DLA Piper has announced that Nicholas Kourides joined the firm's insurance practice as senior counsel. Prior to joining, he served as senior vice president and deputy general counsel for AIG.

James “Jim” M. Kramer has joined Simmons Hanly Conroy as a shareholder in the firm's mesothelioma practice group. He most recently was a partner with Levy Konigsberg where he was the leader of that firm's cosmetic talc litigation department.

Katten Muchin Rosenman welcomes Kathryn von Matthiessen back as a partner in its trusts and estates practice. She first joined in 2000 and was promoted to partner in 2006. She rejoins from the Miami office of Cantor Group.