In New York:
Former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Maurene Comey, who was fired from her position last July and has sued the Trump administration over it, joined Patterson Belknap as a partner in its litigation department … Amanda Hines Gold joined Davis Polk’s executive compensation practice as a partner from Cravath … Finance and M&A partners Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano joined Latham from Wachtell … Antitrust partner William Reiss left Robins Kaplan, where he was head of the New York antitrust group, to join Crowell & Moring … Employment disputes partner Nicholas Corsano moved to Baker McKenzie from Greenberg Traurig … Simpson Thacher added John Anselmi as partner in its banking and credit practice from Sullivan & Cromwell … David Greene joined Weil’s private funds group as a partner from Simpson Thacher. Weil also added banking and finance partner Lindsay Flora from Dechert … Tech companies adviser Agatha Kluk moved to Orrick as a partner from Perkins Coie … M&A and private equity partner Chris Isaacs joined Barnes & Thornburg from Katten.
In D.C.:
Former acting deputy chief counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy, Adena Goza, moved to Holland & Knight’s public policy and regulation practice … Squire Patton Boggs added Adam Suess as a partner in its environmental, safety and health practice from the U.S. Department of the Interior where he was acting assistant secretary … Morgan Lewis added structured transactions partner Joseph Gatti from Amherst Residential where he was head of legal.
In Chicago:
Sheppard added corporate partner Christopher Buch from Vedder Price and tax partner Balazs Danko from K&L Gates … Private equity partners Alexander Moss and Injune Park left Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff for Honigman.
Across other cities:
Antitrust partner Greg Olsen joined Willkie in London from Clifford Chance … IP partner T.O. Kong moved to Mintz in San Francisco from Wilson Sonsini … Willkie added corporate finance partners Christopher Forrester and Yian Huang from A&O Shearman. Forrester will also be co-managing partner of the Palo Alto office … Commercial finance partner Anthony Callobre returned to Buchalter in Los Angeles from Blank Rome … Corporate partner Portia Keady moved to Day Pitney in Boston from Nutter … Real estate tax partner Robert Brown joined Greenberg Traurig in San Diego from Procopio … Blank Rome added corporate and M&A partners Bob Zinn and Megan Wotherspoon in Pittsburgh from K&L Gates where they previously led the corporate practice … Orrick