Wake Up Call: ICE Arrests Harvard Law Professor After Shooting

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Federal immigration authorities arrested Harvard Law visiting professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea after the State Department revoked his J-1 visa, following an October incident in which he fired a pellet gun outside a synagogue. While DHS officials characterized the episode as an antisemitic attack, local authorities filed no bias charges, and synagogue leaders said police indicated Gouvea did not know he was next to a house of worship. (The Harvard Crimson)
• Rhode Island will pay Nixon Peabody more than $83,000 for partner Zachary Cunha’s work on a state assembly oversight hearing on a bridge closure. Cunha billed over 68 hours at $600 an hour—earning about $40,900—while his associates, billing $500 an hour, collectively earned over $47,000. (WPRI)
• David E. Loder, former chair of the health law group at Duane Morris, died of complications from lymphoma and scleroderma at his home. He became partner in 1989 and helped the health law practice gain national recognition. Matthew A. Taylor, chair and chief executive officer of Duane Morris, said in a tribute: “He was one of the nation’s most respected healthcare lawyers.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Meghan Kelly and Bill Oxley joined Kirkland & Ellis as partners in its litigation practice. They join from Orrick.
• Gretchen Greene joined Ropes & Gray as its first chief of AI strategy. She joins from Meta.
• Kelann Stirling and Jamie Franklin joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as partners in the finance group in New York. Stirling joins from Kirkland & Ellis. Franklin joins from White & Case.
• Victoria Boesch joined Jackson Lewis as a principal in its trials and appeals group in Sacramento. She joins from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.
• Tiffany Williams joined FisherBroyles as a partner in its intellectual property, patent, trademark and brand management practice areas in Atlanta.
• Dennette Mulvaney and Robyn Sokol joined Stinson as partners in its bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice in Los Angeles.
• Ferlillia Roberson joined Blank Rome as a partner in its intellectual property litigation group and technology industry team in Chicago. She joins from DLA Piper.