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Movers & Shakers

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
April 28, 2008

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz (New York): Jason B. Atlas has joined the firm as a partner in the health care practice. He was with Hayt, Hayt & Landau in Westbury, NY.

 

Saul Ewing (Princeton, NJ): Karen Palestini, previously a partner with Reed Smith in Princeton, has joined the business department and the health law practice group at Saul Ewing.

 

Hodes Milman (Irvine, CA): Three former med-mal and products liability attorneys from Irvine, CA-based Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos have left the firm to form the new firm of Hodes Milman. The founding attorneys ' Daniel Hodes, Jeffrey Milman and Kevin G. Liebeck ' have worked on plaintiff's cases involving fen-phen, Vioxx and Ephedra, as well as medical malpractice cases against the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA). The new firm will concentrate on personal injury, wrongful death, product liability and medical malpractice litigation.

 

Gordon & Rees (San Francisco): Brooke Hartmann has joined the firm as an associate. Hartmann, who was previously with Lawson & Laski in Sun Valley, ID, is a member of the health care practice group. She graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2005.

 

Covington & Burling (New York): Judith Tytel has joined Covington & Burling as special counsel in the FDA, pharmaceutical, and government investigations groups. She was previously assistant general counsel of Pfizer, Inc.

 

Foley & Lardner (San Francisco): Judith Waltz has been named co-chair of the firm's life sciences industry team. Waltz, a member of the health care industry team and the white-collar defense and corporate compliance practice, is a graduate of Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz (New York): Jason B. Atlas has joined the firm as a partner in the health care practice. He was with Hayt, Hayt & Landau in Westbury, NY.

 

Saul Ewing (Princeton, NJ): Karen Palestini, previously a partner with Reed Smith in Princeton, has joined the business department and the health law practice group at Saul Ewing.

 

Hodes Milman (Irvine, CA): Three former med-mal and products liability attorneys from Irvine, CA-based Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos have left the firm to form the new firm of Hodes Milman. The founding attorneys ' Daniel Hodes, Jeffrey Milman and Kevin G. Liebeck ' have worked on plaintiff's cases involving fen-phen, Vioxx and Ephedra, as well as medical malpractice cases against the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA). The new firm will concentrate on personal injury, wrongful death, product liability and medical malpractice litigation.

 

Gordon & Rees (San Francisco): Brooke Hartmann has joined the firm as an associate. Hartmann, who was previously with Lawson & Laski in Sun Valley, ID, is a member of the health care practice group. She graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2005.

 

Covington & Burling (New York): Judith Tytel has joined Covington & Burling as special counsel in the FDA, pharmaceutical, and government investigations groups. She was previously assistant general counsel of Pfizer, Inc.

 

Foley & Lardner (San Francisco): Judith Waltz has been named co-chair of the firm's life sciences industry team. Waltz, a member of the health care industry team and the white-collar defense and corporate compliance practice, is a graduate of Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.

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