Farrell Fritz (Uniondale, N.Y.): Kathryn Cole has been installed as the first female president of the federal bar association’s Eastern District of New York chapter. Cole will serve a one-year term. At the firm, Cole, a counsel, focuses her practice on commercial litigation regarding business, real estate and contract/licensing.
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Foley & Lardner: John Haas joins the firm’s private equity and venture capital and transactional and securities practices as of counsel to the New York office and will focus on private and registered investment funds and capital-markets products. Previously, Haas was an executive director at UBS A.G.
