After nearly 20 years, Pullman & Comley has a new leader. James T. Shearin has been named as the firm's chairman, succeeding Rob Morris, who held the job for the past two decades.

Morris will remain on the firm's Executive Committee and will continue to lead the Tax Section of the Business Organizations and Finance Department. "Pullman & Comley is my home away from home and I am honored to succeed Rob Morris as chairman," said Shearin. "I am proud of our firm's long and distinguished history and am committed to ensuring that we remain one of the region's premier firms."