Wake Up Call: The Biden Team’s Divorce From Lawyer Marc Elias

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of legal industry moves and other news.

• President Biden’s team has soured on its longtime lawyer Marc Elias due to differences in strategy and strained personal relationships say sources close to the issue, and the divorce has created a divide in the Democratic Party’s legal apparatus going into the 2024 election. (Axios)
• Prestigious UK firm Slaughter & May is aiming for a quarter of its workforce to come from a “lower social strata” in the next decade, proclaiming it is the first “Magic Circle” firm to set targets on social mobility. (The Times)
• Ohio attorney and Jones Day alum Jack Van Kley has fought or currently is fighting over 14 wind and solar projects around the state, proving to be a thorn in side of clean energy advocates. Van Kley says his clients sell baked goods or pass the hat to pay for his services, but environmental activists suspect deeper pockets may be involved. (Cleveland.com)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Clark Hill has combined with Barton Klugman in Los Angeles.
• Karen Deschaine has joined Wilson Sonsini as a corporate partner in San Diego.
• John C. Cushing has joined Brown Rudnick as a partner with the corporate practice in Boston.
• Jennifer Albrecht has returned to Simpson Thacher as a partner with the alternative capital and private credit practice in New York.
• Erik Dullea has rejoined Husch Blackwell as a partner in Denver and as a member of its data privacy and cybersecurity team.
• Jamie Spataro has joined Littler as a shareholder with the occupational health and safety practice group in Pittsburgh, Penn.
• Angus Lennox will join Simpson Thacher as a real estate private equity partner in London.
• Jeffrey W. Cottle has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner with the global corporate crime and investigations practice in Washington, D.C.
• Koren Wong-Ervin has joined Jones Day as a partner with the antitrust and competition law practice in Washington, D.C.
• Summer Martin, Susan Banks, and Rebecca Merrill have joined Holland & Knight as partners from Dentons.
• Brian Hamano has joined DLA Piper as partner in the firm’s transactions specialist subgroup within the corporate practice in Los Angeles.