Wake Up Call: Goodwin Poaches 17 Troutman Health-Care Partners

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• Boston-based Goodwin Procter, which announced dozens of layoffs earlier this month, is reportedly opening a Philadelphia office with 17 health-care transactions focused partners poached from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders. The group, likely to include associates, features three top Troutman dealmakers in Philadelphia: Rachael Bushey, chair of Troutman’s health sciences department, white collar criminal defense partner Tom Gallagher, and John Jones, chair of its health-care transactions and regulatory practices. Gallagher, a former federal prosecutor, was executive committee ...