Stephen O'Neal, John Heisse, David Bouncristiani, Andrew Ness and Robert Thum are among the 40 lawyers from Thelen LLP to join Howrey LLP's construction practice, 18 of whom as partners.
The majority of the team will be based in Howrey's San Francisco and Washington, DC, offices with smaller groups based in its New York and Los Angeles offices.
Stephen O'Neal, the former chairman of Thelen, Andrew Ness, managing partner of Thelen's Washington, DC, office, and John Heisse, the former chairman of Thelen's construction and government contracts group, will lead the new Howrey construction group of over 40 lawyers.