Civil litigation firm Murchison & Cumming, LLP announced that Carlos E. Needham and Steven C. Spronz have become Of Counsel to the firm and that Molly E. Healy has joined the firm as an associate. Needham was formerly a partner at Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP. His practice focuses his practice on insurance coverage/bad faith and complex civil litigation matters involving product liability, science-related issues, mass tort claims, consumer class actions and environmental matters. Spronz is a business and real estate transactions attorney who has represented a broad spectrum of domestic and foreign business entities, including public and private equity funds, in a variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions; partnership, joint venture, financing and corporate business matters; and the acquisition, disposition, financing, development and leasing of real estate…
Robert L. Echols, former Chief Judge of the United States District Court of the Middle District of Tennessee, is joining the Nashville office of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC as a Member following his retirement from the bench on July 22. His first day at the firm will be August 2. Echols brings 45 years of legal experience, including 18 years of experience on the federal bench…
Robert McLaughlin has joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s New York office as a partner in its asset management and financial services practice. McLaughlin was previously co-chairman of the Katten Muchin Rosenman’s structured products practice.