Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Zackary D. Callarman and Megan M. Skiba have joined the firm as members of the Energy industry team. Zack joins as an of counsel in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group in the Dallas office and Megan joins as an associate in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group in the Pittsburgh office. Zack and Megan join Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP, and reunite with partners Ryan T. Purpura, Matthew “Matt” D. Lea, and Ryan A. Haddad who joined the firm in July.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | Dallas | PittsburghBlank Rome Bolsters Energy Industry Team in Houston and Pittsburgh with Leading Transactional Group
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Ryan T. Purpura, Matthew “Matt” D. Lea, and Ryan A. Haddad have joined the firm as partners and members of the Energy industry team. All three partners bring significant experience in the energy sector, with a focus on oil and gas and related energy transactions, financings, and project development. They join Blank Rome from Reed Smith LLP, where Purpura served as co-chair of the firm’s global energy and natural resources industry group.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | Houston | PittsburghClark Hill Adds Pair to Pittsburgh Real Estate Group
Clark Hill announced today that Blaine Lamperski and John Bonaccorsi have joined its real estate team in Pittsburgh, further bolstering the firm’s bench of real estate practitioners in Pittsburgh and across the country. The duo arrives from Dentons in Pittsburgh.
Tags: Clark Hill PLC | PittsburghFormer Assistant U.S. Attorney Yvonne Saadi Joins Blank Rome as a Litigation Partner in Pittsburgh
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Yvonne M. Saadi has joined the firm as a partner in the Commercial Litigation group in Pittsburgh. Yvonne has more than a decade of civil and criminal litigation experience, including serving for nearly five years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (“AUSA”) in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Yvonne will focus her practice on counseling clients in litigation and white-collar matters and investigations.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | PittsburghBlank Rome Welcomes Experienced Derivatives Attorney Andrew Cross in Pittsburgh
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew P. Cross has joined the firm’s Pittsburgh office as of counsel in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group. Andrew focuses his practice on derivatives transactions and investment management regulatory matters. He joins from Perkins Coie LLP.
Tags: Blank Rome LLP | PittsburghFrost Brown Todd Pittsburgh Office Continues Growth with Addition of Partner Janet McQuaid
Environmental attorney Janet McQuaid is Frost Brown Todd’s (FBT) newest Partner. She will sit in the firm’s Pittsburgh office and joins Partner Sunny Yang and Counsel Tara Rice who also recently came to the firm. Yang’s practice focuses on international business matters and trade, and Rice assists with energy businesses with various real estate needs and frequently litigates throughout Pennsylvania. McQuaid arrives from Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Morgan Lewis Adds Insurance Litigator Paul Fuener in Pittsburgh
Expanding its legacy liability insurance recovery capabilities, Morgan Lewis has welcomed Paul Fuener as a partner resident in Pittsburgh. Paul arrives from K&L Gates and will represent entities, including receiverships, in pursuing insurance proceeds recovery for legacy liabilities, including toxic torts and environmental damage.
Marshall Dennehey Welcomes Shareholder Scott R. Eberle to its Professional Liability Department in Pittsburgh
Experienced litigator Scott R. Eberle has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder in the firm’s Professional Liability Department. Previously, he chaired the Ethics & Legal Malpractice Team at Burns White LLC.
Ogletree Deakins Deepens Leave Management Practice in Pittsburgh, Welcomes Sheri Giger as Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Sheri Giger to the firm’s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder. Giger joins the firm from the Pittsburgh office of Jackson Lewis, where she has practiced for more than two decades, most recently as co-leader of the firm’s Disability, Leave, and Health Management (DLHM) practice group. Giger’s arrival comes on the heels of the addition of Susan Zoeller as shareholder in the firm’s Indianapolis office, also from Jackson Lewis.
Tags: Ogletree Deakins | PittsburghK&L Gates Welcomes Asset and Corporate Finance Partner, Pittsburgh Office’s Eighth Partner Addition This Year
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Scott Graham as an asset and corporate finance partner in the Pittsburgh office. Graham joins the firm from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, reuniting him with a team of seven corporate and private equity partners that moved to K&L Gates’ Pittsburgh office in January. They are among 160 partners and of counsel the firm has added across its platform since the beginning of 2020.