Attorney Recruiter Placements and Legal Recruiter Placements and Lateral Attorney Moves for the Week of October 16, 2023

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Summary: Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of October 16, 2023.

Michael Grigsby has joined Corporate at Armstrong Teasdale and is coming from Faegre Drinker.

Adam Mengler joined the Real Estate & Environmental Group at Benesch.

Amanda Gallagher will practice Litigation, White Collar and Investigations Law at Barnes & Thornburg and is moving from the United States District Court.

Sarah Trankiem is moving to Barnes & Thornburg from Tucker Ellis LLP and will practice Litigation Law.

Yuhei Watanabe has joined Corporate at Barnes & Thornburg and is coming from Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.

John Ginley III joined the Real Estate Group at Barnes & Thornburg and was previously at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP.

Marc Bulson will practice Real Estate Law at Barnes & Thornburg and is moving from Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP.

Monica Diddell is moving to Polsinelli from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and will practice Corporate & Transactional, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy Law.

Patrick Muffo has joined Intellectual Property at Polsinelli and is coming from Seyfarth Shaw.

Kristin Parsons joined the Litigation, Labor and Employment Group at Phelps Dunbar and was previously at Burr & Forman LLP.

Ravi Purohit will practice Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity Law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is moving from Latham & Watkins.

Eric J. Wedel is moving to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison from Kirkland & Ellis and will practice Corporate, Finance, Private Equity Law.

Ben Steadman has joined Corporate, Finance, Private Equity at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is coming from Kirkland & Ellis.

Matthew N. Leist joined the Corporate, Finance, Private Equity Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and was previously at Kirkland & Ellis.

Caroline B. Epstein will practice Corporate, Finance, Private Equity Law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is moving from Kirkland & Ellis.

Nathan Mitchell is moving to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison from Kirkland & Ellis and will practice Corporate, Cybersecurity & Data Protection Law.

John Eliason has joined the Finance Sector, Tax, Renewable Energy at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and is coming from Greenberg Traurig, LLP.

Raghav Krishnapriyan joined the Intellectual Property Group at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and was previously at Morrison & Foerster.

Kristen J. Fallon will practice Real Estate Law at Nixon Peabody and is moving from Riemer & Braunstein LLP.

Kate Vera is moving to McDermott Will & Emery from Kirkland & Ellis and will practice Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Law.

Harold S. Nathan has joined Corporate and Business Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities and Capital Markets, Banking and Financial Services at Rimon and is coming from Schiff Hardin.

Akin Alcitepe joined the Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Group at Rimon and was previously at Offit Kurman, PA.

Monica Frascona will practice Litigation and Labor & Employment Law at Sherman & Howard and is moving from Dykema Gossett PLLC.

Najwa Alsheikh is moving to Benesch and will practice Litigation Law.

Andrew Banks has joined Securities and Capital Markets at Ballard Spahr and is coming from ArentFox Schiff.

Scott Bowers joined the Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Group at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and was previously at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP.

Coleman D. Ridley will practice Commercial/Business Litigation, Government Relations and Public Policy, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Antitrust Law at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and is moving from Jones Walker LLP.

Mark I. Duedall is moving to Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and will practice Financial Services, Bankruptcy and Commercial Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions Law.

Mina A. Elmankabady has joined Business and Corporate, Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and is coming from Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C.

Gregory C. Maddaleni joined the Transportation and Logistics, Litigation, Product Liability, Class Action and Mass Tort Group at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and was previously at Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP.

David Emanuelson will practice Antitrust Law at Arnold & Porter and is moving from Baker Botts LLP.

Carlos Lobo is moving to Arnold & Porter from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and will practice Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets Transactions, Private Equity, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Law.

Alyssa H. Ruderman has joined Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation at Armstrong Teasdale and is coming from Prince Lobel Tye LLP.

Douglas Scholer joined the Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation Group at Armstrong Teasdale and was previously at Ward and Smith, PA.

Gabriel Lievano will practice Alternative Dispute Resolution, Class Action Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation Law at Armstrong Teasdale and is moving from Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog.

Scott Nading is moving to Armstrong Teasdale and will practice Complex Commercial Litigation, Employment and Labor, Insurance Coverage Litigation Law.

Elaine Hughes has joined private equity funds at Allen & Overy and is coming from Lowenstein Sandler LLP.

Kelly B. Bissinger joined the Development, Real Estate Group at Arnall Golden Gregory.

Ari D. Cohen will practice Development, Real Estate Law at Arnall Golden Gregory and is moving from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.

Nicholas P. Tsimortos is moving to Arnall Golden Gregory from Nixon Peabody LLP and will practice Real Estate, Government Relations, Tax Law.

Megan E. Wemmer has joined Development, Real Estate, Tax at Arnall Golden Gregory.

Daniella Gordon joined the Government Investigations & White-Collar Defense, Construction & Real Estate Litigation Group at McCarter & English and was previously at Armstrong Teasdale.

Patrick Derksen will practice Banking and Financial Law at Spencer Fane and is moving from May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie, PC.

Devan K. Flahive is moving to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough from Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP and will practice Litigation Law.

Laura Mehl Sugarman has joined Real Estate at Benesch and is coming from Nixon Peabody LLP.

Geetika Gupta-Roongta joined the Labor & Employment Group at Benesch and was previously at Berry Appleman & Leiden.

Rachel Hold-Weiss will practice Healthcare Law at Benesch and is moving from ArentFox Schiff.

Nathan Wagner is moving to Benesch and will practice Real Estate & Environmental Law.

Ashik Shah has joined Corporate & Securities at Benesch and is coming from Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC.

Alayna Bridgett joined the Litigation Group at Benesch and was previously at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP.

Monica N. Betancourt will practice Corporate & Securities Law at Benesch and is moving from Alvarez & Diaz-Silveira LLP.

Elizabeth Barras is moving to Benesch from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and will practice Real Estate & Environmental Law.

Benjamin J. Carbery has joined Litigation at Benesch.

Shane Hannon joined the Government Contracts, Litigation Group at Blank Rome and was previously at Cooley LLP.

Stephen K. Moulton will practice Government Enforcement & Investigations Law at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.

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Brian is an incredible, very effective team! They moved the process along quickly and were extremely responsive to all m....Read more >

Lindsay Docto

Boalt, Class Of 2015

Placed at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

One of my favorite things about working with BCG was the ease of the processes, even doing it long distance.I was given ....Read more >

Elizabeth Hall

Emory University School of Law, Class Of 2011

Placed at Ice Miller LLP

[BCG] essentially handled everything, so it was really low stress on my end.I don't think I would have been able to find....Read more >

Anna Zielinski

University of Wisconsin Law School, Class Of 2015

Placed at Vedder Price, P.C.

She was very efficient and she found me a job very quickly. Without much trouble. She found an opportunity that I would ....Read more >

Nicole Jacobsen

Brigham Young University, Class Of 1999

Placed at Weissman

I worked with my legal placement professional and thought that she was very responsive and stayed in constant communicat....Read more >

Blake Knickelbein

University of Wisconsin Law School, Class Of 2013

Placed at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

One of the best things was my recruiter, Carleen. She was upbeat and sincere. She found opportunities for me and showed ....Read more >

Ana Cabassa-Torres

New York University School of Law, Class Of 2000

Placed at Redgrave LLP

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