Insights

Crowell & Moring partner Preetha Chakrabarti has been appointed to the National Center for Youth Law’s board of directors.

Crowell & Moring elected seven lawyers to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2024. The firm also promoted four lawyers to the position of senior counsel and 26 associates to the position of counsel.

Los Angeles Business Journal has named Crowell & Moring partner Jennie Wang VonCannon to its 2023 “Thriving in Their 40s” list. The list highlights top Los Angeles-based professionals who have made an impact on their profession and throughout their communities.

Global Competition Review recognized Crowell & Moring’s Antitrust & Competition Group in its GCR 100 2024 – the leading ranking of the world’s competition law and economics practices. This year marks the 24th edition of the rankings and the 17th consecutive year that Crowell’s Antitrust & Competition Group has been recognized.

Juge Gregg, most recently senior corporate counsel on the sustainability legal team for Amazon, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group.

Jon Gurka joins Crowell & Moring as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department, bringing nearly three decades of intellectual property law experience, with a focus on complex patent litigation.

Sgt. Benjamin J. Hayhurst, a Purple Heart recipient injured in the Iraq War, has won a ruling of combat-related PTSD that had been unjustly denied to him by the U.S. Army for 18 years.

City & State New York has named Crowell & Moring partner Preetha Chakrabarti to its 2023 Responsible 100 List. The list recognizes “individuals who exemplify what it means to be socially responsible” and who are working to “create a better world for others.”

Crowell & Moring earned a score of 100 percent on The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index 2023-2024, a national benchmarking survey and report measuring policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality. 

George Washington University Competition Law Center and Crowell & Moring LLP will host the Fifth Annual Antitrust and Tech Conference at George Washington University Law School on Dec. 12.

The Los Angeles Times B2B Publishing has named Chahira Solh and Daniel A. Sasse as Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Visionaries, describing the Crowell & Moring LLP partners as the region’s “most influential and innovative thought leaders who are driving change, holding companies accountable, and helping employees feel more valued.” The pair of firm leaders have established groundbreaking DEIA strategies, according to the publication.

Global Investigations Review has named Crowell & Moring’s Investigations and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups to its prestigious GIR 100 list, an annual guide to the world’s leading cross-border investigations practices.

The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring partner Jason C. Murray to its 2023 list of “Top Antitrust Lawyers.” The award recognizes California’s “best attorneys that focus on matters such [as] unfair competition and price-fixing.”

The Mexican American Bar Foundation has elected Agustin D. Orozco, a Crowell & Moring partner, to serve as a member of its board of trustees.

Crowell & Moring International worked closely with the Indonesian Ministry of Health to develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate cervical cancer, one of the leading types of cancer-related death among women.