Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP is pleased to announce that John Daniel has joined the Firm as Of Counsel to the Firm’s government and construction contracts practice. “We are delighted that John has chosen to join our government and construction contracts practice. In addition to being an accomplished practitioner of government and construction contracts […]

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Stephen Fraidin has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. A former senior corporate partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Fraidin will join Kirkland’s transactional practice. “We are delighted to welcome a lawyer of Steve’s caliber,” says Thomas D. Yannucci, who

Latham & Watkins1 is pleased to announce that UK Corporate lawyer Martin Saywell will join the London office as partner. Saywell will join from Simmons & Simmons, where he has practiced since 1995. His corporate practice includes public and private mergers, private equity transactions, take-overs and initial public offerings and secondary offerings. His recent experience

Reed Smith’s Jose Fuentes was named First Vice Chair of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly at the organization’s biannual convention in Houston, Texas. Fuentes heads up Reed Smith’s Government Relations team. He is former Attorney General of Puerto Rico and was a co-chair of the 2000 Bush Presidential Election Committee.

Thomson Financial’s first-quarter law firm rankings have just been released, with Sidley Austin Brown & Wood named Number 1 legal advisor to issuers of US debt, equity and equity-related securities through the first three months of 2003. It’s a position the firm has held steadily for the last several years running. Deal volume slowed this

Jenner & Block is the First Patron Sponsor of Harvard Law School’s “Celebration 50,” a gala event to be held May 2-4 in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Law School’s first woman graduate. The three-day salute to the storied school’s female alums who have worked for the Firm as well as to its

Armin G. Brecher, Chair of the Firm’s Board of Partners and of the Firm’s Executive Committee, announced that the Firm has “enhanced its commitment to broaden pro bono work in the communities in which it has offices. We have partnered with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation in Atlanta, and

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP has formed a furniture group at its Winston-Salem office to provide legal and logistical assistance to the industry. Richard Keshian was named the group’s director saying, “The furniture industry is changing at a rapid pace, especially concerning issues that have significant long-term impact such as imports, intellectual property and labor. We not