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King & Spalding Expands Its Professional Responsibility and Securities Litigation Practices With the Addition of Three Partners
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WASHINGTON, DC and NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - February 8, 2010) - King & Spalding, a leading
international law firm, announced today that trial lawyers Diana L. Weiss,
James J. Capra, Jr., and James P. Cusick are joining the firm's litigation
practice as partners. With strong backgrounds in accountant liability,
financial institution and securities litigation, the three will continue to
focus their practices on these areas at King & Spalding, including
representation of Big Four accounting firms and financial services
companies. Weiss will be resident in the firm's Washington, D.C., office
and Capra and Cusick in its New York office.
"Diana, Jim and Jim are talented, experienced trial lawyers who have built
their careers by representing accounting firms and financial institutions
in their most challenging matters," said L. Joseph Loveland, a senior
partner in King & Spalding's business litigation practice and head of the
firm's professional liability litigation initiative. "Their arrival adds
even more depth and strength to our accountant liability and securities
litigation practices, areas of strategic focus at the firm for a number of
years."
The trio joins a growing cross-office team of seasoned King & Spalding
litigators with extensive trial, arbitration and regulatory experience in
professional services liability and securities litigation matters. All
three join King & Spalding from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where they
were partners.
Weiss has focused her practice on financial, accounting and
securities-related litigation and regulatory proceedings. She has
represented accountants, financial services companies and issuers in state
and federal courts throughout the country and in enforcement proceedings
before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board and other agencies, as well as in civil and criminal
investigations. She also conducts internal investigations relating to
securities, commodities and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues. She
received a J.D. degree from Cornell Law School and a B.A. degree from The
Ohio State University.
Capra has focused throughout his career on litigation of accountant
liability, antitrust and other general commercial matters. He handles cases
in courts across the country and represents clients in investigations by
the SEC and other enforcement agencies including the Department of Justice,
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the New York attorney
general's office. He received a J.D. degree from Duke Law School and a B.A.
degree from Yale University.
Cusick, the former global co-head of litigation for Morgan Stanley,
represents accounting firms, financial institutions and other businesses in
trial and appellate matters. He earned a J.D. degree from Harvard Law
School and a B.S. degree from Case Western Reserve University.
The arrival of Weiss, Capra and Cusick, along with the recent addition of a
number of other accomplished litigators, has bolstered the firm's
capabilities in professional liability and securities litigation.
Contributing to King & Spalding's growing reputation in the field of
professional liability and securities litigation are recent lateral hires
Timothy T. Scott and Geoffrey M. Ezgar, in the firm's Silicon Valley,
Calif., office, John A. Chandler and Elizabeth V. Tanis in the Atlanta,
Ga., office and Geoffrey R. Unger in the Austin, Texas, office. In
addition, Paul D. Clement, the former Solicitor General of the United
States and King & Spalding's national appellate practice leader, has been
involved in several appeals on behalf of Big Four accounting firms.
About King & Spalding
Celebrating 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law
firm with more than 800 lawyers in Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte,
Dubai, Frankfurt, Houston, London, New York, Paris, Riyadh (affiliated
office), San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. The firm
represents half of the Fortune 100 and, according to a Corporate Counsel
survey in August 2009, ranks fifth in its total number of representations
of those companies. For additional information, visit www.kslaw.com.