Washington Lawyer - April/May 2018 - 42

ATTORNEY BRIEFS
By Tracy Schorn

THE DC BAR
FOUNDATION
SALUTES

HONORS &
APPOINTMENTS
Andrew S. Boutros, national cochair of Seyfarth
Shaw LLP's white collar, internal investigations, and
false claims team, is the recipient of the firm's inaugural Pro Bono Impact Award for his groundbreaking
work as founder and chair of the ABA Criminal Justice
Section Task Force on College Due Process Rights
and Victim Protections.

Amalgamated Bank
City First Bank of DC
City First Bank of D.C.
Colombo Bank
Colombo Bank
Congressional Bank
Bank
Congressional

COMPANY CHANGES
Ballard Spahr LLP and Lindquist & Vennum LLP have
completed their merger and will retain the name
Ballard Spahr.

Industrial Bank
Bank
Industrial
Premier Bank, Inc.

AUTHOR, AUTHOR

For providing exceptional
interest rates on IOLTA
accounts, resulting in their
designation as IOLTA Prime
Partners, ensuring deposits earn
more for legal services for those
in need.

Kerri Ruttenberg, a partner at Jones Day, has
authored Images With Impact: Design and Use of
Winning Trial Visuals, published by the American
Bar Association... Jennifer Manner has released
the documentary Zebrafish: Practically People,
available at zebrafishfilm.org.

We encourage you to look to
these banks for your IOLTA and
other banking needs, or talk to
your bank about becoming an
IOLTA Prime Partner.

DC Bar Foundation
www.dcbarfoundation.org
202-467-3750

Courtesy of Potomac Law PLLC

Other banks authorized to hold
DC IOLTA accounts are listed
on the DC Bar Foundation
website.

Doug Bonner has joined Potomac
Law PLLC as a partner in the firm's
communications, media, and entertainment
practice group.

ON THE MOVE
Jonathan G. Hardin has been promoted to partner
at Perkins Coie LLP in the firm's litigation and insurance recovery law practices. Seth H. Locke has been
promoted to partner and cochairs the firm's government contracts practice. Dwayne D. Sam has been
promoted to counsel at the firm... Catherine
Cockerham, Will Drake, and Leah Quadrino have
made partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP... Andrew
E. Bigart, David L. Feinberg, Allison D. Foley,
Meaghan H. Kent, Heili Kim, Rebecca Liebowitz,
David A. Mullon Jr., Tara Sugiyama Potashnik,
Moxila (Moxi) A. Upadhyaya, and Vincent E.
Verrocchio were elected partner at Venable LLP.
Diana M. Krevor and Julia Lane Mooney have been
promoted to counsel at the firm... Douglas Letter
has joined Georgetown University Law Center's
Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and
Protection... Ruth Wimer has joined Winston
& Strawn LLP as a partner in the firm's employee
benefits and executive compensation practice...
Eric Lee and Taite McDonald have been elevated
to partner at Holland & Knight LLP's office in
Washington, D.C. Cynthia Gausvik has joined the
firm's private wealth services group as a partner in
Tysons, Virginia... Mark Kirsch has been named chair
at Gray Plant Mooty, leading its franchise and distribution practice group... Gary Thompson has joined
Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC as an insurance
recovery attorney... James P. Laurie III has joined the
Environmental Chemical Corporation in Burlingame,
California, as corporate counsel... Scott Bernstein,
Chris Muha, Amelia Schmidt, and Emily Voshell
have been promoted to counsel at KaiserDillon
PLLC... Christopher Landau has joined Quinn
Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP as a partner.

D.C. Bar members in good standing
are welcome to submit announcements for this column. Email
submissions to attorneybriefs
@dcbar.org.

http://www.zebrafishfilm.org http://www.dcbarfoundation.org

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