Thompson Hine continues its growth push in Atlanta with the recruitment of two longtime Atlanta lawyers. Peter Coffman joined from Dow Lohnes as a partner and Aaron Watson joined from Barnes & Thornburg as senior counsel.
Coffman, a trial lawyer, was at Dow Lohnes for almost 17 years, after working for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division in the early 1990s. A major Dow Lohnes client, Cox Enterprises, sparked a shake-up in the firm’s Atlanta office when it announced in June that it would continue using Dow Lohnes lawyers, but only if they moved to other firms. (The firm’s Washington office announced in October that it is merging with Cooley, effective Jan. 1.)
