Law Practice
Dec. 27, 2012
U.S. firms make way for global leadership
As U.S. law firms increasingly become global businesses, current leaders face the challenge of ensuring that lawyers in different countries are well represented in the firm's top ranks.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This October, for the first time in its history, Morrison & Foerster LLP selected a lawyer outside the U.S. to serve as a firmwide co-managing partner. Its selection of Tokyo-based Eric J. Piesner for the role - nearly 25 years after opening in Tokyo - demonstrated that the firm required more representative leadership in its Asia offices. Keith C. Wetmore, who stepped down this year as chairman of MoFo, said t...
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