Washington Lawyer - January/February 2025 - 37

ATTORNEY BRIEFS
By John Murph
HONORS & APPOINTMENTS
The Women's Bar Association of the District of
Columbia honored Veta T. Richardson, president
and CEO of the Association of Corporate
Counsel, as one of
its 2024 Stars of the
Bar... Christina
Guerola Sarchio, a
partner at Dechert
LLP, became the
47th president of
the Hispanic National
Bar Association...
the Chambers USA
2024 guide recognized
Thomas P.
Murphy, principal at
Jackson Lewis P.C.,
CHRISTINA SARCHIO
for his labor and employment practice... a total
of 394 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP attorneys
were recognized in the 2025 Best Lawyers
in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch...
Myles V. Lynk, dean of and emeritus professor
at Arizona State University Emeritus College, has
been selected by the American Bar Foundation
as the 2025 recipient of its ABF Fellows Outstanding
Service Award in recognition of his
more than 30 years of service to the legal profession
and the public... Leslie Alan Glick, a
shareholder at Butzel Long, was a featured presenter
at the American Bar Association's 2024
International Law Section Fall Conference...
Jessie Weber, a civil rights litigator, was promoted
to managing partner at Brown, Goldstein
& Levy LLP... Michelle C. Pardo, a partner
at Duane Morris LLP, received the firm's Margery
Reed Professional Excellence Award... FisherBroyles,
LLP was recognized as a top law
firm in Washington, D.C., in the 2025 edition
of Best Law Firms, ranked by Best Lawyers.
ON THE MOVE
Cozen O'Connor attorneys Alexandra Campau
and Aaron Lukas were promoted to shareholder...
Elizabeth (Betsy) Henthorne joined
Jenner & Block LLP as a partner; Ishan Bhabha
became the firm's new co-managing partnerelect...
Benjamin Chew joined Sheppard,
Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in its
business trial practice group; Jonathan E.
Meyer returned to the firm as a partner in its
governmental practice group... Potomac Law
Group, PLLC welcomed new partners Christine
Zebrowski, an employment law attorney, and
Daanish Hamid, specializing in international investigations,
regulatory compliance, and commercial
transactions... Matthew Holt joined
Clifford Chance US LLP as counsel in its private
funds practice... Anna Kathryn (Barnes)
Barry, a civil rights attorney, joined Kalijarvi,
Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, P.C. as an associate...
Ava Morgenstern, who handles employmentbased
immigration matters, joined Meltzer Hellrung
LLC as an associate... Daniel Nicholas
joined Paul Hastings LLP as a partner in its tax
department... Robin Nunn, a commercial litigation
and business torts attorney, is now a
partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
LLP... David Hirsch joined McGuireWoods LLP
as a partner in the firm's securities enforcement
and regulatory counseling practice, and Megan
S. Lewis became a partner in its antitrust and
trade regulation practice... Holland & Knight
LLP welcomed partners Eamonn Moran,
Tadeo Martinez, and Patricia Duffy to its financial
services team and Safwan Al-Amin to
its litigation practice...
Kara M.
Ward is now a
shareholder at Baker,
Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz,
PC... Andrew
Smith joined Boies
Schiller Flexner
LLP as a partner...
Richard Wells
joined Venable LLP
as a partner in its intellectual
property
SAFWAN AL-AMIN
litigation group... Bert Brandenburg joined
the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations
Service as senior policy advisor... Indira
K. Sharma joined Locke Lord LLP as a partner in
its litigation practice group... FisherBroyles, LLP
expanded its IP and corporate practice groups
with new partners Roger Browdy, James
Mrose, Ronni Jillions, and Aoi Nawashiro...
Mikael Rojas returned to Outten and Golden
LLP as counsel and a member of the firm's government
representation practice... Donn
Meindertsma, a partner at Conner & Winters,
LLP, retired after 35 years of practicing labor
and employment law... Lauren Bolcar, a patent,
trademark, and copyright attorney, and
Melanie Kalmanson, a commercial litigation
attorney, became partners at Quarles & Brady
LLP... Jonathan " Jack " Harrington joined
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as a partner
in its banking and financial services and government
enforcement and investigations practice
groups... Mason Clutter, a privacy law attorney,
joined Frost Brown Todd LLP as a partner in
its data, digital assets, and technology practice
group... Polsinelli PC welcomed litigator Tyree
P. Jones Jr., intellectual property lawyer
Matthew H. Chung, and government contracts
attorney Daniel H. Petkoff as shareholders...
Justin P.
Hedge joined
Greenberg Traurig,
LLP as a shareholder
in the firm's antitrust
litigation and competition
practice.
JUSTIN P. HEDGE
AUTHOR!
AUTHOR!
Robert S. Peck,
founder and president
of the Center
for Constitutional
Litigation, coauthored Supreme Anecdotes: Tales
From the Supreme Court (Rand-Smith Books)...
Brian FitzPatrick, semiretired litigation attorney
still active in public interest cases, and
Judge Robert Morin, adjunct professor at
Georgetown University Law Center, have expanded
the coverage of their treatise, The Law
of Evidence in the District of Columbia (LexisNexis
2024). Its coverage had been focused on evidence
law in the District of Columbia's local
courts. The expanded coverage will also encompass
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia and the U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia.
COMPANY NEWS
Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, a national civil rights
law firm, announced that Vincent McKnight has
been made co-vice chair of the firm along with
Jeremy Heisler and Kevin Sharp, and the firm
is now known as Sanford Heisler Sharp
McKnight LLP... Michael L. Kiklis launched his
boutique patent law firm, Kiklis Law Firm,
PLLC... Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
achieved a Mansfield Rule Certification 2023-
2024 status... McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
achieved Midsize Mansfield Rule Certification
for the second time.
D.C. Bar members in good standing are
welcome to submit announcements
for this column. Email submissions to
attorneybriefs@dcbar.org.
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