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Former Partners in Alston Bird Launch New Firm

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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Former Partners in Alston Bird Launch New Firm

Four former partners in Alston & Bird have launched Mowrey Meezan Coddington Cloud. The new firm, with offices in Atlanta and Washington D.C. will focus on environmental, climate change and energy issues. Bob Mowrey, Dave Meezan, Kipp Coddington and Doug Cloud bring over 60 years of BigLaw experience to the new firm. Mowrey chaired two practice [...]

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Greenberg Traurig Picks up Five from Ballard Spahr

Friday, November 6, 2009

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Greenberg Traurig Picks up Five from Ballard Spahr

A five person environmental law practice group has moved from Ballard Spahr to Greeberg Traurig in Philladelphia. The Philladelphia office, which opened in 1997, now has fifteen attorneys that once practiced at Ballard Spahr. David Mandlebaum, who had been the practice group leader at Ballard Spahr, said that Greenberg Traurig’s geographical footprint was [...]

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Anderson Kill Expands Insurance Recovery Practice

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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Anderson Kill Expands Insurance Recovery Practice

Anderson Kill Wood & Bender has hired two insurance recovery attorneys for its Ventura, California office. Arnold Barba joins from the dissolved Brown Winfield Canzoneri Abram, where he practiced business and real estate litigation. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu. Barba received his JD from the [...]

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UC Irvine Law Gets $2 Million for Environmental Law Clinic

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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UC Irvine Law Gets $2 Million for Environmental Law Clinic

The University of California, Irvine School of Law has received a $2 million grant to start an Environmental Law Clinic, the first of several legal clinics envisioned for the new law school. An anonymous foundation provided $2 million to create an Environmental Law Clinic to further the public interest in areas of environmental law, environmental health [...]

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Sidley Austin Attorney Moves To Constellation Energy

Monday, February 23, 2009

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Sidley Austin Attorney Moves To Constellation Energy

James L. Connaughton, former chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and former partner in the environmental practice group at Sidley Austin,  has been named executive vice president of corporate affairs and public and environmental policy for Constellation Energy. In this position, which is brand new, Connaughton will direct all environmental and energy policy [...]

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US Attorney for Colorado Leaves to Join Private Practice [Video]

Thursday, January 8, 2009

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US Attorney for Colorado Leaves to Join Private Practice [Video]

From LawCrossing: United States Attorney for Colorado Troy A. Eid has announced his plan to resign and return to private law practice. The move is effective midnight on Monday, January 19th. Eid, an environmental attorney and Adjunct Professor in American Indian Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, will be a litigation partner in the [...]

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Nixon Peabody’s Graf Defects to Greenberg Traurig

Friday, December 19, 2008

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Nixon Peabody’s Graf Defects to Greenberg Traurig

Greenberg Traurig LLP has announced that Jessica Graf has joined its Boston office as a shareholder in the Environmental, Energy and Project Finance practice groups. Graf joins from Nixon Peabody LLP. Graf’s practice is concentrated in the areas of energy project finance and development, environmental law, land use, and real estate. Her experience encompasses regulatory, transactional [...]

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