Jones Walker added to its health care practice with the additions of Lynn Barrett as special counsel and Molly Monceaux Demosthenidy as associate. Barrett hails from Miami and most recently served as Deputy General Counsel for the South Broward Hospital District from 2005-2009. Prior to joining Jones Walker, Demosthenidy worked as an associate attorney at Sullivan, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 8, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Former Georgia state senator Rusty Paul joins Arnall Golden Gregory, to head the Atlanta law firm’s government affairs & public policy practice. He is a Sandy Springs city councilman, and was previously a federal assistant cabinet secretary and chairman of the state Republican Party. Paul served in the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Much Shelist has added three attorneys to its health care practice. Kevin Ryan joins from Epstein, Becker & Green as a Principal in the Much Shelist Business & Finance group and a member of the firm’s Health Care Law practice. He concentrates his practice on legal and regulatory issues facing the health care industry. He has [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 13, 2009
Foley & Lardner announced two new hires this week. Jeffrey Thrope joins in New York from Manatt Phelps & Phillips as a partner in the firm’s health care practice. He represents hospitals, nursing homes, public health facilities, not-for-profits, and other health care providers. Etsuo Doi joins in Tokyo from Paul Hastings as a partner in the intellectual [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sonnenschein, which brought on three lawyers from Huron Consulting, has been sued by the Chicago-based firm, claiming the attorneys were illegally recruited. Huron seeks $30 million. The three lawyers are Sonnenschein health care managing director Nancy Freeman, compliance director Judy Ringholz, and Linda Robinson. The suit accuses Sonnenschein health care partner Lisa Murtha, a former Huron employee, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Wiley Rein has added Douglas Walgren and Nova Daly to its Washington, DC office. Walgren, former Democratic US Representative from Pennsylvania, joins the firm as a consulting counsel. He served on the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the House Science & Technology Committee. He will lobby on health care and energy. Daly, a former deputy assistant [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
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 & [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Texas’ Cox Smith Matthews has added two health care regulation experts to its Austin office, Kathy Poppitt and Catherine Greaves. Poppitt, formerly of Thompson & Knight, will focus on health care regulatory law, health care litigation and administrative law. She received her JD from the University of Texas in 1988. Also formerly with Thompson & Knight, Greaves [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Philadelphia’s Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which poached six partners from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal earlier this month, has added two more partners and five associates from the Chicago-based firm. The team of health care attorneys will join Morgan Lewis’ Washington, DC office, where five of the previously hired partners will be based. Philadelphia-based Morgan, Lewis & Bockius [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 6, 2009
Indianapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg has opened its eighth office, in Atlanta, Georgia. Stuart C. Johnson and Jason A. Bernstein, previously partners in the Atlanta office of Bryan Cave, will join the firm to open the Atlanta office. The firm will recruit lateral attorneys in all practice areas, with the intention of building a full-service office in Atlanta. The [...]
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