Wake Up Call: Womble Allies With Brazil-Based Firm (Correct)

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• Womble Bond Dickinson formed a strategic alliance with Brazil-based Schmidt, Valois, Miranda, Ferreira & Agel. The alliance is designed to strengthen client support across jurisdictions, particularly in the energy and natural resources sectors, and includes shared office branding and joint marketing and business development initiatives. (Womble)
• St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio will launch a new business law clinic with a $5 million donation from the late alumnus Bennie Bock, who died in 2022. The clinic will give students with hands-on experience in real-life legal scenarios. (News4SA)
• An attorney who was attacked in a Cortland, NY, courthouse is suing her attacker after he pushed, punched, and threatened her. The suit from Gina Glover, a lawyer at the Estate Planning Law Center, charges Mark Skodzinsky with third-degree assault. Skodzinsky’s attorney said Glover’s injuries are the result of her provoking him. (Syracuse.com)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Robert Beste joined K&L Gates as a partner in the litigation and dispute resolution practice in Wilmington, Del. He joins from Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins.
• Alex Korona joined Fox Rothschild as a partner in the intellectual property department in Princeton, N.J. He joins from McCarter & English.
• Richard DiStefano joined Tarter Krinsky & Drogin as a partner in the corporate, securities, and M&A practice in New York. He joins from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
• Daniel Lopez joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in the private equity practice group in San Francisco. He joins from Orrick.
• Iain Sandford joined Foley Hoag as a partner in the international litigation and arbitration practice in Paris.
• Janelle Iturbe joined Quarles & Brady as a partner in the real estate practice group in Phoenix.