Nixon Peabody LLP has created a new Israel business practice area. Co-chaired by Washington, D.C.-based partners Sam Feigin and Mark Kass, the practice group will consist of lawyers from 14 Peabody Nixon offices in the United States, China and France.

The practice will work to provide legal and business solutions to companies and investors doing business in Israel and to Israeli companies, as well as to investors and entrepreneurs with commercial interests abroad.

HoganWillig names Tiveron partner

Diane Tiveron has been named a partner at HoganWillig PLLC.

With the firm since 1989, she has focused her practice in the areas of business and commercial law, civil litigation and bankruptcy issues.

She has been the firm's managing attorney and will continue that leadership role as managing partner.

Corporate counsel headed to Florida

The American Bar Association Section of Litigation will hold its 28th annual Committee on Corporate Counsel Continuing Legal Education seminar Feb. 12 to 15 at the Walt Disney Swan Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

The seminar is designed for corporate counsel, both in-house and outside. Scheduled sessions will look at such issues as the meltdown of the financial markets, white-collar crime, use of outside counsel, business litigation in a world economy, practical tips, ethics and regulations.

For details, see abanet.org.

Additionally, the ABA House of Delegates will consider nearly three dozen proposed policies addressing a wide range of issues, from the legal rights of military personnel, the elderly and immigrants to treatment of sex offenders, when it meets on Feb. 16 in Boston during the association's 2009 midyear meeting.

Nomination panel creates Web site

The New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination has launched an informational Web site.

The site, nysegov.com/cjn, includes a description of the commission's role and operation; a list of its members; the legal sources for the commission's mandate; and a list of all historical nominees forwarded to the governor since its inception.

The commission came under fire recently from Gov. David Paterson and others for failing to submit the names of any women to replace outgoing chief justice of the state Court of Appeals, Hon. Judith Kaye, who retired Dec. 31. Paterson called for a review of the procedures by which the commission selects its candidates.

- Compiled by Matt Chandler