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ATTORNEY BRIEFS
By John Murph
NICOLE CRUM
HONORS &
APPOINTMENTS
Sabah Petrov, an
associate in the
construction practice
group at Bradley
Arant Boult
Cummings LLP, was
selected for the
Leadership Counsel
on Legal Diversity's
2024 Pathfinder
Program. Bradley's
Anna M. Lashley, David T. Long Jr., Erin K.
Sullivan, and John Parker Sweeney were
named to the 2023 Capital Pro Bono Honor
Roll by the D.C. Courts... David E. White Jr.
was sworn in as the 14th deputy director of the
Peace Corps following his confirmation by the
U.S. Senate... Nicole Crum, a partner at Sullivan
& Worcester LLP, became the leader of the
firm's investment management group.
ON THE MOVE
Larry E. Bergmann, a financial services attorney,
rejoined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as of
counsel... Eric W. Leonard is now cochair of
government contracts at Cozen O'Connor LLP.
Patrick Rizzi, an aviation litigation attorney, is
now a member of the firm's transportation and
trade practice... Kristen M. Young, an international
investment treaty and commercial arbitration
attorney, joined Boies Schiller Flexner
LLP as a partner... Alexis Early, a trade practitioner,
joined Jenner & Block LLP's national security
and crisis practice as a partner... Marc
Warren and Paul Alp are co-leaders of Adams
and Reese LLP's new aviation and aerospace
team... John Marston joined Sheppard, Mullin,
Richter & Hampton
LLP as a partner
in its governmental
practice... Eda
Stark is now an associate
in the intellectual
property
litigation group at
Blank Rome LLP...
Nick Lowrey joined
Klasko Immigration
Law Partners, LLP
as counsel... Elinor
Ramey joined
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Lowenstein Sandler LLP as a partner in its
private client services and tax group; he also
chairs the firm's exempt organizations team...
Complex litigation attorneys Joseph F. Altieri,
Shannon N. Proctor, and David I. Schifrin became
partners at Hollingsworth LLP... David
Solander, a finance attorney, joined DLA Piper
as a partner in its investment management and
funds group. Kalidou Gadio, focused on energy
and economic development, joined DLA
Piper as cochair of the U.S.-Africa practice
based out of the firm's Washington, D.C., office...
Kevin Petrasic and Matthew Bornfreund
joined Troutman Pepper Hamilton
Sanders LLP as partners in its financial services
practice group... Matthew D. Jacobson, formerly
of Holland & Knight LLP, returned to Reed
Smith LLP as a partner in the firm's product liability
practice in its life sciences and health industry
group... Neely B. Agin, specializing in
antitrust and competition matters, rejoined
Norton Rose Fulbright (US) LLP as U.S. head
of antitrust, based in the Washington, D.C., office...
Gregory Williams and Richard Smith
joined Sidley Austin LLP as partners in the litigation
group, with Williams serving as co-leader
of the global arbitration, trade, and advocacy
practice... Olivia M. Carrara, an employment
attorney, joined Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman
& Fitch, P.C. as an associate... George
McCormick, a tax and trust planning attorney,
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as a partner in its
tax practice group
and as a member of
its private wealth
planning team.
Matthew Wochok,
a tax attorney, is
now a partner in
the firm's tax practice
group... Yuan
Liang, an IP attorney,
joined Ambrose,
Mills & Lazarow,
PLLC as a
partner... Opher
YUAN LIANG
NICK LOWREY
Shweiki joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
Feld LLP as a partner in its international trade
practice... Charles (Chuck) Kotuby, a professor
at the University of Pittsburgh School of
Law, joined Three Crowns LLP as of counsel
in the firm's Washington, D.C., office... Gary
Heimberg joined the National Brain Tumor
Society as the group's new vice president and
counsel for government relations... Mary R.
Likos joined Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd. as an
associate in its divorce/family law practice
while Margaret J. McKinney became principal...
Mark Rosman joined Proskauer Rose LLP
as a partner in the firm's antitrust practice...
Felicia Watson joined Littler Mendelson P.C. as
senior counsel focused on labor and employment
law... Nolan M. Jackson, a litigation and
regulatory attorney, became partner at Frost
Brown Todd LLP... Roger Swartzwelder, who
advises higher education institutions on regulatory
and operational matters, joined Thompson
Coburn LLP as a partner.
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
Hale E. Sheppard, a shareholder at the Atlanta-based
firm Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White,
Williams & Aughtry, wrote numerous articles in
2023 that were published in The Tax Magazine,
Taxation of Exempts, and the Journal of Taxation,
among other publications... T. Markus Funk
published " Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties
and Letters Rogatory: Obtaining Evidence and
Assistance From Foreign Jurisdictions " (Federal
Judicial Center, April 2024)... Judge Patricia A.
Broderick of the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia released her new book, Reinventing
the Wheel: Hard Roads Can Lead to Beautiful
Places... James X. Dempsey, a lecturer at UC
Berkeley School of Law and senior policy advisor
to the Stanford Program on Geopolitics,
Technology, and Governance, and John Carlin,
a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP, published the second edition
of Cybersecurity Law Fundamentals.
COMPANY NEWS
Paul Hastings, LLP launched a new techfocused
IP team that includes partners
Shamita Etienne-Cummings and James
Gagen... Spenser Fane LLP opened an office
in Washington, D.C., that includes patent litigation
partners Blair Jacobs, Christina Ondrick,
and John Holley... Kiernan Trebach LLP was
named by U.S. News & World Report as one of
the best law firms to work for in 2024... Global
arbitration law firm Three Crowns LLP celebrated
its 10-year anniversary... Seyfarth
Shaw LLP has released its " 2023 Human Capital
Disclosure Report: In Betwixt and Between, "
which analyzes the human capital management
disclosures of 200 S&P 500 companies
across 10 industries.
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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