Law Firm Management

McManis Faulkner, a leading Northern California trial firm, announced the elevation of Christine Peek and Pallie Zambrano to partner. Boosting the firm’s majority female partnership ranks, the elevations bring the total number of partners to the firm to 12.

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. is pleased to announce several new leadership appointments throughout the firm.

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP is pleased to announce that E. Chaney Hall is the recipient of the 2011 David B. Brown Pro Bono Award. The award is given annually to a firm member who demonstrates a commitment to ensuring access to legal service for those in need.

Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced the appointment of its first chief marketing officer, Paris A. Gunther, to the firm. Gunther is a seasoned legal marketing professional based in New York with over twenty years of experience leading strategic business development and marketing programs at law firms and professional service organizations across the country.

Nashville attorney Gif Thornton has been elected Chairman of the Executive Committee at Adams and Reese LLP. The Executive Committee, comprised of six partners, oversees the strategic operations of the firm and its attorneys and staff in 13 offices in six states and Washington, DC. This is Thornton’s second term as Chairman after serving in the role in 2010.

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Verrill Dana is pleased to welcome Tara Shuman to the firm’s Health Care group. Tara will join the firm’s growing health care practice in its Boston office after having practiced at Ropes & Gray, LLP. Tara has experience in a wide range of health care matters and her addition to the Boston office will strengthen an already robust health care practice.

Verrill Dana is pleased to begin 2012 with the announcement of two attorney promotions and a change in title for a member of our administrative team.

Moore & Van Allen Intellectual Property member Arlene D. Hanks has assumed responsibility as the Managing Member of the Research Triangle Park, N.C. office.

The law firm of SmithAmundsen LLC announces the promotion of Sandra Franco, 33, to partner effective immediately. Sandra’s promotion continues the growth of the firm’s financial services practice.