ニュース
8 Feb 2007
DLA Piper promotes 66 to partnership
Press Release
DLA Piper today announced that 66 lawyers have been promoted to the partnership for 2007. Across Europe and Asia there are 27 newly elected partners, with a further 39 in the U.S.
The promotions, effective from 1 January 2007, were made across all key practice areas throughout DLA Piper’s global network of offices.
The London office had the largest increase of new partners in Europe, with 10 promotions across seven practice areas. Two partner promotions were made in the Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool offices. The remaining 11 promotions were made in Beijing, Amsterdam, CEE, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Kyiv, Madrid, Milan, St. Petersburg and Sheffield. Of the 39 promotions in the U.S., seven were in Chicago, five in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, and four in Baltimore, New York and San Diego. The remaining 14 promotions were made in Austin, Boston, Dallas, East Palo Alto, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle.
"We have a talented team of lawyers and I am delighted to be able to announce this year's round of partnership promotions. The new partners have each demonstrated their commitment and ability to look after our clients," said Nigel Knowles, Joint CEO at DLA Piper.
Francis B. Burch, Jr., Joint CEO at DLA Piper, said: "These new partners represent the future of DLA Piper. The breadth of practice areas and jurisdictions represented by this group is a testament to our global focus and our vision to serve clients around the world."
The new partners are below:
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Amsterdam
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Paul Hopman
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Litigation and Arbitration
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Austin
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David Jones
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Finance
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Baltimore
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Anthony Ashton
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Litigation
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Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark
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Finance
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Naftali Weg
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Tax
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Kenneth Aneckstein
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Trusts and Estates
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Beijing
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Rocky Lee
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Corporate
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Birmingham
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Noel Haywood
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Corporate
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John Jeffreys
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Restructuring
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Boston
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Francesco De Vito
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Real Estate
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Barbara Trachtenberg
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Real Estate
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Chicago
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Jesse Criz
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Finance
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Peter Ellis
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Litigation
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R. Blake Johnston
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Patent Prosecution
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Robert LeDuc
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Finance
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Raj Shah
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Litigation
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Patrick Thompson
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Real Estate
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Dallas
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Will Woods
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Franchise and Distribution
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East Palo Alto
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Jeffrey Aronson
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Corporate and Securities
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Nate McKitterick
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Litigation
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Edinburgh
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Sharon Fitzgerald
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Finance and Projects
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Glasgow
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Neil Burgess
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Corporate
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Hong Kong
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Tejinder Mahil
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Corporate
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Kyiv
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Oleksandr Kurdydyk
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Finance and Projects
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Leeds
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Andrew Davies
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Corporate
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Simon Kenyon
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Litigation and Arbitration
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Liverpool
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Sarah Bell
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Technology, Media and Commercial
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Andrew Roberts
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Litigation and Arbitration
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London
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Toby Barker
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Finance and Projects
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Elisabeth Bremner
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Regulatory and Government Affairs
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Lee Gluyas
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Litigation and Arbitration
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Alexander Griffith
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Finance and Projects
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Matthew Illingworth
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Litigation and Arbitration
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Paul Jayson
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Real Estate
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Adrian Low
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Finance and Projects
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Michael Newell
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Corporate
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Ranjit Srai
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Real Estate
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Matthew Swynnerton
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Employment, Pensions and Benefits
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Los Angeles
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Eric Beane
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Labor and Employment
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Michael Hamilton
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Real Estate
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Nick Morgan
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Litigation
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Andrew Shiner
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Real Estate
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Gregg Zucker
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Litigation
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Madrid
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Diego Ramos
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Technology, Media and Commercial
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Milan
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Giorgia Romitelli
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Regulatory and Government Affairs
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New York
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David Berlyne
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Real Estate
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William Russell
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Corporate and Securities
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Victor Salerno
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Real Estate
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Claudia Salomon
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Litigation
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Philadelphia
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Darius Gambino
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Patent Prosecution
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Jayne Anderson Risk
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Litigation
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San Diego
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James Cartoni
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Corporate and Securities
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John Kinton
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Patent Litigation
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StanleyPanikowski
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Patent Litigation
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Licia Vaughn
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Patent Litigation
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San Francisco
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Laurie Scola
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Real Estate
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Seattle
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Heidi Drivdahl
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Corporate and Securities
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Sheffield
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Julie Morrissy
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Real Estate
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St. Petersburg
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Denis Sosedkin
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Corporate
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Vienna
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Jasna Zwitter-Tehovnik
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Finance and Projects
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Washington, DC
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Kimberly Egan
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Litigation
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Elizabeth Karmin
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Real Estate
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Elisha King
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Labor and Employment
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Matthew Lepore
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Litigation
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Sara Moghadam
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Litigation
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About DLA Piper
DLA Piper has 3,200 lawyers in 24 countries and 62 offices throughout the U.S., U.K., Continental Europe, Middle East and Asia. It has leading practices in corporate, finance, human resources, litigation, real estate, regulatory and legislative, tax, and technology, media and communications.
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CONTACTS:
Helen Obi, Media Relations, DLA Piper, 44.20.7796.6989
Jason Costa, Media Relations, DLA Piper, 212.776.3739