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3/26/2008
Partner Thomas C. Newkirk has been chosen by Legal Times as one of the seven "Leading Lawyers" in the area of Internal Investigations/Corporate Governance.
Each year, Legal Times selects "Leading Lawyers" in four different practice areas, based on nominations made by their firms, independent research conducted by the newspaper's editors and reporters, references from clients and others, and public sources. All of the selectees for a given year are honored at a gala reception in the fall.
All the lawyers recognized by Legal Times in its March 24, 2008, issue, are members of "Washington's elite bar of corporate governance experts," the newspaper wrote. These lawyers "have a particular specialty: They run the kind of internal investigations that earn regulators' goodwill."
The article about Mr. Newkirk emphasized his experience and his judgment. "Thomas Newkirk leads the field with almost 20 years at the [Securities and Exchange Commission]," reporter Anna Palmer wrote. "Add to that his stints at the Senate, the Justice Department, and the Energy Department, and it's clear what his clients see in the Jenner & Block partner."
The article also noted that ever since Mr. Newkirk joined the Firm, where he co-chairs the Securities Litigation Practice Group, "none of the cases on which he has labored have gone to trial." That is a high accolade for a lawyer who focuses on internal corporate investigations.
The article referred to Mr. Newkirk's work for clients HealthSouth Corp., Calpine, Emcore Corp., and ScanSource Inc.
The article quoted Gregory Doody, former general counsel of HealthSouth, as saying, "We thought it would be good to have a perspective of someone who had come out of the SEC more recently. We wanted to know what the new world was like, at least from the [SEC] staff perspective. It was helpful to set strategy and understand the way they were thinking." It also quotes John Ellsworth, general counsel of ScanSource, as saying, "It's very apparent that he spent [nearly] 20 years at the SEC. He's an excellent counselor."
At the SEC, Mr. Newkirk helped lead the SEC's cases against former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, financier Michael Milken, former Sunbeam CEO Albert J. Dunlap, and many other highly publicized cases.
Practice Groups:
Litigation Department
Securities Litigation
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