Former Trade Representative Kirk Joins Gibson Dunn

AFTERNOON UPDATE Confirmation Vote Set for D.C. Circuit Nominee U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit nominee Sri Srinivasan will get a confirmation hearing this month, and he's receiving more support from some top Washington lawyers. Former Trade Representative Kirk Joins Gibson Dunn Ron Kirk, the former U.S. Trade Representative, has joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as senior of counsel in the Dallas and Washington offices. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT NEW: 5K Run Added! Join the legal community in supporting the American Heart Association through Lawyers Have Heart 10K Run, 5K Run and 3K Fun Walk! Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Washington Harbour at Georgetown. Set up a team from your office and compete for bragging rights! Sponsorship opportunities still available! www.LawyersHaveHeartDC.org - Presented in partnership by McDermott Will & Emery N.J. Senator's Counsel Joins Alliance for Justice A former deputy chief of staff to Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) has joined Alliance For Justice, and will be in charge of the progressive organization's initiatives on federal judicial selection, Supreme Court issues, voter rights and more. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT 2nd Annual Patent Administrative Law Symposium Experts convene at American University Washington College of Law to analyze patent subject-matter eligibility today. The April 12th event will address the current conflicted state of 35 U.S.C. § 101 and the patentable eligible exceptions for high electronics, software, biotechnology, and business method patents. 9am-5pm, CLE available by request. Click here to register. Akin Gump Registers to Lobby for U.S. Airways Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has become the third firm this year to start lobbying for U.S. Airways Group Inc., which is looking to merge with American Airlines Inc. parent company AMR Corp.		Get the BLT on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Available now in the App Store. If you have Twitter account, you can now follow NLJ Editor in Chief David L. Brown at twitter.com/davidlbrownjr. Follow him for links to key stories and updates from the NLJ newsroom. You can also track news on Twitter from the NLJ's Washington bureau at twitter.com/legal_times.
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