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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Stradley Ronon partner Danielle Banks has been appointed vice chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Federal Courts Committee, which serves as an informal liaison between the Federal Courts covering the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and members of the bar. The committee’s work includes informing the members with regard to...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
McCarter & English, LLP has announced that former Delaware Superior Court Judge Peggy L. Ableman has joined the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office as special counsel in the Product Liability practice group, bringing with her nearly 30 years of experience as a state trial judge. At McCarter she will focus on using her years of judicial...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Thompson & Knight LLP has announced the establishment of the firm’s second California office with the addition of seven attorneys and other professional staff from San Francisco’s Ongaro Law Firm. Opened on March 1, the office is led by long-time San Francisco litigator David R. Ongaro and remains in its current Financial District...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
W. Todd Holleman has been appointed managing partner of King & Spalding’s Charlotte, NC, office. Mr. Holleman, a partner in the firm’s finance practice, has been resident in the firm’s Charlotte office since it opened in 2007. He represents financial institutions and funds, energy companies, private equity sponsors and...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has announced that a deal it handled was named the Private Equity Deal of the Year at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) Asia Awards 2013 held in Hong Kong on February 28.
IFLR’s awards are the only awards internationally that recognize legal innovation in international finance.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Seven Jones Day attorneys are among Law360’s “Rising Stars” for 2013. The list features top attorneys under 40. This year, 112 lawyers made the list and Jones Day led all other firms in the survey, with the highest number of lawyers included.
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Gibbons P.C. has announced that G. Daniel McCarthy has joined the firm as a director in the Corporate Department.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
From left to right: Rick Hobish, Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership; Stephen Wiessner, Executive Director, Flat Rock Brook Nature Center; David M. Stryker, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, BASF Corporation; Mark Nordstrom, Senior Counsel – Labor & Employment Law, GE and Chairman, Pro Bono Partnership.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Anderson Kill & Olick has announced that Charles T. Lee, managing shareholder of the firm's Stamford, CT office, has accepted a nomination by Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy to serve as a superior court judge. Mr. Lee was confirmed by the state legislature on March 6, 2013.
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Friday, March 8, 2013
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
After a rigorous audit, Evidence Exchange has announced that it has been selected as a Relativity Best in Service partner. Best in Service recognizes those Relativity partners that are providing an exceptional Relativity experience and high levels of service and support to their customers.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Kiersted is proud to announce that they have received kCura’s Relativity Best in Service designation, which recognizes Relativity Premium Hosting Partners who provide an exceptional Relativity experience for end users.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In its annual survey of the top practice groups in the world, Law360 has identified King & Spalding as a “Practice of the Year” in five areas of the law: class action, environmental, healthcare, intellectual property and real estate. Winners were selected by a team of Law360 editors based on the significance, size,...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jon Hanifan has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lead its European hedge fund tax advisory team. He joined the firm today from Ernst & Young, where he was a director in the hedge fund tax practice.
Mr. Hanifan will work closely with the investment management practice, which was recently joined by partners Tim Pearce and Ian...
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., a corporate law firm known primarily for representing policyholders in insurance coverage disputes, has announced the opening of a new office in Burlington, Vermont.
Marshall Gilinsky, a shareholder in the firm’s Insurance Recovery Group who moved from New York City to Burlington several years ago, will...
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Friday, February 15, 2013
The Diversity Honors Gala, the nation’s premier awards program honoring leaders in the legal profession for diversity and inclusion, will return to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on September 17. Hosted by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the gala will recognize legal departments...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Nine Jones Day lawyers have been chosen by clients as “Client Service All-Stars” in BTI Consulting Group’s 2013 survey. The survey identifies lawyers who demonstrate exceptional legal skills and client focus; deliver outstanding results and superior value; and understand, and share a commitment to achieving, their clients’ business...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Paul J. Wessel has joined Weil’s New York office as a partner and leader of the Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice group.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association representing more than 30,000 in-house counsel, recently released the largest global survey of the most pressing issues and challenges facing chief legal officers in corporate legal departments around the world.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Greg Cirillo, co-chair of Wiley Rein’s internationally recognized Aviation Practice, has been appointed vice chairman of the Virginia Bar Association’s (VBA) Transportation Law Section. Mr. Cirillo will also continue to serve as chair of the section’s Aviation Committee.
The VBA’s Transportation Law Section, founded in 1994,...
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Tony K. Mou has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Corporate practice group and will be based in the firm's Shanghai office. Mr. Mou joins from Morgan Lewis in Beijing.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Attorneys with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented WBI Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU), in the formation of Dakota Prairie Refining, LLC, a $300 million joint venture with Calumet Specialty Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT) that will develop, build and operate a diesel refinery in southwestern...
