William K. Pao joins Cooley’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the firm’s securities litigation + enforcement group and global litigation department. He arrives from O’Melveny & Myers where he served as chair of the fintech group and co-chair of the artificial intelligence (AI) group. At Cooley, Pao will advise a broad range of clients – including cryptocurrency and block chain pioneers – on securities, regulatory and litigation issues.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Brian Glennon as a partner in its Litigation Practice Group in Los Angeles. As an experienced trial lawyer, Brian brings a wealth of knowledge in complex commercial litigation, including securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative lawsuits and US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions. He has also represented all of the major accounting firms, including Deloitte and KPMG, in auditor liability matters, including administrative proceedings and at trial. He joins from Latham & Watkins LLP, where he served as Global Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice Group.
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Akin is pleased to announce that Gerald Moody has joined the firm as a white collar defense & government investigations partner in Washington, D.C. Moody joins Akin from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, where he was an Assistant Chief of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit.
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Alston & Bird has strengthened its IP Litigation Group with the addition of partner Erik Carlson in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Erik litigates patent cases involving technology in the high tech and medical device fields. Carlson arrives at the firm from BakerHostetler in Los Angeles.
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Akerman today announced the joint expansion of its corporate tax and energy tax credit capabilities with partner Heather Preston, who joins from Kilpatrick Townsend. Preston will be resident in Akerman’s Los Angeles office.
Husch Blackwell announced the addition of labor & employment partner Robert Hudock, who joins the Los Angeles office, as a member of the firm’s Technology, Manufacturing, Transportation industry group.
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Global law firm Baker McKenzie announced today that a leading transactional team will be joining the Firm in Los Angeles, augmenting its M&A, private equity, funds, finance, and transactional tax capabilities. The group comprises corporate and tax partners Jennifer Broder, Kimberly Chi, David Goldman, Michael Greaney, Tyler Hilton, Judith Kitano, Kelly Kriebs, David Lee, Brett Rodda, Matthew Schonholz and Nikole Zoumberakis and a group of associates from Munger, Tolles & Olson (MTO).
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that preeminent infrastructure and public-private partnerships (P3) lawyer Patrick Harder has joined its Los Angeles office. Patrick joins as US Co-Head of Infrastructure alongside Doug Fried. He will also be North America Co-Head of Infrastructure with Doug Fried and Canada Head of Infrastructure Jay LeMoine. Harder arrives at Norton Rose from Nossaman LLP.
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Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed Zachary Rothenberg as a shareholder in the firm’s Health Care Litigation & Disputes Practice in the Los Angeles office. With more than two decades of experience in litigation and arbitration on the federal and state level, Rothenberg is a veteran litigator with a focus on representing health care clients, particularly in the behavioral health space, in business disputes as well as out-of-network and in-network reimbursement disputes. Rothenberg arrives from Nelson Hardiman, LLP.
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