Pillsbury Announces Attorney Promotions for 2012

The members of Pillsbury's new partner class are:

Peter Freeman (Real Estate / Washington, DC): Mr. Freeman represents lenders, developers, private equity funds and real estate investment trusts in connection with the financing, construction, acquisition, disposition and leasing of commercial properties. His practice focuses on multifamily, retail, resort and office transactions across the country, and he represents a variety of pro bono clients. A graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University, he received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School.

Colin Kemp (Litigation / San Francisco): Mr. Kemp's practice encompasses intellectual property litigation in the life sciences, biotechnology and medical device fields. He handles general business, unfair competition and securities litigation matters, as well as internal corporate investigations. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, he holds a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law.

Christophe Lair (Intellectual Property / Northern Virginia): Mr. Lair focuses on patent prosecution and client counseling in technologies such as semiconductors, materials, mechanical tools, lithography, fuel cells, helicopters, optics, wireless communications, the Internet, business methods and optical networks. He received advanced degrees in Material Sciences and also in Engineering with a Physics specialization in France, and holds a JD from the University of Maryland School of Law.

Chris Rodriguez (Litigation / Sacramento): Mr. Rodriguez has successfully represented clients in jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations in state and federal venues. He has accrued experience in a wide variety of civil matters, including health care issues, real property disputes, allegations of unfair/unlawful business practices, misappropriation of trade secrets, debtor/creditor issues and corporate governance matters, including shareholder derivative suits. A graduate of Harvard, he holds a JD from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law.

Elizabeth Zimmer (Global Sourcing / New York): Ms. Zimmer advises clients on the structuring and negotiation of major complex and strategic technology transactions such as complex multinational information technology outsourcing, business process outsourcing, systems integration, desktop support, call center outsourcing, credit-card processing transactions, software licensing and system implementations and related corporate transactions. A graduate of Tulane University, she earned her law degree from American University Washington College of Law.

Pillsbury's New Counsel:

Douglas Grimm (Health Care / Washington, DC): Mr. Grimm advises health systems, hospitals, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, physician organizations and managed care companies on federal and state regulatory matters. He assists clients with regulatory due diligence in transactions. A former hospital COO, Mr. Grimm coordinates the firm's Medicare/Medicaid Compliance Task Force. He holds a bachelor's degree from The College of William & Mary, a JD from South Texas College of Law, an LL.M. in Health Law from George Washington University Law School and a master's in health administration from the Medical College of Virginia.

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