Kasowitz, in News Again, Sees Real Estate Litigator Jump to Competitor in NY
“I've been here seven business days, but I hit the ground running,” said Emilie Cooper about Haynes and Boone's New York office, which she joined last week after leaving Kasowitz Benson Torres.
July 26, 2018 at 09:22 AM
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Kasowitz Benson Torres Haynes and Boone brought on a four-lawyer international arbitration team announced last week 
“Emilie is a very experienced and well respected real estate litigator,” said Brad Lavender, co-chair of Haynes and Boone's real estate department, in a statement announcing her hire. “She is an excellent addition to the firm, and her practice will be a great complement to our national real estate practice.“
which her former firm somewhat controversially represented various matters since 2017 which adopted its current name last year former name partner David Friedman was tapped to serve co-founder of the firm that bears his name have left Kasowitz Benson within the past year have preferred not to discuss decamped in September for Kirkland & Ellis spurred a leadership shakeup at the firm who left the firm in February Stroock & Stroock & Lavan no stranger to the spotlight emerged in connection with stories related federal probe president's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen including CNN transcript of the recording published made waves on social media demand for a Coke ProPublica reported in May reportedly made payments to Cohen advertise to clients his access
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