-
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Paul McCurdy has been elected chair of Kelley Drye, succeeding John M. Callagy, who has served in that role since 1992. Mr. Callagy was the firm's first chair.
-
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
James F. Ritter has joined the Washington, DC office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the firm's Corporate practice group. Mr. Ritter was previously a partner with Latham & Watkins in Washington, DC.
-
Friday, January 6, 2012
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has promoted seven of the firm’s lawyers to the partnership. Matthew C. Bate (Geneva), Jeremy R. Berry (Washington, D.C.), Estela Díaz (New York), Joseph K. Friedman (Los Angeles), Harry Keegan (London), Eric J. Klein (Dallas) and Tamer A. Soliman (Abu Dhabi).
-
Friday, January 6, 2012
-
Friday, January 6, 2012
Proskauer announced the expansion of its Antitrust Group with the addition of Helene D. Jaffe as a Partner in New York City and co-head of the practice.
-
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. has announced that Judith Joan Sullivan has joined the firm as a shareholder in its Corporate & Securities Group. Ms. Sullivan will also serve as chair of the International Business Department. She will divide her time between the firm’s New York and Newark, NJ offices.
-
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Inside Public Accounting’s 2011 annual report has once again ranked Marks Paneth & Shron among the Top 50 Accounting Firms in the nation. MP&S came in at 31, a move up from 34 in 2010. MP&S has a long history of providing our clients with attentive and responsive service, which leads to increased satisfaction and retention of clients,...
-
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Brian Crowell and Angela N. Velez join the firm’s investment management practice group. Christina Maria Kaba and Christine M. McDevitt join the firm’s business practice group. James C. Jones, Francis S. Monterosso and John Vassalotti join the litigation practice group.
-
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP, has announced that it has been named “Law Firm of the Year” in the practice of Immigration Law by Best Lawyers. This marks the first time the publication has conferred this award in the field of Immigration Law.
Nineteen attorneys and nine individual offices were also recognized for...
-
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
More than 25 attorneys from Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ New York office were among the recipients of The Legal Aid Society’s 2011 Pro Bono Publico Awards for “delivering life-changing legal assistance to our City’s most vulnerable residents.” The awards were presented by Chief Judge of the State of New York and Chief Judge of...
-
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Richard E. Wiley was honored as one of Washington, DC’s 30 “Superstar” lawyers, and 17 Wiley Rein attorneys were named “Best Lawyers” by Washingtonian magazine in its 2011 guide to the capital area’s “very best legal talent.”
-
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Patrick C. Dunican Jr., chairman and managing director of Gibbons P.C., has been appointed a trustee for the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (AFBNJ), the preeminent bar association for attorneys who practice before the federal courts in the District of New Jersey. Mr. Dunican’s term began with the AFBNJ Board of Trustees meeting in...
-
Monday, December 12, 2011
On December 6, 2011, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP was honored by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association with the organization’s Beacon of Justice Award. This year’s award acknowledges “law firms that have innovative public-private partnerships that protect equal justice for all...
-
Monday, December 12, 2011
-
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Global law firm Proskauer has announced that it has expanded its global capabilities and Asia practice with the opening of an office in Beijing.
The new office, the firm’s 13th, and second in Asia, will be located at Room 1569 on the 15th Floor of China World Tower 3, No. 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue, in the Chaoyang District of Beijing.
-
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
-
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
-
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
More than 300 guests gathered at global law firm Jones Day’s Washington office during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to hear central bankers, government officials, economists, and executives discuss the global debt crisis and its implications for the world economy.
-
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Paul R. Garcia has joined Kelley Drye & Warren LLP as a partner in the intellectual property practice group, working in the Chicago office. Mr. Garcia will also practice from the firm's Stamford office once his application to that state's bar is approved.
Mr. Garcia comes from the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a...
-
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. has announced that Anthony L. Scialabba, who focuses on employee benefit law, and Iván A. Méndez, Jr., who focuses on employment and labor law, recently joined the firm.
-
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has named eleven new partners and six new counsel effective January 1, 2012. These appointments span eight offices and four countries.
“These new partners and counsel are a true reflection of the global nature of our firm today,” said Weil’s Executive Partner Barry Wolf. “I want to...
-
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Loeffler (R-TX) has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the firm’s public law and policy practice. Most recently, Mr. Loeffler was co-chairman of the global business advisory company GrayLoeffler, LLC. Mr. Loeffler will practice in the firm’s Washington, DC and San Antonio, TX offices.
-
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
-
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
-
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Gina M. Cavalier, a healthcare lawyer with extensive experience in regulatory counseling to medical device and pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers and suppliers, has joined King & Spalding as a partner in its FDA and life sciences practice, in Washington, D.C., the firm announced today. Cavalier comes to King & Spalding from Reed...
