Washington Lawyer - May 2020 - 41

AT TORNEY BRIEFS
By John Murph

HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS

COMPANY CHANGES
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP and Drinker Biddle
& Reath LLP have merged as Faegre Drinker
Biddle & Reath LLP (Faegre Drinker).

ON THE MOVE

Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. has written the book
The Disappearing First Amendment, published by
Cambridge University Press... Randolph J. May
has co-authored the book Modernizing Copyright
Law for the Digital Age, published by Carolina
Academic Press.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP has expanded its
cross-border investigations, compliance, and
enforcement practice in Asia with Wendy
Wysong spearheading the launch of its Hong
Kong office.

Courtesy of Jones Day

Potomac Law Group, PLLC has named Gabriela
Coman a partner in its patent practice group and
Gregory Ewing a partner in its privacy and
cybersecurity and litigation practice groups.
Stephanie Joyce has joined the firm's communications, media, and entertainment practice
group as partner... Cozen O'Connor has added
attorneys Alexandra E. Busch and Christopher
M. Sweeney to its Washington, D.C., construction
law practice... King & Spalding added partners
Charles Katz, Thomas Knox, and Lawrence
Yanowitch to its corporate, finance, and investments group... Eric D. Reicin has joined
BBB National Programs, Inc. as president and
chief executive officer... Adduci Mastriani
& Schaumberg LLP has selected former
International Trade Commission chair Deanna
Tanner Okun as managing partner, succeeding
founding partner Jim Adduci... Michael Edney
has returned to Steptoe & Johnson LLP as a
partner and chair of the firm's regulatory litigation practice... Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer
& Polott, P.C. has added partners Brad M.
Dashoff and Ari Ghosal... Burr & Forman LLP has
added attorney Ross Johnson to the firm's
general commercial litigation practice group in
Nashville, Tennessee... Former Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board deputy general

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

Courtesy of Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Shana De Caro, a partner at De Caro & Kaplen,
LLP, became the new vice chair of the Brain Injury
Association of America's board of directors... the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
has elected Brian H. Bieber, a shareholder at
GrayRobinson, P.A. in Miami, to serve a three-year
term on its board of directors... Eva Marie
Carney, an immigration lawyer, received the
Power, Together award at the 2019 Reykjavík
Global Forum... John W. Hunter, former chief
policy counsel at the Federal Communications
Commission, joined the Foundation for Law and
International Affairs as vice president... the
board of governors of the Hispanic National Bar
Association appointed Fernando Rivero as chief
compliance officer.

counsel Michael Stevenson has joined Labaton
Sucharow as partner in the firm's whistleblower
representation practice... Karyn A. Temple has
joined the Motion Picture Association as senior
executive vice president and global general
counsel... veteran attorney Ronald Goldfarb has
joined Redmon, Peyton & Braswell LLP... Mayer
Brown has added Christy Freer to its banking
and finance practice... Eileen Brown, co-chair of
Thompson Coburn LLP's national transportation
and project finance group, became managing
partner of the firm's Washington, D.C., office...
Morrison & Foerster LLP named several new
partners in its Washington, D.C., office - Charles
Capito, a member of its litigation department
and part of its practices involving government
contracts and national security; Jeremy Mandell,
a member of its financial services group; and
Mary Prendegast, a member of its litigation
department specializing in patent and trade
secrets cases... Hogan Lovells US LLP promoted
six Washington, D.C.-based lawyers to partners
- Carrie A. DeLone, litigation; Margaux J. Hall,
global regulatory (health care); Lina R. Kontos,
global regulatory (medical devices and technology); George O'Brien, global regulatory
(pharmaceuticals and biotechnology); Abigail
C. Smith, corporate; and Jared R. Wessel, global
regulatory (international trade and investment).
In its Northern Virginia office, George W. Ingham
was promoted to partner in litigation, arbitration,
and employment. The firm also appointed seven
Washington, D.C.-based lawyers as counsel -
Robert F. Baldwin III, global regulatory (antitrust,
competition, and economic regulations); Adam
A. Cooke, litigation, arbitration, and employment;
Anne W. Fisher, global regulatory (international
trade and investment); Scott Kaplan, global regulatory (pharmaceuticals and biotechnology);
Arpan A. Sura, global regulatory (communications, internet, and media); David E. Thiess,
global regulatory (health care); and Andrew
S. Zahn, corporate... Three Crowns LLP, an international arbitration firm, promoted Simon
Consedine in its D.C. office as counsel... Barry
E. Bretschneider, a registered patent attorney,
became senior counsel at Whiteford Taylor
Preston LLP... Rae T. Vann, an employment
lawyer, joined Carlton Fields, P.A. as a shareholder... Rend Al-Mondhiry, a regulatory and
compliance attorney, is now partner at Amin
Talati Wasserman, LLP... Brian Krulick, a construction litigation and government contracts
lawyer, became partner at Smith, Currie &
Hancock LLP.

John Gore has returned to Jones Day as a
partner in its government regulation practice
after serving at the U.S. Department of
Justice's Civil Rights Division.
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