In Washington, D.C. …
Outgoing USPTO director Kathi Vidal will return to Winston & Strawn on Dec. 16 … Day Pitney added Mark Williams as a partner in its energy practice from Mayer Brown … Commercial insurance litigation partner Aaron Coombs rejoined Perkins Coie from Pillsbury … Erin Turley returned to McDermott as a partner in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice.
In New York …
Paul Weiss added two life sciences and tech litigators from Weil: Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser, who co-chaired Weil’s global litigation department, and Anish Desai, who was co-head of the patent litigation practice. Weiswasser will be co-chair of Paul Weiss’s litigation department … JIm Fogarty joined Latham’s structured finance practice as a partner from White & Case … Healthcare and life sciences partner Craig Bleifer left Akin Gump for McGuireWoods … King & Spalding added Olivier Antoine as a partner in its business litigation practice from Crowell & Moring … Consumer financial services partner Brian Turetsky joined Hinshaw & Culbertson from Ballard Spahr … Cleary Gottlieb added Lesley Janzen as a partner in its capital markets practice from Milbank.
In Chicago …
Stradley Ronon added Richard Peterson from Perkins Coie to its investment management and corporate tax group.
In Atlanta …
Former SEC lawyer Josh Hess joined BCLP’s financial disputes and investigations practice as a partner.
In Dallas…
Peter Rogers joined Bracewell’s tax department as a partner from Vinson & Elkins.
In Nashville …
Kevin Elkins joined Polsinelli’s healthcare litigation practice as a shareholder from Epstein Becker & Green.
And finally …
Barnes & Thornburg named Scott Simmonds chair of the firm’s IP department. The firm also hired Brian Crist as a real estate partner in its Indianapolis and South Florida offices … Stoel Rives elected six partners … And Simpson Thacher named 44 new partners.
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