Litigation partner Clarence Wilbon has been elected executive committee chair at Adams and Reese, the first African-American lawyer selected for the leadership role at the Am Law 200 firm.

A partner in Memphis, Tennessee, Wilbon joined the firm from Bass, Berry & Sims in 2014 and was elected to the executive committee in 2021. He moves into the chair seat on Jan. 1, 2023. Adams and Reese was founded in New Orleans and has an office in Atlanta.