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Harris Legal Search is pleased to announce that Dan Rogers  has joined Davis Grimm Payne & Marra.  Rogers worked previously on employment and litigation cases at another Seattle law firm.  He graduated cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law, where he served on Law Review, and was awarded the Washington State Bar Association Labor and Employment Grant for Gonzaga Law.

Since 1984, Davis Grimm Payne & Marra has represented employers in labor and employment law.

Aristocrat Digital has hired Alexander Montgomery as Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property.  Montgomery practiced previously at Davis Wright Tremaine and Perkins Coie, and most recently supported intellectual property matters at Microsoft.  Montgomery graduated from the University of Washington School of Law.

Aristocrat Digital is home to Big Fish Games (Seattle and Oakland) and Product Madness (London).  A world leading social games business, Aristocrat Digital generated over one billion dollars in aggregate revenue in 2019.

We are pleased to announce that Christopher Tipler has joined Amazon as Associate Corporate Counsel, Global Trade.  Tipler will focus on complex global sanctions issues.   Previously, he was an associate in the Washington, D.C. and Paris offices of Jones Day.  After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Tipler clerked for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

We are pleased to announce that Lori Oliver has joined Polsinelli’s Seattle office as Shareholder in the Health Care group.  A health care industry veteran, Oliver has served as Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs and Director of Legal and Business Affairs at University of Washington (“UW”) Medicine.

Oliver counsels health care organizations in strategic affiliations and relationship strategies, clinical alignment initiatives, complex clinical research. and governance issues.  She is also well-versed in compliance issues including fraud and abuse, Stark, HIPAA and state privacy laws, federal research regulations, and Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements. 

In 2018, AmLaw 100 law firm Polsinelli launched its Seattle office with a group of experienced business attorneys.  “As our Seattle office continues its strategic growth, we are excited to have Lori join us in building Polsinelli’s West Coast health care presence,” said Polsinelli Seattle Office Managing Partner Jane Pearson.

Polsinelli’s Health Care department represents one of the largest concentrations of health care attorneys and professionals in the nation.  U.S. News & World Report has awarded Polsinelli a National Tier One ranking in Health Care Law “Best Law Firms” annually since 2014, and in 2018 recognized Polsinelli as “Law Firm of the Year.”  Since 2012, the Department has been ranked among the Top 5 largest health care practices nationwide by the American Healthcare Lawyers Association (AHLA), and among the Top 10 largest law firms in the nation by Modern Healthcare.

F5 Networks, Inc. has hired Ranjit Narayanan as Assistant General Counsel/Senior Director, Legal to support its cybersecurity subsidiary, Shape Security, Inc., in Santa Clara, California.  Narayanan was previously Deputy General Counsel at MobileIron, and a technology transactions attorney at Fenwick and West and DLA Piper in the Bay Area.  Narayanan graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law and earned a  B.S. in Bioengineering from U.C. Berkeley.   

F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) powers applications across multi-cloud environments for enterprise businesses, service providers, governments, and consumer brands that provide secure digital experiences.  In January 2020, F5 acquired Shape Security, a leader in online fraud and abuse prevention.

The Seattle office of global law firm K&L Gates welcomes Christopher Bellavia as a corporate partner.  Mr. Bellavia is an experienced corporate attorney who recently served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for consumer goods company Bulletproof 360, as well as General Counsel at Fisher Communications, and Assistant General Counsel at Washington Mutual.

K&L Gates’ corporate practice has over 500 lawyers in offices on five continents serving clients in domestic, international, and cross-border transactions.