Wake Up Call: Lowenstein Taps Godfrey as CFO From Paul Weiss

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Lowenstein Sandler hired Stephanie Godfrey as its next chief financial officer, taking her away from Paul, Weiss where she’s worked since 2016. Godfrey succeeds William B. Farrell, who led Lowenstein’s financial department for more than 30 years. (Lowenstein Sandler)
• Local New York judge Jordon R. Lilley was removed from his post after investigators found he advised an illegal eviction, secretly contacted a crime victim during a case, lied under oath, and deleted hundreds of related emails. The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said Lilley’s actions showed a pattern of misconduct that broke basic rules. (Syracuse.com)
• Civil rights lawyer J. Mason Davis Jr. died at 90. When he started his career in the 1960s, Davis was only the ninth Black lawyer in Birmingham, Alabama and took on regular cases like property disputes before finding himself fighting for civil rights in the courtroom. (WVTM)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Stephanie Haas joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its corporate practice group in Philadelphia. She joins from Dechert.
• Shawn Regan, Torsten Kracht, and Christopher Pardo joined Morgan Lewis as partners. They join from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
• Leo Q. Li joined McGuireWoods as a partner in its labor and employment practice in Los Angeles. He joins from Seyfarth Shaw.
• Philip Fitzpatrick joined King & Spalding as a partner in its real estate and funds practice group in New York. He joins from McDermott Will & Emery.