Career Tracker will be back next Wednesday, but in the meantime here are the biggest moves from the first few days of 2023: - In Washington, D.C. …
A former DOJ fraud section trial attorney joined Boies Schiller as a partner in the global investigations and white collar group. Quinn Emanuel hired a lawyer from the U.S. solicitor general’s office to co-chair the firm's appellate practice. Polsinelli added a team of seven international trade lawyers from AMS TRADE, which is now dissolved. A former FDA attorney and senior policy official joined Foley Hoag’s FDA practice group as partner.
- In New York …
A senior counsel with the NFL joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as a partner in its global sports and entertainment Group. The co-founder of Durie Tangri, which is in the process of being absorbed by 1,000-lawyer Morrison & Foerster, joined small law firm Lex Lumina. Kramer Levin added a partner to its securitization and structured finance practice from King & Spalding. A veteran transactional lawyer returned to Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s M&A practice from The Carlyle Group.
- In Pittsburgh …
The former chief counsel at PNC Financial Services Group joined McGuireWoods as a partner.
- In Boston …
Three attorneys are leaving Hogan Lovells to open up a new law firm focused on white-collar criminal matters and complex civil litigation. A counsel and an associate joined Goulston & Storrs. Rimon Law added a tax partner from Mintz.
- In London …
Winston & Strawn brought on a partner to lead its restructuring and insolvency practice.
- And finally …
Saul Ewing elevated 12 attorneys to partnership and counsel. Finnegan welcomed eight attorneys to the partnership. Troutman Pepper elected 26 new partners and promoted six to counsel. Lowenstein Sandler named eight lawyers to its partnership. Armstrong Teasdale announced 15 new equity and income partners.
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Indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried persuaded a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday to block the public disclosure of the identity of two people who have agreed, along with his parents, to sign bonds securing Bankman-Fried's release on $250 million in bail. The onetime billionaire, who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to an array of charges accusing him of defrauding customers and investors, can probably thank Jeffrey Epstein’s enabler, Ghislaine Maxwell, for helping to keep his supporters' names a secret. Alison Frankel explains why. One tidbit from Frankel’s column: SBF just happens to have the same lawyers as Maxwell.
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