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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Craig Varnen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Varnen, formerly a partner at Irell & Manella, will continue to focus on securities litigation and other complex litigation at Gibson Dunn. via Gibson Dunn | Securities Litigation Partner Craig Varnen Joins Gibson […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (“Freshfields”) announced today that leading litigation attorney Mary Eaton has joined the New York office as a partner to co-head the firm’s Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice with Meredith Kotler. She joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she was Chair of the firm’s Business and Corporate Litigation Practice Group. […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP today announced that it will be opening a new office in Silicon Valley with seven founding partners. Leading corporate lawyers Sarah Solum, John Fisher and Maj Vaseghi, together with litigators Boris Feldman and Doru Gavril, will join as new partners. They will launch the office with U.S. capital markets partner Pamela […]
King & Spalding has hired a four-partner, New York-based trial team from Boies Schiller & Flexner, the latest in a growing string of exits from the firm founded by famed litigator David Boies, which has lost a total of 19 attorneys to King & Spalding since April. The lawyers joining King & Spalding in New […]
BakerHostetler announced today that David Aronoff has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a partner in Los Angeles. During his more than 30-year career, Aronoff has handled a broad range of complex litigation matters, including financial services litigation under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), securities work, business disputes and products liability. Aronoff led […]
King & Spalding today announced that 13 partners will be joining the firm in its trial and investigations practices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The firm’s new partners include: Quyen Ta, David Willingham, Albert Giang, Luan Tran, Michael Leslie, Michael Roth, Eric Pettit, Jeanne Fugate, Arwen Johnson, Craig Bessenger, Kelly Perigoe, Julia Bredrup and […]
Just as she expects her practice to pick up in the wake of economic downturn and resulting increased financial regulatory scrutiny, a Philadelphia-based former SEC lawyer has made a move from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath to Duane Morris. Mary Hansen, who joined Duane Morris on Monday, is a partner in the firm’s trial practice […]
An investment banking giant has appointed a new global head of regulatory affairs and a chief compliance officer. Kathryn Ruemmler has joined the group as its global head of regulatory affairs while Michael Richman has taken the role of chief compliance officer. Ms Ruemmler will oversee the management of the firm’s regulatory infrastructure, including Goldman […]
Baker & Hostetler continues to draw on talent from Winston & Strawn to build its presence in California, announcing Monday that has landed the firm’s former white-collar co-chair, Robb Adkins, to lead a new San Francisco office. Adkins also served as the managing partner of Winston’s San Francisco office and its head of West Coast litigation. […]
Veteran litigator George B. Newhouse, Jr. has joined the Los Angeles office of Denver-based Richards Carrington, expanding the firm’s West Coast presence and white-collar defense and complex commercial litigation capabilities. via Veteran White-Collar Defense, Commercial Litigation Lawyer George Newhouse Joins Richards Carrington.