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O'Melveny's James Asperger joins Quinn Emanuel

By Jonathan Hayter

The head of the white-collar crime practice at O'Melveny & Myers, James Asperger, has left for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges.

Asperger, who was an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1993, joins Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel as a partner and will be co-chairman of the firm's white-collar group. The other co-chairs are Steven Madison, in Los Angeles; John Potter, in San Francisco; and Faith Gay, in New York.

Asperger, who was at O'Melveny for 15 years, declined to comment beyond a firm release in which he said: "The opportunity to join Quinn Emanuel, with its strategic focus on major civil trials and white collar matters, was just too appealing to pass up."

Full story on NLJ.com.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).