Sarah Deri Oshiro, pro bono immigration attorney at Perkins Coie. Courtesy photo
  • Perkins Coie has hired Sarah Deri Oshiro as the firm's newly created role of pro bono immigration attorney where she will oversee the firm's humanitarian-based immigration pro bono work. Prior to joining, she was the managing director of the immigration practice at The Bronx Defenders.
  • Domestic violence shelter services provider, Urban Resource Institute, has named Heidi Hamilton as its general council and chief compliance officer. Most recently, she was the chief real estate, facilities & legal officer for Amber Charter Schools.
  • Blank Rome has added three partners to the firm's national corporate, M&A, and securities group in New York: Leslie Marlow, Hank Gracin, and Patrick Egan. The team joins from Gracin & Marlow.
  • Nixon Peabody has elevated Isaac Figueras, Lori Bowman and Matthew Carrigg to partners in the firm's Rochester office.
  • Farrell Fritz has hired Daniel Rubin as a partner in the firm's trusts and estates group. He was previously a partner at Moses & Singer.
  • Offit Kurman has selected principal Laura Winston to serve as practice group leader of the firm's intellectual property group.
  • Latham & Watkins has added David Freedman and John Spears to the firm's New York office. Freedman joins as a partner and Spears as counsel in the real estate practice and members of the corporate department. They join from Alston & Bird.
  • Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed partner Robin Adelstein as its U.S. co-head of commercial litigation. She joins Houston partner Andrew Price in this leadership role. In addition, the firm has appointed partners Celia Cohen and Steve Dollar as its U.S. co-heads of financial institutions.
  • Steve Lueker has joined Moses & Singer as a partner in the firm's tax, banking & finance and Internet & technology practices.
  • Reid Skibell has joined Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes as a partner in the firm's complex commercial litigation practice. He was a previously a partner with the boutique firm Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler.
  • Goldberg Segalla has added William Hython to the firm's commercial litigation and arbitration group in Syracuse. He was previously with Hancock Estabrook, also in Syracuse.