Quinn Emanuel Taps Antitrust Expert Debra Bernstein, Expands to Atlanta

LOS ANGELES – Building on its unparalleled capabilities in antitrust and complex commercial litigation, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced today that Debra D. Bernstein has joined the firm as a partner. Bernstein – previously a partner at Alston & Bird – will be based in Atlanta, where she will lead the new office.

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Greenberg Traurig Expands Atlanta Intellectual Property & Technology Practice with Addition of Nigamnarayan Acharya

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is further expanding its Intellectual Property & Technology Practice in Atlanta with the addition of Nigamnarayan Acharya, who joins as a shareholder. Acharya focuses his practice on life sciences and pharmaceuticals. His practice areas include domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, as well as domestic and international portfolio development, management, enforcement, and licensing.  Acharya was previously with Lewis Brisbois.

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Akerman Expands Healthcare Practice in Atlanta with Ricky Benjamin

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the expansion of the Healthcare Practice Group with Ricky Benjamin. He joins Akerman in Atlanta as a partner, bringing experience in an array of healthcare regulatory, transactional and risk management issues, including leading internal investigations stemming from government inquiries. Benjamin comes to Akerman from the Atlanta office of Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

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Dentons Adds former White House Policy Advisor and SBA Regional Administrator Ashley Bell

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, today announces the addition of Ashley Bell as a partner. Bell joins the Firm’s award-winning Public Policy practice from his most recent post as policy advisor for the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the Office of American Innovation and as regional administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA). He will be resident in Dentons’ Atlanta office, and maintain a strong presence in Washington, DC, working closely with the firm’s real estate, corporate, capital markets and public finance practices.

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McDermott Bolsters Intellectual Property Litigation Practice with Atlanta Partner Steeped in High-Stakes Experience

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced that Shane Nichols has joined the Firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) practice as partner. Previously at Alston & Bird, He joins a team of business savvy, technically skilled IP lawyers led by IP partner Jeffrey Toney in our recently opened Atlanta office.

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Womble Bond Dickinson Expands Capital Markets & Financial Services Sector Teams with Hires of Paul M. Fogleman & Vanessa Morris

Experienced financial services and capital markets attorneys Paul M. Fogleman and Vanessa Morris have joined Womble Bond Dickinson. Fogleman will practice in the firm’s Raleigh office, while Morris will practice in Atlanta. Fogleman joins Womble Bond Dickinson from Poyner Spruill’s Raleigh office. Morris comes to Womble Bond Dickinson from Nelson Mullins in Atlanta.

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