Jenny Durkan. Courtesy photo BCLP Adds Former Seattle Mayor to Lead White Collar Practice
Jenny Durkan was mayor of Seattle from 2017 to 2021. Before that she led Quinn Emanuel's cyber practice and served as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington.
October 30, 2024 at 01:15 PM
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- Jenny Durkan, who was also mayor of Seattle from 2017 to 2021 and a U.S. attorney from 2009 to 2014, will be a partner in the firm's financial services disputes and investigations practice.
- The addition is in line with recent growth in the area for Bryan Cave, as the firm acquired Seattle litigation boutique Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen in the spring.
- Durkan was a litigation partner and global chair of the Quinn Emanuel cyber practice before seeking the mayor's office.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has added a former Seattle mayor and U.S. attorney who will lead its white collar team from the West Coast.
The firm announced on Wednesday that Jenny Durkan, mayor of Seattle from 2017 to 2021 and U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington from 2009 to 2014, will be a partner in the firm's financial services disputes and investigations practice. She will be resident in the firm's Seattle and Washington, D.C. offices.
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