On the Move

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced that Deryck Palmer, Andrew Troop and Christopher Mirick have joined the firm's Insolvency & Restructuring practice as partners, and will be resident in the New York office. The three attorneys were previously members of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where Palmer was the Co-Chairman of the financial restructuring department and a former member of the firm's Management Committee. In addition, Palmer was a recent delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency Law) on behalf of the International Law Institute. He was also selected as one of the lead counsels to the U.S. Treasury Department in the General Motors restructuring, and represented the Detroit Public Schools in one of the most successful municipal restructurings, out of court.

Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP, formerly known as Sugar & Felsenthal LLP, has added name partner Aaron L. Hammer to the Chicago-based practice. Formerly a partner and coordinator of the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights Practice Group at Freeborn & Peters LLP, Hammer represents a broad base of clients including Fortune 500 companies, creditor's committees and financial institutions. Also joining the firm's expanded bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice are Mark S. Melickian as counsel and associates Michael A. Brandess and Jack R. O'Connor.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has named David J. Karp as partner and James T. Bentley as special counsel in the firm's business reorganization group. Resident in both the New York and London offices, Karp focuses his practice on corporate restructuring, special situations and distressed investments, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and the bankruptcy aspects of structured finance. In addition, Karp leads the firm's distressed debt & claims trading practice, which provides advice in connection with U.S., European and emerging market debt and claims trading matters. Bentley practices in New York in the areas of distressed mergers and acquisitions, debtor-in-possession financing, corporate restructuring, and out-of-court workouts.

Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that Bernard (Barney) R. Given II will join the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditor's Rights Practice. Formerly a shareholder in the Los Angeles office of Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, L.C., Given focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation. His representative cases include serving as debtor's counsel for Southwest Petroservices, Inc. and Physicians Specialty Hospital of El Paso East, committee counsel for S.N.A. Nut Company, and counsel for Saber Oil and Gas in the Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 case.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has announced that Deryck Palmer, Andrew Troop and Christopher Mirick have joined the firm's Insolvency & Restructuring practice as partners, and will be resident in the New York office. The three attorneys were previously members of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where Palmer was the Co-Chairman of the financial restructuring department and a former member of the firm's Management Committee. In addition, Palmer was a recent delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency Law) on behalf of the International Law Institute. He was also selected as one of the lead counsels to the U.S. Treasury Department in the General Motors restructuring, and represented the Detroit Public Schools in one of the most successful municipal restructurings, out of court.

Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP, formerly known as Sugar & Felsenthal LLP, has added name partner Aaron L. Hammer to the Chicago-based practice. Formerly a partner and coordinator of the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors' Rights Practice Group at Freeborn & Peters LLP, Hammer represents a broad base of clients including Fortune 500 companies, creditor's committees and financial institutions. Also joining the firm's expanded bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice are Mark S. Melickian as counsel and associates Michael A. Brandess and Jack R. O'Connor.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has named David J. Karp as partner and James T. Bentley as special counsel in the firm's business reorganization group. Resident in both the New York and London offices, Karp focuses his practice on corporate restructuring, special situations and distressed investments, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and the bankruptcy aspects of structured finance. In addition, Karp leads the firm's distressed debt & claims trading practice, which provides advice in connection with U.S., European and emerging market debt and claims trading matters. Bentley practices in New York in the areas of distressed mergers and acquisitions, debtor-in-possession financing, corporate restructuring, and out-of-court workouts.

Loeb & Loeb LLP has announced that Bernard (Barney) R. Given II will join the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditor's Rights Practice. Formerly a shareholder in the Los Angeles office of Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, L.C., Given focuses his practice on bankruptcy and commercial litigation. His representative cases include serving as debtor's counsel for Southwest Petroservices, Inc. and Physicians Specialty Hospital of El Paso East, committee counsel for S.N.A. Nut Company, and counsel for Saber Oil and Gas in the Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 case.