Movers & Shakers

Internationally, Kilpatrick Townsend now boasts two offices in Asia including Tokyo; one office in the Middle East in Dubai; and one European office in Stockholm, Sweden. The opening of the Taipei office comes after the recent mergers between Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew; and Kilpatrick Stockton and Bell, Rosenberg & Hughes, giving the combined firm of Kilpatrick Townsend nearly 650 attorneys.

LECG (NASD: XPRT) has named Jana Carpenter to lead its sales and business development teams, part of a broad initiative to expand the firm's geographic reach and substantially increase marketing of its litigation and economic consulting services to Am Law 100 law firms.

Carpenter has more than 30 years of experience in financial services and business consulting sales and marketing, including leading the sales teams for the forensic practices at FTI Consulting and UHY Advisors.

With the official title of Director of Sales, Carpenter will be responsible for increasing LECG's business with the nation's top-grossing law firms, as well as promoting its litigation support practice.

The Washington, DC, office of K&L Gates LLP has added Mary Burke Baker as a government affairs adviser in the firm's public policy practice. Baker joins K&L Gates after serving as a Georgetown Government Affairs Fellow and IRS Detailee to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance since 2005.

During her tenure on the Finance Committee, Baker managed the development of several major tax provisions, including the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, credit card information reporting, and basis reporting of securities transactions. Her extensive portfolio included international tax issues, the proposed bank tax, Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBAR”) reporting, IRS oversight, and tax administration. Baker also worked on tax provisions in such significant legislation as the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the Economic Stimulus Act, and the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act.

Prior to joining the Senate in 2005, Baker spent 28 years with the IRS, managing the Office of Tax Shelter Analysis, technical advisers in the High Technology, Telecommunications, Gaming, Sports, Entertainment and Media industries, and the Motor Vehicle Industry program. She held numerous technical positions, including Large Case Team Coordinator on several multinational corporate examinations.

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP has announced that it has opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan to serve strategic client needs and increase access to the significant growing legal and commercial activity in the region. The office opened Jan. 1, 2011.

Glenn Rhodes will serve as Kilpatrick Townsend's Managing Partner of the Taipei office. Three attorneys, including associates Dr. I-Wen Chu and Cindy Chou, and of counsel Dr. Y.S. Hsieh, will also be joining the firm. The entire team comes to Kilpatrick Townsend from the Taipei office of Howrey LLP, where Rhodes led that office since its founding in 2006.

Internationally, Kilpatrick Townsend now boasts two offices in Asia including Tokyo; one office in the Middle East in Dubai; and one European office in Stockholm, Sweden. The opening of the Taipei office comes after the recent mergers between Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew; and Kilpatrick Stockton and Bell, Rosenberg & Hughes, giving the combined firm of Kilpatrick Townsend nearly 650 attorneys.