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On the Move

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
October 20, 2011

K&L Gates LLP has announced that John A. Bicks has joined the firm”s New York office as a partner in the restructuring and bankruptcy practice. Bicks advises a broad array of clients ” including debtors, official and unofficial committees, individual creditors, equity holders, purchasers of assets, and plan sponsors ” in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. He joins K&L Gates from SNR Denton.

Sam Alberts has joined SNR Denton in Washington, DC, as a partner in the firm”s Restructuring and Insolvency practice. Alberts was previously a partner with Dickstein Shapiro LLP. He has extensive experience in complex domestic and cross-border business and government-related restructurings and bankruptcies. Alberts represents clients in a number of key industries, in particular finance and health care, as well as government agencies.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP has named Jennifer Frasier Hayes as special counsel to the firm”s Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice group. Ms. Hayes has extensive experience in bankruptcy law, having represented debtors, secured creditors, and unsecured creditors in complex Chapter 11 cases. Most recently, she served as the law clerk to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas E. Carlson. Hayes will work out of the firm”s San Francisco office.

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