Dechert Partner Who Repped J&J, 3M and BP in High-Profile Trials Moves to Paul Weiss
Kimberly Branscome joins Paul Weiss's Los Angeles office after nearly four years at Dechert.
February 05, 2024 at 03:23 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
What You Need to Know
- New Paul Weiss partner Kimberly Branscome defended BP in the Deepwater Horizon litigation and 3M in an earplugs suit, among other high-profile matters.
- Branscome practiced law at Dechert since 2020, when she joined the firm from Kirkland & Ellis with three other lawyers and became the firm's products liability co-chair.
- Dechert has promoted two partners to co-chair positions in the products liability practice.
A West Coast-based litigator who defended BP, Johnson & Johnson and General Motors in some of the highest profile civil trials of the 21st century has left Dechert, where she co-led the products liability and mass torts practice, to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
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