During 2023, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP boosted its appellate practice with a pair of key hires: David Lehn joined in Washington DC from WilmerHale and previously served in the Office of Legal Counsel at the DOJ; Evan Ezray joined in Fort Lauderdale and was formerly Deputy Solicitor General for Florida.
Dechert LLP’s appellate practice has gone from strength to strength under former Assistant Attorney General and department co-head Steven Engel. The team added a raft of new clients during 2022/23, including a group of US senators.
Dykema Gossett PLLC reinforced its national appellate practice in 2023 with a trio of high-profile hires: former appellate justice and Deputy Attorney General for Texas, David Schenck, joined in Dallas; former federal prosecutor Chantel Febus arrived in Washington DC; and seasoned senior counsel Susan Feibus joined in Chicago.
Hecker Fink LLP’s firm-wide focus on public interest matters is reflected in its diverse case roster, which spans civil rights, election law, and commercial cases, among other work.
Fast-growing litigation boutique Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP remains a firm in growth mode. In a significant development, it added new name partner, and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan Cohn in April 2023—he joined in Washington DC from Sidley Austin LLP.
California boutique Stris & Maher LLP appears routinely before state and federal appellate courts nationwide. Peter Stris, who has an emphasis on representing plaintiffs, has argued ten cases before the US Supreme Court.