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Top Chance Attorney Moves to Weil Gotshal

Late last month, Steven A. Newborn, global head of Clifford Chance's antitrust practice, became the co-head of New York-based Weil, Gotshal & Manges' global competition practice. Although Clifford Chance American practices head John K. Carroll says that Newborn would be missed, he notes that in the U.S., Clifford Chance maintained more than 47 attorneys, including seven veteran antitrust partners. In the meantime, the senior partners of London-based Clifford Chance are deliberating about whether luminary American attorneys should be paid much bigger salaries than those of their British counterparts. However, Newborn says that payment was not a major issue in his decision to leave.

According to Carroll, the search has already commenced for a new antitrust partner of Newborn's caliber. He also said that although that the departure will stimulate the salary talks, he did not expect anyone to change position on the issue.

Several firms have new additions:

Hogan & Hartson's Los Angeles office now has mergers and acquisitions specialist Ray La Soya, previously from Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, as a corporate partner. Deals on which he has worked include the Chevron Corp/Texaco Inc. merger.

Piper Rudnick's 34-attorney office in Boston now has Jonathan Moulton and Lawrence Gold, both of whom are from Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, to head up the corporate and securities and emerging companies practice.

In Washington, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky has welcomed Greenberg Traurig's Harvey Sherzer and Scott Arnold, who are now partners in the government contracts practice group. In addition, energy industry advisor Donald J. Gelinas joined the fold after more than a 30-year record with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Baker & Hostetler's white-collar crime and corporate criminal investigations team, in Cleveland, now has Thomas D. Warren, a former federal prosecutor who will represent corporations and executives in investigations, litigation and appellate matters.

Schiff Hardin & White has a couple of newcomers-one in Washington office's intellectual property group, the other in the Chicago-based real estate practice group. The respective new partners are Fenwick & West's Garry S. Grossman and Everett S. Ward, formerly of D'Ancone & Pflaum (now merged into Seyfarth & Shaw).

Moving Up

Several other firms, experienced employee promotions:

At Fenwick & West, in Mountain View, CA, four associates have become partners: The tax group now has Barton W.S. Bassett and Ward S. Connelly, and Michael A. Sands and Henry C. Su are part of the litigation group.

At Milwaukee-based Quarles & Brady, litigators Joel A. Brodsky and Scott Watson, both based in Chicago, have become partners.

New York's Dewey Ballantine now has as co-chairmen of its management committee Sanford W. Morhouse and Morton A. Pierce. The firm's co-managing partners, who are in charge of day-to-day procedures, are Richard Shutran and Gordon E. Warnke; the executive director with whom they work is Dennis D'Alessandro.

Top Chance Attorney Moves to Weil Gotshal

Late last month, Steven A. Newborn, global head of Clifford Chance's antitrust practice, became the co-head of New York-based Weil, Gotshal & Manges' global competition practice. Although Clifford Chance American practices head John K. Carroll says that Newborn would be missed, he notes that in the U.S., Clifford Chance maintained more than 47 attorneys, including seven veteran antitrust partners. In the meantime, the senior partners of London-based Clifford Chance are deliberating about whether luminary American attorneys should be paid much bigger salaries than those of their British counterparts. However, Newborn says that payment was not a major issue in his decision to leave.

According to Carroll, the search has already commenced for a new antitrust partner of Newborn's caliber. He also said that although that the departure will stimulate the salary talks, he did not expect anyone to change position on the issue.

Several firms have new additions:

Hogan & Hartson's Los Angeles office now has mergers and acquisitions specialist Ray La Soya, previously from Fried, Frank Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, as a corporate partner. Deals on which he has worked include the Chevron Corp/Texaco Inc. merger.

Piper Rudnick's 34-attorney office in Boston now has Jonathan Moulton and Lawrence Gold, both of whom are from Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, to head up the corporate and securities and emerging companies practice.

In Washington, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky has welcomed Greenberg Traurig's Harvey Sherzer and Scott Arnold, who are now partners in the government contracts practice group. In addition, energy industry advisor Donald J. Gelinas joined the fold after more than a 30-year record with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Baker & Hostetler's white-collar crime and corporate criminal investigations team, in Cleveland, now has Thomas D. Warren, a former federal prosecutor who will represent corporations and executives in investigations, litigation and appellate matters.

Schiff Hardin & White has a couple of newcomers-one in Washington office's intellectual property group, the other in the Chicago-based real estate practice group. The respective new partners are Fenwick & West's Garry S. Grossman and Everett S. Ward, formerly of D'Ancone & Pflaum (now merged into Seyfarth & Shaw).

Moving Up

Several other firms, experienced employee promotions:

At Fenwick & West, in Mountain View, CA, four associates have become partners: The tax group now has Barton W.S. Bassett and Ward S. Connelly, and Michael A. Sands and Henry C. Su are part of the litigation group.

At Milwaukee-based Quarles & Brady, litigators Joel A. Brodsky and Scott Watson, both based in Chicago, have become partners.

New York's Dewey Ballantine now has as co-chairmen of its management committee Sanford W. Morhouse and Morton A. Pierce. The firm's co-managing partners, who are in charge of day-to-day procedures, are Richard Shutran and Gordon E. Warnke; the executive director with whom they work is Dennis D'Alessandro.