© 2015 The Texas Lawbook.
By Brooks Igo
(March 18) – Danny Ashby, Steve Korotash and Gregory Jackson will ride the elevator they took to their offices at K&L Gates four more floors to arrive at work for their new employer in the Comerica Bank Building in downtown Dallas.
They, along with a group of five associates, are joining Morgan Lewis, the firm recently announced. The move bolsters the firm’s government enforcement, white collar and commercial litigation practices in Dallas.
Ashby said he and his team made the move because of the potential to work with Morgan Lewis’ “tremendous litigation talent in Houston” and the Philadelphia-based firm’s recent merger with Bingham.
Firm leaders say the new additions come at a time of increasing regulatory activity.
“We are honored to have the team on board because they put us in a better position to serve our clients in Texas,” said John Kober, managing partner of Morgan Lewis’ Dallas office.
Ashby, a former trial lawyer in the DOJ and special assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, represents corporations, officers and individuals in SEC investigations, False Claims Act suits and in parallel civil/criminal investigations and proceedings.
“The government is active,” said Ashby. “There is a big focus on accountability of individuals and not just corporations, but that is not necessarily a sea change over the past 20 years.”
Korotash, a former senior enforcement officer with the SEC and federal prosecutor with the DOJ, focuses primarily on defending corporations and regulated entities and their officers in government investigations, particularly actions involving the SEC, the DOJ, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and financial service regulators.
He is also the founding co-chair of the University of Texas Government Enforcement Institute.
Jackson represents Fortune 500 and middle market businesses, and high-net-worth individuals in the oil and gas, construction, energy services, real estate, professional services, manufacturing, technology, financial services and transportation industries in various disputes.
The associates joining the three partners are David Monteiro, Jeaneen Kappell, Justin Chapa, Megan Whisler and Michael Cumming. Each has defended investigations by the DOJ and United States financial regulators.
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