys, further strengthening the capabilities of the energy law firm’s growing Pittsburgh office.

The three lawyers, Andrew Jenkins, Kevin Barley, and Samuel Stoller, have expertise in a number of key practice areas that will enable Burleson Cooke to deliver a more comprehensive range of services to companies working in the Marcellus Shale, according to Kevin Colosimo, managing partner of Burleson Cooke’s Pittsburgh office.

In the press release at the firm’s website, Colosimo was quoted as saying: “All three have really strong litigation backgrounds. Beyond that, there’s significant experience in environmental and land use law, both of which are important aspects of our full-service litigation practice.”

Kevin Barley joins the firm from Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir in Pittsburgh, where he practiced in the Litigation Services and Construction Services Groups. He has represented clients in environmental, construction, energy, and other litigation matters.

Andrew Jenkins joins from Thorp, Reed & Armstrong in Pittsburgh. He will concentrate his practice in the areas of business litigation, energy law, construction law, and business and contract law. He has represented manufacturers, architectural and engineering firms, public entities, and other businesses on issues that include product disputes, personal injury claims, and defective design claims.

Samuel Stoller was most recently with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott in Pittsburgh. His experience includes construction law, breach of contract claims, representing corporate officers in shareholder derivative suits, and real estate disputes.

Burleson Cooke’s litigation practice group serves clients in all major North American shale gas plays.

Burleson Cooke L.L.P. has earned a reputation as the energy law firm the energy industry goes to, and has grown significantly in recent years by focusing on and leveraging its core strengths. Serving clients in the upstream and midstream segments, it provides counsel to oil and gas producers, transportation companies, storage and processing businesses, and energy service providers.

Cooley Godward Snags Renewable Energy Team from Alston & Bird

joshua — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:36:21 +0000

Thomas Amis, the chair of Alston & Bird’s renewable energy practice, and Nik Patel, an energy partner, have moved to Cooley Godward, and according to Amis another ten to twelve lawyers will be making the jump in the next two months.

Amis will become the new chair of Cooley’s clean energy and technology practice. Cooley Goodward already has a large practice dealing with energy technology that Amis sees as a vehicle for his team’s strong renewable energy practice.

Specializing in technology, Cooley represent venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in emerging fields. The firm is headquartered in northern California and has offices in technology hubs around the country.

Loeb & Loeb Starts Washington Office with Laterals from Day Pitney

joshua — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:19:04 +0000

Eight lawyers are moving from Day Pitney to Loeb & Loeb, four of whom will help their new firm get off the ground in Washington, DC. The new office will focus on energy regulation to begin with but the firm plans to grow the office and do work in securities regulation and intellectual property as well.

Partners Richard Lorenzo and Jay Matson, along with of counsel Arthur Adelberg and associate Nicole Travers, have specialized in representing clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Lorenzo said the move to Loeb & Loeb was due to the firm’s west coast presence and the need for a larger national footprint for his clients. All of Day Pitney’s offices are on the east coast.

Former FERC Enforcement Director Joins Hogan & Hartson Energy Practice in Washington, D.C.

aostler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:51:35 +0000

Today Hogan & Hartson LLP publicly stated that Susan J. Court has become part of their Washington, D.C. office. She will join the energy practice group as a partner.

Court was formerly the Director of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement, or FERC. While at FERC, she was in charge of 170 lawyers, accountants, auditors, economists, and other staff in charge of keeping to the Federal energy laws and rules. She was also key in helping set up NERC guidelines and rules.

Court also served on FERC’s natural gas counsel in a senior position during its restructuring of the regulation of natural gas. She is also involved continually in international energy issues; she recently spoke in Argentina at the 24th World Gas Conference and will be attending the 25th World Gas Conference in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia in 2012.

Director of the firm, Kevin Lipson, voiced that she will be well received by Hogan & Hartson. He stated, “We are very fortunate to have Susan join us. Her knowledge of the industry and regulatory environment in which our clients operate is unparalleled. She will be a great asset to our firm and the firm’s clients.”

Canadian Firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon Opening Two Offices in Gulf

joshua — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:35:07 +0000

Blakes, a Canadian law firm with over 500 employees in eight offices, will become the first Canadian firm to establish a permanent presence in the Persian Gulf when it opens an office in Bahrain on October 4th and an additional office in Saudi Arabia later this fall. Saud Al-Ammari, who is a native Saudi with an American law degree, will join Blakes as managing partner for both offices.

LA Mayor’s Policy Advisor Moves to Kaye Scholer

joshua — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:25:50 +0000

Dan Grunfeld, who served as LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa‘s Deputy Chief of Staff for two years, stepped down from his post on friday and walked into a partnership today with Kaye Scholer. Grunfeld will focus on renewable energy and green technology for the firm, which already has an international practice dealing with green energy.

Kaye Scholer was founded in 1917 by Benjamin Kaye and Jacob Scholer. The firm has more than 500 attorneys in eight offices located in New York, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Washington DC, and West Palm Beach.

Mayer Brown Hires for Global Projects Group

Erik Even — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:51:33 +0000

Mayer Brown has brought on two attorneys for its Global Projects Group.

Robert H. Edwards, Jr. joins from Hunton & Williams as a partner in Mayer Brown’s Washington DC office. He handles project finance and development, with particular strength in projects and policy issues related to renewable energy, climate change, the development and financing of independent power projects and “inside the fence” energy projects.

A 1990 graduate of Stanford Law School, Edwards holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA magna cum laude in economics from Harvard University.

Robert S. Goldberg joins the Houston office from Chadbourne & Parke, as a partner. Goldberg advises lenders, investors, sponsors, developers and other participants in domestic and international project finance and corporate matters, including acquisition and divestiture work.

He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Mayer Brown is one of the largest global law firms both by number of lawyers and revenue. The firm has over 1,800 lawyers in key business centers across the Americas, Asia and Europe