Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, welcomes Christopher Larus to its IP litigation group
Christopher Larus recently joined Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, as a partner in the intellectual property litigation group at its Minneapolis office. His practice focuses on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and other complex business disputes. Larus has represented clients in litigation and at trial in a variety of industries, including the manufacturing, electronics, medical device, food and beverage, advertising and promotions, motorized recreational products, toy, and automotive service equipment sectors.
Rami S. Yanni joins Greenberg Glusker as a partner
Los Angeles-based Greenberg Glusker has recently announced that intellectual property and technology attorney Rami S. Yanni joined the firm as a partner. Yanni has spent the previous five and a half years with McDermott, Will & Emery's intellectual property, media, and technology department, where he was a partner. As a partner with Greenberg Glusker, Yanni will head the trademark practice group and focus on intellectual property, trademark law, and copyright protection and enforcement, as well as e-business matters.
Leading real estate tax attorney Donald Liebman joins Proskauer Rose, LLP, as senior counsel
International law firm Proskauer Rose, LLP, recently welcomed prominent real estate attorney Donald Liebman, who will serve as senior counsel in the firm's New York office. Liebman is the latest addition to the firm's rapidly expanding real estate and tax practice. He represents institutional and real estate clients in every aspect of property taxation and the tax certiorari field, from strategic real estate tax planning to trial and appeal. Matters in which he has been involved include successful valuations and obtaining tax exemptions for new development.
Cullen and Dykman, LLP
, LLP, expands labor and employment group with the additions of George M. Buckley and James P. ClarkCullen and Dykman, LLP, has expanded its labor and employment practice with the additions of George M. Buckley and James P. Clark, both of whom have become partners based in the firm's Garden City, NY, office. Previously partners with Bond, Schoeneck, and King, Buckley and Clark have extensive experience representing private and public sector employers in all areas of labor and employment law. For more than 20 years, Buckley has counseled employers on labor and employment matters, with a special emphasis on issues concerning healthcare and not-for-profit organizations. Clark has advised and counseled employers on a wide range of issues within the labor and employment field throughout his career.
Mark A. Geir joins Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as an associate in its Del Mar Heights office
Mark Geir is the latest addition to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton's burgeoning intellectual property practice in the firm's Del Mar Heights office. He joined from Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear in San Diego. Grier has experience with handling a wide variety of intellectual property matters, primarily for clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical-device industries, including patent litigation and appeals, patent prosecution and strategic counseling, licensing, and other transactional matters.
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