Attorney Recruiter Placements and Legal Recruiter Placements and Lateral Attorney Moves for the Week of June 20, 2022

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Summary: Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of June 20, 2022.

Martin Montes has joined Government Services and Finance at Barnes & Thornburg and comes from Seyfarth Shaw.

Samita T. Ali-Khan joined the Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions group at Foley Hoag LLP and was previously at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

Richard Alvarez moves from Older Lundy Alvarez & Koch and will practice Litigation, Product Liability and Mass Torts, and Commercial Disputes law at Akerman LLP.

Joseph McKernan moves to Alston & Bird from Hodgson Russ LLP and will practice Corporate & Finance, Capital Markets & Securities law.

Maria Merritt has joined Corporate & Finance, Capital Markets & Securities at Alston & Bird and comes from McGuireWoods LLP.

Michelle Chung joined the Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution group at Baker McKenzie and was previously at DLA Piper.

Michael Boardman moves from DLA Piper will practice Commercial Litigation law at Baker McKenzie.

Alexandria Gardella moves to Benesch from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. and will practice Labor & Employment law.

Kari L. Heinze has joined Healthcare at Benesch.

George C. Morrison joined the Labor & Employment, Education group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and was previously at White and Williams LLP.

Kathleen J. Udo moves from Watson Farley & Williams and will practice Real Estate law at Blank Rome.

Chad N. Johnston moves to Burr & Forman from Willoughby & Hoefer, PA, and will practice Commercial Litigation, Appellate Environment & Land Use law.

Tracey C. Green has joined Corporate and Tax, Appellate at Burr & Forman and comes from Willoughby & Hoefer, PA.

John W. Roberts joined the Corporate and Tax, Appellate group at Burr & Forman and was previously at Willoughby & Hoefer, PA.

Lauren R. Silk moves from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP and will practice Property & Casualty Insurance law at Carlton Fields.

Benjamin A. Friedman moves to Cozen O’Connor from Dentons US LLP and will practice Private Client, Trusts and Estates, Family Law.

Steven J. Weisz has joined Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring at Cozen O’Connor.

Uri Doron joined the Corporate, Finance, M&A group at Covington & Burling LLP and was previously at Winston & Strawn LLP.

Jared Manes moves from Winston & Strawn LLP and will practice Corporate, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions law at Covington & Burling LLP.

Kevin Zaragoza moves to Dechert from Covington & Burling and will practice M&A, Tax, and Private Equity law.

Lauren Gulley has joined Real Estate at Davis Graham & Stubbs and comes from Harvey & Vallini, LLC.

Johnnie Nguyen joined the Commercial Litigation group at Davis Graham & Stubbs and was previously at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.

Madeline J. Smart moves from Jones Day and will practice Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights law at Davis Graham & Stubbs.

Joyce Tong Oelrich moves to Fenwick & West from Tong Tejani PLLC and will practice Regulatory, Government Contracts & Public Sector Procurement law.

Zohra Tejani has joined Regulatory, Government Contracts & Public Sector Procurement at Fenwick & West and comes from Tong Tejani PLLC.

Jeffrey Steele joined the Transactions, Corporate group at Foley & Lardner and was previously at Cooley LLP.

Paul A. Rosenthal will practice Litigation law at Fox Rothschild LLP and moves from Kelley Drye & Warren.

Paul R. Recupero moves to Gibbons P.C. and will practice Environmental law.

Chris Cathey has joined Litigation, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights at GrayRobinson and comes from Dickinson Wright PLLC.

Rachel Hass Reinus joined the Investment Management group at Haynes and Boone and was previously at Hedge Fund Solutions.

Stevens A. Carey moves from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate | Real Estate Finance law at Holland & Knight LLP.

John H. Irons moves to Holland & Knight LLP from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate law.

Bill Jackson has joined Real Estate | Real Estate Finance at Holland & Knight LLP and comes from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

David L. Packer joined the Real Estate | Real Estate Finance group at Holland & Knight LLP and was previously at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Ariel B. Robinson moves from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate | Commercial Real Estate Leasing law at Holland & Knight LLP.

Michael E. Scheinberg moves to Holland & Knight LLP from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate | Real Estate Finance | Real Estate Development | Commercial Real Estate Leasing law.

Eric B. Shortz has joined Real Estate | Real Estate Finance at Holland & Knight LLP and comes from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Jennifer A. White joined the Real Estate | Real Estate Finance group at Holland & Knight LLP and was previously at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

John R. Cauble Jr. moves from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate | Real Estate Finance law at Holland & Knight LLP.

Kathleen M. Hogaboom moves to Holland & Knight LLP from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate | Real Estate Finance law.

Angela D. Koerber has joined Real Estate | Real Estate Finance at Holland & Knight LLP and comes from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Richard H. MacCracken joined the Real Estate | Real Estate Finance group at Holland & Knight LLP and was previously at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Stephanie C. Silvers will practice Real Estate | Real Estate Finance law at Holland & Knight LLP and moves from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Justin C. Adofina moves to Holland & Knight LLP from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate law.

Anna S. Ayar has joined Real Estate at Holland & Knight LLP and comes from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Benjamin Bottehsazan joined the Real Estate Group at Holland & Knight LLP and was previously at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP.

Doug Merkel moves from Pircher, Nichols & Meeks LLP and will practice Real Estate | Real Estate Development | Real Estate Finance law at Holland & Knight LLP.

Kenneth Sheehan moves to Ice Miller from Baker & Hostetler LLP and will practice Intellectual Property, IP Litigation law.

Fabian M. Koenigbauer has joined Intellectual Property, IP Litigation at Ice Miller and comes from Baker & Hostetler LLP.

Jacqueline M. Lesser joined the Intellectual Property group at Ice Miller and was previously at Baker & Hostetler LLP.

Lesley Grossberg moves from Baker & Hostetler LLP and will practice Intellectual Property, Copyright law at Ice Miller.

Caitlin Podbielski moves to Ice Miller from Vedder Price and will practice Tax and Business law.

Rachel Orr has joined Real Estate & Tax Credit at Lathrop GPM and comes from Armstrong Teasdale LLP.

Carlos White joined the Franchise & Distribution group at Lathrop GPM.

Kevin Graff moves from Cheng Cohen LLC and will practice Franchise & Distribution law at Lathrop GPM.

Jason Johnson moves to Lathrop GPM from Larson King and will practice Franchise & Distribution law.

Rachel O’Connor has joined Franchise & Distribution at Lathrop GPM and comes from Monroe Moxness Berg, PA.

Daniel Mun joined the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity group at Latham & Watkins and was previously at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

Craig Frame will practice Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Corporate & Securities law at Mayer Brown.

Jim Kelly moves to Mayer Brown and will practice Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Corporate & Securities law.

Aaron Murdock has joined Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Corporate & Securities at Mayer Brown.

Matt Wells joined the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Corporate & Securities group at Mayer Brown.

Isaac Yilma moves from Squire Patton Boggs LLP and will practice Public Finance law at McGuireWoods.

Adam Di Vincenzo moves to Milbank LLP from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and will practice Antitrust law.

Denise Burke has joined Healthcare at McDermott Will & Emery and comes from Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis.

Lester J. Perling joined the Healthcare group at McDermott Will & Emery and was previously at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.

Joel C. Haims moves from Morrison & Foerster and will practice Mergers & Acquisitions law at McDermott Will & Emery.

Jonathan A. Henry moves to McDermott Will & Emery from King & Spalding LLP and will practice Litigation & Dispute Resolution law.

Masahiro Noda has joined Intellectual Property at Perkins Coie and comes from Greenberg Traurig.

Patrick Anding joined the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital, Corporate Law, Private Equity, M&A group at Perkins Coie and was previously at DLA Piper.

Praveena Nallainathan will practice Immigration law at Quarles & Brady.

Todd Anderson moves to Reed Smith from Anderson Tax & Finance Law and will practice Tax law.

Tony Alfonso has joined Real Estate at Reed Smith and comes from DLA Piper.

Ian Ross joined the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution group at Sidley Austin and was previously at Stumphauzer Foslid Sloman Ross & Kolaya, PLLC.

Robert M. (Rob) Warzel moves from Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, PLLC, and will practice Labor and Employment law at Spencer Fane.

Robert McManimon moves to Snell & Wilmer from Farhang & Medcoff and will practice Real Estate law.

Brandon Roper has joined Corporate and Securities at Snell & Wilmer and comes from Kount, an Equifax company.

Jeffery Meyer joined the Labor and Employment group at Venable.

Linda Sim moves from Loeb & Loeb LLP and will practice Mergers & Acquisitions law at White & Case.

Brett Pallin moves to White & Case from Kirkland & Ellis and will practice Finance law.

Craig V. Rasile has joined Corporate at Winston & Strawn and comes from McDermott Will & Emery.

Nicholas E. Rodríguez joined the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Winston & Strawn and was previously at Jones Day.

Brent Fassett moves from Cooley and will practice Corporate law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

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My legal placement professional was friendly and responsive and seemed to really know the market and understood what I w....Read more >

Robyn Lesser

Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Class Of 2011

Placed at Kovar Law Group

My recruiter was very responsive in communicating with me during the job hunt. Communication was huge. Someone else doin....Read more >

David Zeledon

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Class Of 2015

Placed at Linowes & Blocher, L.L.P.

I was very fortunate, because the recruiter I worked with was highly qualified. She was very dedicated to me, had great ....Read more >

Susan Louie

Georgetown Law, Class Of 2009

Placed at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

I enjoyed having the one direct person that I got to work with. She was very beneficial. I like the ease of it. Essentia....Read more >

Manraj Sekhon

Brooklyn Law School, Class Of 2019

Placed at BurgherGray LLP

My favorite aspect of working with the entire BCG team was the array of helpful resources that they shared with me. Whet....Read more >

Jonathan Berry-Smith

Stanford University Law School, Class of 2018

I appreciated how I felt my legal placement professional was really personable and friendly. She wanted to get in touch ....Read more >

Taeva Shefler

New York University School of Law, Class Of 2013

Placed at Robins Borghei LLP.

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