Voge’s election by a majority vote came in a two-way runoff triggered on July 11 after neither Voge, Greenberg nor a third candidate—Washington, D.C.-based corporate partner Paul Sheridan Jr.—received an absolute majority in the first round of voting. The election results were announced to the partnership shortly after 4 p.m. New York time on Monday.

Originally elected managing partner in 1994 at the age of 42, Dell is among the longest-serving executives of an Am Law 100 firm. But last November, a year before the end of his fourth five-year term approached, Dell, 62, announced that he would retire after his term ended on Dec. 31, 2014. Since then, the firm has been engaged in a lengthy and transparent succession process. The executive committee appointed a succession committee headed by New York litigation partner Miles Ruthberg, and several partners participated in the contest.

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