Wake Up Call: Taft Lands Six-Partner Team From Dinsmore & Shohl

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• A six-partner team has joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister from Dinsmore & Shohl, including five based in Detroit and one in Chicago. All but one of the six new Taft lawyers, including Ian Larkin and Evonne Xu, specialize in mergers and acquisitions, while the sixth, Thomas Walters, is a commercial litigator. (Crain’s Business Detroit)
• Former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett litigation partner Alicia Washington has left her job after two years-plus with firm to join the US attorney’s ...