Wake Up Call: US Attorney Won’t Hire From Law Schools With DEI

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

• Interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin sent a letter to the dean of Georgetown Law School demanding it eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or risk having its students excluded from hiring consideration at his office. Georgetown defended its curriculum, saying its practices are protected by the First Amendment. (The Washington Post)
• Former Kentucky attorney Brian Allen Logan was sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing $400,000 from a deceased client’s estate. As executor, Logan paid himself for unperformed legal work, rented out and fraudulently transferred property, and used the stolen money for personal expenses. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Wilmington University School of Law became the latest school to earn provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association. The school welcomed its inaugural class in fall 2023. (Delaware Business Now)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Bradley Brooker joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its national security and defense industry group. He joins from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he was general counsel.
• Jennifer Trock joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its transportation and aviation practices in Washington. She joins from Baker McKenzie.
• Jill Vorobiev joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its labor and employment litigation practice in Chicago. She joins from Reed Smith.
• Charlie Ofner joined Akin as a partner in its global energy and infrastructure team in Houston. He joins from White & Case.
• Stephen McIntyre joined Paul Hastings as a partner in its global antitrust and competition practice in Los Angeles.
• Lisa An joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner in its commercial litigation practice in Sacramento.
• James Smedley joined Fox Rothschild as a partner in its intellectual property department in Princeton, N.J. He joins from McCarter & English.
• Eric Crusius joined Hunton Andrews Kurth as a partner in its government contracts practice in Washington. He joins from Holland & Knight.
• Molly Unterseher joined Nixon Peabody as a partner in its nonprofit organizations team in New York.
• Nicole Perez joined Foley Hoag as a partner in its mergers and acquisitions practice group in New York.
• Eliad Shapiro joined Herrick as a partner in its litigation department. He joins from Moses & Singer.