Pillsbury Hires Insolvency Partner Duo as Part of Strategy

Pillsbury has hired two insolvency and restructuring partners in New York as part of a long-term plan to grow its bankruptcy practice that the firm says predates the coronavirus’ negative effects on the economy.

Pillsbury announced Monday it hired as partners John Pintarelli from Morrison & Foerster and Patrick Fitzmaurice from Troutman Pepper, which until July 1 was two separate firms, Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton.

The lateral pickup follows the April hire of another bankruptcy duo in San Francisco: Joshua Morse from DLA Piper and Jonathan Doolittle from Reed Smith.

Many Big Law firms have been trying to scoop ...