Wake Up Call: Biden DOJ’s Top Civil Rights Lawyer Joins NAACP

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• Former assistant attorney general for civil rights Kristen Clarke is joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as general counsel. “The move comes as the Trump Administration works to erode democratic institutions and dismantle civil rights protections. To meet the moment, the NAACP is expanding its own capabilities and ramping up its investment in its legal advocacy efforts by hiring the former senior Justice Department official to fight back,” the NAACP said. (CNN)
• Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic hired celebrity divorce lawyer Laura Wasser to help him in his legal battle with his ex-fiancée over child support. Some of Wasser’s previous clients include Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, and Jennifer Garner. (New York Post)
• Former Washoe County family court judge Bridget Robb is facing a criminal charge for stalking. Robb stepped down from her post in January, just days after a temporary protective order was issued against her. According to court documents, she is accused of stalking the girlfriend of an attorney she had a multi-year relationship with while serving as a judge. (News 4)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Kathleen Kean joined Morrison Foerster as a partner in its life sciences transactions and licensing and technology transactions groups in Boston. She joins from Goodwin.
• John Durham joined Nixon Peabody as a partner in its government investigations and white-collar defense practice in New York. He joins from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
• Alexander Rea joined Fenwick as a corporate partner in the startup and venture capital practice in New York.