Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has boosted its New York office with the hire of James G. McCarney. McCarney joins as a partner in the Business Trail practice group. He leaves Howrey in New York for this new opportunity.

Source:  www.earthtimes.org

Former associate counsel to President George W. Bush has joined McGuireWoods.  John Adams has will practice government law out of the Washington office.

Source:  www.prnewswire.com

Norton Rose has made a new lateral hire in Beijing. Michael Yu has left Global Law Office to join the firm. Yu focuses his opractice on Mergers and Acquisitions, IPOs and private placements. He will make the 6^th partner in Norton's Beijing office.

Source:  www.thelawyer.com

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has hired a new partner in its Los Angeles office. Jon Atzen joins the firm's Corporate practice. He was previously a partner with DLA Piper.

Source:  www.pehub.com

CMS Cameron McKenna has decided not to pay bonuses again. The firm spent more than its allotted budget for the year, the same as last year. There is an exception though. Attorneys who worked at least 400 billable hours last quarter will receive bonuses.

Source:  www.nylj.com

Roetzel & Andress has just made a major coup. A group of Holland & Knight intellectual property lawerys have joined the firm. Partner Sunwoo Lee leads the group to its new firm. The others are: partner Jon Crocker, associates Baldine Paul and Benjamin Maskell and patent agent Donald Monin Jr.

Source:  www.law.com