Half of Dewey's Leadership Leaves as O'Melveny, Winston Make Key Hires

Two members of Dewey & LeBoeuf's office of the chairman, Richard Shutran and Jeffrey Kessler, are set to decamp for other firms. Shutran, the cochair of the firm's corporate department (as well as chair of its global finance practice) is heading to O'Melveny & Myers with four other partners. And Winston & Strawn is taking on a team of more than 60 Dewey lawyers—23 of them partners—led by global litigation chair Jeffrey Kessler. Baker & Hostetler, Foley Hoag, and Vinson & Elkins also picked up lawyers from Dewey on Wednesday.

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