New Managing Partners Step In to Lead DLA Piper in the US
Chicago-based Richard Chelsey and Los Angeles-based Jackie Kim Park said the firm has focused on preserving job security in its internal response to the COVID-19 crisis.
April 13, 2020 at 05:56 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
DLA Piper's two incoming U.S. managing partners—Chicago-based restructuring attorney Richard Chelsey and Los Angeles-based real estate attorney Jackie Kim Park—didn't expect to be steering the firm through churning waters as soon as they stepped into their new roles.
"The paradigm has fundamentally shifted in the last six weeks," Chelsey said Monday.
The pair officially started in the new positions April 2, but they'd been working closely for the last several months with Stasia Kelly, who served as U.S. managing partner for seven years, before moving into the role of executive director of client relations.
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