Juan Perla Promoted to Partner at Curtis
And other announcements of recent promotions and hirings of New York attorneys.
January 06, 2022 at 09:00 AM
3 minute read
On the Move
- Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has promoted Juan Perla to partner in the firm's litigation group in New York. Focused on international and appellate litigation, he has worked on several of the firm's high-profile matters, including S. v. Vaello-Madero, a case recently argued at the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Mound Cotton has promoted Jodi Tesser and Jared Markowitz to partner.
- Seward & Kissel has elevated Daniel Bresler and Nicholas Miller to partner. The firm has also promoted Jay Baroody, Kurt Plankl, Dora Pulido, Filana Silberberg, and Steven Starr to counsel.
- Bressler, Amery & Ross has promoted Gregory Sparer to counsel in New York.
- Pryor Cashman has promoted Benjamin Akley, Ross Bagley, LaKeisha Caton, Marion Harris, Ari Tran, and Matthew Young to the firm's partnership. The firm also elevated Erica Allegretta, Andrew Goldsmith, Meghan Hill, Ryan Klarberg, Felicity Kohn, Joseph Micali, John Rothman, Michael Schimel, Matthew Silverman, Dina Weinstein, and Taylor Weinstein to counsel.
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed as elected Shams Billah, Erin Diers and Amina Hassan to partner. The firm also promoted Malik Havalic and Alexander Rahn to counsel.
- Forchelli Deegan Terrana has elevated Danielle Tricolla and Robert Renda to partner. In addition, the firm has appointed partner Stephanie Alberts as co-chair of the tax, trusts & estates practice group.
- Davis+Gilbert has named corporate partner Curt Myers as its next chairman. Myers succeeds Ronald Urbach. In addition, Lewis Rubin, the firm's chief operating partner, will be stepping down from his position at the same time, with his responsibilities transitioned to several other partners. Urbach and Rubin have overseen the management of the firm since 2010.
- The Court of Appeals has reappointed four trustees to administer the New York Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection: Manhattan attorneys Eric Seiff and Peter Bellacosa, Buffalo businessman Anthony Baynes, and Gary Greenberg of Liverpool.
- Alexandria Kane has joined Loeb & Loeb as a partner in its capital markets & corporate department. She was formerly with White and Williams where she was a partner and chair of that firm's corporate and securities group.
- Boies Schiller Flexner has promoted Brooke Alexander to partner in the firm's Armonk, New York office.
- Haynes and Boone has promoted Matt Costello and Courtney Smith to partner.
- Raphael Larson and Gary Adamson have joined King & Spalding as partners on the firm's special matters and government investigations team. Larson will be based in Washington, D.C and Adamson will be in New York.
- Luciano Ricondo has been promoted to partner at Merchant & Gould.
- Milbank has elected the following attorneys to the firm's partnership: Kelsey Breck Baumberger, Richard Hillman, Lesley Janzen,Alexandra Johnson, Jonathan Karl, Kamal Nesfield and Brian Troxler.
- Eversheds Sutherland has elected Kevin Finnegan and Issa Hanna as partners and Jeanne Waters as counsel in New York.
- Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich has promoted Michael Calogero to partner in the firm's matrimonial and family law practice. In addition, the firm has hired Timothy Corbo as an associate, also in the firm's matrimonial practice. He was formerly a principal court attorney to Justice Matthew Cooper, Supreme Court, New York County.
- Elliot Resnik has joined Masur Griffitts Avidor (MGA) as partner and chair of the firm's new entertainment group. He joins from Herbsman Hafer Weber & Frisch where he was senior counsel.
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- King & Spalding
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- Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
- Eversheds Sutherland
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