The firm’s 29 new partners are spread among 16 offices and 13 practice groups, and women comprise almost half of the new partner class. The 35 new counsel are from 11 offices and 12 practices, and this group consists of 19 women.
“Each of the talented lawyers in this diverse group promoted this year demonstrated outstanding legal knowledge and skill, exceptional dedication to client service, high levels of productivity and strong firmwide citizenship,” said Casey Ryan, Reed Smith’s Global Head of Legal Personnel and a member of the firm’s Senior Management Team. “They each made valuable contributions to our clients and the success of our business, and we are confident they will continue to do so.”
Those promoted to partner and counsel are made up of lawyers who began their careers at Reed Smith, as well as those who joined as laterals, demonstrating the varied paths to partnership available at the firm. The largest group of partners and counsel are from seven offices: New York, London, Philadelphia, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Hong Kong.
The firm’s 2020 partners, their office locations, former titles, and industry or practices groups are:
United States
Century City
- Ernie A. Ocampo, previously counsel, in the Entertainment and Media Industry Group
Chicago
- Michael B. Galibois, previously counsel, in the IP, Tech & Data Practice
- William S. Weltman, previously an associate, in Global Commercial Disputes Practice
Dallas
- Sarah Cummings, previously an associate, in the Life Sciences Health Industry Group
Houston
- Edward W. Duffy, previously counsel in the Global Regulatory Enforcement Practice
- Michael H. Bernick, previously an associate in the Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group
Los Angeles
- Anthony S. Newman, previously counsel, in Global Commercial Disputes Practice
- Christopher O. Rivas, previously counsel, in the Financial Industry Group
Miami
- Lisa M. Baird, previously counsel, in the Life Sciences Health Industry Group
New York
The following new partners were previously counsel:
- Mark S. Goldstein in Labor & Employment Practice
- Wendy A. Grasso in the Global Corporate Group
- Michael S. Lee in the Global Corporate Group
- Jeffrey D. Silberman in the Financial Industry Group
- Jennifer S. White in the State Tax Group
- John Algie, previously an associate, in the Global Corporate Group
Philadelphia
- Dana J. Janquitto, previously an associate, in the Real Estate Practice
- Elizabeth Doyle O’Brien-Fabeny, previously counsel, in the Life Sciences Health Industry Group
- Rachel B. Weil, previously counsel, in the Life Sciences Health Industry Group
Pittsburgh
- Dominic Rupprecht, previously an associate, in the Insurance Recovery Group
Princeton
- Julia A. López, previously an associate, in the Life Sciences Health Industry Group
Richmond
- Jeffrey S. Palmore, previously counsel, in the Global Regulatory Enforcement Practice
San Francisco
- LiLing Poh, previously an associate, in the Global Corporate Group
- Jennifer R. Fearnow, previously counsel, in Global Commercial Disputes Practice
Europe, the Middle East, Asia
Beijing
- Ke Zhang, previously counsel, in the Global Corporate Group
Hong Kong
- Victor Huang, previously counsel, in the Global Regulatory Enforcement Practice
London
- Sophie Goossens, previously counsel, in the Entertainment & Media Industry Group
- Karen B. Ellison, previously counsel, in the Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group
- Karen Butler, previously an associate, in the Financial Industry Group
Paris
- Andrew Tetley, previously counsel, in the Transportation Industry Group
The firm’s 2020 counsel class
Reed Smith’s new 35-member counsel group comprises 18 lawyers from the firm’s US offices and 17 from its offices in the UK, Europe and Asia, including 10 in London; four in Pittsburgh; four in Hong Kong; three in New York; three in Washington; three in San Francisco; three in Philadelphia; two in Chicago; one in Paris; and one each in Houston and Munich.
Associates promoted to counsel in London are Konstantinos Bachxevanis (Transportation Industry Group); Chris Beaumont-McQuillan (Financial Industry Group); Carl De Cicco (Labor & Employment); Matthew Evans (Financial Industry Group); Frances Furness (Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group); Laura Gould (Global Corporate); Simon Greer (Global Commercial Disputes); Susan Riitala (Transportation Industry Group); Kalvinder Sangha (Real Estate); Justine M. Senior (Global Corporate).
New counsel in Pittsburgh are Christopher S. Bouriat (Labor & Employment); Christopher R. Brennan (Global Regulatory Enforcement); Nathan E. Comstock (Labor & Employment); and Jessica R. Rose (Real Estate). In Hong Kong, new counsel are Crystal Xiaodan Li (HK Finance), Donald Sham (HK Litigation), Steve Yik Fei Tam (HK Litigation), and Cheryl Yu (HK Litigation). In Houston, new counsel is Antoine K.F. Smiley (Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group). In New York, new counsel are Aaron Bourke (Global Corporate), Han Deng (Transportation Industry Group), and Pamela L. Schoenberg (Global Commercial Disputes).
In Washington, D. C., the 2020 counsel class also includes Molly Q. Campbell (Global Commercial Disputes), Elizabeth Leavy (Global Regulatory Enforcement) and Sarah S. Wronsky (Global Regulatory Enforcement). In San Francisco, new counsel are Phillip Babich (Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group), Pricilla Ayn Parrett (State Tax) and Matthew T. Peters (Global Commercial Disputes). In Philadelphia, they are Nicole J. Aiken-Shaban (Life Sciences Health Industry Group), Susan K. Nieto (Global Corporate), and Lisa A. Szymanski (Insurance Recovery).
In Chicago, the new members of the counsel class are Emily L. Hussey (Life Sciences Health Industry Group) and Noel C. Paul (Insurance Recovery); in Paris, Nicholas Walker (Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group); and in Munich, Judith Becker (Labor & Employment).
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