Cozen O’Connor Lands Noted California-based Real Estate Attorney Mitchell Poole

Cozen O’Connor today announced Mitchell Poole, an award-winning California real estate attorney who represents major institutional and other investors in multimillion dollar equity transactions, has joined its national Real Estate practice. Poole, who has for 20-plus years represented general and limited partners investing in national/international real estate funds and joint ventures, joins Cozen O’Connor as a shareholder. He will reside at the firm’s Santa Monica, Calif., office. He comes to the firm from Sidley Austin LLP, where he was a partner in that firm’s Real Estate practice.

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Lewis Brisbois Expands Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Capabilities in Ohio and California with New Partner Hires

 Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce the addition of Peggy Beat to its Cleveland, Ohio office and Kamran Salour to its Orange County, California office as partners in the firm’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Beat joins Lewis Brisbois from CareSource, where she served as senior counsel. Salour, who has more than a decade of experience in the cybersecurity arena, joins Lewis Brisbois from Baker Hostetler.

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White & Case Adds Leading Capital Markets Team

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Capital Markets practice with a new team of lawyers. Joel Rubinstein, Jonathan Rochwarger and Elliott Smith join as partners in New York, and Daniel Nussen joins as a counsel in Los Angeles. The group joins White & Case from Winston & Strawn LLP.

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Alston & Bird Adds Consumer Finance Partner John Redding in Los Angeles

Alston & Bird has expanded its consumer financial services capabilities with the addition of John Redding as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Arriving from financial services boutique Buckley LLP, he brings more than 25 years of in-house and private practice experience advising clients on consumer finance investigative, regulatory, and enforcement actions by the federal government and state attorneys general.
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Paul Hastings Adds Leading Employment Law Partner, Further Bolstering Top-Ranked Labor and Employment Practice

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that leading labor and employment lawyer Jeffrey Webb has joined the firm as a partner, based in Los Angeles. His arrival further bolsters the firm’s top-ranked Labor and Employment practice that is ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA, and continues Paul Hastings’ strong lateral growth in key practices across the firm’s global platform. Webb comes to the firm from the Boston office of Ropes & Gray LLP.

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