Wake Up Call: UK Judges Are Being Disciplined by the Hundreds

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• More than 200 UK judges and magistrates have been disciplined in the last four years, including those who have been “sacked, reprimanded, and forced to resign” for “drink-driving” and being drunk while in court. In one case, an entire judicial tribunal panel was disciplined after they mocked a member of the public for his Welsh heritage and “perceived lack of intelligence.” (The Telegraph)
• WilmerHale has appointed Joel Green to be the firm’s new firm-wide deputy managing partner, and David Bowker and Lorraine Echavarria have been tapped to be partners-in-charge of the firm’s DC and LA offices, respectively. The news comes in the wake of the firm’s announcement last June that Anjan Sahni would be WilmerHale’s new firm-wide managing partner. (WilmerHale)
• Crypto lawyer John Deaton is trying to raise $1 million by March 31 for his US Senate race in Massachusetts to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Deaton, a Republican, first will need to outpoll five others in the GOP primary before taking on Warren, who’s already raised $3.9 million for the race. (CCN)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Joshua Ratner has joined Paul Hastings as a partner in New York and as global vice chair of private equity. He co-chaired the food and healthy living practice at Goodwin Procter.
• Frank W. DeBorde and Lisa Wolgast have joined Barnes & Thornburg as partners in the finance, insolvency, and restructuring department in in Atlanta.
• Deanna Reitman has joined Faegre Drinker as a partner in the finance and restructuring practice in Dallas.
• Ronald A. Hewitt has joined Seward & Kissel as a partner with the global banking and corporate trust group in New York. He formerly practiced with Covington & Burling.
• Stephanie Friese and Christine R. Norstadt have joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as commercial real estate partners in Atlanta.
• Bill Brady has joined Akin as a partner with the special situations and private credit practice in New York. He was the head of the alternative lender and private credit group at Paul Hastings.
• Veronica Relea has joined Baker Botts as a partner in the energy, projects, and transactions section of the global projects department in the New York office. She joins from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
• Neville M. Bilimoria has been named managing partner of the Chicago office of Duane Morris.
• Mattias Luukkonen and Michael Gorbak have joined K&L Gates as partners in its corporate practice. They join from Reed Smith and Hanson Bridgett, respectively.