Eight months after opening, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan‘s Washington, D.C., office continues to grow. The latest addition: partner JEFFREY GERCHICK, who represents clients in intellectual property matters in federal district court and before the International Trade Commission. Gerchick was previously a partner at intellectual property firm Kenyon & Kenyon.
Quinn Emanuel opened the D.C. office, its sixth in the United States, in September 2011 by bringing in partners Paul Brinkman, Alex Lasher, and Alan Whitehurst from Alston & Bird. The firm expanded on the office’s initial IP focus in January by hiring William Burck, a former Weil, Gotshal & Manges white-collar partner and deputy counsel to President George W. Bush. In a statement announcing Gerchick’s hire, office managing partner Jon Corey said the firm expects to add more attorneys to the 22 now working in D.C.
In other Churn news . . .
Alston & Bird has welcomed partner MATTHEW WRYSINSKI and counsel KEVIN FINK and ROB MCPEAK to the firm’s finance group in Los Angeles. Wrysinski and Fink join from McGuireWoods, while McPeak previously practiced at Ballard Spahr.
Cozen O’Connor has added LOUIS HELDELBERGER as a partner in the firm’s IP group in Washington, D.C. Heldelberger comes from Connolly Bove Lodge & Hurtz, where he was also a partner.
TIMOTHY MCIVER has joined Debevoise & Plimpton as counsel in the firm’s corporate department. The London-based McIver was previously at Eversheds, where he was a senior associate.
Dorsey & Whitney has announced the addition of DAVID MURPHY as a labor and employment partner in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Murphy was formerly at Morrison & Foerster.
MICHAEL SWIT has joined Duane Morris as special counsel in the firm’s trial practice group in San Diego. Swit previously worked at the Weinberg Group, Inc., a regulatory consulting firm.
Edwards Wildman Palmer has welcomed CHRISTOPHER FLANAGAN as a partner in the firm’s tax, benefits, and compensation department in Boston. Flanagan most recently practiced at Sullivan & Worcester.
Fox Rothschild has added STEVEN SCHNEEBAUM, previously with Greenberg Traurig, as a Washington, D.C.based partner in its litigation department and international practice group.
DANIEL GLAZER has joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobsen as a corporate partner in New York. Glazer, whose practice focuses on intellectual property transactions, previously practiced at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.
Intellectual property specialists TONY PEZZANO and MICHAEL DOUGHERTY are now partners in the New York office of King & Spalding. The pair arrive from Cadwalder Wickersham & Taft, where Pezzano was a partner and Dougherty was a special counsel.
Latham & Watkins has added MICHAEL KING as a corporate partner in the firm’s Houston office. King, whose practice focuses on representing oil and gas companies in acquisitions and divestitures, was formerly at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
ROBERT KLOTZ has left Hunton & Williams to become a partner in Mayer Brown‘s antitrust and competition practice in Brussels.
DANIEL WILLE has joined Littler Mendelson‘s Pittsburgh office as a shareholder. Wille, who arrives from Reed Smith, focuses on ERISA, employee benefits, and executive compensation matters.
Loeb & Loeb has announced the addition of PAUL ROHRER as a partner in the firm’s land use practice. The Los Angelesbased Rohrer was previously with Manatt Phelps & Phillips.
McDermott Will & Emery has added KRISTIAN WERLING as a Chicago-based partner in the firm’s corporate advisory practice group. Werling joins McDermott from McGuireWoods.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has opened a Nashville office with the addition of five partners from Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz: LAURENCE PAPEL, a corporate attorney who will manage the firm, corporate attorney JASON EPSTEIN, finance attorney DAVID WHITE, corporate attorney GEOFFREY VICKERS, and real estate attorney KELLY WORMAN.
JAMES WATSON has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s global energy transactions/projects practice group in Tokyo. Watson previously practiced at Herbert Smith in Tokyo.
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker has added three attorneys to its ranks: partner KENNETH REISER, whose practice focuses on medical malpractice matters, in New York; of counsel HANNAH SYMONDS, in the appellate, labor and employment, and professional liability practices in Boston; and counsel JASON TAYLOR in the medical malpractice and health care practice in Louisville.
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