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Alston & Bird has enhanced its Finance Group with the addition of partner Stephen D. Blevit in Los Angeles. Blevit has handled more than $100 billion of transactions involving single-family residential homes, including term and warehouse financings and securitizations.

Alston & Bird announces the election of 23 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2023. The new partners span eight U.S. offices and 15 practice groups.

For the third consecutive year, Global Data Review (GDR) has recognized Alston & Bird as one of the world’s 100 leading data law firms.

Alston & Bird partners Kendall Houghton, Ethan Millar, Matt Hedstrom, and Michael Giovannini and senior counsel John Coalson of the firm’s State & Local Tax group have each been honored with the “State Tax Portfolio Author of the Year” award by Bloomberg Tax & Accounting for being thought leaders who have provided cutting-edge guidance on nuanced legal, compliance, and planning issues associated with unclaimed property.

For the fifth time since 2016, Alston & Bird has been recognized as one of America’s “Best Workplaces for Parents.”

Alston & Bird has achieved Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certification, a rigorous, year-long certification program that aims to boost and sustain diversity in law firm leadership.