Sidley Picks Up Head of McDermott’s Los Angeles Litigation Team

Jon Dean, the head of McDermott Will & Emery’s litigation group in Los Angeles, is leaving for Sidley Austin as the firm continues its growth in Southern California.

Dean, a former prosecutor, is joining Sidley as a partner in its commercial litigation and disputes practice, the firm announced on Wednesday.

“Sidley is one of a handful of elite law firms with immense depth and legal talent and the opportunity really to join the firm, and that platform, is really too good to be true,” Dean said in an interview.

Dean focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters, including patent ...