The Spencer Fane Utah Foundation is pleased to announce that its 2025 charitable giving program will distribute $40,000 to 28 organizations.

Lesli D. Harris, a city council member from New Orleans, has joined Baker Donelson, a national legal company, as special counsel in its New Orleans office.

Vorys is happy to announce that on January 1, 2026, six lawyers, Brian Baxter, Daniel Bross, Brian Dressel, Robert Grise, Thomas Whaling, and Ryan Wheeler, became partners.

With great pleasure, Rutan & Tucker LLP announces that it has chosen two Orange County associates and one senior counsel to join its partnership. On January 1, 2026, Mary Christine Brady, Talya Goldfinger, and Corey Scott were elected.

With effect from January 1, Burr & Forman is happy to announce the election of 12 attorneys to partnership. The firm’s ongoing expansion and personnel investment in important markets and practice areas are reflected in this year’s class.

With a focus on government contracts and procurement, notably in the education sector, Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce the hiring of David Hansom as a partner in its Global Regulatory & IP practice area.

Today, BCLP announced that Dr. Dietrich F. R. Stiller will become a partner in the Frankfurt office. Dietrich will enhance the firm’s finance practice and client offering in Germany with his vast experience in banking and finance law and international investments.

Today, Akin announced that 12 attorneys have been promoted to its partnership, with effect from January 1, 2026. The development into new markets with the construction of offices in Chicago and Riyadh, as well as the addition of 27 lateral partners in 2025, are reflected in this year’s new partner class.

Cole Schotz, a nationally renowned firm with over 200 attorneys and offices in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Texas, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Florida, was founded in 1926 by David L. Cole and Mendon Morrill.

Rachel D. Kleinberg has joined Gibson Dunn’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the Tax Practice Group, the company announced today. Rachel provides business and private equity customers with advice on the federal tax implications of a variety of transactions in the United States.