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Elliott Hurwitt

Corporate Counsel

11-01-2012

DAVID BERNICK, former general counsel of Philip Morris International Inc., joined Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a partner in New York.

Duane Morris announced that MARK KESSLER, who had been senior vice president and GC of Toll Brothers Inc., is now of counsel in the firm's Philadelphia office.

PAUL PATTON, former GC of Morgan Stanley Private Bank N.A., joined Debevoise & Plimpton as counsel in New York.

O'Melveny & Myers announced that MARK ­EASTON, former deputy GC of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., rejoined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles.

JOHN RICHTER, former deputy GC of WellCare Health Plans Inc., rejoined King & Spalding as a partner in Washington, D.C.

Morrison & Foerster announced that KELLY HOWES, former GC of Janus Capital Group Inc., joined the firm as of counsel. Also joining MoFo as of counsel is BRIAN HOFFMAN, former senior enforcement attorney in the Chicago office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Both are in the Denver office.

PAUL CONNOLLY JR., who had been vice president and GC of Iberdrola USA Inc., is now special counsel in the Boston office of Pierce Atwood.

Littler Mendelson has hired JARRETT ANDREWS, former managing counsel for Energy Future Holding Corp., as a partner in its Dallas office.

JOHN TERZAKEN, former director of criminal enforcement in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division, joined Allen & Overy as a partner in D.C.

Day Pitney announced that IAN WEINSTOCK, the former GC of UBS Trust ­Company N.A., is now counsel in the firm's New York office.

PATRICK ROSS, former GC of the Chicago Board of Education, joined Jackson Lewis as a partner in Chicago. Also joining the firm, as a partner in D.C., is MICHAEL TAYLOR, former acting GC of the ­Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Reed Smith announced that TIMOTHY NAGLE, former assistant GC of Bank of America Corporation, joined the firm as counsel in D.C.

JULIA ZHU, a former judge in the Nanjing Gulou District Court in China, is now a senior counsel in Dykema's Los Angeles office.

Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram hired SOHA MODY, former associate GC at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as senior counsel in D.C.