Davis Wright Tremaine Names New Leader After Six-Month Search

Davis Wright Tremaine has elected litigator Jaime Drozd as the firm’s next managing partner.

The decision ends the firm’s six-month search for a new leader. Drozd, who had been vice chair of the firm’s executive committee, succeeds Scott MacCormack, who unexpectedly relinquished his post in March.

The Seattle-founded firm created an internal search committee to fill the position. Drozd was selected unanimously by the search committee and the firm’s executive committee, and confirmed with a partnership vote, the firm said in a statement. Pete Johnson, the head of the firm’s Seattle office, had filled the position on an interim basis, ...