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Los Angeles Times
26-02-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Consumer Product Safety Partner Judith Shophet Sidkoff Joins Sidley's Century City Office
Sidley has announced that Judith Shophet Sidkoff has joined as a partner in the firm's Litigation practice in Century City as a member of its product liability and mass torts practice. Sidkoff joins Sidley from Dentons, where she was a partner in both the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Consumer Products Representation and Services practice groups. She joins Sarah Carlson, who recently joined Sidley's Litigation practice. Sidkoff counsels manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of consumer products in connection with regulatory matters before and involving the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). She has extensive experience shepherding clients through regulatory investigations, defending against and navigating product recalls, developing comprehensive safety and compliance programs, and managing product risk at all stages. Sidkoff is also a seasoned litigator, leveraging her regulatory expertise in representing clients across many industries in complex disputes involving consumer product safety, unfair competition laws (UCL), consumer protection laws and related false advertising claims. She is well-versed in defending against class actions at all levels, performing pre-litigation risk assessments and advising on crisis management. Sidkoff has also arbitrated complex matters before the American Arbitration Association and Judicial Arbitration Mediation Services. 'We are excited to continue to attract teams with national practices, such as Judith and Sarah. In addition to Judith's class action and arbitration experience, she has focused on counseling clients on regulatory reporting and product recall matters across industries relating to the CPSC,' said Yvette Ostolaza, chair of Sidley's Management Committee. 'Judith and Sarah are a powerful team. Our clients will benefit from Sidley's investment in our consumer protection practice.' 'Judith has successfully litigated disputes in both state and federal court all over the country,' said Angela Zambrano, global co-leader of the Litigation practice group and a member of the Executive Committee. 'She has particular experience in California-specific consumer litigation, making Judith a strong addition to the Century City office.' Sidkoff and Carlson join Sidley as it continues to grow in Southern California with other recent hires and the opening of its San Diego office. In the last 12 months, Sidley has also welcomed partners Peter Burke, Nima Mohebbi and Natalie Karam in Century City; Jon Dean in Los Angeles; and Jon Olsen in San Diego.
Reuters
29-01-2025
- Business
- Reuters
DOJ criminal fraud, appeals chief under Biden joins law firm Sidley
Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. law firm Sidley Austin said Tuesday it has hired a longtime federal prosecutor who served as the third highest-ranking member of Justice Department's criminal division during the Democratic Biden administration. Lisa Miller will join Chicago-founded Sidley on Feb. 19 as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm said. Miller was appointed deputy assistant attorney general in DOJ's criminal division in 2021, overseeing the division's fraud and appellate sections. Miller's move reunites her with Kenneth Polite, who led the criminal division before resigning in August 2023. Miller, part of a wave of Biden political appointees who have left Justice Department roles since Republican President Donald Trump took office, said she was eager to work in private practice with Polite and Kristin Koehler, managing partner of Sidley's Washington office. Miller became the first woman to lead the DOJ's market integrity unit in 2020, at a time the team was moving to use data more creatively to spot marketplace misconduct. Those efforts led to cases against traders who spoofed commodities markets, corporate executives who used corporate trading plans to illegally trade on nonpublic information and to the indictment of a high-profile short seller over allegations of market manipulation. Miller also helped draft new policies to claw back compensation from executives involved in misconduct. Top law firms have moved quickly to hire lawyers leaving federal agencies after Trump's election. Miller resigned from government service on inauguration day, Jan. 20. Government lawyers in other offices have taken positions at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; King & Spalding; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, among other firms.
