Highlights from 2008 Heller Departures
The list of Heller alumni just keeps growing. Here are details on a number of this year’s outward-bound laterals, culled from our coverage between January and mid-September. And this was all before today’s news that a big group of IP partners is headed out the door for Covington & Burling.
| Name (city) – Role at Heller | New firm | News on the move | Old Heller bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Mann (San Diego) – Partner, head of the firm’s bankruptcy practice, national hiring chair | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Stephen Thau (Silicon Valley) – Partner | Morrison & Foerster | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Randall Schai (SF) – Partner, had been co-chair of SF business department | Jones Day | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Peter Benudiz (LA) – Partner, co-chair of real estate and finance practice | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Roy Crawford III (SF) – Special counsel | McDermott, Will & Emery | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Amar Murugan (Silicon Valley) – Associate | McDermott, Will & Emery | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| James Olson (SF) – Partner, had been co-chair of the corporate finance group | Jones Day | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Roburt Waldow (SF) – Partner | McDermott, Will & Emery | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Daniel Slaughter (SF) – Special counsel | Stein & Lubin | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| John Anderson (SF) – Special counsel | Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Ginger Dreger (Silicon Valley) – Partner, headed life sciences patent prosecution practice in the Silicon Valley office | Goodwin Procter | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Paul Davis (Silicon Valley) – Partner, chair of Heller’s patents and trademarks practice | Goodwin Procter | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Bruce Jenett (Silicon Valley) – Partner, had co-chaired life sciences practice | DLA Piper | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Thomas Donnelly (SF) – Partner, co-head of environmental litigation and counseling practice | Jones Day | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| George Brown (Silicon Valley) – Partner | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Marc Schildkraut (D.C.) – Partner, chair of the antitrust and trade regulation practice group | Howrey | NLJ story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Sam Nguyen (Silicon Valley) – Associate | Foley & Lardner | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| Michael Kagnoff (San Diego) – Partner | DLA Piper | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Jeffrey Thacker (San Diego) – Partner | DLA Piper | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Ross Burningham (San Diego) – Partner | DLA Piper | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Martin Nichols (San Diego) – Partner | DLA Piper | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Paul Alexander (Silicon Valley) – Partner, ex-managing partner of Menlo Park office | Howrey | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Craig Andrews (San Diego) – San Diego office managing partner, ex-firmwide co-chairman of Venture Law Group unit | DLA Piper | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| John Benassi (since deceased) (San Diego) – Partner | Cooley Godward Kronish | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| Jessica Wolff (San Diego) – Partner | Cooley Godward Kronish | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| Warrington Parker (SF) – Partner, co-chairman of appeals and strategy practice group | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Legal Pad blog | Heller bio (cached) |
| Lisa Greenwald-Swire (Silicon Valley) – Associate | Fish & Richardson | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| David Goodwin (SF) – Partner, founder of appeals and strategy group and a co-founder of insurance recovery group | Covington & Burling | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Lawrence Hobel (SF) – Partner | Covington & Burling | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Darryl Snider (LA) – Partner, ex-policy committee member | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Blaine Templeman (NY) – Partner | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Geoffrey Aronow (D.C.) – D.C. managing partner | Bingham McCutchen | Legal Times story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Michael Greenberg (SF) – Special counsel | Covington & Burling | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| Esta Brand (SF) – Special counsel | Covington & Burling | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| Gordon Renneisen (SF) – Special counsel | Cornerstone Law Group | On the Move | Heller bio (cached) |
| Charles Jaeger (SF/NY) – Partner, former co-chairman of securities litigation practice group | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
| Harold Milstein (Silicon Valley) – Partner | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | Recorder story | Heller bio (cached) |
