RSHC news
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RSHC Welcomes Former City Official as New Chief People Officer
RSHC has announced that Robye Scott has joined the firm as its new Chief People Officer.Full story: RSHC Welcomes Former City Official as New Chief People Officer -
RSHC Welcomes New Director of Attorney Development
Peter Glowacki has joined RSHC as its new Attorney Development Director.Full story: RSHC Welcomes New Director of Attorney Development -
RSHC Welcomes New Counsel Chris Hickey
Christopher Hickey has joined join the Firm as counsel in the Los Angeles/Irvine office. He focuses his practice on complex product liability and commercial litigation matters with a particular concentration on serving aviation industry clients.Full story: RSHC Welcomes New Counsel Chris Hickey -
RSHC Welcomes Commercial Real Estate Pro LaVon Johns to Lead Transactions Group
Commercial real estate lawyer LaVon M. Johns joins the firm’s business transactions practice as a partner and will lead the group in advising clients on a range of corporate and transactional matters.Full story: RSHC Welcomes Commercial Real Estate Pro LaVon Johns to Lead Transactions Group -
Former Federal Prosecutor Kalia Coleman Joins RSHC
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Kalia Coleman to our Government Enforcement, Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense practice. Coleman joins the firm following nearly six years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she most recently served as Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Division.Full story: Former Federal Prosecutor Kalia Coleman Joins RSHC -
Former Federal Prosecutor Abigail Peluso Joins RSHC
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Abigail Peluso to our Government Enforcement, Investigations & White Collar Criminal Defense practice. Peluso joins the firm following eleven years with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where she served in both the Civil and Criminal Divisions, most recently as a Deputy Chief in the General Crimes Section, where she trained and supervised new federal prosecutors.Full story: Former Federal Prosecutor Abigail Peluso Joins RSHC -
Noted Litigator Keyonn Pope Joins RSHC
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) welcomes new partner Keyonn Pope to the firm’s intellectual property and litigation practices. Pope, who was recently recognized by Bloomberg Law as one of 40 outstanding young attorneys nationwide, is a tech-savvy litigator relied upon by clients to represent their brands in bet-the-company patent and trademark litigation and other complex and high-stakes commercial disputes. He has tried patent cases in many hotbed jurisdictions including E.D. Va., E.D. Texas, Delaware, and N.D. Cal.Full story: Noted Litigator Keyonn Pope Joins RSHC -
Bruce Wagman and Erin Gasparka Secure Victory for Wild Horses
Bruce Wagman and Erin Gasparka represented Return to Freedom in efforts to stop inhumane and illegal surgeries being performed by the federal government on wild horses. In response to the lawsuit, the Bureau of Land Management has agreed not to begin the controversial and dangerous sterilization surgeries.Full story: Bruce Wagman and Erin Gasparka Secure Victory for Wild Horses -
RSHC Litigator Matt Kennison Elected Partner
RSHC is delighted to announce the promotion of Matt Kennison (White Collar Investigations and Antitrust Litigation) to Partner, effective January 1, 2021. Join us in congratulating Matt!Full story: RSHC Litigator Matt Kennison Elected Partner -
RSHC Strengthens Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice with New Partner Nafiz Cekirge
Noted lending industry litigator Nafiz Cekirge joins RSHC as a partner managing his practice from both coasts in the firm's New York and Los Angeles/Irvine offices. Cekirge has served as lead counsel in more than 200 mortgage mass actions in state and federal courts throughout the country and gained national recognition in the mortgage mass action area for his novel use of the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) to remove many of these mass actions to federal court.Full story: RSHC Strengthens Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice with New Partner Nafiz Cekirge -
RSHC Litigator Eli Litoff Elected Partner
RSHC is delighted to announce the promotion of Eli Litoff (Litigation - Class Action, Commercial Litigation, and White Collar) to Partner, effective January 1, 2021. Join us in congratulating Eli!Full story: RSHC Litigator Eli Litoff Elected Partner -
Renowned Employment Litigator Alan King Joins RSHC as Chair of Labor & Employment
RSHC Partner Alan King brings more than three decades of experience serving clients to his new role leading the Labor & Employment group at Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila. King is an accomplished trial lawyer who handles high-stakes cases for businesses, a skilled mediator in employment-related disputes, and a respected voice on issues of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.Full story: Renowned Employment Litigator Alan King Joins RSHC as Chair of Labor & Employment -
RSHC Adds Innovation-Focused Intellectual Property Litigator
Partner Louis A. Klapp joins Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila’s growing nationally-known intellectual property practice. A leader in the demanding IP litigation field, Louis’ practice is devoted to all aspects of patent, trademark, and trade secret disputes from pre-filing investigation through appeal.Full story: RSHC Adds Innovation-Focused Intellectual Property Litigator -
RSHC Expands Product Liability Practice, Launches Southern California Presence
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSHC) announced the hiring of two new partners, Jeffrey W. Morof and Shalem A. Massey. Jeffrey W. Morof has spent his entire career defending aerospace clients and the aviation insurance market in product liability and commercial litigation matters, including serving as national counsel for two large aerospace manufacturers. Shalem A. Massey is a litigator with experience handling high-stakes and “bet the company” matters for businesses and insurers in the aerospace and technology industries.Full story: RSHC Expands Product Liability Practice, Launches Southern California Presence -
Drahcir Smith Elected 2019-2020 BWLA Corresponding Secretary
Congratulations to Drahcir Smith and the entire 2019-2020 Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. (BWLA) Board of Directors and Scholarship Fund Board, who were installed on June 3. The group pledged their renewed commitment to making an “impact” on the legal profession, as well as the general community-at-large, and changing so many lives.Full story: Drahcir Smith Elected 2019-2020 BWLA Corresponding Secretary