BBQ-Loving, EB-5 Lawyer Heads to Wilson Elser
Wilson Elsker Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker has welcomed alternative investments and EB-5 expert Robert Cornish Jr. as of counsel in Washington, D.C. The Big Law lateral brings some serious barbecue bonafides to his new firm.
May 18, 2017 at 04:40 PM
78 minute read
With Memorial Day just around the corner, most Americans are planning on breaking out their barbecues to cook up some savory treats for the holiday. But for Robert Cornish Jr., who recently joined Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, barbeque is more than just a hobby.
Certified by the Memphis Barbecue Network, Cornish has been judging ribs in contests for the last 12 years from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. This weekend, Cornish will travel from the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Elser, which recently announced his addition to the firm's securities practice, to Memphis to judge the this year's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
“When you live in Memphis, you can't help but smell it all over the place,” Cornish said. A northern New Jersey native, Cornish lived in Memphis for 10 years, working as in-house counsel for investment firms, including Pacific Income Advisers Inc., where he was chief legal and compliance officer, and became immersed in the city's famous barbecue scene. (Memphis, dubbed by some to be the barbecue capital of the world, is home to one of the four main styles for slow-cooking meat.)
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