On the Move

Foley & Lardner LLP announced that Judy O'Neill has returned to the firm and to its Bankruptcy and Business Reorganizations Practice. She will be based in the Detroit office. O'Neill had previously left the firm to form Harrington, Dragich & O'Neill PLLC.

Steven B. Smith has joined Dechert LLP as counsel in the business restructuring and reorganization group in the firm's New York office. He was previously at Brown Rudnick LLP. Smith concentrates his practice in the area of corporate restructuring and creditor's rights. Recently, he represented four official committees of unsecured creditors and tort claimants in the ephedra-related bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings of TwinLab, Metabolife, N.V.E., Inc. and Muscletech, which resulted in over $150 million in settlement proceeds for ephedra victims, and recoveries for trade claimants as well.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announces that Perry Mandarino has joined the firm's U.S. Restructuring and Recovery practice as a partner and will serve on the leadership team along with PwC partners Paul Ellis and Cyrus Pardiwala. Mandarino has advised over 300 clients in the areas of strategic planning, complex debt restructurings, preparation of turnaround and business plans, cash flow analyses, preference investigations, fraud and fraudulent conveyance investigations, collateral evaluation and claims resolution.

Jeremy W. Ryan has joined Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP of Wilmington, DE, as a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring practice, focusing primarily on the representation of debtors. Ryan was previously a partner in the Wilmington office of Saul Ewing LLP in the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring department.

D.J. (Jan) Baker and Rosalie Gray have joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP as partners in the Finance Department. The two insolvency specialists were both formerly partners in the Corporate Restructuring Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Baker has handled numerous high-profile debtor representations and has also advised major financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. He joins Latham & Watkins as Global Co-Chair of the Insolvency Practice Group.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has announced the addition of partner Michael D. Seese to its Fort Lauderdale, FL, office and bankruptcy & creditors rights practice. Seese joins Hinshaw from Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, P.L. in Miami, where he co-founded the Distressed Asset Group, and served as co-chair of its bankruptcy practice. He was also a partner at McGuireWoods, LLP in its Pittsburgh office and at Bilzin, Sumberg, Baena, Price & Axelrod, LLP in Miami.

Nicole Lamb-Hale has been appointed by President Obama as Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Formerly the managing partner of the Detroit office of Foley & Lardner LLP, Lamb-Hale was a member of the firm's Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations and Finance & Financial Services Practices as well as its Automotive Industry Team. In her new role, Lamb-Hale will be advising on legal issues and providing policy direction to the 14 legal offices that fall within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. In addition, she will play a key role in managing more than 325 attorneys on staff in the Department.

Foley & Lardner LLP announced that Judy O'Neill has returned to the firm and to its Bankruptcy and Business Reorganizations Practice. She will be based in the Detroit office. O'Neill had previously left the firm to form Harrington, Dragich & O'Neill PLLC.

Steven B. Smith has joined Dechert LLP as counsel in the business restructuring and reorganization group in the firm's New York office. He was previously at Brown Rudnick LLP. Smith concentrates his practice in the area of corporate restructuring and creditor's rights. Recently, he represented four official committees of unsecured creditors and tort claimants in the ephedra-related bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings of TwinLab, Metabolife, N.V.E., Inc. and Muscletech, which resulted in over $150 million in settlement proceeds for ephedra victims, and recoveries for trade claimants as well.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announces that Perry Mandarino has joined the firm's U.S. Restructuring and Recovery practice as a partner and will serve on the leadership team along with PwC partners Paul Ellis and Cyrus Pardiwala. Mandarino has advised over 300 clients in the areas of strategic planning, complex debt restructurings, preparation of turnaround and business plans, cash flow analyses, preference investigations, fraud and fraudulent conveyance investigations, collateral evaluation and claims resolution.

Jeremy W. Ryan has joined Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP of Wilmington, DE, as a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring practice, focusing primarily on the representation of debtors. Ryan was previously a partner in the Wilmington office of Saul Ewing LLP in the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring department.