Group
lateral
moves
are
still
all
the
rage
in
Biglaw,
and
Crowell
&
Moring
ought
to
know
—
the
Am
Law
100
firm
just
gobbled
up
a
group
of
more
than
40
lawyers,
complete
with
16
partners,
from
Reed
Smith,
including
a
former
member
of
the
firm’s
executive
committee.
As
noted
by
the National
Law
Journal,
earlier
today,
Crowell
confirmed
that
announced
that
a
16-partner
team
and
two
dozen
associates
from
Reed
Smith
would
be
joining
the
firm,
growing
its
health
care
litigation
practice
in
several
of
its
offices
across
the
country
and
creating
the
“premier
health
practice
in
the
country.” Here
are
some
additional
details:
[Martin]
Bishop,
who
will
co-chair
Crowell’s
health
care
group,
joins
the
firm’s
Chicago
office
along
with
partners
Steven
Hamilton,
Rebecca
Hanson,
Thomas
Hardy,
Daniel
Hofmeister,
Alexandra
Lucas,
Jason
Mayer,
Kevin
Tessier,
and
Bryan
Webster.
…In
addition,
partners
Michelle
Cheng,
Lorenzo
Gasparetti,
Junga
Kim,
Amir
Shlesinger,
and
Kenneth
Smersfelt
will
join
in
Los
Angeles,
and
Karen
Braje
will
join
in
San
Francisco.Meanwhile,
partner
Scott
Williams
will
be
based
in
Dallas,
where
Crowell
is
opening
an
office.
Crowell
is
still
scouting
an
office
space
in
Dallas,
according
to
[Crowell
chair
Phil]
Inglima.
Inglima
went
on
to
say
that
this
group
lateral
move
represents
a
“a
great
opportunity
to
take
a
major
step
forward
in
the
market,”
and
that
“there
are
really
endless
possibilities
for
what
we
can
do
for
clients
with
this
team
at
the
forefront,
and
that,
to
us,
was
an
extremely
exciting
prospect.”
Crowell’s
health
care
practice
will
officially
be
100
lawyers
strong
in
the
wake
of
its
lateral
raid
on
Reed
Smith.
“We’ve
worked
together,
we’ve
competed
with
each
other,
all
the
things
that
you
do
in
a
specialized
industry,”
Bishop
told
the
NLJ
in
an
interview.
“And
it
got
to
the
point
where
I
think
we
all
realized
that
our
clients
would
be
best
served
if
we
got
together.”
Congratulations
to
Crowell
&
Moring
on
its
successful
group
lateral
hire,
and
best
of
luck
to
everyone
who
will
soon
be
integrated
into
the
firm’s
health
care
practice.
Crowell
Hires
More
Than
40
Health
Care
Lawyers
From
Reed
Smith
[National
Law
Journal]
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