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Lloyd Hand, Former Top Aide to LBJ, and Dan Donovan, Top U.S. Senate Investigative Counsel, Join King & Spalding's Government Advocacy Practice
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WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 19, 2007 -- King & Spalding, a leading international law
firm, announced today that Lloyd Hand, U.S. Chief of Protocol under
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Dan Donovan, U.S. Senate Committee on
Finance Senior Investigative Counsel, have joined King & Spalding's
Washington, D.C., Government Advocacy and Public Policy practice group.
Hand and Donovan join a growing practice group which includes former
senators Dan Coats and Connie Mack, as well as George Crawford, former
Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi.
"We are extremely pleased to have Ambassador Hand join the King & Spalding
government affairs team," said J. Sedwick (Wick) Sollers, managing partner
of King & Spalding's Washington office. "Lloyd is one of the most respected
senior statesman in Washington. As one of this town's 'wise-men,' Lloyd's
extraordinary understanding of this city and his history in legislative
affairs are rare, making the expertise he provides invaluable."
Hand's long history in government includes serving as an assistant to
then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. When Johnson became president,
Hand served as assistant to the President and was appointed to the post of
U.S. Chief of Protocol with the rank of ambassador.
Hand joins King & Spalding as senior counsel, having represented a variety
of clients -- from major defense contractors and Fortune 500 companies
looking to enter foreign markets, to foreign governments and financial
services organizations -- before the Executive Branch, including White
House and Cabinet officials, and before the Congress, including a number of
committees such as the Commerce, Judiciary, Financial Services and Defense
Committees.
In addition to having previously served on the Chief of Naval Operations
Executive Panel and as a member of the Senior Advisory Group to the U.S.
European Command, Hand currently sits on a number of international security
advisory boards. He is currently a member and serves on the Executive
Council on Diplomacy, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council of
American Ambassadors; and the Center for Strategic and International
Studies' Washington Roundtable as Vice Chairman.
Dan Donovan joins King & Spalding as counsel after serving as Senior
Investigative Counsel to U.S. Senator Charles Grassley, Chairman of the
Committee on Finance, from 2003 to 2007, where he directed investigations
of pharmaceutical, medical device, and other healthcare companies on a
broad range of regulatory compliance issues, including matters of drug and
device safety, drug pricing, and fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare and
Medicaid and other federal government programs.
Before joining the Committee on Finance, Donovan served as Chief
Investigative Counsel to U.S. Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, Chairman of
the Committee on Small Business, from 1999 to 2003, where he managed
oversight investigations and hearings regarding consumer fraud and
protection issues, including the quality of care in the nursing home
industry. During 1997, Donovan served as Staff Assistant to U.S Senator
Fred Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, on the
special investigation in connection with the 1996 federal election
campaigns.
At King & Spalding, Donovan will work with Ted Hester, Eleanor Hill and Tom
Spulak representing clients being investigated by congressional committees,
as well as on other compliance and enforcement actions by federal and state
healthcare enforcement and regulatory agencies.
"Having managed congressional investigations and oversight hearings in the
U.S. Senate for eight years, Dan is already assisting clients who are
dealing with the unique challenges posed by government inquiries," said
Sollers. "He makes our strong congressional investigations team even
stronger."
King & Spalding's Washington, D.C., office has more than 150 attorneys and
non-lawyer professionals, including government relations specialists, trade
consultants and policy advisors. These lawyers and professionals practice
in a broad range of areas including antitrust, class action and mass tort
litigation, commercial disputes, corporate finance, corporate governance,
environmental, FDA/healthcare, government relations, government
investigations, international trade, mergers and acquisitions and tax,
among others.
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