Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has named a new firmwide managing partner, Seattle-based Roger Wylie, who has a long history of leadership at the firm.

Wylie, who began his term on May 1, succeeds Susan Spaeth, the firm’s managing partner since 2013. Spaeth has become Kilpatrick’s chief legal officer, a new position, and serves on the firm’s management committee. Meanwhile, Henry Walker IV will continue to serve as the firm’s chair and CEO.