May 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Perkins Coie Bags Sheppard Mullin's Bay Area Co-LeaderMeredith Jones-McKeown, co-managing partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's San Francisco office and co-chair of the firm's construction practice, has joined Perkins Coie's commercial litigation and construction practices as a partner. Both firms have been active in the lateral market so far this year.
By Rebecca Cohen
66 minute read
May 19, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Perkins Coie Bags Sheppard Mullin's Bay Area Co-LeaderMeredith Jones-McKeown, co-managing partner of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's San Francisco office and co-chair of the firm's construction practice, has joined Perkins Coie's commercial litigation and construction practices as a partner. Both firms have been active in the lateral market so far this year.
By Rebecca Cohen
66 minute read
May 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Shearman Partner Ditches Practice Leadership for Legal RecruitingRichard Hsu, global head of IP transactions at Shearman & Sterling and co-chair of the firm's privacy and data protection team, has joined Major, Lindsey & Africa as a managing director in San Francisco. The Silicon Valley-based lawyer is also a popular podcaster.
By Rebecca Cohen
17 minute read
May 16, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Shearman Partner Ditches Practice Leadership for Legal RecruitingRichard Hsu, global head of IP transactions at Shearman & Sterling and co-chair of the firm's privacy and data protection team, has joined Major, Lindsey & Africa as a managing director in San Francisco. The Silicon Valley-based lawyer is also a popular podcaster.
By Rebecca Cohen
17 minute read
May 16, 2017 | The Recorder
Ex-Federal Prosecutor Returns to O'Melveny in San FranciscoO'Melveny & Myers has brought back former counsel Damali Taylor as a partner for its white-collar defense and corporate investigations practice. Taylor spent the past half-dozen years as a federal prosecutor in the Bay Area.
By Rebecca Cohen
24 minute read
May 16, 2017 | The Recorder
Ex-Federal Prosecutor Returns to O'Melveny in San FranciscoO'Melveny & Myers has brought back former counsel Damali Taylor as a partner for its white-collar defense and corporate investigations practice. Taylor spent the past half-dozen years as a federal prosecutor in the Bay Area.
By Rebecca Cohen
3 minute read
May 15, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Despite Setback, Skadden Fellow Still Hopes to Practice LawConvicted felon Tarra Simmons, who was recently awarded a fellowship from a nonprofit foundation affiliated with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, saw her quest to practice law recently hit a hurdle when the Washington State Bar Association's character and fitness board recommended against admitting her to the bar.
By Rebecca Cohen
13 minute read
May 15, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Despite Setback, Skadden Fellow Still Hopes to Practice LawConvicted felon Tarra Simmons, who was recently awarded a fellowship from a nonprofit foundation affiliated with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, saw her quest to practice law recently hit a hurdle when the Washington State Bar Association's character and fitness board recommended against admitting her to the bar.
By Rebecca Cohen
3 minute read
May 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Garvey Schubert Barer Goes Fishing in the Lateral MarketThe firm has hired Andrew Richards, a fishery industry veteran and former deckhand on commercial salmon trollers. Richards recently shuttered his own Seattle-based shop, Sullivan & Richards, which represented a wide variety of clients in the commercial fishing space.
By Rebecca Cohen
13 minute read
May 13, 2017 | The American Lawyer
Garvey Schubert Barer Goes Fishing in the Lateral MarketThe firm has hired Andrew Richards, a fishery industry veteran and former deckhand on commercial salmon trollers. Richards recently shuttered his own Seattle-based shop, Sullivan & Richards, which represented a wide variety of clients in the commercial fishing space.
By Rebecca Cohen
13 minute read