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ATTORNEY BRIEFS
By Jeffery Leon

HONORS &
APPOINTMENTS
Sidney Rocke, chief counsel for the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, has been selected to serve as
general counsel to the Office of Special Inspector
General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program...
Clara N. Jiménez of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Maritza Perez of the Center
for American Progress; Richard V. Rodriguez of the
Office of the Attorney General for the District of
Columbia; and Lauren Weinstein of MoloLamken
LLP have been selected by the Hispanic National Bar
Association for its Top Lawyers Under 40 Award for
2019... Keith Barritt, a principal in the Washington,
D.C., office of Fish & Richardson, has been recognized
as a top trademark attorney in the D.C. metro area by
World Trademark Review 1000, a guide to the world's
leading trademark legal services providers... Lars
Noah has been named the inaugural holder of the
Chesterfield Smith Eminent Scholar endowed chair

Shomari B. Wade has been named counsel at
Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

MAY 2019

ON THE MOVE
Viva Hammer has joined Potomac Law Group,
PLLC as a partner in its taxation group... Michele
Zavos has joined Delaney McKinney, LLP as a
partner, continuing her practice in family law and
estate planning with a focus on adoptions, artificial
reproductive technology, divorce, probate, surrogacy, and issues unique to LGBT families... Richard
L. Flax has become counsel of the nonprofit
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative... Global law
firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has elevated Dawn
Ellison to shareholder and Nicholas N. Palmer to
of counsel... Carl W. Hittinger has been appointed
leader of the antitrust and competition practice at
BakerHostetler LLP... Brett Alan Pisciotta has been
named partner at King & Attridge... Jackson &
Campbell, P.C. has elevated Glenn W. D. Golding
and Peter J. Jenkins to senior counsel... Thomas
M. Cryan Jr. has rejoined Miller & Chevalier
Chartered as a member in the firm's employee
benefits practice... Ben Tannen, formerly an associate in Sidley Austin LLP's environmental group,
has joined Consolidated Edison Company of New
York, Inc. as a senior staff attorney in its environmental law group... Thomas Reahl has joined
FisherBroyles, LLP as a partner in the firm's D.C.
office... Sidley Austin LLP has added Noreen
Phelan as partner and Chris Hutchinson as senior
associate in its global energy and infrastructure
practice in Washington, D.C.... Jean Lee has
returned to Allen & Overy LLP as a partner in its
projects, energy, and infrastructure group...
Charles E. Marr has been promoted to partner
at Tanenholz & Associates, PLLC.

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at the University of Florida Levin College of Law,
where he has served on the faculty for 25 years and
specializes in the regulation of medical technologies... Wesley D. Bizzell has been appointed president of the National LGBT Bar Association's board of
directors... Michael D. Steger has been named
cochair of the American Bar Association's Intellectual
Property Litigation Committee. He practices in New
York City... Nicole Crum, a D.C.-based partner at
Sullivan & Worcester, has been selected to the inaugural list of Emerging Women Leaders in Law by
DCA Live.

Brian Meadors has written Harry Potter and the
Cedarville Censors: Inside the Precedent-Setting Defeat
of an Arkansas Book Ban. The book, published by
McFarland, details a successful lawsuit against a
school's ban of Harry Potter books.
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Erin McGonagle has been elevated to
shareholder at Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

Gregory S. Braker has joined Potomac Law
Group, PLLC as a partner in its
environmental, real estate and finance, and
white-collar defense and investigations
practice groups.
Shomari B. Wade, courtesy of Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Erin McGonagle,
courtesy of Jackson & Campbell, P.C.; Gregory S. Braker, courtesy of
Potomac Law Group, PLLC

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