3 October 2017Patents

Kirkland & Ellis promotes 97 to partner

Kirkland & Ellis has promoted nearly 100 attorneys to partner across its 13 international offices.

A total of 12 attorneys focusing on IP litigation and technology and IP transactions were promoted.

In New York, five were promoted to partnership level in the IP litigation team: Shanti Sadtler, Christopher DeCoro, Mary Mazzello, Mira Mulvaney, and Alan Rabinowitz.

Three were appointed in the firm’s San Francisco office. James Beard and Sarah Forney were promoted in the IP litigation team, while Sarah Schaedler became partner in the technology and IP transactions team.

In Chicago, Sam Hong (technology and IP transactions) was elevated, along with Alyse Wu (IP litigation).

Benjamin Herbert became partner in IP litigation at the firm’s Los Angeles office, while Jonathan Jones was appointed partner in IP litigation in the Washington, DC office.

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