Comings and Goings in Big Law (08/10/15)

Below is a list of the most recent lateral moves.

Gibson Dunn Hires Two WilmerHale Partners

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired Jane Love and Robert Trenchard as partners in New York. The two lawyers, previously partners at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, will continue to practice intellectual-property and life sciences litigation.

Manatt Hires Healthcare Partner

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP has expanded its partnership ranks. The firm has added Jill DeGraff Thorpe as a partner in the health-care practice in Washington. She was previously a managing member of Golden Stone LLC. In addition, Megan Christensen has joined the firm’s tax, employee-benefits and executive-compensation practice as a partner in Washington. Christensen was previously a partner at Blank Rome LLP.

Freeborn & Peters Launches Healthcare Group

Freeborn & Peters LLP has started a new health-care practice group with two partners. Deborah Dorman-Rodriguez, the former chief legal officer of Health Care Service Corp., will lead the new group. David Kaufman, most recently general counsel of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, is also joining as a partner.

Brown Rudnick Hires Capital Markets Partner

Brown Rudnick LLP has hired Jeremy Bohrer as a partner in the corporate and capital markets practice in New York. Bohrer was previously the principal of JIB Advisors LLC in New York, a consulting firm focused primarily on hedge funds, portfolio managers, private partnerships and capital allocators.