Wolf Block Groups Join Nelson Mullins

Erik Even — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:15:24 +0000

Lawyers from the Washington, DC and Boston offices of now-defunct Wolf Block will join the Columbia, South Carolina office of Nelson Mullins.

Those resurfacing at Nelson Mullins include five Boston partners, including Wolf Block Public Strategies CEO Robert Crow; two associates and two lobbyists from Boston; and a lobbyist from Washington.

Crowe was co-chairperson for finance for the Democratic National Committee during the 2004 presidential campaign, and is co-chairperson of Senator John Kerry’s finance committee and political action committee.

Wolf Block’s partnership dissolved the 106-year-old firm on March 23th.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is a large US law firm and lobbying group based in Columbia, South Carolina. In 2007, the National Law Journal ranked the firm the the largest in South Carolina and 111th largest in the United States. The firm also ranked 127th in profit per attorney on the 2007 Am Law 200 survey.

Wolf Block Group Jumps Ship to Drinker Biddle

Erik Even — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:50:42 +0000

Drinker Biddle & Reath, which recruited 10 attorneys out of the Delaware office of dissolving Wolf Block, today announced it is forming a wholly-owned subsidiary out of a group from Wolf Block Public Strategies.

Robert L. Byrd, president and chief executive officer of Wolf Block Public Strategies, will found The Byrd Group, along with Kimberly Gomes and Rebecca Byrd.

Jennifer Ranji, one of the 10 people to join Drinker Biddle in Delaware, will work with The Byrd Group.

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP was founded in Philadelphia in 1849. The firm has more than 650 attorneys in 12 offices in the US. Its largest offices are in Philadelphia; Chicago; Florham Park, New Jersey; and Washington, DC.

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Wolf Block Groups Join Nelson Mullins

Wolf Block Group Jumps Ship to Drinker Biddle