Arnold & Porter, the best DC law firm for which to work, has added four lawyers to its stable. Duane J. Mauney rejoins as a partner in the firm’s product liability practice in Washington DC. He represents consumer products clients in state and federal courts across the country in a wide array of actions, including mass [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tax partner Stephen E. Shay is leaving Ropes & Gray to join the US Treasury as deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs. Before joining Ropes & Gray in 1987, Shay was international tax counsel for the Treasury. Meanwhile, Mark Popofsky joins Ropes & Gray in Washington DC as co-head of the antitrust practice group. He was [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 2, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Greg L. Berk joins Orange County, California’s Carlton DiSante & Freudenberger as a partner, to chair the new Immigration Practice Group. He joins from Atkinson Andelson in Irvine. Berk is a past Chair of the Orange County Bar Association Immigration Section, and currently serves on their Lawyer [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
The Obama administration has tapped two union lawyers for the Merit Systems Protection Board. Susan Grundmann is nominated for chairperson. She is general counsel to the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represents 100,000 federal workers. She was previously general counsel to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. Her JD is from the Georgetown University Law [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Stephen Lamb joins Paul Weiss at the firm’s new office in Wilmington, Delaware as a partner in both the corporate and litigation departments. He was a judge with the Delaware Court of Chancery for 12 years. Lamb earned his JD in 1975 from the Georgetown University Law [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 22, 2009
PCT Law Group has opened a new office in Alexandria, Virginia, staffed by two new hires. Angela H. France joins as managing member from Albo & Oblon. She handles litigation and corporate transactions on a wide range of legal disciplines including business contracts, corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, bankruptcy, and creditor’s rights. Her JD [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Shutts & Bowen has brought on three new senior lawyers for its West Palm Beach, Florida office. Hank Jackson joins from Holland & Knight as a partner in the business litigation practice. He received his JD from the University of Arkansas Leflar Law Center. Raymond Royce also joins from Holland & Knight, as a partner in the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Stephanie Heilborn joins Fulbright & Jaworski in New York as a partner in its trusts and estates practice. Most recently she was a solo practitioner as Heilborn LLC; and she was an associate at Milbank. Heilborn received her AB cum laude from Harvard University, her M.Sc from The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 13, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: US District Court Judge Bruce Kauffman is stepping down next week, and will join Philadelphia’s Elliott Greenleaf law firm. Kauffman will co-chair the firm’s executive committee. He is a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice. Paul Battaglia joins Williams Kastner in Seattle as of counsel. He handles real estate, leasing, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Marshall Stoddard joins Dewey & LeBoeuf from Mayer Brown, where he was chair of the global finance practice. He will be the US head of bank & institutional finance, working out of Los Angeles and New York. Aram Ordubegian joins Arent Fox as a partner in Los Angeles from [...]
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