Attorney Recruiter Placements and Legal Recruiter Placements and Lateral Attorney Moves for the Week of November 27, 2023

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Summary: Here are the attorney lateral moves and placements for the week of November 27, 2023.

Stephen D. Pahl has joined Real Estate at Spencer Fane and is coming from Pahl & McCay.

Karen K. McCay joined the Real Estate Group at Spencer Fane and was previously at Pahl & McCay.

Catherine Robertson will practice Banking and Financial Services Law at Spencer Fane and is moving from Pahl & McCay.

Servando R. Sandoval is moving to Spencer Fane from Pahl & McCay and will practice Labor and Employment Law.

Ginger Sotelo has joined Real Estate at Spencer Fane and is coming from Pahl & McCay.

Theresa C. Becerra joined the Construction Group at Spencer Fane and was previously at Pahl & McCay.

Sarahann Shapiro will practice Real Estate Law at Spencer Fane and is moving from Pahl & McCay.

Sonia S. Shah is moving to Spencer Fane from Pahl & McCay and will practice Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law.

Helene A. Simvoulakis-Panos has joined Labor and Employment at Spencer Fane and is coming from Pahl & McCay.

Eric J. Stephenson joined the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law Group at Spencer Fane and was previously at Pahl & McCay.

Stephen Makino will practice Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law at Spencer Fane and is moving from Pahl & McCay.

Andrew VanSlyke is moving to Spencer Fane from Pahl & McCay and will practice Real Estate Law.

Alexandra Samofalova has joined Real Estate at Spencer Fane and is coming from Pahl & McCay.

Marcanne L. Hyjek joined the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Spencer Fane and was previously at Pahl & McCay.

Lisa M. Tracy will practice Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law at Spencer Fane and is moving from Pahl & McCay.

Namrita Notani is moving to Spencer Fane from Reagan McLain & Hatch LLP and will practice Tax, Trusts & Estates Law.

Ernesto Prado has joined Litigation and Dispute Resolution at Spencer Fane and is coming from BLOCK LLP.

Joshua L. Hedrick joined the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Spencer Fane and was previously at Hedrick Kring Bailey PLLC.

Kevin Corcoran will practice Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law at Spencer Fane and is moving from Hedrick Kring Bailey PLLC.

Rebecca L. Gibson is moving to Spencer Fane from Hedrick Kring Bailey PLLC and will practice Litigation and Dispute Resolution Law.

Joshua M. Silverstein has joined Corporate Compliance at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates and is coming from Mayer Brown.

Amy Kuo Alexander joined the Litigation, Product Liability Group at Shook, Hardy & Bacon and was previously at Gordon & Rees LLP.

Adam Toosley will practice Litigation / Trial Practice, Real Estate Law, Construction Dispute Resolution Law at Smith, Gambrell & Russell and is moving from Freeborn & Peters.

Peter Rho is moving to Smith, Gambrell & Russell from Buchalter and will practice Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Law.

Kathleen Cooperstein has joined White Collar Defense & Government at Wiley Rein and is coming from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.

Irina Tsveklova joined the Private Equity Group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and was previously at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

Jordan Coyle will practice Intellectual Property, Technology, Consumer & Retail Law at White & Case and is moving from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Daniel J. Hayes is moving to Venable from K&L Gates and will practice Investigations and White-Collar Defense, Commercial Litigation, Class Action Defense Law.

Adrienne Gurley has joined Securities Litigation, Commercial Litigation at Venable and is coming from Alston & Bird LLP.

Richard J. Ward III joined the Government Affairs Group at Venable and was previously at Christie Parker & Hale.

Jeremy Alexander will practice Health Care & Life Sciences Law at Vedder Price and is moving from Reed Smith LLP.

Kate Buckley is moving to Vedder Price from Eisner, LLP and will practice Corporate & Governance, Finance & Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital Law.

Cary Jones has joined Construction, Real Estate, Zoning and Land Use at Snell & Wilmer and is coming from Hansen Jones & Leta.

J. Seth Moore joined the Bankruptcy Group at Snell & Wilmer and was previously at Condon Tobin Sladek Thornton Nerenberg.

Amber Lee will practice Energy & Regulatory, Energy Finance Law at Stoel Rives and is moving from Taft Law.

Michael Boucher is moving to Steptoe & Johnson from Crowell & Moring and will practice Chemicals & Environment Law.

Marina Blackburn has joined Government and Public Finance, Healthcare at Barnes & Thornburg and is coming from Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PC.

Christopher Burton joined the Litigation Group at Barnes & Thornburg and was previously at Abercrombie & Fitch.

Bryan Castro will practice Drug and Medical Device, Litigation, Product Liability and Mass Torts Law at Barnes & Thornburg and is moving from New Jersey Courts.

Amy Choe is moving to Barnes & Thornburg from Fisher Phillips and will practice Labor and Employment Law.

Daihana Estrada has joined Litigation at Barnes & Thornburg and is coming from the American Bar Association.

Lyndsay Hurilla joined the Litigation Group at Barnes & Thornburg and was previously at Spaceport America.

Shant N. Nashalian will practice Litigation Law at Barnes & Thornburg and is moving from Kiesel Law LLP.

Charles Rice is moving to Barnes & Thornburg from the Indiana Supreme Court and will practice Appeals and Critical Motions, Litigation Law.

Jasmine F. Williams has joined Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Trademarks at Barnes & Thornburg and is coming from Sunstein.

Kevin Brown joined the Tax, Trusts & Estates Group at Brown Rudnick and was previously at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Randall Jackson will practice Litigation Law at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and is moving from Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

George Pitcher is moving to Wilson Elser from Williams Kastner and will practice Commercial Litigation, Complex Tort & General Casualty Law.

Michael Belisle has joined Medical Malpractice & Health Care, Professional Liability & Services at Wilson Elser and is coming from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.

Ross Van Ness joined the Professional Liability & Services Group at Wilson Elser and was previously at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.

Dmitriy Golosinskiy will practice Product Liability, Prevention & Government Compliance, Toxic Tort, Complex Tort & General Casualty Law at Wilson Elser and is moving from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.

Erin P. Fraser is moving to Wilson Elser from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith and will practice Product Liability, Prevention & Government Compliance, Asbestos, Complex Tort & General Casualty Law.

Rachel T. Reynolds has joined Product Liability, Prevention & Government Compliance, Asbestos, Complex Tort & General Casualty at Wilson Elser and is coming from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.

Charles "Chuck" Goldberg Jr. joined the Tax, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trusts and Estates, Corporate Group at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and was previously at Truist.

Frank Moya will practice Construction Law at Adams and Reese and is moving from Shutts & Bowen.

John Finger is moving to Rimon from Amundsen Davis LLC and will practice Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Emerging Companies and Venture Capital, Banking and Financial Services Law.

James P. Sanders has joined Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, Cannabis Law at Rimon and is coming from Amundsen Davis LLC.

Scott McLaughlin joined the Employment Law, Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Group at Ogletree Deakins and was previously at Eversheds Sutherland.

Scott Watson will practice Environmental Law at Barnes & Thornburg and is moving from Warner Norcross & Judd LLP.

Jason Zucchi is moving to Barnes & Thornburg from Fish & Richardson and will practice Copyright Litigation, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patent Litigation, Trade Secret Litigation Law.

Jon Hawk has joined Consumer Protection, Privacy Litigation & Governmental at McDermott Will & Emery and is coming from White & Case LLP.

Samuel DiPietro joined the Tax, Trusts & Estates Group at Spencer Fane and was previously at Husch Blackwell.

Steven M. Altmann will practice Real Estate Law at Hinckley Allen and is moving from Bowditch & Dewey, LLP.

Jenna McGrath is moving to Milbank from Paul Hastings and will practice Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Law.

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Attorneys making below-market salaries who went on to double or triple their earnings at new firms.
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Partners looking for a better platform or more autonomy who successfully transitioned to firms where they could grow their practice.

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Harrison also does a weekly free webinar with live Q&A for law firms, companies, and others who hire attorneys each Wednesday at 10:00 am PST. You can sign up for the weekly webinar here: Register on Zoom

You can browse a list of past webinars here: Webinar Replays

You can also listen to Harrison Barnes Podcasts here: Attorney Career Advice Podcasts

You can also read Harrison Barnes' articles and books here: Harrison's Perspectives

Harrison Barnes is the legal profession's mentor and may be the only person in your legal career who will tell you why you are not reaching your full potential and what you really need to do to grow as an attorney--regardless of how much it hurts. If you prefer truth to stagnation, growth to comfort, and actionable ideas instead of fluffy concepts, you and Harrison will get along just fine. If, however, you want to stay where you are, talk about your past successes, and feel comfortable, Harrison is not for you.

Truly great mentors are like parents, doctors, therapists, spiritual figures, and others because in order to help you they need to expose you to pain and expose your weaknesses. But suppose you act on the advice and pain created by a mentor. In that case, you will become better: a better attorney, better employees, a better boss, know where you are going, and appreciate where you have been--you will hopefully also become a happier and better person. As you learn from Harrison, he hopes he will become your mentor.

To read more career and life advice articles visit Harrison's personal blog.

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Cornell University Law School, Class Of 2016

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University of Denver Strum College of Law, Class Of 2015

Placed at Polsinelli PC

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University of California, Berkeley, Class Of 1989

Placed at Newmeyer & Dillion, L.L.P.

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Jennifer Calamia

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, Class Of 2017

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