William Johnston, the first-ever director of strategic planning at Cravath Swaine & Moore, has a pretty impressive resume. He spent 11 years at Hildebrandt International, where, as a vice president and director, he consulted on strategy with law firms of all sizes. With that broad knowledge of the market, Hildebrandt says, Johnston should be a great asset to a firm like Cravath.
We figured the firm would be happy to talk about the new hire and share some details on Johnston’s charge going forward. When we reached presiding partner Evan Chesler by phone, he dismissed our interest in the comings and goings of what he calls “administrative people”. Johnston is “a very nice guy”, says Chesler, though he didn’t recall his new strategist’s title.
