Coming and Going Concerns

Chris Dickerson and Matt Murphy have joined law firm Paul Hastings in the Chicago office. Mr. Dickerson has worked on well-known bankruptcy cases including CIT Group Inc. and Refco Inc., and he has worked with investors and lenders on debtor-in-possession financing. Mr. Murphy has experience advising public and private clients both in and out of chapter 11 and has worked with companies such as Alco Stores Inc. Mr. Dickerson and Mr. Murphy formerly worked with DLA Piper.

Lisa Schiller has joined law firm McGlinchey Stafford as a member with the creditors’ rights and bankruptcy group. Ms. Schiller, who will work in in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office, has represented financial institutions as well as chapter 11 trustees, creditors and other parties. She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the International Women’s Insolvency and Reorganizations Confederation.

Joel Moss has joined law firm Shearman & Sterling and will be a partner with the New York office. Mr. Moss, who most recently worked with the Mayer Brown firm, focuses on advising banks, distressed funds and others in bankruptcy and restructuring matters. He has advised clients in North America as well as in the Caribbean and Latin America.

(And don’t forget to check out our blog post on law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore’s Richard Levin joining Jenner & Block to help build the firm’s two-partner restructuring group in New York.)

-Compiled by Melanie Cohen