Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Craig A. Day has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a principal. Craig has almost 30 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of complex employee benefits matters. Day comes to the firm from Lane Powell PC, where he was counsel.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that it is bringing aboard a national life sciences patent litigation team to further enhance their internationally recognized Intellectual Property Department. April Abele Isaacson, M.S. is joining as a partner in San Francisco, Abby Markeson as counsel in Seattle, and in New York, Brian David O’Reilly and Michael Enzo Furrow, Ph.D. are joining as partners and Erica W. Kuo, M.S. as counsel. All will be members of the Patent Litigation Team, focusing on life sciences litigation and related strategic counseling. The team has broad experience across the biopharma patent service areas and close interconnections running back many years. April, Brian, Erica, and Michael most recently worked together at DLA Piper. Abby worked with Michael and Brian for many years at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in New York before leaving there in a move to Seattle in 2018.
Seyfarth announced today the arrival of Government Contracts partner Adam Lasky, who will join as the first member of the Litigation department in the firm’s new Seattle office. Lasky joins Seyfarth from the Seattle office of Oles Morrison, where he served as chair of its Government Contracts practice group.
Buchalter is pleased to welcome Bradley Hoff as Chair of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group. Mr. Hoff, who is based in Seattle, joins from Foster Garvey PC.
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added David Y. Yang as a partner in its government contracts and procurement policy practice. The third new partner to join K&L Gates’ Seattle office this year, Yang arrives from Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, after previously having practiced more than a decade in Washington, D.C.
Seattle – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Christopher Bellavia as a corporate partner in the Seattle office. Bellavia recently served as general counsel and corporate secretary for consumer goods and lifestyle brand company Bulletproof 360, Inc., following general counsel and assistant general counsel roles with Fisher Communications, Inc., and Washington Mutual, Inc., respectively.
At Bulletproof 360, Bellavia established and managed the company’s internal legal function, supporting key areas such as corporate finance, regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, domestic and international trademark portfolio management, real estate leases, M&A transactions, and ongoing litigation matters. During his time with Bulletproof, he helped the company raise approximately USD $60 million in two priced venture capital and debt financing rounds.
The second notable litigation partner to join Davis Wright Tremaine this month, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Diggs joins the firm’s White Collar, Investigations & Government Controversies practice. Diggs, who will be a partner in Seattle, has more than a dozen years of federal criminal and civil regulatory experience, with a particular focus on healthcare, in addition to having previously worked in private practice.
