The Talent
July 29, 2008 5:45 PM
THE CHURN: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
Posted by Kirstin Maguire
Some surprising news on the Churn front came through early this week, when Above The Law reported Monday that former Sullivan & Cromwell associate Aaron Charney has landed a new gig at Clifford Chance. As our readers surely recall, Charney sued S&C in January 2007 for sexual orientation discrimination, only to be fired and countersued by the firm, which charged the lawyer with violating client confidences and stealing documents from a partner's office. Both sides reached a confidential settlement last fall. The likely fallout for Charney, suggested by the Wall Street Journal's law blog shortly after, was a long stretch of unemployment, as ATL recounts. Now, nine months later, a job. Considering how nasty things got between Charney and his former firm, gainful employment has come along sooner than expected. Clifford Chance confirmed the hire to ATL and The Am Law Daily: "Mr. Charney will join us in early September as a fifth-year associate. We believe he is a talented lawyer who will add even more bench strength to our mergers and acquisitions practice," firm spokesperson Mike Kachel said via e-mail.
As reported today by Tony Lin in sibling publication New York Law Journal, Charney's ability to land another law firm job "after being involved in such a high-profile suit against his former firm suggests such litigation may no longer be career suicide, provided the lawyer has desirable skills.
"Clifford Chance and other major London firms have been especially eager to boost their New York M&A capabilities," Lin reported.
In other Churn news ...
Bryan Cave's Chicago office is growing with the addition of five new partners joininig from Chicago's Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. The five include: Nicola Fiordalisi, who focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border transactions, representing Italian businesses operating in the U.S. and U.S. businesses operating in Italy; Bryan Keyt, who defends clients in enforcement actions brought by the EPA, OSHA, and state agencies; Francis Lyons, who specializes in environmental compliance, corporate environmental audits and due diligence, and enforcement defense; S. Patrick McKey, a commercial litigator specializing in international disputes, mass and toxic torts, product liability, and public law; and Mike Ohm who has an environmental, energy, and natural resource practice.
Chadbourne & Parke has promoted David Gallai, Jennifer Handz, Dennis Hopkins, and Scott Naidech to partner. Gallai, Hopkins, and Naidech are based in New York; Handz is based in London.
Duane Morris has hired Robert Layton as a partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Layton will join the firm's health law practice group. He previously was a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine.
With more than 30 years of experience, Layton concentrates his practice in the regulatory, transactional, and litigation aspects of health care law.
Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart has added Jennifer Robinson as a partner in its Fort Lauderdale office. Robinson, who joins the firm's private wealth services and trusts anad estates practice groups, brings more than a decade of legal experience in trust and estate administration, estate planning, and guardianship administration.
Shawn McDonald has joined the Del Mar Heights, Calif. office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as special counsel in the firm's intellectual property practice group. McDonald previously worked for the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins, handling patent litigations at the district court and appellate stages.
Stephen Boulton has joined the Chicago office of Thompson Coburn Fagel Haber as a partner in the firm's business litigation group. Formerly a partner with Cantwell & Cantwell, Boulton has experience in securities and securities employment litigation.
Thompson & Knight has continued growing its Mexico City office, Thompson & Knight Abogados, with the addition of Guillermo Uribe as a partner, who joins the firm's corporate and securities practice group. Uribe, who focuses his practice primarily on matters related to banking and securities law, national and international securities offerings, and structured finance, previously served as director of market surveillance and director of corporate finance of the National Banking and Securities Commission.
The churn is constant. Our reports are twice weekly. Send your news to amlawdaily@alm.com.
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