Barnes & Thornburg (Los Angeles): Peter Morris joins the litigation department as partner and will focus on white-collar criminal defense, business litigation, health-care matters and securities litigation. Morris was a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow (Philadelphia): Lawrence Ashery joins the firm as partner and will focus on all aspects of intellectual property law, and in particular the preparation and procurement of U.S. and international patents. Ashery was a partner at RatnerPrestia.
