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Veronika Waldinger and Eric Davey have joined Nolan, Sheehan, Patten in Boston as real estate associates.

Rodney Bedow has rejoined Burns & Levinson in Boston as a partner in the tax and business law groups and co-chair of the tax group. He rejoins the firm from Brown Rudnick.

S. Amy Spencer has joined Nixon Peabody as counsel in the government investigations and white-collar defense practice as well as on the higher education team. Based in New Hampshire, she is licensed to practice in Massachusetts.

Shayne N. Lofito has joined Todd & Weld in Boston as an associate and will concentrate her practice on family law. William Gildea has also joined the firm as an associate. He will focus on complex civil litigation.

Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez is the new executive director of the Community Dispute Settlement Center in Cambridge. He succeeds Gail Packer. Prior to joining CDSC, Spivakovsky-Gonzalez served as a senior staff attorney with the American Bar Association’s ProBAR office.

Heather Iampietro has joined Legacy Counsellors as an associate. She focuses on real estate transactions and estate planning.

Greenberg Traurig’s Boston office has added Christine Chen as an associate to its banking and finance practice.

IP litigator Eric G. J. Kaviar has joined Sunstein in Boston as a partner. He most recently practiced at the Boston office of Burns & Levinson.

Life sciences patent lawyer Amy Baker Mandragouras has joined Foley Hoag in Boston as a partner. She brings with her associate Ariana Harris and a group of patent agents, a technology specialist, and several patent administrative professionals.

Adrian Bispham has joined Boston employment firm Morgan, Brown & Joy as an associate.