Perkins Coie Trial Leaders Open Seattle Office for McGuireWoods
Several leaders of Perkins Coie litigation practices have left to oversee McGuireWoods’ newly launched office in the Pacific Northwest.

Brad Karp is stepping down from his leadership role at Paul Weiss after a trove of emails released by the Justice Department detailed the lawyer’s close connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Attorneys for Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s estate and longtime legal and accounting advisers to the late financier, said their clients will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform after being subpoenaed.
The Justice Department removed an attorney from a detail with the US attorney’s office in Minnesota after she expressed frustration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s noncompliance with court orders, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Jones Day has sued private equity firm Centre Lane Partners and some of its affiliates, claiming the former client owes more than $9.6 million in unpaid invoices for work, including with its portfolio companies.

Several leaders of Perkins Coie litigation practices have left to oversee McGuireWoods’ newly launched office in the Pacific Northwest.
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When President Donald Trump dropped word bombs into a major M&A deal, Kim Hicks of Kirkland & Ellis didn’t flinch. She thrives in tense situations, including test drives of a BMW M4 at roughly 200 miles per hour at a racetrack just outside Austin, Texas.
Brad Karp is stepping down from his leadership role at Paul Weiss after a trove of emails released by the Justice Department detailed the lawyer’s close connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Paul Weiss leader Brad Karp helped Jeffrey Epstein protect his plea deal on sex trafficking charges against legal attacks in the months before the disgraced financier died in jail, recently released emails show.
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