On the Move
Announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.
January 10, 2018 at 12:35 PM
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• Andrew Rhys Davies, a former partner at Allen & Overy, has returned to the firm as partner in its litigation practice. He had left the firm in 2016 to serve as Assistant Solicitor General for the Office of the New York Attorney General.
• Binder & Schwartz has promoted Lauren K. Handelsman to partner.
• Beranbaum Menken has elected Scott Simpson as a partner.
• Laurie A. Kamaiko has joined Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr as a partner in the firm's litigation practice. She was previously with Sedgwick, which recently closed.
• Peckar and Abramson, has promoted corporate compliance and defense attorney Doris D. Short to partner. In addition, Melissa Salsano has been promoted to senior associate at the firm.
• Reed Smith has promoted Christopher P. Hoffman and Jane M. Sarma to partner.
• Jenner & Block has elected David Lachman and Laura MacDonald to the firm's partnership.
• Jeffrey Page has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner. He was formerly with Reed Smith.
• Duval & Stachenfeld has announced that Paul M. Schwartz and Elsa Ben-Shimon have been named partners in the firm's real estate group.
• Harter Secrest & Emery, based in Rochester, has announced that Benjamin E. Mudrick and Christine M. O'Connor have been elected partners in the firm.
• Cohen & Gresser has promoted Reggie B. Schafer to counsel.
• Vinson & Elkins has named Marisa Antos-Fallon to counsel in the firm's complex commercial litigation group.
• Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman has announced that Thomas J. Fennell, Emily G. Hannigan and Matthew R. Palmieri have been promoted to senior associates at the firm.
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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