Locke Lord Re-Elects Chair, Vice Chairs; New Co-Chair of Board ‎of Directors; Several New Members to Executive Committee and ‎Board ‎

January 30, 2019 – Locke Lord’s Executive Committee has re-elected David Taylor (Houston) as Chair of the Firm and Jennifer Kenedy (Chicago), Bill Swanstrom (Houston) and Thomas Yoxall (Dallas) as Vice Chairs of its Executive Committee. The Executive Committee also has named Victoria de Lisle (New Orleans) as the new Co-Chair of the Firm’s Board of Directors. De Lisle serves as a member of Locke Lord’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and has a diverse practice that includes financing, project development and distressed assets.

In addition, Locke Lord’s Partners have elected four new members to the Firm’s Executive Committee and five new members to its Board of Directors.

The new members of the Firm’s Executive Committee are David Grant (London), Paul Mahoney (Providence) and Steve Whitmer (Chicago). Also remaining on Locke Lord’s Executive Committee with Taylor, Kenedy, Swanstrom and Yoxall are Michael Gaertner (Chicago), Alan Levin (Hartford), Janis Loegering (Dallas), Richard A. Manley Jr. (Boston), Paul Nason (Dallas) and George Ticknor (Boston).

Locke Lord’s Board of Directors helps direct the Firm’s vision and strategy and collaborates on other Firm-wide initiatives. The Board reports to Taylor and the Executive Committee. The new members of the Firm’s Board of Directors are Douglas Gray (Providence), Ben Henry (London) and Heather Stone (Boston). Remaining on the Board with de Lisle are Cynthia Bast (Austin), Greg Casamento (New York), Al Clark (Los Angeles), Laura Edrington (Houston), Denise Hanna (Washington, D.C.), John Igoe (West Palm Beach), Elizabeth Mack (Dallas), Stephanie Massey (Boston), Hanna Norvell (Houston), Allison O’Neil (Boston), Benjamin Sykes (Chicago) and Scott Wofsy (Stamford).

Newly elected members of Locke Lord’s Executive Committee:

• Grant, Chair of the Firm’s International Transactions Practice Group for Europe and Asia/Pacific Rim, focuses his practice on insolvency and restructuring, with an emphasis on contentious insolvency and recovery actions.
• Mahoney, a member of the Firm’s Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice Group, represents middle and lower middle market private equity funds and portfolio companies in their varied investment activities and strategic transactions, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions.
• Whitmer, a member of Locke Lord’s Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and the Firm’s Attorney Development Committee, handles a variety of complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with an emphasis on insurance, reinsurance and insurance insolvency.

Newly elected members of Locke Lord’s Board of Directors:

• Gray, Co-Chair of Locke Lord’s Life Sciences Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Firm's Pro Bono Committee, concentrates his practice in the areas of M&A transactions, venture investments, corporate governance, strategic alliances and commercial ventures.
• Henry, Head of Locke Lord’s international Data Centers team, is a commercial real estate lawyer whose focus is on investment, leasing and cross-border data center transactions.
• Stone, Co-Chair of the Firm's Investment Adviser and Alternative Funds Practice Group, represents alternative investment funds of all types, including private equity, venture capital and real estate, as well as investors such as pension funds and endowments.

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