In New York …
McDermott hired two partners in its transactions practice. Ben Kozinn and Lauren Troeller join from Schulte … Loeb & Loeb added a team of litigators led by Mark Ressler, who will chair the firm’s software litigation practice, and Paul O’Connor. They are joined by partners Joshua Hollander, Melissa Barahona and Andrew Elkin … Carolyn Glynn joined Tarter Krinsky as a partner in the firm’s trusts and estates practice from Davidson & Clark.
In New Jersey …
IP attorney James Smedley moved to Fox Rothschild as a partner in Princeton from McCarter & English.
In Washington, D.C. …
Morgan Lewis added aviation lawyer Jennifer Trock as a partner from Baker McKenzie … Stefan Palys moved to Fox Rothschild as a partner in the firm’s litigation department from Lewis Brisbois.
In Virginia …
Brian Burke joined DLA Piper as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice in Reston from Cooley.
In San Francisco …
Former Google regulatory and litigation counsel Benjamin Softness joined King & Spalding’s business litigation practice as a partner … Boies Schiller hired litigator Margaux Poueymirou as a partner focusing on AI, antitrust and copyright from the Joseph Saveri Law Firm … Womble added Alidad Vakili as a partner to its corporate and securities practice from Foley & Lardner … IP partners Jeannine Yoo Sano and Eric Krause moved to Venable from Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider.
In Palo Alto …
Sullivan & Cromwell added Kyle Mach, former deputy director of the FTC’s bureau of competition, as a partner to its antitrust and technology practice.
In Los Angeles …
Duane Morris added environmental litigator Gregory Newmark to its trial practice as a partner from Meyers Nave … Mike Viayra joined Thompson Hine’s construction practice as a partner from Varela, Lee, Metz & Guarino.
In Chicago …
Troutman Pepper Locke hired David Navetta as a partner in its privacy and cyber practice from Cooley … King & Spalding added Eric White as a partner to its product liability and mass torts practice from Winston & Strawn … Jill Vorobiev moved to Morgan Lewis as a partner on the firm’s employment team from Reed Smith.
In Houston …
Dykema added seven attorneys, doubling its headcount in the city, including M&A member Arthur Nathan and bankruptcy member William Hotze from Kane Russell Coleman Logan and bankruptcy member Kim Lewinski from Kirsch Westheimer … Robert Phillpott rejoined Norton Rose Fulbright as a tax partner from Reed Smith.
In Denver …
Fox Rothschild added Henry Baskerville as a litigation partner from Fortis Law Partners where he was managing partner.
In Phoenix …
Holland & Hart opened an office in the city with environmental partners Christopher Thomas and Andrea Driggs from Perkins Coie … Michael Fehser joined Quarles & Brady’s business law practice as a partner from Axion Advice and Counsel.
In London …
Haynes Boone added Lesley Gregory as a partner to the firm’s corporate practice from Memery Crystal.
