Musical Chairs: 10.03.06

Lateral Moves:
* Commercial finance lawyer Marc Veilleux and finance lawyer Trevor Beadle, to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, from Nixon Peabody and Dechert, respectively.
* Energy lawyer Brian Bradshaw, to Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston), from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
* Private equity lawyer James Kelly, to Nixon Peabody, from O’Melveny & Myers.
* Energy lawyer Tia Barancik, to Sullivan & Cromwell (as special counsel), from King & Spalding.
* Raymond Dowd, to Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller, from Dowd & Marotta (where he was a name partner).
Normally we don’t cover boutique moves, confining ourselves to Biglaw. But we thought we’d include to shout-out to Ray Dowd, since we once took an acting class with him — and he was pretty good! It seems, however, that he’s decided to keep his day job.
Internal Moves:
* J. Gordon Cooney Jr., former deputy managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius’s Philadelphia office, replaced Howard Meyers as managing partner, effective October 1.
Top Energy Sector Lawyer Tia Barancik to Join Sullivan & Cromwell [S&C press release, received by email; not avail. online]
NY Partners Switching Firms [NYLawyer.com]
New Partner Takes Reins at Firm’s Philly Office [NYLawyer.com]
NY Partners Switching Firms [NYLawyer.com]