In New York …
Cleary Gottlieb added restructuring partner Josh Brody from Gibson Dunn … Shareholder and activism partners Lawrence Elbaum and Patrick Gadson moved to Sullivan & Cromwell from Vinson & Elkins … Former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jilan Kamal, moved to Kramer Levin as a partner in its litigation department and white-collar and government investigations group. The firm also added corporate partner Damian Petrovic from Schulte Roth … BakerHostetler hired Brad Pensyl as a partner in its national litigation practice and commercial litigation team from A&O Shearman … Schulte Roth picked up finance partner Joseph Gambino from Linklaters.
In Washington, D.C. …
Jenner & Block added Ashley Callen, the former general counsel to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, as co-chair of its congressional investigations practice. Also at Jenner, Aaron Cooper rejoined the firm as co-chair of its new critical and emerging technology practice and cyber security and data privacy practice. He was most recently deputy legal adviser to the U.S. National Security Council … WilmerHale brought back Brian Boynton, the former head of the DOJ’s civil division, as chair of its government and regulatory litigation practice … Venture capital partner David Holland moved to Pillsbury as a partner from Kirkland & Ellis … Venable added cybersecurity partner Jennifer Daskal. She was previously deputy homeland security advisor at the White House.
In Richmond …
Former deputy AG for Virginia Charles Slemp joined Cozen O’Connor’s state attorneys general group.
In Baltimore …
Baker Donelson added health partner Amanda Copsey from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s Office of Inspector General.
In California …
Foley & Lardner added five IP partners in two offices in the state. John Schnurer, Louise Lu, Kevin Patariu and Miguel Bombach join in San Diego from Perkins Coie and Tom Anderton joins in San Francisco from K&L Gates … Latham brought back life sciences partner Kate Hillier to its Bay Area offices from Cooley … Laura Devane rejoined Littler as a shareholder in its arbitration practice in Fresno. She was previously with Whitney, Thompson & Jeffcoach.
In Atlanta …
Reed Smith hired labor and employment partner David Long-Daniels in Atlanta from Squire Patton Boggs.
In New Orleans …
Laura Cannon, previously a Criminal Justice Act attorney for the 5th Circuit, joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner in its government practice.
In Baton Rouge …
Former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon Brown, joined McGlinchey Stafford as a partner. He’ll lead the firm’s government and internal investigations team.
In Dallas …
Haynes Boone hired Janice Davis as a partner in its M&A practice from Morgan Lewis, where she was managing partner of the Dallas office.
In Houston …
Sheppard Mullin added Jared Whalen as a partner to its tax, employee benefits and trusts and estates from Kirkland & Ellis.
In Minneapolis …
Peter Kaiser joined Hinshaw as a partner in its commercial transactions practice from Moss & Burnett.
In Cincinnati …
Cassandra Borchers joined Squire Patton Boggs as a financial services partner from Thompson Hine.
In London …
Morgan Lewis added Andrew Callaghan as a partner in its global tax practice from Milbank.
And finally …
Barnes & Thornburg added five new partners in three offices. Financial and regulatory litigation group co-chair Paul Kisslinger joins in D.C. from Lewis Brisbois; corporate partner Keith Melman joins in Los Angeles from Mars Science & DIagnostics where he was associate general counsel; corporate partner Mark Kromkowski joins in Chicago from Ice Miller; and labor and employment partners Tiffany Downs and Matthew Grabell join in Atlanta from FordHarrison … Sidley added four partners and 10 other attorneys from Cadwalader’s real estate finance group in New York and D.C., including Bonnie Neuman who was co-head of Cadwalader’s finance group. She is joined by partners Melissa Hinkle, Nicholas Brandfon and Molly Lovedale … DLA Piper promoted 65 attorneys to partner.
