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  1. WilmerHale Names 17 New Partners
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WilmerHale Names 17 New Partners

  • 1.1.2007

We would like to congratulate our colleagues who joined us as partners effective January 1, 2007:

David W. Bowker

Douglas L. Burton

Jonathan G. Cedarbaum

Lia Der Marderosian

Elizabeth K. Derbes

Gail Ennis

Anne Harkavy 

Dr. Jan Heithecker

Jeffrey P. Johnson

Belinda M. Juran

David S. Molot

Stephen M. Muller

Franz Schwarz

S. Calvin Walden

Christopher A. Wilber

 

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