Lateral Partner Watch for the Week of August 4th, 2025

LATERAL PARTNER WATCH
Written By Megan Stinson

  • Baker Donelson has added Shareholder Tricia A. McNeill to their Financial Services Transactions practice in Raleigh. McNeill joined the firm from Troutman Pepper Locke.

  • Former Paul Weiss partner, Usman Arain, joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Private Equity group in San Francisco and Palo Alto.

  • Of counsel trial attorney, Matt R. Raley, joined Spencer Fane in Houston after his departure from Baker & Hostetler.

  • Arnold & Porter expanded their West Coast Real Estate, Labor & Employment, and Commercial Litigation practices with the addition of eight K&L Gates attorneys — Marisa Bocci, Mark Filipini, Ashley Gammell, Daniel Glassman, Ryan Groshong, Kari Larson, Aaron Millstein, and Todd Nunn.

  • Partners Benjamin (Ben) Goldammer and Danica Grosko Suedekum have joined Burr & Forman in Nashville after their departure from Kay Griffin.

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