The McCormick Group is initiating a new monthly feature, entitled Legal Management Transitions, summarizing significant hires and promotions at the Chief and Director level at U.S. law firms. Firms and candidates are encouraged to send in news of their job changes to Steve Nelson.
Our January report features the selection of two new Chief Operating Officers, both of whom have come from outside the legal profession. In addition, one New England firm has selected a legal operations professional as their new Chief Executive Officer.
New Positions
| Name | New Position, Location | Former Position, Location |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Gross | COO, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco | Mng. Principal and COO North America, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco |
| Charles Marshall | COO, Burr & Forman, Raleigh NC | Vice-Chancellor and GC, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC |
| Kaveri Subbarao Nauhaus | CEO,, Bernstein Shur, Portland ME | Exec. Dir., Global Strategic Growth and Exec. Dir., Litigation, Clark Hill, Pittsburgh |
| Carl Sutera | Exec. Dir., Morrison Mahoney, Boston | CFO, Burns & Levinson, Boston |
| Vanessa Torres | CMBDO, Lowenstein Sandler, Nw York | Mng. Dir., Client Dev., Goodwin Procter, New York |
| Roy Sexton | CMO, Vedder Price, Chicago | Dir. of Mktg., Clark Hill, Detroit |
| Anthony Shannon | Chief People Officer, Perkins Coie, DC | CHRO and Global People Officer, Kobre & Kim, DC |
| Michael Gotham | Chief Talent & Recruiting Officer, Stoel Rives, San Francisco | Sr. Dir. of Legal Talent, Perkins Coie, San Francisco |
| Jennifer Davenport | Chief Growth Officer, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Denver | COO, Sherman & Howard, Denver |
| Howard Janis | Dep. Dir. of Operations, Akerman, Atlanta | Dept. Operating Officer, Corp,, Fin. & RE, Kilpatrick Townsend, Atlanta |
| Elizabeth Harvey | Practice Dir., Perkins Coie, Boston | Practice Dir., Transactional Dept., Troutman Pepper, Boston |
| David Hartnett | Dir., Strategic Pricing and LPM, Norton Rose Fulbright, Houston | Dir of LPM, Proskauer Rose, Houston |
Promotions
| Name | New Title, Location | Former Title |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Goffe | CMO, Eckert Seamans, Pittsburgh | Sr.Dir. Of BD and Atty. Recruiting |
| David Reimer | Chief of Practice Ops., Winston & Strawn, New York | Dir., Corporate Practice Ops. |
| Sarah Bentzel Kempsey | CMBDO, Montgomery McCracken, Philadelphia | CMO |
| Julie Cohen | CMO, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York | Dir.. Of Mktg. and Coms., Cahill Gordon |
| Kristina Lambright | Firmwide Dir. of Recruiting, Jones Day, Houston | Assoc. Dir. of Strategic Legal Recruiting |
| Rachel Kleiner | Legal Recruiting Officer, Proskauer | Dir. of Legal Recruiting |
| Amy Quintard | Dir, of Proposal and Panel Relationships, Crowell & Moring, DC | Sr. Mgr., BD |
| Kendra Leischuck Miller | Assoc. Dir., BD, Global Sectors and Clients, Bryan Cave, AZ | Sr. BD Mgr. |
| Tahisha Fugate | Assoc. Dir., Mktg and BD, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, DC | Sr. Mktg. and BD Mgr. |
| Megan McKeon | Sr. Dir. of BD, Clark Hill, Chicago | Sr. Mktg. and BD Mgr. |
| Ashley Baczyk | Dir. Of BD,, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, New York | Sr. BD Mgr. |
| Diana Dillon | Sr. Dir of Mktg., Wiley Rein, DC | Dir. of Mktg. |
