International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that Jenny L. Johnson Ware has joined the Firm’s Private Client practice as a partner based in Chicago. Jenny focuses her practice on complex tax disputes for private clients, their trusts and estates, and closely-held businesses. Prior to joining McDermott, Jenny was at Johnson Moore, a boutique tax law firm which she co-founded.
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Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Dan Blouin—a veteran commercial litigation and class action defense attorney—as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Blouin joins from Seyfarth Shaw, LLP in Chicago. Over the span of his 31-year career, Dan has handled more than 75 class actions in federal and state courts. He has extensive experience in multi-district litigation and has served as national coordinating counsel in many high-stakes matters. His clients span a range of industries including retail, health care, transportation, financial services, insurance, and manufacturing.
Barack Ferrazzano is pleased to welcome Thomas M. Williams to the Firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group. Tom is an internationally recognized intellectual property litigator with extensive experience representing clients in all aspects of trademark law, including trade dress. He represents clients before federal district and appellate courts, and in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was recognized in the World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals distinction, 5 years in a row. Tom is the author of, the Lexis-Nexis annually updated book, False Advertising and the Lanham Act, addressing false advertising claims under Section 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act.
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The U.S. law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew May, a seasoned securities and commodities attorney, has joined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. Formerly a principal at Chuhak & Tecson, May has two decades of futures and securities law experience and provides a powerful combination of industry-specific knowledge and personal investment in his clients’ success.
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J. Tyson “Ty” Covey has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Trial Practice Group in its Chicago office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Covey was a partner at Mayer Brown LLP.
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King & Spalding has recruited securities and corporate partner, Craig Garvey, to the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) practice group in Chicago.
Garvey was most recently a Senior Director at Walgreens Boots Alliance, where he led securities and corporate governance at the company. Prior to that, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Benjamin (Ben) P. Fryer (Charlotte) and John C. O’Connor (Chicago) have joined as partners. Ben is re-joining the firm and comes from Moore & Van Allen. John comes to FordHarrison from Pappas O’Connor.
Holland & Knight announced today that Finance Attorney Gregory Bauer has joined its Chicago office as a partner in the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group. He previously was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
