In New York:
Former Ambassador David Pressman joined Foley Hoag in its national security, international law and crisis management practices from Jenner & Block … Capital markets partner Ellen Park left Cravath for Sidley … Henry Smokler, former general counsel for the PGA of America, moved to McDermott as partner in the firm's sports and transactions practices ... Barnes & Thornburg added Lynda Bennett as co-chair of its insurance recovery group from Lowenstein Sandler. She is joined by partners Craig Dashiell, Eric Jesse, Jeremy King and Heather Weaver … Private funds partner Sara Allawi moved to Weil from Kirkland and tax partner Alec Campbell joined Weil from DLA Piper … Restructuring partner Timothy Karcher joined Baker McKenzie from Proskauer Rose … Holland & Knight added executive compensation and benefits partner Shira Selengut from Katten Muchin Rosenman … Real estate finance and private capital partner John Cahill left White & Case for Womble Bond Dickinson … Taft launched a New York office with energy and project finance partners Brad McCormick, Tim Moran and Joe Tato from Steptoe … Asset finance securitization partner Lawton Camp moved to Dechert from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer … Seward & Kissel added securities, regulatory and enforcement partners Adriana Schwartz and Hannah Thibideau from McDermott … Michele Materni moved to trial firm Brithem from Kaplan Martin.
In D.C.:
Enforcement and investigations partners Tara Lee, Scott Lerner and Melissa Taylormoore joined Dechert from White & Case … Holland & Knight added former Senate commerce counsel and senior DOT official Kara Fischer as partner in its public policy and regulation group from Meridian Park Strategies … Former DOJ antitrust trial attorney Julia Tarver Wood moved to Wilson Sonsini … Christopher Locke rejoined Epstein Becker Green as partner in its healthcare and life sciences practice from Katten Muchin Rosenman.
In Los Angeles:
Willkie hired Megan Smith as a partner in its litigation department from O’Melveny … Greenspoon Marder added business litigation and transactional partners Ronald Resch, David Gitman, Robert Barnes, Andrew Jablon, Sandra Khalili, Stacey Knox and Nicolas Ramniceanu from Resch Polster & Berger.
In San Francisco:
Corporate partner Josh Elefant joined DLA Piper from Cooley … Morrison Foerster added Leif Dautch as partner in its state AG practice from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of California where he was chief of the organized crime strike force.
In Dallas:
Greenberg Traurig added IP litigation partner Phillip Aurentz from Sidley … Healthcare transactions partner
