LATERAL MOVES AND PROMOTIONS
IN THE AM LAW 200
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AS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INCHED OVER 11,000 in April for the first time
since 2008, a bit of optimism seeped into the legal market. Firms snatched up lawyers in a
variety of practice areas, but continued to favor litigation partners. The Am Law 200 also
expanded their global reach, with two firms opening new offices abroad. BY CLAIRE ZILLMAN
Charles Adams, Jr.
Partner, arbitration
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER &
FELD, GENEVA
SW Adams and the six other lawyers who made up Hogan & Hartson’s Geneva office left the
firm for Akin Gump on May 1, the
same day Hogan merged with
Lovells. Hogan’s Warsaw office and a
large chunk of its Berlin office also
defected from the firm prior to the
merger. Adams will head Akin
Gump’s new Geneva office, which
will focus on international
arbitration.
auction site, including the recent
trademark suit by Tiffany & Co.,
which claimed that eBay was liable
for the Tiffany knockoffs being sold
on its site. In the Silicon Valley office,
Huser will join former Apple Inc., GC
Daniel Cooperman, who returned to
Bingham in March.
100 firm to enter the Brazilian
market since December.
DC Ogden returns to Wilmer after serving as deputy attorney general at the U.S. Department of
Justice for a little over a year. As
deputy AG, Ogden oversaw the
department’s 110,000 employees
and its $30 billion budget. At Wilmer,
Odgen will cochair the government
and regulatory litigation group.
Mark Bartlett
Of counsel, litigation
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE,
SEATTLE
WA For the last 25 years, Bartlett worked as a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Seattle. He
handled such high-profile cases as
the sentencing of Ahmed Ressam,
who was accused of trying to blow
up Los Angeles International Airport
as part of a millennium bomb plot. At
Davis Wright, Bartlett will tackle
white-collar criminal defense and
civil fraud cases.
Andrew Jánszky
Partner, corporate
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY
& MCCLOY, SÃO PAULO
BR Jánszky previously headed Shearman & Sterling’s São Paulo office, which worked on some
of Brazil’s biggest deals, such as
Banco Itaú’s 2008 merger with
Unibanco. Milbank hired Jánszky to
open its own office in Sáo Paulo—
the firm’s first in Latin America.
Former Shearman associate Tobias
Stirnberg will also join Milbank as a
partner. Milbank is the third Am Law
Suedeen Kelly
Partner, energy industry
PATTON BOGGS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DC Kelly served in the Bush and Obama administrations as a commissioner with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission,
where she handled the oversight
and regulation of the nation’s
electricity and natural gas wholesale
markets and interstate transmission
systems. At Patton Boggs, Kelly will
cochair the firm’s energy industry
practice.
Jason Salman
Partner, restructuring
GREENBERG TRAURIG MAHER,
LONDON
UK Salman and associate Helena Potts will move to Greenberg Traurig Maher from Kirkland & Ellis.
The pair will join GTM’s restructuring
team, which is led by Lyndon Norley,
the former head of Kirkland’s
European restructuring practice who
joined GTM in November.
David Ogden
Partner, government and
regulatory litigation
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE
AND DORR, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Steven Smith
Partner, real estate
PERKINS COIE, DALLAS
TX Perkins Coie hired Smith, a former shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Dallas office, to
open the Seattle-based firm’s new
Dallas office, which will focus on
real estate and commercial law
matters. At Perkins Coie, Smith will
represent commercial mortgage–
backed securities special servicer
clients.
Mary Huser
Partner, intellectual property
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN,
SILICON VALLEY
CA Earlier in her career, Huser was cochair of Bingham’s IP group and head of its Silicon Valley
office, but she left in 2008 for the
deputy general counsel position at
eBay Inc. Huser handled global IP
and litigation matters for the online
Adrian Yip
Partner, commercial litigation
WINSTON & STRAWN,
HONG KONG
HK In 2005 Yip was part of the launch team for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s Hong Kong
office. Moving with him to Winston
are three litigation associates, who
will focus on securities and
intellectual property disputes and
white-collar criminal defense. With
the four new hires, Winston will have
12 lawyers in its Hong Kong office,
which opened in late 2008.
