Friday, September 13, 2024

Voights to Pillsbury

 

The Recorder has Pillsbury Hires US Appellate Practice Leader -- "Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman hired former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Supreme Court Clerk Anne Voigts to lead its American appellate practice. Voigts joined Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley office after seven years and nine months as a partner at Palo Alto-based King & Spalding. She previously served as an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California for six years, where she briefed 80 cases and argued more than 50 times before the U.S. State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit."
Pillsbury Recruits Anne Voigts to Lead US Appellate Practice (bloomberglaw.com) Pillsbury Hires King & Spalding Atty To Lead Appellate Team - Law360

Law.com has Law Clerks Can’t Seek Post-Clerkship Jobs With Political Orgs, Ethics Guidance Says -- “A law clerk who applies for a job with a political organization risks linking the judge’s chambers to political activity, which could compromise the independence of the judiciary,” the advisory opinion states.