October 2010
By Thai Phi Le
Honors and Appointments
Kim M. Keenan, former D.C. Bar president and a principal of The Keenan Firm, and Lorelie S. Masters, a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, were chosen as Vision 2020 National Delegates and will serve as chief advocates for women’s leadership and equality in their respective home states… Mary Ellen Powers, partner-in-charge at Jones Day, has received InsideCounsel magazine’s Transformative Leadership Award for her work developing women leaders throughout the firm… Edward R. McNicholas, a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, has been recognized as 2010 Best Law Firm Writer by the Burton Awards for Legal Achievement… Michael F. Williams, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, was inducted into the Asbury Park (New Jersey) High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame… Paley Rothman principal Arthur G. House has been certified as an international mediator and named to the Panel of Mediators of the International Mediation Institute. Linda D. Schwartz, also a principal at the firm, has accepted an invitation to become a fellow of the American Bar Association… Paul J. Gitnik of Keevican Weiss Bauerle & Hirsch LLC has been elected to the Duquesne University Law Alumni Association board of governors for the 2010–2012 term… Penelope S. Farthing, senior counsel at Patton Boggs LLP, has been inducted into the Indiana University Law School Academy of Law Alumni Fellows… Robin Talbert has joined the Women’s Campaign Forum as its first executive-in-residence… Rhian McGrath, a partner at Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered, has been named a bar leader of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Bar Foundation in recognition of her service to the bar association and the legal community… The National Law Journal has honored Jerry S. Hartman, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, as one of the Legal Times “champions” for his work as director of the firm’s Barbara McDowell Pro Bono Initiative. Michael J. Remington and Philip J. Cardinale, a partner and associate, respectively, at the firm, have been honored with the 2010 Burton Award for excellence in writing… Patrick D. Blake, a senior associate at Griffin & Murphy, LLP, has been appointed to the D.C. Board of Real Property Assessments and Appeals by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty… Homer E. Moyer Jr. of Miller & Chevalier Chartered has been selected as a recipient of the 2010 Chambers USA Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession Award… Eric J. Schwartz, a partner at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, has been elected treasurer of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A…. Jonathan J. Rusch, deputy chief for strategy and policy at the U.S. Department of Justice, has received the Honorary Freedom of the City of London, the city’s highest honor… Nancy G. Fax, managing partner Pasternak & Fidis, P.C., has been named to the Uniform Law Commission as an observer for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Linda J. Ravdin, a partner at the firm, has been selected by the American Bar Association Section of Family Law as coadvisor of the commission… William Treanor has been named executive vice president and dean of The Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Richard Lazarus has been named executive director of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling… Daniel J. Metcalfe, executive director of the Collaboration on Government Secrecy at American University Washington College of Law, has been appointed to the World Bank’s Access to Information Appeals Board… Samar Ali, an associate at Hogan Lovells LLP, has been appointed to serve as one of 13 White House Fellows for 2010–2011… Brigida Benitez has been appointed as chief of the Office of Institutional Integrity at the Inter-American Development Bank… Paley Rothman’s Patricia M. Weaver has been inducted as president of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Bar Association for the 2010–11 term.
On the Move
Frank H. Menaker has joined The McCammon Group… Holly A. Roth has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as government contracts partner in the firm’s government and regulatory policy practice… T. Spence Chubb has joined WilmerHale LLP as special counsel in the firm’s litigation/controversy department and as a member of its intellectual property litigation group…White collar criminal defense lawyer Donald I. Bierman has joined Waserstein Nunez & Foodman, PL in Miami, Florida, as of counsel… Marvin W. Ehrlich has joined Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP as partner in the firm’s real estate and finance practice group… James A. Ferg-Cadima has rejoined the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and will head up the group’s Washington, D.C., office… Louis Ramos has joined DLA Piper LLP as partner in the firm’s litigation practice… Ellis M. Butler, Jeffrey P. Schroeder, and Larry Skinner have joined Hunton & Williams LLP as partner in the firm’s energy and project finance team… John J. Klusaritz has joined Foley & Lardner LLP as partner in the firm’s transactional and securities practice group and energy industry team… B. Ted Howes, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s New York office, has been appointed to lead the firm’s international arbitration group… Daniel Q. Greif has joined Atherton Legal in Bangkok, Thailand, as senior partner specializing in the firm’s intellectual property law… Paul F. Danello has joined Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP as partner… David E. Kay has joined Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered, as associate in the firm’s business and taxation, commercial lending and real estate transactions practice groups. Diane P. Kilcoyne has joined the firm as litigation support coordinator in the litigation group… John E. Heintz has joined Dickstein Shapiro LLP as partner in the firm’s insurance coverage practice… Ronald Meisburg has joined Proskauer Rose LLP as partner in the firm’s labor and employment law department… Albert V. Carr Jr. has joined Duane Morris LLP as of counsel in the firm’s energy law practice group… John P. Rowley III has joined Baker & McKenzie LLP as partner in the firm’s North American litigation and corporate compliance and risk management practice groups … Mark H. Tuohey III has joined Brown Rudnick LLP as partner in the firm’s litigation department…Koorosh (KT) Talieh and Peter L. Tracey have joined Perkins Coie LLP as partner in the firm’s insurance coverage practice. Linda A. Powell has joined the firm as of counsel… Devon M. Bodoh and Viva Hammer have joined KMPG LLP as principal in the firm’s Washington national tax practice… Elizabeth A. Banker has joined Zwillinger Genetski LLP as counsel… Laura C. Fraher has joined Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, P.C. as associate in the firm’s trial and construction group… Leon Radomsky has joined the Marbury Law Group PLLC as partner… Singleton B. McAllister has joined Blank Rome LLP as partner. Weldon J. Rougeau has joined the firm’s government relations group as of counsel. Both lawyers also have joined as principal in the firm’s government affairs subsidiary, Blank Rome Government Relations LLC… Fern P. O’Brian has joined Thompson Hine LLP as partner in the firm’s product liability practice group… Elizabeth Fleming has joined the Seattle firm of Barokas Martin & Tomlinson and is resident in the firm’s Anchorage, Alaska, office… Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A. has made the following additions to its new intellectual property (IP) group: Jonathan B. Crocker and Sunwoo Lee Ph.D. have joined as partner, with Lee leading the IP group. Benjamin E. Maskell and Baldine B. Paul Ph.D. have joined as associate… Amy Beth Mogetz has joined Carr Maloney P.C. as associate… Craig B. Young has joined Kutak Rock LLP as of counsel.
Company Changes
Troutman Sanders LLP has launched a financial crimes and securities fraud team to counsel clients on a new, nationwide government task force focused on combating white–collar crime.
Author! Author!
Hale E. Sheppard, a shareholder in the Atlanta office of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, has published the following articles: “As the World Turns: Court Rebuffs Novel Spin on International Tax Filing Rules,” which appears in the International Tax Journal; “Strike Three for the IRS in Passive Activity Loss Cases: Courts United in Rejecting Outdated Limited Partnership Theories” and “How Much Must One Pay to Play? Recent Case Clarifies Jurisdictional Deposit Requirement in TEFRA Partnership Litigation,” which appear in the Journal of Passthrough Entities; “Exploring the Limits of State Law in Resolving Federal Tax Disputes: Tax Court Denies the IRS’s ‘Back Door’ Approach in Alimony Case,” which appears in Taxes—The Tax Magazine; and “There Are Some ‘Guaranties’ in Life, But Do You Want to Be the One Making Them? Analyzing the Unique Tax Rules for Bad Debt Losses,” which appears in Corporate Business Taxation... Joy R. Butler has written The Cyber Citizen’s Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Internet Law for Your Professional Online Presence, published by Sashay Communications… The second edition of The Endangered Species Deskbook, authored by Holland & Knight LLP partners Larry Liebesman and Rafe Petersen, has been released by the Environmental Law Institute… G. A. Finch, a senior partner at Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP, has launched Your Executive Life (www.yourexecutivelife.com), a blog that focuses on advancement, compensation, contracts, and ethics issues of executive employees… Sheri R. Abrams, of counsel at Needham Mitnick & Pollack PLC, has written the book Don’t Gamble With Your Social Security Disability Benefits… Garry S. Grossman, Richard D. Lieberman, and Gabriel D. Soll of McCarthy Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C. have cowritten The Government Contracts Forms Book, which was published by Thomson West.
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