Wake Up Call: Hunter Biden Facing Suspension of DC Law License

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Hunter Biden’s DC law license should be “immediately” suspended in light of his June 11 conviction on federal gun charges, lawyer ethics regulators with the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel said in a proposed order submitted Monday to the DC Court of Appeals. The proposed order says the president’s son’s conviction appears to constitute a “serious crime,” which necessitates a suspension as regulators determine if his crimes also constitute “moral turpitude"—a finding that could give grounds for the court to disbar him in DC. (DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel)
• The litigation funding group called Litigation Capital Management Limited has appointed a new chief financial officer, David Collins. He’s a former CFO of Vannin Capital, a litigation funder that was acquired by Fortress Investment Group in 2019. (Legal Funding Journal)
• More than 60 Big Law firms and elite boutiques now recognize Juneteenth, which memorializes the end of slavery in the US, by granting employees either a half day or full day off work. The list of 61 law firms includes Ballard Spahr, Davis Wright Tremaine, Mayer Brown, Patterson Bellknap, and Sidley Austin for starters. (Above The Law)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Gabrielle Levin has joined Mayer Brown as a partner and co-leader of the firm’s employment litigation and counseling practice in New York. She joins from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
• Stacy Marcus and Michael Isselin have joined DLA Piper’s trademark, copyright and media practice as partners in its New York office.
• Manuel Berrelez has joined Paul Hastings as a partner with the firm’s complex litigation and arbitration practice in Dallas. He joins from Vinson & Elkins.
• Ryan Adams has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner in the public company advisory and governance group within the firm’s transactions department in Washington.
• Christopher Horn has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as a securitization transactions partner in the firm’s New York office.
• Avi Schick has joined Faegre Drinker as a partner and co-leader of the firm’s national state attorneys general practice in New York City.
• Steve Dixon has joined DLA Piper as a tax partner in the firm’s Washington office.
• Francesco “Fran” DeLuca rejoins Ogletree Deakins as an employment law shareholder in the Boston office. He joins from Epstein Becker & Green.
• Keith Hagan has joined Dickinson Wright as a member in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida office.