Wake Up Call: Wisconsin AG Files Charges Against Trump Lawyers

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

• Felony forgery charges were filed Tuesday in Wisconsin against Donald Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro and another attorney, Jim Troupis, for submitting paperwork falsely claiming that Trump won the state in the 2020 election. Though one prominent GOP official in the state called the charges “outrageous,” Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, said, “our approach has been focused on following the facts where they lead.” (Associated Press)
• Columbia Law Review’s board of directors pulled “the entire website offline” on Monday after apparently objecting to a paper from human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah that the law review had published online about the oppression of Palestinians. According to seven law review editors, board members pressured the law review’s leadership “to delay and even rescind publication.” (The Intercept)
• Debevoise & Plimpton partner Jyotin “Joe” Hamid will be the next co-chair of the firm’s litigation department, starting July 1. Hamid will succeed Mary Beth Hogan, who is retiring at the end of this year, after 33 years with the firm. The practice’s other co-chair, Andrew Ceresney, will continue in the role. (Debevoise)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Abraham Kwon has joined Lowenstein Sandler as a partner with its emerging companies and venture capital practice group in New York. He joins from Goodwin Procter.
• J. Holt Foster III has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as the managing partner of the firm’s newly-launched Dallas office. He joins from Sidley Austin.
• Edward Rojas has rejoined Holland & Knight in its New York office as a partner with the firm’s national public finance team. He joins from Harris Beach.
• Andy Stone is joining Dorsey & Whitney as a government solutions and investigations partner in its Phoenix office.
• Margot Laporte has joined Dorsey & Whitney as a partner in the government solutions and investigations group in Washington. She joins from Miller & Chevalier.
• François Feuillat has joined Bracewell LLP in London as a private equity partner focused on energy and infrastructure. He joins Bracewell from Reed Smith.
• John Domby has joined Seyfarth Shaw as a partner with the firm’s real estate practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. He joins from Katten Muchin Rosenman.
• Shana French has joined Littler Mendelson as a labor and employment partner in the firm’s Toronto office.
• Amir Ghaffari has joined Alston & Bird as a partner with the firm’s international arbitration and dispute resolution team in London.
• Scott Jablonski has joined Husch Blackwell as a partner with the firm’s financial services and capital markets practice via the firm’s virtual office called The Link. He joins from Berger Singerman.
• Jasmine Juteau has joined Pryor Cashman as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice in the firm’s New York office. She joins from Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello.