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Hiring freeze thaws at Sheppard Mullin

By Richard Binder

Yesterday LALP reported that Sheppard Mullin hired Pamela L. Westhoff from DLA Piper.  Turns out that's not all the hiring going on in their Los Angeles office.

Yesterday the firm also announced the addition of corporate partner Brian D. Weimer from Latham & Watkins, and earlier this month lured corporate partner Todd Bissett from the Beijing office of O'Melveny & Myers.

Weimer, who previously was counsel to Latham & Watkins, is moving to Sheppard Mullin's Washington office, where he will be a partner in the corporate practice group and a member of the communication team. He has represented a broad array of clients, including satellite companies seeking licenses from the Federal Communications Commission and private equity groups and investors seeking to buy satellite companies.

Bissett has joined Sheppard Mullin's corporate practice group as a partner in the Shanghai office. He was previously counsel with O'Melveny & Myers.

Full story at NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).