WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney Sean M. Connolly has been reelected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association (FBA).

SAN FRANCISCO — Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, an international Am Law 100 law firm, has announced that it is shortening the legal name of the firm to Thelen LLP.

NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. has named Garry A. Nicholson as senior vice president, general manager of the company’s newly created Oncology Business Unit, reporting to Ian Read, president of Pfizer Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Venable LLP has announced that environmental lawyer Michael C. Davis has joined the firm as a partner in its Environmental Group.

CHICAGO — Irwin S. Zeidman has joined the Chicago law firm Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP as director of technology. At Butler Rubin, he will oversee the firm’s information technology strategy and manage day-to-day technology planni ...

NEW YORK — Sidley Austin LLP has announced that the law firm has been named to BTI Consulting Group’s BTI Power Elite for the fourth consecutive year, one of only seven firms to do so, in the 2008 BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relation ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ litigation firms, has announced the addition of four attorneys to its Securities and Consumer Fraud practice group:  Mary Joyce Carlson, John C. Duan ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc. has announced the appointment of Raymond T. Keane to the newly created position of vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer.

CLEVELAND — Gregory J. Phillips, an attorney with Ulmer & Berne LLP, has joined the board of directors for Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio (YANEO).

TAMPA, Fla. — Greenberg Traurig Attorney Kimberly A. Mello, a shareholder in the firm’s Tampa office, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society.

ATLANTA — Several lawyers from an Atlanta-based litigation firm have joined Thompson Hine’s Product Liability Litigation group, complementing the firm’s existing national pharmaceutical and medical device litigation work, as well as o ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a provider of legal services to technology, life sciences and growth enterprises worldwide, has announced that Stuart A. Williams has become a partner at the firm.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. has announced it has formed a dedicated Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Practice Group.

CHICAGO — Traub Lieberman Straus and Shrewsberry has announced that it has opened its newest location in Chicago. The Chicago office is the firm's fourth location, joining offices in New York, New Jersey and Florida.

PHILADELPHIA — Cozen O’Connor has announced that former Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge James Gardner Colins has joined the firm as a member in the General Litigation department. He concentrates his practice in the areas of public uti ...