When Richard Morvillo‘s brother Robert Morvillo of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer died on Christmas Eve, Richard and three of Robert’s sons who worked with their father Scott Morvillo, Gregory Morvillo and Robert C. Morvillo felt the call of family. Richard decided to leave Schulte Roth & Zabel in Washington to band together with his nephews and form a boutique specializing in securities enforcement and white-collar defense, called, appropriately enough, Morvillo LLP.
It’s been almost 2 1/2 months since the firm opened with offices in D.C. and New York, and it’s already handling several big clients, including Anthony Chiasson, a co-founder of Level Global who is going to trial in October on insider-trading charges.