Carlton Fields is pleased to welcome nationally recognized trial lawyer Robert “Bobby” L. Shannon, Jr. as a shareholder in its Atlanta office. Mr. Shannon has tried more than 72 cases to verdict and has served as lead or co-lead counsel in hundreds of complex cases, including multidistrict litigation and class actions, in federal and state courts. Shannon joins the firm from the Atlanta office of Baker Donelson.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that Michael J. Cochran has joined the firm as a partner in Atlanta. Mr. Cochran will be a member of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Corporate Department and Co-Chair the firm’s expanding Private Equity team. He comes to the firm from Dentons, where he previously had served as Chair of the U.S. Corporate Practice.
Holland & Knight has added a team of attorneys focused on ERISA and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) litigation, as well as labor and employment law, to its Atlanta office. The group is led by partner Todd Wozniak, who will chair the firm’s newly formed nationwide ERISA Litigation Team, and includes partners Lindsey Camp and Peter Hall. Mr. Wozniak and Ms. Camp were previously a partner and senior attorney, respectively, at Greenberg Traurig, while Mr. Hall was previously a partner with Chamberlain Hrdlicka.
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (SGR) is pleased to announce the addition of Partner Tori M. Silas to the firm’s Atlanta office. Ms. Silas joins SGR after a brief stint with Nelson Mullins and prior to that from an Atlanta-based, privately-held media company where she served as senior counsel. As a member of SGR’s Corporate and Cybersecurity practices, she concentrates in the areas of technology transactions, cybersecurity and data privacy.
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome Partner Vivian D. Hoard and Associates Brian Gardner, Gerika Kelly and Ashley Swan to the Taxation & Wealth Planning Department in the firm’s Atlanta office. The group joins Fox from Taylor English Duma LLP in Atlanta.
“The addition of Vivian and her talented team will complement and enhance the services we provide clients in this important region,” said Mark L. Morris, Fox’s Firmwide Managing Partner. “Her group has a wealth of experience in high-profile, complex civil and criminal tax controversy matters, strengthening the firm’s Taxation & Wealth Planning Department and continuing our strategic growth in the Atlanta market.”
Gary Marsh, a restructuring attorney with notable industry recognition and substantial experience, has joined Troutman Sanders LLP as a partner in the national law firm’s Finance and Restructuring practice in Atlanta. He joins from Dentons where he previously co-chaired the firm’s U.S. Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice.
Kilpatrick Townsend announced today the addition of Christopher Caiaccio as counsel on the Labor & Employment Team in the firm’s Atlanta office. Prior to joining the firm, he was of counsel in the Atlanta, Georgia office of Ogletree Deakins where he focused he focused his practice on all aspects of labor and employment law. More >>
Tags: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | AtlantaTroutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton have agreed to merge effective April 1, 2020. The new law firm, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, or “Troutman Pepper,” will have 1,100 attorneys in 23 offices across the country. Troutman Pepper will offer its clients greater resources and bench strength, enhanced practices and expanded geographical reach. The announcement follows a vote by both firms’ partnerships earlier this week.
Baker Donelson is pleased to announce it has added health care attorney Michelle Williams as a member of its Baker Ober Health Law Group resident in the Firm’s Atlanta office. Ms. Williams, who joins as a shareholder, focuses her practice on the regulatory and structuring aspects of hospital mergers, acquisitions, and integrations. Her experience includes obtaining attorney general and federal approvals for complex transactions and/or conversion from non-profit to for-profit status, and issues of successor liability. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, she was a partner with Alston & Bird.
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King & Spalding has recruited Adam Spicer, a trial lawyer who focuses on complex pharmaceutical and life sciences matters, as a partner in the firm’s Trial & Global Disputes practice group in Atlanta. Spicer was most recently a partner at Butler Snow. Spicer has extensive trial experience with high-exposure cases involving complex. More >>
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