Trio of Healthcare Partners Joins Holland & Knight

Holland & Knight has bolstered its nationally recognized healthcare practice with the addition of attorneys Summer Martin, Susan Banks and Rebecca Merrill as partners. They join the firm from Dentons, where the trio focused on healthcare regulatory matters and where Ms. Martin also led the U.S. healthcare mergers and acquisitions team. Ms. Martin and Ms. Merrill join the firm’s Atlanta office, and Ms. Banks joins the firm’s Denver office.

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Eversheds Sutherland Welcomes Environmental Partner R. Todd Silliman to Global Energy Group

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that R. Todd Silliman has joined the Global Energy Group as Head of the US Environmental Practice and partner in the Atlanta office. Mr. Silliman represents clients in environmental litigation and regulatory compliance matters under federal, state and local environmental laws. He also advises developers, manufacturers, financial institutions, and other businesses on environmental liability, risk management, and opportunities for tax abatements and other incentives under federal and state laws. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. Silliman was a partner at Dentons in Atlanta, where he was Managing Partner of the Atlanta office and co-chair of the firm’s US Environment and Natural Resources practice.

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Global Trade Expert Everett Eissenstat Joins Squire Patton Boggs’ Public Policy Team

Squire Patton Boggs has added one of the nation’s foremost global trade experts to its Public Policy team with the addition of Everett Eissenstat. Mr. Eissenstat joins the firm as partner after having served in senior positions in Congress, Office of the United States Trade Representative, The White House and a Fortune 20 company. He most recently was Chair of North America and Global Trade Lead at Edelman Global Advisors (EGA).

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Greenberg Traurig Atlanta Adds Litigator Jake Evans

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added first-chair litigator Jake Evans to the Atlanta office as a shareholder in the Litigation Practice. A former chair of the Georgia State Ethics Commission, Evans joins the firm from the Alpharetta, Georgia office of Hall Booth Smith, P.C., where he was managing partner.

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Top Environmental Enforcement Lawyer Adam Sowatzka Joins McGuireWoods

McGuireWoods is bolstering its national environmental litigation and regulatory enforcement capabilities with the arrival of Atlanta partner Adam Sowatzka, a former EPA enforcement attorney who brings more than 25 years of experience handling crisis management, major environmental incident response, and civil and criminal investigations and enforcement matters spanning all areas of environmental media, including air, water and waste. Sowatzka joins McGuireWoods from King & Spalding.

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Eversheds Sutherland Welcomes Technology, Cyber and Privacy Partner Rachel Reid in Atlanta

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Rachel M. Reid has joined as partner in the firm’s Atlanta office, where she will practice as part of its Corporate and Insurance practice groups. As a business-oriented attorney with extensive in-house experience, including as a chief privacy officer for nearly a decade, Ms. Reid will support clients in critical areas of data privacy and security, corporate governance, risk management, operations, complex commercial transactions, technology transactions and outsourcing. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Ms. Reid was most recently SVP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Privacy Officer at Voya Financial (formerly ING US), where she joined as senior counsel in 2009. 

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Womble Expands Atlanta Office with Addition of Business Litigation Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Elizabeth J. Campbell has joined the firm as a partner in the Business Litigation group. Campbell has extensive experience representing corporations, partnerships, and individuals in business disputes across multiple jurisdictions. She joins Womble from Locke Lord, where she was a member of that firm’s board of directors and served as the litigation coordinator for the southeast.

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