By Caitlin Tremblay
Nov 1 (Reuters) - Corporate attorney George Silfen has left
Schulte Roth & Zabel to join Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in
New York, where he will advise clients on regulatory and
compliance matters.
Kaye Scholer has hired Terri Mazur as partner in its
litigation practice in New York. Joining from Mayer Brown, Mazur
focuses on antitrust and securities litigation and
investigations, primarily in the financial services industry.
Former associate attorney general Tom Perrelli will move to
Jenner & Block to form a new government controversies and public
policy litigation practice group in Washington.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added three new attorneys
from Patton Boggs to its energy regulatory practice in
Washington. Suedeen Kelly will be co-chair, George "Chip" Cannon
Jr. partner and Cynthia Marlette senior counsel.
Jonathan Feld has joined the business litigation practice
group of Dykema as a member and will be based in Chicago but
will also spend time in the firm's Washington office. Most
recently, Feld was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman.
Barnes & Thornburg has added two partners in its Chicago
office. Lindsey Dates has left Jones Day to join the litigation
department and Daniel Lawler, from K&L Gates, moves to the
healthcare department.
In Boston, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo has
hired Paul Dickerson as of counsel. Dickerson, who was chief
operating officers for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from 2006 to 2008, was
most recently a partner at Haynes and Boone, where he founded
the firm's clean tech practice.
Opening a new office, in New York City, is Stutman, Treister
& Glatt, a boutique bankruptcy law firm. It will be led by
Michael Goldstein, who rejoins Stutman after a brief time with
Greenberg Traurig, and William Weintraub who moves over from
Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman.
Covington & Burling is opening a new office in Seoul, South
Korea. Partner William H.Y. Park will oversee the five-attorney
office.
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