Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Allison Brown has joined Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom as a partner in its mass torts, insurance and consumer litigation group in New York.

Brown, an American Lawyer litigator of the week in both March 2019 and October 2018, is known for her representation of Johnson & Johnson, defending the company against allegations that asbestos contamination of baby powder caused cancers in various plaintiffs.