Jenner & Block Chair Craig Martin Steps Down After One Year

Jenner & Block’s Craig Martin has stepped down as chair of the Chicago-based firm just over a year after he took on its top leadership role.

Martin will be replaced effective immediately by Thomas Perrelli, a Washington-based partner who was the No. 3 lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice during the Obama administration. Perrelli in 2012 returned to Jenner and founded the firm’s government controversies and public policy litigation practice.

The surprise departure marks the third major leadership change at Jenner since Martin was installed as chair 14 months ago.

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