Business Law

On May 16 at the New York office of Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP tomorrow’s female leaders will get a chance to learn from senior women executives in the financial services, media, energy, and consumer products industries, their top three tips for career success, during Minute Mentoring®, a unique, fast-paced mentoring event.

Gregory Jordan to Remain Of Counsel to Firm Gregory Jordan is resigning as a partner in the Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell P.L.C. (Rainey Kizer) Law Firm to join the business faculty of Union University as a Professor of Business Law and Business Ethics, beginning this Fall semester.

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. acted as legal counsel to hedge fund Lane Five Capital Management LP, in its recently settled activist campaign for change at education travel company Ambassadors Group Inc. Lane Five owns approximately 7% of the outstanding shares of Ambassadors Group.

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that five partners, formerly with Dewey & LeBoeuf, will join the firm in its New York, Washington, D.C., and Connecticut offices, effective immediately. The group includes John G. Klauberg, Dewey’s former co-head of the Utilities, Power and Pipelines Global Industry Sector Group, as well as Catherine P.

Washington County, Pa. Lawyer Addresses the “Mechanics of Starting a Small Business” at Free Educational Program Jonathan G. Higie, managing partner of Washington County, Pa. law firm Peacock Keller, was a presenter at the “Mechanics of Starting a Small Business” seminar offered by the Peters Township Public Library, the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce and the University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center.

– Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, P.C. is pleased to announce that it has expanded its Litigation and Trial Practice with the addition of experienced trial attorney Scott D. Burke, who joins the firm as an associate.

Moore & Van Allen is pleased to announce that David B. Wheeler, a member in the firm’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring practice, has been appointed to serve as an advisory board member to the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11.

Mr. Behr will continue to represent established and up-and-coming businesses and individuals in electronic entertainment, emerging technologies, publishing, fashion, and consumer products Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Alan Behr has joined the firm’s Corporate & Business Law Department as a partner, where he will continue to represent clients in international and domestic intellectual property law.

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced that David M. Levy has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. Levy is a seasoned commercial litigator with more than 30 years of experience in commercial litigation, dispute resolution and general corporate and business counseling.