Crowell & Moring Names Joe Palermo Chief Operating Officer (1)

Crowell & Moring said Tuesday it has hired Joe Palermo as chief operating officer, a role he’s held with two other Big Law firms.

Palermo, who will work out of Crowell’s New York office, most recently served as chief operating officer for Lowenstein Sandler. Before that he was COO with K&L Gates, where he oversaw the firm’s global operations from for 11 years, ending in 2017.

“There are great opportunities on the business side and the strategic side,” Palermo said in an interview of his new job. He said he’ll do what he ...