WASHINGTON – After years of partner defections and a leadership structure that many thought was untenable, Mayer Brown announced on Friday that Chairman James Holzhauer would step down before the end of the year. An immediate successor wasn’t named.

In an e-mail to his fellow partners on Friday morning, Holzhauer stated that he would remain as chairman through a transition period, but he would step aside once a successor was chosen or ready to take over.

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