Elections and Appointments

New Partner and Counsel Elections

Reflecting our commitment to organic growth, we elected seven new partners and six new counsel in 2011, bringing our worldwide totals to 196 and 52, respectively.

Partners

Counsel

Senior Attorney Appointments

The following lawyers were appointed senior attorneys, bringing our worldwide total to 38:

New Executive Director 

In February 2011, we welcomed a new Executive Director, Kelly K. Stevens. Ms. Stevens’ prior experience includes serving as Chief Operating Officer for the Global Financial Institutions Group at Lehman Brothers (now Barclays Capital) and, before that, as Lehman Brothers’ Chief Administrative Officer of Global Finance.

New Chief Information Officer

In January 2012, we welcomed a new Chief Information Officer, Michael Lechner. Mr. Lechner’s prior experience includes serving as Chief Enterprise Architect at PricewaterhouseCoopers and, before that, as PwC's Managing Director of Enterprise Architecture, Technology Services, and Project Services.