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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. has announced the dedication of the Clive S. Cummis New Jersey Reference Room at Rutgers School of Law - Newark that took place in the newly designated room on March 23, 2011.Mr. Cummis passed away February 9, 2010.In 1971, Mr. Cummis founded a small firm of five attorneys known as Sills Beck Cummis Radin & Tischman.Today...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
On March 3, 2011, Platinum Energy Solutions, Inc. closed its $135 million concurrent offerings of high-yield debt units and equity units. The proceeds will be used to acquire a substantial amount of core operating equipment and for working capital and general corporate purposes. Global Hunter Securities, LLC and Knight Capital Americas, L.P., acted as...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The law firm of Williams Kastner is pleased to announce the addition of Hunter M. Abell as a senior associate in the Seattle Office. Mr. Abell's legal practice emphasizes Indian law and civil litigation and will help fortify one of the region's leading practices dedicated to serving Indian Country.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Lowenstein Sandler PC has announced that Mary J. Hildebrand, Member of the Firm, has been selected as one of the 2011 "Best Fifty Women in Business," by NJBiz magazine.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Shaalu Mehra has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm's corporate practice group. He was recently a partner in another Silicon Valley firm where he chaired that firm's outsourcing practice and its India practice.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Robert R. Houck, CPA has joined the firm as a Manager in our Accounting Services Practice. He was previously employed by a local public accounting firm and has over eight years of experience serving clients in various industries with accounting, tax and consulting services. He has his bachelors in accounting from Lycoming College, where he graduated summa...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Daily Journal has named renewable energy partners Dino E. Barajas and Elliot Hinds as among the "Top 25 Clean Tech Lawyers."
Attorneys selected to the list represent those with notable achievements in the field of clean energy technology who are working on "truly innovative" projects. According to the editors at the Journal, the list includes only...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Philip R. Sellinger, Managing Shareholder of the Florham Park, New Jersey office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will receive the prestigious Judge Learned Hand Award from the American Jewish Committee, Metro New Jersey, on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The event will be held at the Hilton Short Hills, with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Michael E. Toner, a former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission and prominent election law expert, has returned to Wiley Rein, where he will serve as co-chair of the country's oldest and largest Election Law & Government Ethics Practice. Mr. Toner - a political veteran with a wealth of experience advising candidates, political committees, trade...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, has named Christopher S. Connell, a partner in the firm's Philadelphia office, and Valentino F. DiGiorgio, a partner in the firm's Malvern, Pa., office, as co-chairs of the firm's banking and financial services practice group. The two will oversee the 30-attorney practice, which represents community banks and...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has announced that the firm has elevated seven of its attorneys to partner.The seven new partners are Jason W. Kearnaghan (Los Angeles/Downtown), Robb J. Klein (Los Angeles/Century City), Jenny Liu (Shanghai), Christopher M. Loveland (Washington, D.C.), Jason Northcutt (Washington, D.C.), Eric Raphan (New York)...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
McCarter & English LLP is pleased to announce that six attorneys - Richard L. Green, Mitchell L. Fishberg, Richard F. Vitarelli, Elizabeth M. Smith, Karen L. Culton and Catherine Moreton Gray - have joined the firm's Hartford office. Mr. Green, Mr. Fishberg and Mr. Vitarelli joined as partners. In addition, the firm has brought on attorney Evan M....
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP was named the winner of the Global Competition Review's 2011 M&A Transaction of the Year Award, Europe, for its work on the Sanofi-Aventis joint venture with Merck. Weil represented Sanofi-Aventis SA of France in its decision to combine its animal health business, Merial, with Intervet/Schering-Plough, Merck & Co.'s...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
National Registered Agents, Inc. (NRAI) has announced the launch of a yearlong, national education program providing webinars and regional seminars that focus on the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Revised Article 9.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
CaseCentral has introduced Release 5 (R5), the next generation of its secure, cloud-based eDiscovery software.The new CaseCentral R5 eDiscovery Platform brings cutting-edge technology to bear on eDiscovery, streamlining workflows and providing multiple tools within a single, integrated, easy-to-use application for the different stages of eDiscovery.R5...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Haynes and Boone, LLP has completed the much-anticipated relocation of its rapidly expanding New York office to 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Haynes and Boone occupies 74,600 square feet, the entire 25th and 26th floors, in the landmark 70-story office tower. The move more than doubles the firm's former 35,000-square-foot space in the McGraw-Hill Building at...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Goodwin Procter LLP has announced that Gus P. Coldebella, former acting general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Proskauer was named one of five "Appellate Groups of the Year" by Law360 in the publication's annual ranking of top practices. Co-headed by Mark D. Harris, a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, and Edward A. Brill, a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department, Proskauer's appellate practice was noted for its "bevy of...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. is pleased to announce that Andrew B. Robins joined the Firm and will be heading up the Environmental Law Practice Group. Mr. Robins brings his vast environmental law experience to the Firm where he will counsel clients in regulatory compliance, cost recovery litigation, redevelopment, brownfields, transaction negotiation and...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Wiley Rein's Privacy Practice was selected as among the best privacy firms of 2010, and practice chair Kirk Nahra was singled out as one of the "best privacy advisers" by Computerworld magazine.Firms on the list were praised by respondents for their "broad and deep expertise" and "practical advice." Mr. Nahra earned a place among the roster of best privacy...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Stradley Ronon attorney Heather T. Fritts presented at the National Business Institute (NBI) seminar, "The Mechanics of Pennsylvania Civil Procedure," on February 25 in Philadelphia. She discussed the formats and procedures of motions and notices and provided practice tips for new attorneys. NBI is one of the largest providers of legal and professional...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Kim Koopersmith, U.S. managing partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, has been named by InsideCounsel magazine as the recipient of the 2011 Thomas A. Mars Pathmaker Award.
The award, named for the executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Walmart U.S., recognizes a law firm managing partner or law firm senior leader "...
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Gibbons P.C. Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer June M. Inderwies has been selected one of the "Best 50 Women in Business" for 2011 by NJBIZ, New Jersey's only weekly business journal covering the entire state. The awards reception and ceremony will take place on March 28, 2011 at the Palace at Somerset Park, honoring the state's most dynamic...
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Monday, January 31, 2011
The United Kingdom based Black Solicitor's Network (BSN), the Dallas Diversity Task Force (DDTF) and the Houston Multi-Bar Diversity Committee (HMBDC) have released their latest reports assessing the diversity accomplishments of major law firms in their respective regions. Both the DDTF and the HMBDC reports ranked Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP first for...
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Global law firm Proskauer has moved into its new office at Eleven Times Square in New York City, becoming the anchor tenant at the new, environmentally responsible office tower. The lease for the 400,000-plus-square-foot space was one of the most significant in the Manhattan office market in recent years.
