January 30, 2012 3:59 PM
Under New Management: Edwards Wildman Announces Leadership Change
Posted by Brian Baxter
Born of an October 2011 merger, Edwards Wildman Palmer announced the election of a new leadership team triumverate Monday. The firm’s new leaders are spread between offices in Chicago, Hartford, and London.
The change—which the firm’s partnership approved over the past several days—comes against the backdrop of lawsuit filed earlier this month against Edwards Wildman and current managing partner Walter Reed by two former partners. Reed, who announced in December that he would soon depart the firm’s management ranks, will officially vacate the managing partner’s post as of Thursday.
Edwards Wildman’s new managing partner is Robert Shuftan, a Chicago-based litigation partner who has served as deputy managing partner and chair of the firm’s strategic planning committee. Joining him on the three-man leadership team will be deputy managing partner Laurence Harris and firm chair Alan Levin.
Shuftan, who—outside of working on select matters for a few long-term clients—will dedicate himself almost completely to administrative tasks, notes that he and Edwards Wildman’s other new leaders are well-versed in law firm management.
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