Attorney Recruiter Placements and Legal Recruiter Placements and Lateral Attorney Moves for the Week of March 28, 2022

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Summary: Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of March 28, 2022.

Kerry Potter McCormick has joined investment funds at Barnes & Thornburg and is coming from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Sarah Rugnetta joined the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity group at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and was previously at Beckage, PLLC.

Christian Schultz will practice Securities Enforcement & Litigation law at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and is moving from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Todd Sladek is moving to Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC from FisherBroyles, LLP and will practice Intellectual Property law.

Mark Itri has joined Patent Litigation at Baker & Hostetler and is coming from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Michael Dreznes joined the Patent Litigation group at Baker & Hostetler and was previously at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Lisa Lanham will practice Consumer Financial Services law at Ballard Spahr and is moving from Alston & Bird.

Rinaldo Martinez is moving to Ballard Spahr from SNR Denton and will practice Consumer Financial Services law.

Justin C. Esposito has joined Private Client Services, Tax at Ballard Spahr and is coming from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.

Justin H. Brown joined the Private Client Services, Tax group at Ballard Spahr and was previously at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.

Mark S. Blaskey will practice Private Client Services, Tax law at Ballard Spahr and is moving from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.

Brittany A. Yodis is moving to Ballard Spahr from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and will practice Private Client Services, Tax law.

Paul A. Del Aguila has joined Litigation, Product Liability at Benesch and is coming from Faegre Drinker.

Aaron Chaloner joined the Intellectual Property group at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP and was previously at Baker Donelson.

Helen Maher will practice Litigation law at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and is moving from Boies Schiller Flexner.

Wasif Khan is moving to Dickinson Wright LLP from Khan Law LLC and will practice Corporate Health Care law.

James Fischer has joined Corporate at DLA Piper and is coming from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Alexander Meiseles joined the Corporate group at DLA Piper and was previously at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Yonaton M. Rosenzweig will practice Commercial Litigation law at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and is moving from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

Michael De Voe Piazza is moving to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and will practice Private Equity, Energy law.

Chelsea E. Bellew has joined Workers’ Compensation at Goldberg Segalla and is coming from Chartwell Law.

Kathleen L. Fellows joined the Corporate, Real Estate group at Greenberg Traurig and was previously at JC Hospitality LLC.

John Nader will practice Consumer Financial Services law at Hinshaw & Culbertson and is moving from McGlinchey Stafford.

Elizabeth Craddock is moving to Holland & Knight from Jones Walker and will practice Public Policy & Regulation law.

Greg Louer has joined Technology at Holland & Knight and comes from Arnold & Porter.

Joseph Franco joined the Litigation group at Holland & Knight and was previously at Richardson Wright LLP.

Cheryl L. Isaac will practice Asset Management and Investment Funds law at K&L Gates LLP and moves from Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.

Michelle Ann Clark is moving to Littler Mendelson from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and will practice Litigation and Trials law.

Patrick P. Clyder has joined Product Liability, Commercial Litigation at McGuireWoods and is coming from Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP.

Sarah Cline joined the Real Estate group at Miles & Stockbridge and was previously at Hartman & Egeli, LLP.

John Balboni will practice Real Estate law at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and is moving from Sullivan & Worcester LLP.

Alice Pak is moving to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP from the Law Office of Cherie E. Cookorinis, P.C. and will practice Business Immigration law.

Carron Joan Mitchell has joined Entertainment at Nixon Peabody International LLP and is coming from HERTZ LICHTENSTEIN YOUNG & POLK LLP.

Megan Ward Spelman joined the Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and was previously at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Sarah R. Kocher will practice Health Care law at Polsinelli and is moving from the University of Rochester.

Jennifer R. Bolster is moving to Polsinelli from Hancock & Estabrook, LLP and will practice Health Care law.

Jerry Morgan has joined Real Estate at Quarles & Brady and is coming from Berens Blonstein PLC.

Robyn Sandak joined the Entertainment and Media group at Reed Smith and was previously at Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP.

Lourdes M. Martinez will practice Healthcare law at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and is moving from Garfunkel Wild.

Gregory R. Smith is moving to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton from Garfunkel Wild and will practice Healthcare law.

Carly Eisenberg Hoinacki has joined Healthcare, Corporate at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and is coming from Epstein Becker & Green.

Cyrus Abbassi joined the Healthcare group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and was previously at Proskauer Rose.

Steven Rutkovsky will practice Finance law at Sidley Austin and is moving from Ropes & Gray LLP.

Gary Silber is moving to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP from Weil, Gotshal & Manges and will practice Corporate and Tax law.

Bryce C. Morgan has joined Corporate and Securities at Snell & Wilmer and comes from Foley & Lardner LLP.

Taleran Troy Galan joined the Special Litigation and Compliance group at Snell & Wilmer and was previously at Stanton LLP.

Dameon Rivers will practice Multifamily Housing Finance law at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and is moving from Ballard Spahr LLP.

Kim Phan is moving to Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP from Ballard Spahr LLP and will practice Financial Services, Data + Privacy law.

Lori Sommerfield has joined Financial Services, Data + Privacy at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and comes from Ballard Spahr LLP.

Chris Willis joined the Consumer Financial Services group at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and was previously at Ballard Spahr LLP.

Mark J. Furletti will practice Consumer Financial Services law at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and is moving from Ballard Spahr LLP.

Jeremy T. Rosenblum is moving to Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP from Ballard Spahr LLP and will practice Consumer Financial Services law.

Stefanie H. Jackman has joined Consumer Financial Services at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and comes from Ballard Spahr LLP.

James Kim joined the Consumer Financial Services group at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and was previously at Ballard Spahr LLP.

Jason M. Cover will practice Consumer Financial Services law at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and is moving from Ballard Spahr LLP.

Anthony C. Kaye is moving to Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP from Ballard Spahr LLP and will practice Consumer Financial Services law.

Matt Walker has joined Financial Services at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.

Jeffrey Saferstein joined the Restructuring group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and was previously at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Matthew Barnett will practice Mergers & Acquisitions law at White & Case and is moving from Sullivan & Cromwell.

Donald Burke is moving to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP from Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP and will practice Litigation law.

Laura Geist has joined life insurance and financial services at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and is coming from Dentons.

Patrick J. Sandor joined the Corporate & Financial Services group at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and was previously at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Christopher R.J. Pace will practice Complex Commercial Litigation law at Winston & Strawn LLP and is moving from Jones Day.

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I really appreciated the resources my legal placement professional and BCG provided through literature and thought it wa....Read more >

Ahmad Asir

University of California Berkeley School of Law, Class Of 2016

Placed at Ropers Majeski Kohn Bentley PC

The communication was reasonably good and timely. I thought the woman I worked with was very professional and she was go....Read more >

Andrew Friedman

University of Minnesota, Class Of 1993

Placed at Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker, PA

I would highly recommend working with my Los Angeles recruiter. My recruiter is professional, responsive, and supportive....Read more >

Jennifer Roberts

University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law, Class Of 2002

Placed at Duane Morris LLP

I really appreciate that BCG kept me up to date on the openings and found those for me and tried to give me a quick summ....Read more >

Joseph Venier

University of Michigan Law School, Class Of 2017

Placed at Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP

My legal placement professional took the time to really get to know me. We spent 20-30 minutes initially and she made th....Read more >

Daryll Hawthorne-Searight

Temple Law School, Class Of 2017

Placed at Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C.

One thing I liked a lot about my legal placement professional was that she was super friendly and really responsive, and....Read more >

Joseph Hansen

University of Minnesota Law School, Class Of 2010

Placed at Latham & Watkins LLP.

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