Camille Vasquez, a lawyer who helped actor Johnny Depp secure a $15 million jury verdict in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, is part of a five-lawyer team departing law firm Brown Rudnick for rival Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton.
Vasquez co-chaired the brand and reputation management group at Brown Rudnick, where she was promoted from associate to partner less than a week after Depp achieved a near-total victory in the closely watched defamation trial in June 2022. Read more.
From the legal industry:
VP Kamala Harris‘ law school alma mater looks for a PR boost from her presidential run. Meanwhile, her campaign is getting a huge boost from Paul Weiss … U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, who was assigned to hear a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X against a group of advertisers has removed himself from the case … Former public defender Caryn Strickland lost a sexual harassment case against the U.S. judiciary … Two competing groups of law firms are pressing a judge to appoint them as leaders of consumer class actions accusing Apple of monopolizing the smartphone market … And finally, Milbank is doling out seniority-based summer bonuses up to $25,000.
Moves:
In New York …
Paul Weiss hired asset management industry dealmakers David Hepp and Matthew Collin from Skadden … King & Spalding added Andrew Calica to its product liability and mass torts practice group from Mayer Brown.
In Washington, D.C. …
Edward O’Callaghan, a former DOJ official who helped oversee the federal investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel to lead a new congressional investigations practice … BCLP added former FTC lead investigative attorney David Schwartz to its antitrust and competition practice.
In Los Angeles …
Hinshaw & Culbertson added insurance partners Celia Moutes-Lee and Kayla Berlin from Lewis Brisbois.
In Silicon Valley …
Joseph Halloum joined King & Spalding’s corporate practice group and technology industry team from Freshfields.
In Dallas …
Haynes and Boone hired Victor Vital as the global chair of the trials practice group from Barnes & Thornburg … Trial lawyer Elizabeth Ryan joined Gibson Dunn from Weil.
In Palo Alto…
John Wayne Horton joined Lowenstein Sandler’s emerging companies and venture capital practice from Goodwin Procter.
In Richmond …
Former Virginia labor commissioner Courtney Malvea joined McGuireWoods’ labor and employment department.
In Houston ….
Baker Botts hired Rebecca Seidl as leader of the firm’s critical minerals and metals subsector from Mayer Brown.
In Nashville …
Buchalter added Talbott Ottinger, Rebecca Miller and Catie Oryl to its real estate practice group.
In St. Louis …
Food and agricultural commercial litigator Kimberly Bousquet joined Thompson Coburn from Davis Wright Tremaine.
And finally …
Polsinelli added 47 lawyers from Holland & Knight. Thirty-five of those lawyers will be a part of the new Philadelphia office, while the other 12 are joining Polsinelli’s offices in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami and New York.
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