Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Vincent Alexander to its Fort Lauderdale office as a partner in the Bankruptcy & Insolvency Practice. Alexander has extensive experience in bankruptcy reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court restructurings, asset sales, and bankruptcy- and insolvency-related litigation.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Joshua D. Curry to its Atlanta office as a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. An experienced litigator with a science degree and considerable technical expertise, Curry has served as lead counsel in patent, intellectual property, and technology litigation cases. 

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Nigamnarayan “Nigam” Acharya to its Atlanta office as a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Acharya’s practice includes both litigation and client counseling in a variety of intellectual property issues, particularly those involving patent and trademark law.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Ryan Nilsen to its San Diego office as a partner in the Products Liability Practice. Nilsen is a trial lawyer who routinely defends product manufacturers from litigation involving products ranging from motor vehicles to medical devices to pesticides to power tools. His litigation experience also includes serving as national trial counsel for a global provider of security services.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Kenneth J. Abere Jr. and Nicole M. Nowlin to its Portland office as partners in the General Liability Practice. The pair are accomplished litigators with experience handling a variety of matters, including personal injury, premises liability, and product liability cases. 

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Mary Smigielski to its Chicago office as a partner in the Employment & Labor Practice. Smigielski joins Lewis Brisbois after nearly a decade in-house at a Fortune 100 company and brings with her extensive experience handling employment matters.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Partners Andrew Pidgirsky, Cleve Glenn, and W. Earl Touchstone to its Houston office. Pidgirsky and Glenn will be a part of the Corporate Practice while Touchstone will join the Commercial Litigation Practice.

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Alan Schonfeld and Corinne Bertsche to its San Diego office as partners in the Professional Liability Practice. Schonfeld and Bertsche combined have more than 50 years of experience defending lawyers and other professionals from malpractice and other claims.