Reuters | Alston & Bird Adds Georgia Supreme Court Justice, London Corporate Partners

Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith R. Blackwell is noted for rejoining the firm as senior litigation counsel in the Atlanta office and Richard Hays, Jim Grant, and Janine Brown are quoted on his rejoining.

Alston & Bird announced today that Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Keith R. Blackwell will rejoin the firm as senior counsel in its Litigation & Trial Practice Group. A former litigation associate at Alston & Bird, where he began his career in private practice in 2000, Justice Blackwell will return to the firm in January and be based in its Atlanta office.

Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith R. Blackwell is featured for rejoining the firm as senior litigation counsel in the Atlanta office, and Richard Hays and Jim Grant are quoted on his rejoining.

Alston & Bird has deepened its ability to advise U.S. and European clients across a range of financial and corporate restructurings and insolvency mandates with the addition of Anna Nolan as counsel in the firm’s London office. Arriving from Paul Hastings LLP, Nolan advises stakeholders in both contentious and noncontentious matters, with a focus on transactions involving structured finance and real estate.

Paul Simcock is noted for joining the firm as a finance partner in the London office, and Tamer Bahgat, Andrew Petersen, James Spencer, James Ashe-Taylor, Phil Taylor, Saloni Joshi, James Fisher, and Paul Morris are mentioned.