Erika Harmon Arner ’99L Named Managing Partner

Intellectual property law firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner has named Erika Harmon Arner ’99L as its managing partner, effective July 1, 2022. Erika joined the firm in 1999 as a summer associate and has spent her entire career at Finnegan. She currently leads the firm’s largest practice group

— electrical and computer technology — and has been lead counsel in over 200 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. Erika is a longstanding champion for women in IP. She was a co-founder of the PTAB Bar Association and served as the organization’s first female president. Erika in Washington, D.C., as special counsel.

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Chad Ayers joined the City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services as an attorney.

Susanna Myirski Fultz was named to the board of directors of ReadingFilm. Based in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Fultz is a member of Barley Snyder’s Employment and Litigation practice groups and serves as the chair of the Employment Law Section of the Berks County Bar Association.

Lauren Keefe was promoted to partner at Krooth & Altman LLP in Washington, D.C.

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Emily Baker was named partner with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP in Northern Virginia. Her practice focuses on family law.

Rockwell Bower joined DLA Piper in Dallas as senior counsel. His practice is focused on commercial litigation, sports and entertainment, hospitality, and information privacy.

Douglas Dua received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. This award is presented to outstanding business and transactional lawyers who have provided superior pro bono legal services to nonprofits that are improving the quality of life for low-income New Yorkers.

Christopher Edwards was named to the 35 under 35 list by Modern Counsel.

Christopher is chief of staff and counsel to the chief policy officer with Coinbase.

Amy Conant Hoang joined Seyfarth Shaw in Washington, D.C., as partner and co-chair of the Government Contracts Practice Group.

Matthias Kaseorg joined Pierce/McCoy in Richmond as a commercial litigator and civil defense attorney.

Joanna Heiberg Sutton joined Flowers Foods and Subsidiaries in Thomasville, Georgia, as assistant general counsel, assistant corporate secretary and vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions.

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Brian Buckmire wrote “Come Home Safe,” a young adult novel that touches on the issue of police interactions, the fear that often comes with it, the dangers, the law, and the conversations teens are having about them with their parents.

Michael Carrah joined Bank of America in Washington, D.C., as assistant general counsel and senior vice president.

David Hurst joined Divvy Homes in Phoenix as capital markets attorney.

Jessica Piltch Taylor joined Fisher Phillips in San Francisco as an associate.

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John Badman joined the Richmond office of Miles & Stockbridge as a principal in its Corporate & Securities Practice Group.

Donavan Eason joined Moseley Marcinak Law Group in Savannah, Georgia, as a transportation and logistics attorney.

Sarah Klein joined Amneal Pharmaceuticals in Bridgewater, New Jersey, as director, Corporate Counsel –Litigation.

Jordan Loper joined ProAssurance in Birmingham, Alabama, as a complex litigation specialist.

Katie MacRobbie (formerly Waibler) joined the Passthrough Transactions Group at EY as a manager. She lives in Lexington.

Jastin Mostowtt was promoted to senior vice president at Bank of the West, BNP Paribas Group.

Jim Pickle joined Protective Life Corporation in Birmingham as vice president and senior counsel.

Ashley Howe Seibler joined the corporate healthcare department at Proskauer Rose in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Cameron Tommey is associate corporate counsel for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the NRDC Action Fund in Washington, D.C.

helped co-found, with others, Finnegan’s women’s business initiative, Finnegan FORWARD, to create and support initiatives to address issues impacting women attorneys in intellectual property. She also co-founded the Washington, D.C., chapter of The Women in IP Network (WIN). Erika serves in leadership roles on the women’s committees of the Intellectual Property Owner’s Association (IPO) and the PTAB Bar Association and has held leadership positions in the American Bar Association (ABA) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).