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Akin Gump Promotes Valerie Morse White to Senior Consultant, Welcomes Casey Higgins as Senior Policy Advisor
Akin Gump has promoted Valerie Morse White, a government relations professional with more than 30 years of corporate federal advocacy experience, to the role of senior consultant at the firm. The firm will also welcome Casey Higgins as senior policy advisor. Ms. Higgins previously served as Assistant to the Speaker for Policy and Trade Counsel for former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI).
Read MoreFormer House Energy and Commerce Committee General Counsel Karen Christian Joins Akin Gump
Akin Gump announced that Karen E. Christian, former General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, has joined Akin Gump as a partner in its congressional investigations practice in Washington, D.C. As the top lawyer for the Committee, Ms. Christian ran and oversaw some of the highest-profile, most-complex congressional investigations of the last decade. She also previously served as chief counsel to its Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Read MoreAlixPartners Bolsters its Retail Offering with Digital and Consumer Experience Expert Adam Pressman
AlixPartners announced that retail and consumer experience expert Adam Pressman has joined the firm’s Retail Practice as a Managing Director. He will work from AlixPartners’ Chicago office.
Read MoreLeading Debt Finance Lawyer Chris Molen Joins McGuireWoods as Partner in Atlanta
Chris Molen has joined McGuireWoods’ Atlanta office as a partner, bringing deep knowledge of the leveraged finance and asset-based lending markets to the firm’s nationally respected Debt Finance Department.
Read MoreMcNees Launches Public Finance & Government Services Group
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announced the launch of its Public Finance & Government Services Practice Group. The group is co-chaired by Donna Kreiser and Adam Santucci.
Read MoreHon. Terence Bruiniers (Ret.) Joins JAMS in San Francisco
JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of Hon. Terence Bruiniers (Ret.) to its panel. Justice Bruiniers joins JAMS after serving as a justice on the First District, Division Five, California Court of Appeal, authoring more than 600 opinions in nearly all areas of the law.
Read MoreJan Dhont Joins Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, announced today that Jan Dhont has joined the firm's privacy and cybersecurity practice as partner in the Brussels office.
Read MoreFish & Richardson Attorneys Contribute Chapter to New Biosimilars Book
Fish & Richardson attorneys Brian D. Coggio, Dr. Tasha Francis and Ron Vogel have written a chapter in the recently-released book, “Biosimilars: Regulatory, Clinical, and Biopharmaceutical Development,” which provides a comprehensive overview of the biosimilar regulatory framework, the development process and clinical aspects for development of biosimilars.
Read MoreShook Wins $58 Million Verdict for Health Care Group
A Tennessee jury has awarded $58 million to Shook client Highlands Physicians, Inc., following a three-week trial against the group’s longtime business partner, Wellmont Health System. Highlands Physicians is a trade association of about 1,500 health care providers practicing mainly in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Partner Gary Elden, with Partner Amy Cho and Associates Matt Wolfe and Peter O’Neill, led the Shook team.
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