Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the national expansion of the Tax Practice Group with Partners Colleen Calkins in Los Angeles and Mary Samsa in Chicago. More >>
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Beginning 2019 with continued strategic growth, Dinsmore welcomes nine lateral attorneys who join the firm in its Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Louisville offices. The additions reflect expansion of Dinsmore’s health care, public finance, intellectual property, and litigation practice areas. More >>
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Holland & Knight announced today that bankruptcy attorneys David Wirt and David Fischer have joined the firm as partners in the Chicago office. In addition, Mr. Wirt will serve as co-chair of the firm’s national Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group and executive partner of the Chicago office. Both attorneys previously practiced at Locke Lord, where Mr. Wirt was national chair and Mr. Fischer co-chair of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency group. Mr. Wirt also previously served on the firm’s executive committee. More >>
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added David P. Radelet, Christopher A. Johlie, Jeff Nowak and Staci Ketay Rotman as shareholders in the firm’s Chicago office. Prior to joining Littler, the group served as partners at Franczek Radelet P.C., where Radelet was a founding partner. More >>
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has strengthened its data privacy, intellectual property/technology transactions, and cybersecurity practices through the addition of a team of lawyers in its Chicago office. Partners Daniel L. Farris and Christopher L. Hines and associates Joe McClendon and Nicole Poulos join K&L Gates from Fox Rothschild LLP. More >>
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Barnes & Thornburg has rolled out an enhanced parental leave policy, effective January 1, 2019, which helps to set the bar for “one for all” parental leave policies in law firms across the U.S. Under the new policy, all firm employees – legal and non-legal alike – will be provided 16 weeks of parental leave at 100 percent pay. This includes parents who are starting a family through adoption.
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Mayer Brown announced today that highly regarded litigator Daniel T. Fenske has joined the firm’s Antitrust & Competition practice as a partner in Chicago. Most recently, Mr. Fenske was a partner at Jenner & Block. More >>
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Daniel E. Feinberg and Geoffrey Repo as partners in the firm’s Insurance practice group in the Chicago office. Feinberg and Repo were previously with Fox Rothschild LLP in Chicago. More >>
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that Will Turner has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner. Turner brings more than two decades of experience in corporate and securities law, primarily with application to cryptocurrency, fund formation, investment transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. He will reside in the firm’s Corporate Group and also work in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice. More >>
Tags: Steptoe LLP | ChicagoAs Mayer Brown continues to recruit and promote women lawyers, the global law firm has just added three high-profile, female in-house counsel as partners. More >>
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