Women partners now manage the Palo Alto and Washington, D.C., offices of Cooley, a move that firm leaders say reflect a vision for a next-generation workforce that fosters inclusion and flexibility.

Shannon Eagan, a litigation partner who joined the firm in 2007, will succeed partner-in-charge John Dwyer in Palo Alto, while Cullen Speckhart, a new arrival to the firm in 2019, will take the reins from Mike Tuscan in D.C.