Eight Partners Exit Quinn Emanuel to Form Boutique

Two senior partners, Philippe Z. Selendy and Faith E. Gay, are leaving litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to form a new firm. Six more of the firm’s veteran trial lawyers, including Selendy’s wife, Jennifer, will be joining their colleagues to set up Selendy & Gay PLLC.

Philippe Selendy was chair of Quinn Emanuel’s securities and structured finance practices, and had led litigation against big banks over the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities in the aftermath of the recession. The litigation recovered more than $25 billion for the federal government. Gay was co-chair of Quinn Emanuel’s national trial ...