Wake Up Call: Former White House Counsel Jack Quinn Dies at 74

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• Jack Quinn, the DC lawyer-lobbyist who worked for Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in recent years, and who served as President Bill Clinton’s White House counsel, died on May 8 at 74. Quinn, “the consummate Washington insider, sought after by politicians, corporations and other clients for his legal expertise,” was with Arnold & Porter for about two decades starting in 1976. (The Washington Post)
• An attorney for Trump lawyer John Eastman, Wilmer Parker III, donated $500 to the judge in the Georgia election interference case in which Eastman and Trump are co-defendants. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is running for reelection “as he oversees one of the most high-profile trials in the country.” (Newsweek)
• Leonard Keith Hill, founder of the Philadelphia law firm Hill & Associates, has been charged with shooting a man late last year outside a cigar bar. In 2010, Hill represented his brother, the “prominent professor, TV pundit and author” Marc Lamont Hill in a civil rights suit against Philly police. (Axios)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Scott Schirick has joined Alston & Bird’s litigation and trial practice group as a partner in the New York office.
• Joseph P. Briggett has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in the New Orleans office.
• Jamillia Ferris and Matthew McDonald have rejoined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as partners in the Washington, D.C., office. They join from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.