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Attorney Recruiter Placements and Legal Recruiter Placements and Lateral Attorney Moves for the Week of March 27, 2023

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Summary: Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of March 27, 2023.
week of March 27, 2023

Kimberly Petillo-Décossard has joined Mergers & Acquisitions at White & Case and comes from Cahill Gordon & Reindel.

Ross Sturman joined the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at White & Case and was previously at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.


Toni Ojoyeyi will practice Labor and Employment Law at Spencer Fane and moves from Messerli & Kramer.

Steven Fox moves to Smith, Gambrell & Russell from Rogers & Hardin and will practice Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law.

Lara Treinis Gatz has joined White Collar Criminal Defense & Investigations at Reed Smith and comes from the Department of Justice.

Wendell Bartnick joined the Tech & Data and Health Care Group at Reed Smith and was previously at Holland & Knight.

Richard C. Godfrey will practice Litigation Law at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and moves from Kirkland & Ellis.

Hoyt Prindle moves to Porter Wright Morris & Arthur from Freeborn & Peters and will practice Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law.

Wesley White has joined Intellectual Property at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and comes from Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg.

Jamie Evans joined the Capital Markets, Corporate Governance Group at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and was previously at Fenwick & West.

Robert Wann Jr. will practice Bank Finance, Corporate & Transactional, and Private Equity Law at O’Melveny & Myers and moves from Baker Botts.

William Schumacher moves to Lathrop GPM from Milbank and will practice Financial Services, Bankruptcy Litigation Law.

David Archer has joined Franchise Litigation & Dispute Resolution at Lathrop GPM and comes from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.

Ronie Schmelz joined the Commercial Disputes, Health Care, and FDA Group at K&L Gates and was previously at Tucker Ellis.

Avril Love will practice Commercial Disputes Law at K&L Gates and moves from Tucker Ellis.

Matthew J. Kelly moves to Ice Miller from Polsinelli and will practice Appellate Practice, Health Care, and Litigation Law.

Brad Hammer has joined Data Privacy at Husch Blackwell and comes from Dorsey & Whitney.

George H. Singer joined the Corporate, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Bankruptcy, and Restructuring Group at Holland & Hart and was previously at Ballard Spahr.

Kenneth W. Field will practice Antitrust, Health Care Law at Hogan Lovells and moves from Jones Day.

Stacey Lara moves to Holland & Knight from Rosenberg & Estis and will practice Real Estate, Capital Markets Law.

Stephen J. Holmes has joined Intellectual Property, Corporate & Business, Trademarks & Copyrights at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder and comes from Barlow, Josephs & Holmes.

David R. Josephs joined the Intellectual Property, Corporate & Business, Trademarks & Copyrights Group at Hinckley, Allen & Snyder and was previously at Barlow, Josephs & Holmes.

Megan Keane will practice Appellate, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights, and Commercial Litigation Law at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and moves from Dzenitis Newman.

Lindsey A. Peck moves to Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and will practice Appellate Law.

Ranan Well has joined Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment Management, Financial Services, and Fintech at Goodwin Procter and comes from Stradley Ronon.

Karen Prodromo joined the Litigation, Product Liability & Mass Torts Group at Fox Rothschild and was previously at Morgan Lewis.

Heather McFeeley will practice Litigation and Trials Law at Fisher Phillips and moves from Freeman Mathis & Gary.

Peter Yim moves to DLA Piper from Dentons and will practice Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation Law.

Christopher Eide has joined Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation at DLA Piper and comes from Dentons.

Brian Ho joined the Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation Group at DLA Piper and was previously at Dentons.

Randy Omid will practice Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation Law at DLA Piper and moves from Dentons.

Michael Swett moves to DLA Piper from Dentons and will practice Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation Law.

Parker Kuhl has joined Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation at DLA Piper and comes from Dentons.

Elizabeth Burkhard joined the Intellectual Property Group at DLA Piper and was previously at Holland & Knight.

MelesaFreerks will practice Healthcare, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Equity Law at DLA Piper and moves from Kirkland & Ellis.

Theresa Wardon Benz moves to Davis Graham & Stubbs from Latham & Watkins and will practice Appellate, Commercial Litigation, and Products Liability Law.

Micah Arbisser has joined Real Estate at Debevoise & Plimpton and comes from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

Melissa Siebert joined the Class Actions and Employment Litigation Group at Cozen O’Connor and was previously at Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

Erin Bolan Hines will practice Commercial Litigation and Employment Litigation Law at Cozen O’Connor and moves from Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

Beth Sasfai moves to Cooley from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and will practice Environmental, Social & Governance Law.

Ari Derman has joined Banking and Financial Services at Clark Hill and comes from Harris & Harris, Ltd.

Dan Flores joined the Commercial Lending, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy Group at Chapman and Cutler and was previously at Wilson Elser.

Tim Wheeler will practice Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law at Chapman and Cutler and moves from Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP.

Alex Kress moves to Chapman and Cutler from Wilson Elser and will practice Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Law.

Michael Samuels has joined Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution at Chapman and Cutler and comes from Wilson Elser.

Jeremy Lewin joined the Corporate Group at Barnes & Thornburg and was previously at EEOC.

William Essig will practice Litigation Law at Barnes & Thornburg and moves from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath.

Michael Doherty moves to Akerman LLP from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath and will practice Corporate, M&A, and Private Equity Law.

Romain Dambre has joined Corporate and M&A at Allen & Overy and comes from Kirkland & Ellis.

Gregory Omer joined the Corporate, Fintech, Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Armstrong Teasdale and was previously at Thompson Coburn.

Neil Torpey will practice Capital Markets and Securities, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Equity Law at Baker Botts and moves from Paul Hastings.

Brent Hicks moves to Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz from McGlinchey Stafford and will practice Construction, Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Government Contracts Law.

Meghan K. Farmer has joined Emerging Companies at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and comes from Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch.

Alyssa H. Friedman joined the Complex Commercial Group at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and was previously at L&G Law Group.

Wenwen Gu will practice Intellectual Property Law at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and moves from Grossman, Tucker, Perreault, & Pfleger.

Gerald Haberkorn moves to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from L&G Law Group and will practice Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions Law.

Thomas W. Haberkorn has joined Business & Finance and M&A at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and comes from L&G Law Group.

Joseph P. Hynes joined the Complex Commercial, Business & Finance Group at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and was previously at L&G Law Group.

Sarina Jwo will practice Business & Finance, Emerging Companies Law at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and moves from Cooley LLP.

Bryan C. Larsen moves to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from L&G Law Group and will practice Complex Commercial Law.

Samera S. Ludwig has joined Labor & Employment, Litigation at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and comes from L&G Law Group.

Jenna MacDonald joined the Bankruptcy & Financial and Restructuring Group at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and was previously at Kirkland & Ellis.

Martin W. McManaman will practice Labor & Employment, Litigation Law at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and moves from L&G Law Group.

Jeffrey B. Rose moves to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from L&G Law Group and will practice Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring, Real Estate Finance Law.

Robert H. Smeltzer has joined Labor & Employment at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and comes from Walker Morton LLP.

Alee Soleimanpour joined the Business & Finance Group at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and was previously at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt.

Ross M. Speier will practice Business & Finance Law at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and moves from Alston & Bird.

Ashleigh Stochel moves to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from L&G Law Group and will practice Complex Commercial Litigation Law.

Christopher R. Sullivan has joined Complex Commercial Litigation at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and comes from L&G Law Group.

Lisa Teixeira Águeda joined the Intellectual Property, Trademark, Copyright & Advertising Group at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and was previously at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch.

Laura E. Burkett will practice Business & Finance Law at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and moves from Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein.

Sean Donlan moves to Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton from L&G Law Group and will practice Complex Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Law.

Erick Durlach has joined Complex Commercial Litigation and Construction Litigation at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton and comes from L&G Law Group.

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