Peter J. Torcicollo, a 28-year Gibbons veteran who has been key to the firm’s hiring strategy and is currently co-chair of the firm’s commercial and criminal litigation group, was tapped to become the firm’s next managing director.

Torcicollo will fill half the current role of Patrick C. Dunican Jr., the longtime chairman and managing director who is assuming the role of executive chairperson on Feb. 1, 2022.