O’Melveny Announces New Leaders, Including Litigation, Corporate

O’Melveny & Myers has announced a slate of new leaders, including litigation and corporate department co-heads and a second vice chair of the firm.

Apalla Chopra, co-chair of the firm’s labor and employment practice, will now also be co-chair of the litigation department, alongside Rich Goetz.

Project finance attorney Eric Richards is joining Brophy Christensen as co-chair of the corporate department.

“Apalla and Eric are among the most widely recognized, highly decorated lawyers in their respective fields,” firm chair Bradley J. Butwin said in a statement. “They are models of client service and firm citizenship.”

Former litigation co-chair Randy Oppenheimer ...