BakerHostetler is pleased to announce that Partner Walter Van Dorn, a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official, has joined the firm resident in the New York office. He comes to BakerHostetler from Dentons, where he led that firm’s U.S. securities and public companies practice. More >>

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added S. Jeanine Conley as a shareholder in its Philadelphia and New York offices. Conley joins Littler from BakerHostetler, where she was a partner, and brings extensive experience in employment litigation. Littler continues to attract key lateral attorneys and Conley’s arrival follows the firm’s recent hire of shareholders Eli Freedberg in New York, Jennifer Schwartz in Miami, and Sarah Crossley in Toronto. More >>

David J. Passey has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Tax, Employee Benefits, and Trusts and Estates practice group, based in the firm’s New York office. Passey joins from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. More >>

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has welcomed Shareholder Eli Freedberg and Associate Daniella Adler to its New York office. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to respond to client needs by attracting additional top-tier talent to its Capital Markets and Latin American and Iberian practices, most recently adding Marc M. Rossell as a Corporate & Securities shareholder in the New York City office. Rossell will be a leader in the firm’s Latin American Capital Markets Practice in New York. Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Rossell was a partner at Chadbourne & Parke LLP, where he was head of the Capital Markets Group. More >>

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Benjamin has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Corporate Department. Benjamin represents issuers and investment banks in a broad range of public and private transactions, including high yield and investment grade debt offerings, initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, leveraged buyouts, cross-border securities offerings and liability management transactions. More >>

Michelman & Robinson, LLP (“M&R”) is pleased to announce that attorneys Michael C. Kasdin and JillAllison Opell have joined as Partners in M&R’s Insurance Regulatory Practice. More >>

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, today announced that Irah H. Donner has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice group. He comes from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, where he was a partner. More >>

Andrews Kurth is pleased to announce that George D. Pavlenishvili has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Business Transactions practice. More >>