Please send brief announcements of any job changes, promotions, or lateral moves to Amy Knapp at amy@knappmarketing.com.
Zoie Makara, daughter of Faith and Al Brinkley, arrived at 1:13 pm on 12/9, weighing in at 9 lbs 5.8 oz and 22 inches long. Faith is the Marketing Coordinator at Bryan Cave LLP.
Maura Fisher has joined Crowell & Moring as Senior Director, Marketing & Business Development. Previously, she was Director of Practice Development at Hogan Lovells.
Nikole Kolen has become a Business Development Specialist in the D.C office of K&L Gates. Previously, she was the Marketing Coordinator in the D.C. office of Greenberg Traurig.
Sarah Laughlin has left her position as a Marketing Assistant at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, and has become a Regional Marketing Coordinator in the D.C office of McGuire Woods.
Frank S. Merecicky became Marketing Communications Manager at Venable in July 2011. He moved to Venable from Williams Whittle, where he spent 10 years as an Account Group Director.
Julie Merkin has left her position as Life Sciences Marketing Manager at Covington & Burling and has become Life Sciences Marketing Manager at Hogan Lovells.
Anne Nicole has left Covington & Burling, where she was a Business Development Manager, and has joined Baker & McKenzie as a Business Development Manager. She will work in that firm's D.C. office until January, when she will move to the firm's Sydney, Australia, office, also as a Business Development Manager.
Sonya Snyder has become a marketing manager for the government regulatory department in the D.C. office of Hogan Lovells. Previously, she was a business development manager for the litigation and dispute resolution department at Clifford Chance US.
Sydni R. Williams has left the position of Marketing and Outreach Coordinator at Shaw, Bransford & Roth to become Marketing Coordinator at Bean, Kinney & Korman in Arlington, Va.