Wake Up Call: High Point Law Dean Worked to Overturn Election

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• Mark Martin, the former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and current dean of High Point University’s School of Law, was a go-to adviser in Donald Trump’s fight to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, according to an independent review of records. Martin advocated for a theory that the Constitution grants each state legislature absolute authority to choose presidential electors. (The Intercept)
• New York Magazine has hired Davis Wright Tremaine to lead a third-party investigation into the romantic relationship between its high-profile Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Business Insider)
• Sidley Austin announced that Jay Sadanandan, Sam Hamilton, Fergus O’Domhnaill, Joe Kimberling, and Ben Wright have joined its global finance practice as partners in London. The group joins from Latham & Watkins. Sadanandan and Hamilton will be global co-heads of the firm’s leveraged finance practice. (Sidley Austin)
• Alex Spiro, who was representing New York City Mayor Eric Adams in two separate cases, withdrew from defending the mayor in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a police colleague over three decades ago. Spiro said he’s withdrawing from that case because the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board raised concerns about him simultaneously representing the mayor in the corruption indictment that federal prosecutors have brought against him. (New York Daily News)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Rodney Moore, Samuel Peca, and Scott Delaney joined Jones Day as partners in its corporate practice in Dallas
• Justin Hedge joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in its antitrust litigation and competition practice. He joins from Arnold & Porter.
• Alex Tostevin joined Greenberg Traurig as shareholder in its tax practice in London. He joins from Dentons.
• Wesley Boldewijn joined Greenberg Traurig as a partner in its tax practice in Amsterdam. He joins from Dentons.
• Jonathan Gaines joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner in its registered funds practice.
• Jeremy Morrison joined Cooley as an antitrust and competition partner in Washington. He joins from Jones Day.
• David Carter and Braeden Donnelly joined O’Melveny as partners in its private equity group in London. They join from Ashurst.
• Megan Lewis joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Washington. She joins from the Justice Department.
• Jason Myers rejoined Barnes & Thornburg as a partner in its real estate department in Dallas.