Welcome to another edition of our Litigation Leaders series, featuring the litigation practice leaders at some of the biggest and most innovative law firms in the country. 

Meet Shawn Wright, the co-chair of the litigation department of Blank Rome who is based in Washington, D.C. Wright’s practice centers on white-collar criminal defense matters, with a focus on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and international anti-corruption laws, criminal antitrust, public corruption and government contracts matters, as well as complex civil litigation. When she was tapped to help lead the 300-plus lawyer department in January, Wright became the first woman of color to lead any firm-wide department at Blank Rome, and the first woman to co-lead the firm’s litigation department.