SAN FRANCISCO / WASHINGTON DC – One day after the first Managing Board meeting of the newly merged law firm, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced new Managing Partners in several key offices. These leaders join two previously announced Managing Partner appointments for 2005. Pillsbury also named firm-wide chair positions for four core business units encompassing its primary global practice groups.

The firm-wide department leaders announced in the board meeting are:

Business – David Snyder (includes corporate/capital markets, global sourcing, finance, tax, real estate, corporate securities-technology and individual client services); Snyder is also a vice chair of the firm and is resident in the San Diego office.

Litigation – John Pritchard (includes employment & labor, insolvency & restructuring). Pritchard is resident in the New York office.

Intellectual Property – William Atkins and Larry Gotts (includes IP counseling, litigation, patent prosecution, trademarks, trade secrets, IP audits and copyrights). Atkins and Gotts are resident in the Northern Virginia office.

Regulatory – John O'Neill (includes energy, environment, land use and natural resources, communications, and public policy). O'Neill is resident in the Washington, D.C. office.

The new local office management changes are as follows:

San Francisco, CA Managing Partner - David Anderson (litigation), January 2005
Century City, CA Managing Partner – Lewis Feldman (public finance), January 2005
Washington, DC Managing Partner – Maureen Dwyer (real estate), April 2005
Houston, TX Managing Partner – David Weinstein (litigation), April 2005
London Managing Partner – Tim Wright (global sourcing), April 2005

"One of the immediate dividends from our merger is the increased depth of excellent management and leadership for some of our largest offices and practice groups," says Pillsbury's Chair Mary Cranston. "Our integration effort is greatly enhanced by these new appointments," she adds.

Cranston also notes the logic behind the consolidation of practice groups into four principal business categories. "We feel the new business units will allow our practice disciplines to more easily deliver coordinated legal services to our clients and will also let us leverage our support services" she says.

"At the same time, the four areas mirror our existing core strengths as a full-service firm, specifically technology sourcing and intellectual property, corporate transactions and capital markets, litigation-business disputes, and regulatory and government affairs," Cranston adds.