SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is pleased to announce that Jaime Drozd, co-chair of the firm’s litigation practice and a longtime industry leader, has been elected firmwide managing partner.
After a six month-long process, Drozd was selected unanimously by an internal search committee and the firm’s executive committee and confirmed with a vote by the partnership. Since joining the firm a decade ago, Drozd has served in a number of key leadership positions, including most recently as vice chair of the firm’s executive committee and co-chair of the litigation practice since 2022.
“Jaime is our ideal candidate,” said Camilo Echavarria, Los Angeles-based partner and chair of DWT’s executive committee. “She has incredible energy and innovative ideas combined with a vision and great clarity on how to achieve the ambitious goals of our strategic plan. She is equally dedicated to fostering the culture that makes DWT such a special place, and her strong and inclusive leadership has earned her tremendous respect and admiration across the firm. I am delighted she has agreed to serve her colleagues in this critical role.”
“At a time of intense competition and dynamic change, Jaime is exceptionally well prepared to lead us to continued success,” said Pete Johnson, who has served as DWT’s interim managing partner for the past six months. “I could not be more confident in her ability to capture the tremendous growth opportunities that lie ahead for DWT.”
Drozd, who is based in Seattle, takes over as managing partner effective immediately and will be the first woman to serve in that role. Johnson, also in Seattle, is returning full-time to his technology transactions practice.
Said Drozd: “I’m deeply indebted to Pete, and to the managing partners who preceded him, for their commitment to building and sustaining a firm that is uncompromising in its values: excellence, innovation, and inclusion. DWT demonstrates every day that it’s possible to serve clients at the highest level, on their most consequential matters, while maintaining a people-focused culture and preserving the ability to achieve both professional success and fulfilling personal lives.”
Drozd began her legal career at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston and spent a decade at the Seattle firm Ogden Murphy Wallace before joining DWT in 2014. As a litigator, she has achieved a long record of success defending clients in a wide range of consumer class actions.
Drozd also has launched several innovative new programs to support and develop early-career attorneys, and her commitment to building an inclusive legal profession has been profound. She co-founded DWT’s women’s affinity group, which now includes an annual daylong program for women associates and counsel on how to build a successful partner-level practice. She has served as president of the Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle and co-chaired the 2018 National Association of Women Lawyers conference in Seattle.
“I’m truly honored to have the opportunity to lead our firm at a time of great momentum and opportunity,” said Drozd. “From our headline-making tech litigation to our cutting-edge work helping drive the evolution of financial services, our national industry teams are handling mission-critical matters for some of the most innovative companies in the world.”
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