Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin Complete Combination, Launch Top 80 National Firm

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Arent Fox LLP and Schiff Hardin LLP completed their merger, effective March 1, 2022. The new firm operates under the name ArentFox Schiff and is led by Chair Anthony V. Lupo and Firmwide Co-Managing Partners Cristina A. Carvalho and Joseph J. Krasovec III. The newly combined firm is home to more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and serves as a destination for an international client base of corporations, governments, private individuals, and trade associations.

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Cooley Expands Financial Services Capabilities With Top Litigation Team

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Michelle Rogers, Katherine Katz and Joshua Kotin have joined Cooley as partners in the firm’s elite financial services practice, where they will focus on defending clients in government enforcement actions and litigation. Katherine Halliday is also joining the team as a special counsel. Arriving from Buckley, the group brings extensive experience defending clients in high-stakes government investigations and litigation matters and advising on matters of regulatory compliance. Rogers, Katz and Halliday will be based in Washington, DC, while Kotin joins Cooley’s rapidly growing Chicago office.

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Akerman Expands Chicago Office with Bankruptcy and Reorganization Partner Paul Musser

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Top 100 U.S. law firm Akerman LLP is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Chicago office with Paul Musser who joins as a partner in the Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group. Musser focuses his practice on helping lenders to maximize their recovery through out-of-court workouts and in-court proceedings. Prior to joining Akerman, Musser spent over the last nine years at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Chicago is one of Akerman’s largest markets.

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Latham & Watkins Grows Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Benjamin Rosemergy has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice and as a member of the Tax Department. Rosemergy advises clients on all aspects of corporate transactions related to executive compensation and employee benefits.  He joins Latham from Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago.

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Former Assistant United States Attorney Timothy Storino joins Dentons’ Expanding Litigation Team in Chicago

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces today that Timothy Storino has joined the Firm’s Litigation practice as partner. Storino brings more than 15 years of litigation experience that includes, white-collar defense and investigations, complex civil litigation matters and commercial litigation. Storino served in the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois for approximately nine years. 

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