Tax Partner Romina Weiss Joins Goodwin From Gibson Dunn
And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.
December 04, 2019 at 02:56 PM
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Lawyers On the Move
Goodwin has added Romina Weiss as a partner in the firm's tax practice. Prior to joining, she was a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
Jason Rimland joins Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt as a partner in the firm's corporate practice. He was previously with Sidley Austin, Shearman & Sterling.
Morrison & Foerster has added Jay Gavigan as a partner in the firm's lending and financial transactions group.
Keith Costa has joined Drinker Biddle as a member in the firm's national corporate restructuring practice. He was formerly with Otterbourg P.C.
Mayer Brown has promoted three lawyers to partner and three to counsel in New York. The new partners are: Michelle Annunziata (Litigation & Dispute Resolution), Lucas Giardelli (tax transactions & consulting) and B. Clayton McCraw (intellectual property). The new counsel are: George Rudy (corporate & securities), Evan DeCresce (banking & finance) and Ryan Castillo (corporate & securities). The promotions are effective Jan. 1, 2020.
Steven Tishco has joined Ditchik and Ditchik as a partner. He was previously an associate at Marcus & Pollack.
New York Life has named Senior Vice President Sara Badler as chief compliance officer effective Jan. 1, 2020. She currently heads all compliance functions for New York Life Investments, and prior to that she served as chief investment counsel for New York Life.
Brien Wassner has joined Sidley Austin as a partner in the firm's global M&A and private equity practice. Prior to this, he was with the firm Sherman & Sterling where he was a partner in that firm's M&A practice.
Akerman has promoted Adrian Smith to partner. He is a member of the firm's corporate practice.
Merton Gollaher has joined Garfunkel Wild as a partner in the firm's health care & corporate groups. He joins from Wiggin and Dana, where he was chair of that firm's health care transactions practice group.
Carlton Fields has hired Chael Clark as an associate in the firm's property and casualty insurance practice.
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