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Recent Placements

The placement of corporate partner Chelsea Grayson from Jones Day, into the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb.  Ms. Grayson was recently profiled by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the top 40 dealmakers in there 2011 "Who's Who in L.A. Law" list and she also was the recipient of The M&A Advisor's 2011 "40 Under 40 Award."

The placement of intellectual property partners Alfred Fabricant and Lawrence Drucker from Dickstein Shapiro, into the New York office of Winston & Strawn.  Mr. Fabriant will head Winston's Intellectual Property practice group in New York.

The placement of Patricia Dondanville, a corporate and energy finance partner from Schiff Hardin, into the Chicago office of Reed Smith.

The placement of Michael Brito, an internationally recognized outsourcing and technology transactions partner from Fulbright, into the Dallas office of Akin Gump.  Mr. Brito will lead the buildout of Akin's Global Outsourcing and IT Transactions practice.

The placement of partners Barbara Caulfield, Michael Malecek, and Peter Root from Dewey LeBoeuf into the Menlo Park office of Kaye Scholer.  All three partners had previously worked together at Silicon Valley-based biotechnology company Affymetrix, and have expertise ranging from patent litigation to white collar and securities litigation.  Ms. Caulfield was Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley office and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation and Life Sciences Groups at Dewey LeBoeuf.  She is a former U.S. District Court Judge, and served 7 years as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Affymetrix.  Mr. Malecek is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, and was named one of The Daily Journal’s “Top 75 IP Litigators” in California for 2010.  While at Affymetrix he tried a patent case to a jury verdict of infringement that resulted in a $90 million settlement payment to the company.  Mr. Root handles a range of commercial litigation matters, including securities litigation.  He was the lead attorney handling claims of stock options backdating at Affymetrix, and also served as the company’s Chief Compliance Officer.

The opening of Kaye Scholer’s Silicon Valley office with preeminent intellectual property trial lawyer William Coats, as Managing Partner. Mr. Coats was formerly with White & Case, where he significantly enhanced the profile of the firm’s Silicon Valley office by attracting key IP partners and groups during his tenure as Managing Partner of that office.

 

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