Respected Washington, DC defense lawyer, Abbe Lowell, has left Chadbourne & Parke for McDermott Will & Emery. This is Lowell’s third firm in four years, working at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips before joining Chadbourne. Lowell attributes the move to not being able to find the right kind of litigation work at Chadbourne due to the firm’s size and practice areas. At McDermott Will, Lowell will head the white-collar criminal defense practice in DC. Throughout his career, he has represented many politicians under scrutiny including Gary Condit and Jack Abramoff. So far this year, McDermott Will has hired five lateral partners and lost one. The firm has about 1,000 lawyers in 14 offices around the world.
Source: www.law.com