After less than two years at the firm, former New York state Attorney General John Farmer Jr. has left Kirkpatrick & Lockhart. Citing money as the main motivation, Farmer has joined John Arseneault’s criminal defense boutique in Chatham as a partner. Farmer brought along with him K&L Gates partner, John Azzarello, a former assistant U.S. attorney, and associate Joshua Gillette. John and Mary Whipple of Morristown have also joined the firm, bringing the firm which is now known as Arseneault, Whipple, Farmer, Fassett & Azzarello to 11 attorneys. For Farmer and Azzarello, the new firm better supports their concentration of white-collar criminal practice and internal corporate investigations; they were also made equity partners, whereas at K&L Gates they were only income partners.
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