Richard Deane Jr. is taking over from Lizanne Thomas as partner-in-charge of Jones Day’s Atlanta office, and Thomas is taking on a newly created role as regional partner-in-charge for the firm’s South region, overseeing its Atlanta, Dallas and Houston offices.
Thomas said the regional partner-in-charge is a somewhat new layer of management for Jones Day, which has 2,400 lawyers in 41 U.S. and international offices. The firm also has regional partners overseeing its California, Europe and Middle East offices.
