Duane Morris, advancing its industry-focused growth strategy, has brought on real estate lawyer Tom Galli in Washington, D.C., and state and local tax attorney Lauren Ferrante in Chicago. 

Lauren Ferrante Lauren Ferrante of Duane Morris. Courtesy photo

Executives at the Philadelphia-headquartered Am Law firm say the recent partner hires—coming from Seyfarth Shaw and McDermott Will & Emery, respectively—exemplify the firm’s strategic growth plan. That plan involves organizing attorneys into industry groups in which they can work across expertise to provide clients with a broad range of services.