Christine Simmons

April 10, 2013 | Law.com

The search firm Wise Counsel is suing Cooley and the chair of its intellectual property department in New York, Walter Hanchuk, alleging Hanchuk interfered with a placement fee when a recruit moved with him to Cooley from Chadbourne & Parke.

By Christine Simmons

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June 20, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Sharon Porcellio is leaving Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy to become partner at Bond Schoeneck & King.

By Christine Simmons

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June 08, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Dominic Cerrito, formerly co-head of Jones Day's pharmaceutical group, and Eric Stops have joined Quinn as partners, while Evangeline Shih will be of counsel.

By Christine Simmons

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June 28, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Michael Jaffe, a personal injury plaintiffs' attorney from Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe in Manhattan, is the 45th president of the 4,600-member trade association.

By Christine Simmons

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May 13, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Herzfeld & Rubin claimed Joel Leyden had "illegally appropriated" the law firm's name by registering domain names nearly identical to its own and claimed Leyden had posted fictitious news articles on other sites with defamatory statements.

By Christine Simmons

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September 18, 2013 | New York Law Journal

An insurance company involved in litigation over the 2006 ceiling collapse in a Boston tunnel alleges Edwards Wildman Palmer provided incompetent advice and its lawyers should have known about a conflict that led the firm to withdraw weeks before trial.

By Christine Simmons

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April 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Carl Schwartz and Laurie Grasso have joined Hunton & Williams' capital finance and real estate team in New York. Schwartz, who will lead Hunton's New York real estate group, chaired the real estate department at Herrick for 10 years. Grasso formerly chaired Herrick's real estate private equity practice.

By Christine Simmons

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September 10, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Neil Barofsky, a former Southern District prosecutor, said he is joining Jenner & Block partly because of the law firm's willingness to not only defend but litigate against financial institutions.

By Christine Simmons

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March 30, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Schuyler Carroll, Perkins Coie's managing partner of the New York office, said the new team will represent corporate trust institutions in public debt issuances.

By Christine Simmons

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June 21, 2013 | New York Law Journal

New York attorney Soma Sengupta was found to have forged documents in her attempt to become a British barrister.

By Christine Simmons

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