Holland & Knight has bolstered its national Litigation Section with the addition of accomplished litigator Romeo Quinto as a partner in Chicago. Mr. Quinto joins the firm from Morgan Lewis.
Blank Rome Continues Expansion of Chicago Office with Addition of Insurance Recovery Partner Rikke Dierssen-Morice
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Rikke Dierssen-Morice has joined the firm’s nationally recognized Insurance Recovery practice. An experienced litigator representing commercial policyholders in the United States and abroad, Rikke has successfully obtained multimillion dollar recoveries for clients in state and federal courts. She will be based in the firm’s Chicago office and arrives from Maslon LLP in Minneapolis.
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Paul Hastings Continues to Strengthen Its Premier IP Litigation Practice
Paul Hastings LLP announced today that prominent IP litigator Doug Sawyer has joined the firm’s elite Intellectual Property Litigation practice as a partner based in Chicago. Sawyer is joining from Perkins Coie LLP.
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Former Federal Investigator, General Counsel Jeremy Lewin Rejoins Barnes & Thornburg
Barnes & Thornburg announced today that Jeremy Lewin has rejoined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate department. Lewin was a partner with Barnes & Thornburg for nearly a decade before serving as general counsel for the American Society of Anesthesiologists® and its six affiliated entities, and as a principal for another firm’s nonprofit and employment practice groups.
Tags: Barnes & Thornburg LLP | ChicagoWilliam Essig Joins Barnes & Thornburg as Litigation Partner in Chicago
Barnes & Thornburg has added William V. Essig as a partner in its Chicago office. Essig joins the firm’s Litigation Department with a focus on defending pharmaceutical and medical device companies in mass tort and product liability litigation. Essig arrives from the Chicago office of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
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Richard C. Godfrey joins Quinn Emanuel
Adding to its formidable capabilities in complex multidistrict litigation, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP announced today that Richard C. Godfrey is joining the firm as a partner, resident in the firm’s Chicago office. Godfrey joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he served for 16 years on the Global Management Executive Committee. At Quinn Emanuel, Godfrey will become Chair of the Complex Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) practice group, the firm said.
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Cozen O’Connor Adds Two of the Country’s Leading Data Privacy Litigators to its Commercial Litigation Practice Group
Cozen O’Connor today welcomed Melissa A. Siebert and Erin Bolan Hines — data privacy litigators with renowned track records of successfully defending employers and technology enterprises entangled in major data privacy class actions and appellate cases — to its award-winning Commercial Litigation Practice Group. Both come to the firm from Shook Hardy & Bacon and join Cozen O’Connor as shareholders. Each will work out of the firm’s Chicago office.
Partner Paul Patrow Rejoins Faegre Drinker’s Corporate Practice in Chicago
Faegre Drinker announced today that Paul Patrow has rejoined the firm as a partner in the corporate practice in Chicago. Patrow returns to the firm from Kirkland & Ellis and was formerly with Faegre Baker Daniels from 2016 to 2019.
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | ChicagoBlank Rome Expands Chicago Office with Addition of Commercial Litigation Partner Bill Katris
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Basileios “Bill” Katris has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Commercial Litigation group. A Certified Information Privacy Professional in the United States (“CIPP/US”), Bill handles a wide range of litigation including data privacy, restrictive covenants, and labor and employment matters, as well as shareholder disputes, and acts as outside general counsel for technology companies of all types. Before joining Blank Rome, Bill was a partner at HMB Legal Counsel where he chaired the litigation group.
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Former Winston & Strawn Partner Dane Drobny Returns to Firm’s Chicago Office
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today the addition of Dane Drobny as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of the Transactions Department. A former Winston partner who worked at the firm for 18 years, Dane returns after serving as Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Groupon, Inc., where he oversaw the company’s legal and human resources functions.
