Wake Up Call: Mintz Gives Employees Paid Day Off to Cast Ballots

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• Mintz will give its employees a paid day off on Nov. 5 to vote in the election. Managing member Bob Bodian said the firm is “strongly encouraging” everyone to vote and “engage in volunteer opportunities that help ensure a safe, accessible, and fair election.” (Above the Law)
• Tanja Olano, the chief legal officer for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, has resigned, citing the need to “take a break.” Her resignation comes after LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman said he would stay on as the organization’s leader despite a scandal over extramarital affairs, though a colleague said that the two are unrelated. (The Wrap)
• Honda’s defense team‘s violations of orders in limine have led a Georgia state court judge to strike the motor company’s answers and affirmative defenses in a product liability dispute. The team, from Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, was previously sanctioned in 2018 for violation of a pretrial order. (Law.com)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Scott Cockerham joined Latham & Watkins as a partner in its transactional tax practice in Washington. He joins from A&O Shearman.
• Ryan Kim joined Gibson Dunn as a private credit partner in New York.
• Elizabeth Dominguez Yaeger joined Jones Day as a partner in its real estate practice in Washington.
• Robert Hur joined King & Spalding as a partner in its special matters and government investigations practice. He joins from the Justice Department.
• Jasmine Rosner joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges as a partner in its antitrust practice group in Washington. She joins from Amazon.
• Jeffrey Page joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its real estate practice in New York. He joins from Ballard Spahr.
• Terence Rozier-Byrd joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in its asset management department’s private funds practice in New York.
• Igor Kukhta joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe as a partner in its finance team in Paris. He joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
• Olivia Choe joined Milbank as a partner in its litigation and arbitration group in Washington. She joins from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Craig Heeren joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in its litigation group. He joins from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
• Jason Halper and Sara Brauerman joined Vinson & Elkins as partners in its litigation practice. They join from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
• Scott Lepene has joined ArentFox Schiff as a partner in its financial restructuring and bankruptcy practice. He joins from Thompson Hine.
• M. Patrick Everman joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a partner in its corporate and securities and real estate practice groups.
• Samantha Kopacz joined Honigman as a partner in its employee benefits and executive compensation practice. She joins from Miller Canfield.
• Richard Robinson joined Day Pitney as a partner in its litigation department. Previously, he was the chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.