Jeffrey Coopersmith has joined Davis Wright Tremaine as a partner in the firm’s Seattle and San Francisco offices. Formerly with DLA Piper, Coopersmith focuses on white-collar criminal and related civil matters, internal corporate investigations and complex commercial litigation. He received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1990.

Christopher Keele, founder and former managing partner of the San Francisco office of litigation boutique Thomas Whitelaw, has opened The Keele Group. Keele’s new firm specializes in risk mitigation and litigation management strategies. He is a 1984 graduate of Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington.

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