The IP STARS research team keeps a close watch on lateral hires, departures and other developments in firms. Below is a roundup of some of the IP practitioners that recently left their firms.
UNITED STATES
| STATE | PRACTITIONER | PREVIOUSLY | NEW FIRM/COMPANY |
| CA | Thomas Anderton | Squire Patton Boggs | K&L Gates |
| DC | Steven Anzalone | Winston & Strawn | FisherBroyles |
| DC | Todd Baker | Oblon | Kirkland & Ellis |
| CA | Arthur Beeman | Crowell & Moring | Beeman & Muchmore |
| CA | Breton Bocchieri | Robins Kaplan | Bocchieri & Lachuk |
| UT | Michel Bohn | PLW LLP | VLP Law Group |
| TX | Steve Borgman | Vinson & Elkins | Kilpatrick Townsend |
| MA | Vincent Capuano | Duane Morris | Capuano IP |
| MA | Jenny Chen | Polsinelli | McDermott Will & Emery |
| TX | Taj Clayton | Winston & Strawn | Kirkland & Ellis |
| TX | David Clonts | Kelley Drye & Warren | Cadwell Clonts & Reeder |
| MO | Robert (Bob) Evans Jr | Stinson | Lewis Rice |
| DC | Harold Fox | Steptoe & Johnson | Honigman |
| DC | Paul Goulet | Winston & Strawn | FisherBroyles |
| NY | Yung-Hoon (Sam) Ha | WilmerHale | Desmarais |
| IL | Michael Harris | Banner Witcoff | Arnold & Porter |
| CA | Kevin Harris | Citrix Systems | VLP Law Group |
| MA | Timothy Heibert | Samuels & Hiebert | Womble Bond |
| NY | Pablo Hendler | Jones Day | Potomac Law Group |
| CA | Peter Kang | Sidley Austin | Baker Botts |
| VA | Robert Kenney | Birch Stewart | Kenney IP |
| CA | Mincheol Kim | Knobbe Martens | K&L Gates |
| CA | John Kinton | Jones Day | Walmart |
| DC | Shalu Maheshwari | Pillsbury | Potomac Law Group |
| DC | Joseph Matal | USPTO | Haynes and Boone |
| DC | Colleen McDuffie | Arnold & Porter | Orrick |
| CA | Jeffery McFarland | Quinn Emanuel | McDermott Will & Emery |
| MA | Andrea Mealey | FisherBroyles | Energizer Holdings |
| IL | Helen Minsker | Banner Witcoff | Arnold & Porter |
| NY | Michael Murray | Winston & Strawn | FisherBroyles |
| GA | Mike O'Shaughnessy | Buchanan Ingersoll | Womble Bond |
| CA | Christopher Palermo | Hickman Palermo | Baker Botts |
| CA | Kenneth Parker | Haynes and Boone | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher |
| GA | Cynthia Parks | Parks IP Law | GE Aviation |
| DC | Josh Pond | Kilpatrick Townsend | Crowell & Moring |
| CA | Sabrina Poulos | Wilson Sonsini | Goodwin Procter |
| IL | Christopher Renk | Banner Witcoff | Arnold & Porter |
| IL | Patrick Richards | Richards Patent Law | K&L Gates |
| GA | Leron Rogers | Lewis Brisbois | Fox Rothschild |
| GA | John Rose | Lewis Brisbois | Fox Rothschild |
| CA | Sarah Schaedler | Kirkland & Ellis | Orrick |
| MA | Michael Siekman | Polsinelli | McDermott Will & Emery |
| MA | Shana Solomon | Velocity Sciences | Orrick |
| NY | Allison Stillman | Mayer Brown | Latham & Watkins |
CANADA
| PROVINCE | PRACTITIONER | PREVIOUSLY | NEW FIRM/COMPANY |
| ON | Jonathan Colombo | Bereskin & Parr | Marks & Clerk |
| QC | Denis Keseris | Smart & Biggar | Bereskin & Parr |
| ON | Catherine Lovrics | Bereskin & Parr | Marks & Clerk |
| ON | Grant Lynds | Marks & Clerk | ISED Canada |
| ON | Amrita Singh | Bereskin & Parr | Marks & Clerk |
| ON | Dave Stern | Lewis Birnberg Hanet | Blaney McMurtry |
More firm news and people moves
Read our previous coverage of the Americas here.
