Contact Information: Contact: Kimberly Brooks King & Spalding 212-827-4378
Federal Prosecutor Joins King & Spalding
| Source: King & Spalding
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - November 18, 2008) - King & Spalding, a leading international law
firm, announced today that Courtney D. Trombly, a former federal
prosecutor, has joined the firm's special matters and government
investigations practice as counsel in the Washington, D.C., office. She
will focus her practice on internal investigations and corporate
white-collar defense.
"We are pleased to welcome Courtney to King & Spalding and look forward to
the contributions she will make to our practice," said Christopher A. Wray,
chair of King & Spalding's special matters and government investigations
practice. "As a former Assistant United States Attorney with extensive
trial and white-collar crime experience, Courtney adds to the firm's
considerable depth in corporate and government investigations and defense."
Trombly joins King & Spalding from the U.S. Department of Justice, where
she was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of
Tennessee. In this role, she served as lead counsel on investigations and
prosecutions involving securities fraud, white-collar crime, money
laundering and public corruptions. Before joining the Justice Department,
Trombly was a captain in the Judge Advocate Division of the United States
Marine Corps. She was awarded the Marine Corps' 2005 Defense Counsel of the
Year Award, Eastern Division. She earned a J.D. degree, cum laude, at
Boston College Law School and a B.A., cum laude, at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Trombly's arrival at King & Spalding brings to 43 the total number of
lawyers in its special matters and government investigations practice. Her
addition follows the hiring of partner Carl Wessel and counsel Lou Ramos in
June.
King & Spalding's special matters and government investigations practice,
with lawyers in Washington, D.C., New York and Atlanta, has a wealth of
experience in successfully representing corporations and individuals in a
variety of white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters,
parallel civil litigation and internal corporate investigations. Clients
draw on recognized leaders in the field with decades of experience from the
defense, prosecution, and regulatroy enforcement perspectives.
About King & Spalding
King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 880 lawyers in
Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London,
New York, Riyadh (affiliated office), San Francisco, Silicon Valley and
Washington, D.C. The firm represents half of the Fortune 100 and in
Corporate Counsel surveys consistently has been among the top firms
representing Fortune 250 companies. For additional information, visit
www.kslaw.com.