Three switch from SLR Denton to Jones Day

by Jessica Huseman, Staff Writer

Former U.S. attorney Matthew Orwig and high-profile litigators Basheer Ghorayeb and Shawn Cleveland have left SLR Denton’s Dallas office to join Jones Day’s Dallas office as partners.

Orwig, who was managing parter at SLR Denton, said he was not looking for a new position, but when the opportunity presented itself he couldn’t pass it up.

“In the end, my practice had grown and evolved and I thought Jones Day was a better fit,” he said. “They have the financial strength, client base, global reach and depth of talent that I think anyone would look for in a firm.”

Orwig was a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from 2001 to 2007, and has over 25 years of experience litigating complex civil and criminal cases. He is currently focused on white-collar criminal litigation and investigations as well as SEC investigations.

Ghorayeb served for six years as national discovery counsel to a Fortune 100 company in the automotive products industry, and specializes in intellectual property, products liability and complex business disputes at trials, in arbitrations and on appeal.

Cleveland represents companies, corporate officers, and directors in government and internal investigations, securities litigation, and complex business litigation. He has represented clients in several high-profile, multi-track cases with concurrent class actions, derivative suits, and SEC and DOJ investigations.