International law firm Ashurst continues Luxembourg office growth with the appointment of Fabien Debroise as a partner in its banking team. Fabien joins from Ogier, where he has worked for over seven years and most recently was co-managing partner of their Luxembourg office. He joined Ogier in 2012 from Bonn Steichen& Partners and was promoted to Partner and Head of Banking in 2014. More >>
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Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired highly regarded private equity partner Justin Hutchinson from Kirkland & Ellis, as part of the Firm’s continued efforts to drive growth across its transactional practices and increase the Firm’s bench-strength in London – one of the key centres for further investment alongside New York and China. More >>
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Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Scott Preston and Tiffany Hofmeister have joined the firm’s Indianapolis office as shareholder and of counsel respectively. Preston joins the firm from Jackson Lewis, where he was a principal and the Indianapolis office litigation manager. Hofmeister joins from Krieg DeVault, where she was senior corporate counsel. With the addition of Preston and Hofmeister, the Indianapolis office has grown to more than 50 attorneys and 14 professionals concentrating in employee benefits. More >>
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FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce Cory J. King joins as Partner. Cory comes to FordHarrison from Fine, Boggs & Perkins LLP. Cory is a seasoned litigator representing employers in private arbitration and litigation claims before state and federal courts, as well as administrative proceedings before state and federal agencies. His extensive litigation experience includes developing creative and efficient approaches to defending wage/hour (including class action and PAGA claims), harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, whistleblower, breach of contract, unfair competition, and trade secret disputes. More >>
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Jesse Panuccio, the former acting Associate Attorney General of the United States, will join the firm in Washington D.C. and Florida as a partner, focusing on high-stakes litigation and appeals, regulatory counseling, enforcement defense, and crisis management. Panuccio has served at the highest levels of the federal and Florida governments, and has handled the most difficult litigation and regulatory issues in both public service and private practice. He will join the firm in early December. More >>
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Baker Donelson has expanded its real estate practice with the addition of Jeffrey M. Pomeroy, who has joined as a shareholder in the Firm’s Birmingham office. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, Mr. Pomeroy was executive vice president and general counsel for Bayer Properties, L.L.C., a Birmingham-based full-service real estate company specializing in development, leasing and management of acclaimed retail and mixed-use projects across the country, such as The Summit located in Birmingham, Alabama and Reno, Nevada, and The Summit at Fritz Farm in Lexington (Kentucky), as well as the redevelopment of the historic Pizitz building in Birmingham. More >>
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Building upon recent intellectual property growth nationwide, Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes four new patent attorneys to its national Intellectual Property Department and Seattle office. Emily C. Peyser and Margie Aoki join as shareholders, Katherine D. Lee joins as counsel, and Jennifer Junkin as associate. The group joins Polsinelli from the Seattle office of Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC. More >>
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Matthew P. Dixon as a partner in the Insurance practice group in the firm’s Chicago office. Dixon was previously with Querrey & Harrow, Ltd. in the firm’s Chicago office. He grew up and attended college in Iowa and will be returning there in January 2020 to lead the firm’s Des Moines, Iowa office. More >>
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Global law firm Clyde & Co has today announced the appointment of three leading legal professional responsibility, malpractice and disciplinary defence lawyers in New York. Janis Meyer, Anthony Davis and Rick Supple will join from Hinshaw & Culbertson and form part of Clyde & Co’s global Law Firm Liability, Regulatory and Investigations Group. More >>
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